102 Rank Structure And Courtesis Flashcards
Do NOT salute when…
At work indoors(except when under arms)
A prisoner or Guarding prisoners
Under battle conditions
While your blouse or coat is unbuttoned
With a smoking device in your hand
In ranks, at games, or part of a work detail
Physically interfere with your performance of an assigned duty or would create a hazard
O-10
General (Gen)
O-9
Lieutenant General (LtGen)
O-8
Major General (MGen)
O-7
Brigadier General (BGen)
O-6
Colonel (Col)
O-5
Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol)
O-4
Major (Maj)
O-3
Captain (Capt)
O-2
First Lieutenant (1st Lt)
O-1
Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
W-1
Warrant Officer (WO-1)
W-2
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO-2)
W-3
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO-3)
W-4
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO-4)
W-5
Chief Warrant Officer (CWO-5)
The highest E-9 of the Marine Corps?
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
E-9
Sergeant Major (SgtMaj) or Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt)
E-8
First Sergeant (1stSgt) or Master Sergeant (MSgt)
E-7
Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt)
E-6
Staff Sergeant (SSgt)
E-5
Sergeant (Sgt)
E-4
Corporal (Cpl)
E-3
Lance Corporal (LCpl)
E-2
Private First Class (PFC)
E-1
Private (Pvt)
How do you board a small boat or ship?
Inverse order of rank; the junior goes firsthand the others follow accordingly to rank
Board and depart a naval ship between sunset and 0800
Salute the OD and request “Permission to go ashore.”
Depart a naval ship between 0800 and sunset
Salute the OD and request “Permission to go ashore.”
Go to the brow,turn aft and salute the National Ensign
Boarding a naval ship between 0800 to sunset
Face aft when reaching top of the gangway(brow)
Salute the National Ensign
Salute the officer of the deck (OD)
Request “Permission to come aboard”
How to salute
6 paces no more than 30
Render only once is superior remains
Render again when senior departs or when you do
Do not interrupt a conversation to salute another senior unless pfficer you are talking to salutes a senior
