Custom & Courtesies AR 600-25 Flashcards
When must army personnel in uniform salute?
When they meet and recognize persons entitled to the salute.
Officers & Medal of Honor recipients
Who will salute first?
Junior person
What should accompany the rendering of the hand salute?
Appropriate greeting
When will personnel salute indoors?
When reporting to a military board
Or on the red carpet
When is it required to salute officers in official vehicles?
When recognized individually by rank or identifying vehicle plates and/or flags.
Who is required to salute an officer while said officer is driving in a POV?
Gate guards
Who will be saluted by army personnel in uniform?
The POTUS
What are the 6 situations when salutes are not required to be rendered or returned by the senior or suboordinate?
When a person is in civilian attire
Engaged in routine work
When both hands are occupied
In ranks
In public places
Or when it would present a safety hazard
What regulation covers customs and courtesies?
AR 600-25
Is the U.S. flag dipped by way of salute or compliment?
No
When will organizational colors be dipped by way of salute?
In all military ceremonies while the national anthem, “to the colors”, or a foreign nations anthem is being played and when rendering honors to organizations and individuals for which the ceremony is being held.
Will the U.S. Army flag be dipped.
Yes. It is an organizational color and will be dipped accordingly.
Who is required to be present to salute with canon?
A commissioned officer
When will a salute with cannon not be fired?
Between retreat and reveille, on Sunday’s, or on national holidays
What does a salute to the union consists of?
1 gun for each state
How many guns are required for national salute or salute to a national flag?
21
What is the origin of the Salute?
It became a way of showing respect in early American history. When a citizen wanted to approach a public official they had to raise their right hand to show that they didn’t have a weapon. Then it went on to knights raising their visors with their right hand to greet their friends.
Can you salute a prisoner?
No they have lost their right.
Enlisted members generally do not exchange salutes, what are some examples of when they would exchange salutes?
When rendering reports in formation
When reporting to an enlisted president of a board
Where do you walk when walking with someone that is senior to you?
On the senior person’s left
When meeting an officer in the open, how far away should you be before rendering the hand salute?
6 paces
Who salutes in a group of soldiers not in formation?
The first person to see the officer should call the group to attention and everyone should salute
When lowering the flag (retreat) the flag is folded (cocked hat) and treated as a cased color. Do persons meeting the flag detail salute the flag?
No. Once the flag has been folded (cocked hat), it is treated as a cased Color and not saluted by persons meeting the flag detail. The flag will be treated with the utmost dignity and respect but not be rendered any sort of honors.
Who will set the time of sounding reveille and retreat?
Installation Commanders
