broken trojan should have acknowledged the salute
he should not have saluted back
he definatly should not have been the first to salute ... the dumass fuk
it is / was one particular to our navy
the reason most floated was that it was unnecessarily distractive
some navies its only done for the first encounter each day
i would hazard that it has more to do with saluting within the sometimes tight confines of a warship is often a pita .. so why...
we have very clear cut rules about this
if you are
1 / a currently serving member of the armed forces
2 / in service uniform
3 / wearing a service hat
4 / not on a ship
you will salute all officers of higher rank and return all salutes to yourself
if any of these rules do not apply at the...