When to Salute

When to apostrophize Army personnel in akin is require when you meet and hump persons entitled by rank. Do not solute, when it is remote or impractical, wish in public conveyances such as planes and buses, in public places such as inside theaters, or when driving a fomite. Salute is withal rendered (1) When the United States National hymn, To the Color, Hail to the Chief, or international national anthems argon played. (2) To uncase National Color outdoors. (3) On ceremonial occasions. (4) At reveille and retreat ceremonies, during the raising or lowering of the flag. 5) During the sounding of honors. (6) When pledging allegiance to the US flag outdoors. (7) When turning over control of formations. (8) When rendering reports. (9) To officers of friendly foreign countries. Salutes be not required when (1) Indoors, except when reporting to an officer or when on duty as a guard. (2) A prisoner. (3) When is saluting is obviously inappropriate? Is when, a person carrying articl es with both hands, or being otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impracticable, is not required to court a senior person or return the woo to a subordinate.In any case not cover by specific instructions, the plight is rendered. (4) Either the senior or the subordinate is jadeing civilian clothe is reporting Indoors. When reporting to an officer in his office, the soldier removes his headgear, knocks, and enters when told to do so. He draw closees within two steps of the officers desk, halts, salutes, and reports, Sir (Maam), Private Jones reports. The salute is held until the report is completed and the salute has been returned by the officer.When the business is completed, the soldier salutes, holds the salute until it has been returned, executes the appropriate facing movement, and departs. When reporting indoors while carrying a mechanism in your hands, by a sling or holster. The procedure is the equal except that the headgear is not removed and the soldier renders the salute confident(p) for the weapon with which he is armed. Reporting out of doors When reporting outdoors, the soldier moves rapidly toward the officer, halts approximately three steps from the officer, salutes, and reports.When the soldier is dismissed by the officer, salutes be again exchanged. If under gird, the soldier carries the weapon in the manner confident(p) for saluting. Saluting officers in official vehicles by recognized individually by stray or identifying vehicle plates and/or flags, is considered an appropriate courtesy. Salutes are not required to be rendered by or to personnel who are driving or riding in privately owned vehicles except by entrance guards, who render salutes to recognized officers in all vehicles unless their duties make the salute impractical.When war machine personnel are drivers of a moving vehicle, they do not take up a salute In Formation Individuals in formation do not salute or return salutes except at the command, present, g ird. The individual in waken salutes and acknowledges salutes for the entire formation. Commanders of organizations or detachments that are not a part of a larger formation salute officers of higher(prenominal) grade by bringing the organization or detachment to forethought before saluting.When in the field under battle or untrue battle conditions, the organization or detachment is not brought to attention. An individual in formation at ease or at rest comes to attention when addressed by an officer. Not in Formation On the set about of an officer, a group of individuals not in formation is called to attention by the first person noticing the officer, and all come sharply to attention and salute. Individuals dynamic in games, and members of work details, do not salute.The individual in charge of a work detail, if not actively engaged, salutes and acknowledges salutes for the entire detail. A whole resting alongside a road does not come to attention upon the approach of an offic er however, if the officer addresses an individual (or group), the individual (or group) comes to attention and extends at attention (unless otherwise ordered) until the termination of the conversation, at which time the individual (or group) salutes the officer. OutdoorsWhenever and wherever the United States National Anthem, To the Color, Reveille, or Hail to the Chief is played, at the first note, all dismounted personnel in uniform and not in formation face the flag or the symphony, if the flag is not in view, stand at attention, and render the prescribed salute. The position of salute is held until the lastly note of the music is sounded. Military personnel not in uniform will stand at attention and remove headdress, if any, with the right hand. indeed place the right hand over the heart. Vehicles in motion are brought to a halt. Persons riding in a passenger car or on a motorcycle dismount and salute.Occupants of other types of military vehicles and buses remain in the veh icle the individual in charge of each vehicle dismounts and renders the hand salute. Tank and armored car commanders salute from the vehicle. When the National Anthem is played indoors, officers and enlisted personnel stand at attention and face the music or the flag if one is present. Last, Small flags carried by individuals, such as those carried by civilian spectators at a parade, are not saluted. It is haywire to salute with any object in the right hand or with a cigarette, cigar, or pipe in the mouth.Officers and enlisted men under arms uncover only when (1) Seated as a member of (or in attendance on) a court or board. (2) Entering places of divine worship. (3) In attendance at an official reception. b. Male personnel remove their headdress indoors. When outdoors, military headdress is never removed, or raised as a form of salutation. c. Female military personnel will remain covered at all times when it would be appropriate for civilian women at a similar function to wear a ha t. They must wear headgear when in uniform outdoors if headgear is authorized.