Do you salute enemy officers? we salute the rank, not the man explained.
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Officers should salute other officers and authorized civilians of higher rank. … Army and Air Force members render the hand salute when reporting inside and outside to an officer or president of a board. If under arms and inside, Marines and Navy members will render a salute.
Q: Does an officer have to salute a senior officer? A: Yes. It doesn’t matter what rank the junior-ranking individual(s) is/are, whether commissioned or non-commissioned. Anytime a higher-ranking commissioned officer is encountered in a setting which requires a salute, all personnel junior in rank must salute.
Any airman, noncommissioned officer (NCO) or officer may salute at any time. When saluting, the head and eyes are turned toward the flag or person saluted. When in ranks, a position of attention is maintained unless otherwise directed.
A salute will not be rendered for Noncommissioned Officers. If the Officer stops to converse with the Soldier, the Soldier salutes the officer when the officer leaves.
When you enter a military installation a gate guard will check your ID card. If it is a military member, they will salute officers. It is customary to return the salute whether you are in uniform or wearing civilian clothes.
“The President of the United States, as the commander in chief, will be saluted by Army personnel in uniform. … “Salutes are not required to be rendered or returned when the senior or subordinate, or both are in civilian attire.”
The naval salute, with the palm downwards is said to have evolved because the palms of naval ratings, particularly deckhands, were often dirty through working with lines and was deemed insulting to present a dirty palm to an officer; thus the palm was turned downwards.
The LT absolutely does not outrank the sergeant major or first sergeant. … But new second lieutenants have zero experience in the Army while chief warrant officers 4 and 5 generally have over a decade and platoon sergeants and above have 10-ish or more experience as well.
Military courtesy shows respect and reflects self-discipline. While some of these courtesies seem to wane after basic, they’re strictly adhered to during military basic training: When talking to an officer, stand at attention until ordered otherwise. … A salute indoors is rendered only when reporting to an officer.
During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in review, all persons present in uniform should render the military salute. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute.
Yes, it is customary to salute them when you recognize them as officers, when they are in uniform or when they are participants in ceremonies. Security personnel (gate guards) at military installation entrances salute retired officers when they see their rank as they check ID cards, for example.
Although not required by law or military regulation, members of the uniformed services are encouraged to render salutes to recipients of the Medal of Honor as a matter of respect and courtesy regardless of rank or status, whether or not they are in uniform.
The Sergeant Major of the Army has the highest rank of all enlisted noncommissioned officers, E-9S, a special rank.
Not unless their positional authority dictates you have to. You only salute commissioned officers. There are times that you have to salute a watchstander to come aboard a ship, but other than that O-ranks are the only people you salute.
The NCO referred me to AR 600-20, Army Command Policy, which makes it pretty clear that West Point cadets do, in fact, outrank Army NCOs. This regulation shows that cadets rank after commissioned and warrant officers, but before NCOs. … You’re right, Sergeant, a West Point cadet DOES outrank you.