Odd question--are enlisted members/cadets of one military branch required to salute officers of different branches?
Just Curious!
Odd question--are enlisted members/cadets of one military branch required to salute officers of different branches?
Just Curious!
VADM Nelson as an LT, later added CAPT stripes after a promotion
Was stationed as a military adviser in remote SEA. Officers in any military were treated with great respect. If an Officer (American or Host) entered your building you stood and saluted. Transfered to large main staging base where things were not the same. Host Country Officers were leaving squadron headquarters building after inspection. As an NCO I stepped off the path and saluted. They broke out laughing. They had never been saluted by an American before. Understood the language (they didn't know I did) and they were shocked that they were even recognized. Ah! Our ugly American. If it walks talks or looks like an Officer and has circles, diamonds, bars or anything else on the collar salute. Better to be wrong than commit the enlisted faux pas.
Your best bet is to LEARN when to salute....
Because if you "whip it out" in front of the wrong person at the wrong time, you will get dressed down quicker than snot coming out of a nose after walking through the gas chamber.
I've seen Navy petty officers on a quarterdeck receive salutes, but they weren't the OOD. I haven't seen an OOD in the Navy below O-2 (maybe an E-7 out there?).
True though, taking watches usually require a salute.
Salute an Officer in a combat zone and He/She will probably shoot you without prejudice.