Which flag is small and carried by companies, batteries, detachments?

• A. Colors
• B. Standards
• C. Guidons
• D. National flag

Answer: (C)

A guidon is the small flag issued to company-level units—such as companies, batteries, and detachments—that they carry in formation and use in ceremonies. It is designed to be compact and easily handled by the unit’s flag bearer, serving as the unit’s identifying symbol at the smallest organizational level. In contrast, colors refer to the larger flags representing a regiment or nation and are carried by color guards, standards are associated with higher-level units like battalions or regiments, and the national flag is the country’s flag used in broader contexts rather than by a single company. Because the question specifies the small flag carried by those smaller units, the correct term is guidon.