page_title: Jackstaff
hierarchical_section_title: Jackstaff
caption_attribution_description: English: Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss. (Sep. 11, 2002) -- Operations Specialist 2nd Class Michael McKenna from Providence, R.I., raises the &#8220;Navy Jack&#8221; for the first time at morning colors, on Sept. 11, 2002, aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51). Under direction of the Secretary of the Navy, Gordon R. England, all U.S. Navy ships will fly the &#8220;Navy Jack&#8221; in place of the &#8220;Union Jack&#8221; for the duration of the war on terrorism. The &#8220;Navy Jack&#8221; is a flag consisting of a rattlesnake superimposed across thirteen horizontal alternating red and white stripes, with the motto, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tread on Me.&#8221; Gates is undergoing a maintenance availability at Naval Station Pascagoula. U.S. Navy photo by Stacey Byington. (RELEASED)
context_page_description: A jack staff is a small vertical spar on the bow of a ship or smaller vessel on which a particular type of flag, known as a jack, is flown. The jack staff was introduced in the 18th century.
  A jack is typically flown from military vessels while at anchor or moored pierside, but not while underway. Civilian vessels have been known to fly the jack of the nation of their homeport, also from a jack staff, while moored or at anchor.
context_section_description: A jack staff (also spelled as jackstaff) is a small vertical spar (pole) on the bow of a ship or smaller vessel on which a particular type of flag, known as a jack, is flown. The jack staff was introduced in the 18th century.
  A jack is typically flown from military vessels (including submarines) while at anchor or moored pierside, but not while underway. Civilian vessels (such as private yachts and sailboats ) have been known to fly the jack of the nation of their homeport, also from a jack staff, while moored or at anchor.
caption: The US naval jack (2002–2019) being raised on a jackstaff in 2002
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