I was looking over the [Marshal](stackoverflow.com/badges/1298/marshal) and [Deputy](stackoverflow.com/badges/1002/deputy) badges (on Stack Overflow), with the [new changes to them](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/117903/152134), and I noticed that two of the recent folks who earned Marshal are mods; [Bill the Lizard](http://stackoverflow.com/users/1288/bill-the-lizard) and [NullUserException](http://stackoverflow.com/users/396458/nulluserexception).

Then I said to myself:

> Self; How did these fine folks earn this particular badge, since they are the people who *handle* flags?

Three possibilities come to mind:

1. They can still flag posts for *other* mods to consider.
2. If a mod finds a post that needs moderator attention which has not yet been flagged, they must flag it before acting on it.
3. Taking moderator action on flagged posts counts as 'flagging' for mods.

This is mostly a curiosity thing for me. I'm not a mod anywhere, and already have both badges on Stack Overflow, but I definitely think it's good that, one way or another, mods were not left out of earning these (or any) badges.