Paying Compliments (Saluting)

[myself.only]

...I was taught by a grumpy ole PPCLI SgtMaj that saluting is not about the commission it is about your self-discipline.

+1 to that

 

[medicineman]

Very old school, I salute the mayor, MPs, MLAs and funerals.  Females, I limit to formal occasions where a salute is permissible.  Always have.  I am not sure about now, but in 1980 in Cornwallis this was part of our instruction on the customs of the salute.  I am amazed that this is no longer common knowledge...

I remember being taught this too...and seem to remember it still is in the Drill and Ceremonial Manual, just things get glossed over or conveniently forgotten due to sleep deprivation.  Had to kick a friend of mine from Recruit School one time to salute someone else's National Anthem while we were in uniform - and then he got a lip on about it.  We were in the same squad in Cornwallis, did the same saluting test for our Cornflakes, etc.  Frankly, I see the problem as this: some people just don't give a flying rat's arse. 

MM