Sections 4 Gun Salutes Flashcards
1213.1. What salute shall be fired to the flag of the President?
A 21-gun salute.
1213.2. In all circumstances during which a 21-gun salute shall be rendered to the flag of the President, what salute shall be fired to the flag of the Secretary of State when acting as special foreign representative of the President?
a 19-gun salute
1214.1. What kind of gun salute shall be rendered to the flag of any official in the “8-pack”? (SecDef, Deputy SecDef, SecNav, Under SecDef, Assistant SecDef, General Counsel of the DoD, Under SecNav, Assistant SecNav)
a 19-gun salute
- When a ship enters the port of a foreign nation recognized by the U.S., what is the protocol?
she shall fire a 21-gun salute
1215.4. Shall the salute to the nation or the salute in honor of individuals come first?
The salute to the nation shall precede any salutes to individuals.
1217.1. What shall be given to the flag or standard of the president, sovereign or member of a reigning royal family under the same circumstances as saluting the flag of the US president?
a 21-gun salute.
1218.1. What shall ships do upon entering a port where the personal flags or standards of several presidents, sovereigns or members of reigning royal families are displayed?
Each ship shall fire a 21-gun salute to each flag or standard in this order:
- president/sovereign/member of reigning royal family of port’s nation
- POTUS
- presidents/sovereigns of other nations in alphabetical order
- members of reigning royal families of other nations in alphabetical order
1218.2. Upon entering a port where the personal flags or standards of several presidents, sovereigns or members of reigning royal families are displayed, and if there are more than one dignitary present from any nation …
Only the senior dignitary of each nation shall be saluted.
1223.1 What is the normal interval between gun salutes?
5 seconds.
