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A sloppy salute is worse than not saluting at all. It reflects disrespect. An officer who allows the standards of military fundamentals to drop shows poor leadership qualities.
How can officers expect their subordinates to maintain high standards when they themselves do not adhere to them? The waist-to-hip ratio in the military male should not be more than. Most senior officers violate these norms. Just look at the photographs of great military leaders and warriors. Their soldierly bearing stands out. The current military hierarchy is not walking the talk.
Senior officers are not acting as role models as far as their saluting, fitness and bearing standards are concerned. The public display of such violations points to a bigger leadership crisis. Post retirement, he was Member of Armed Forces Tribunal. Views are personal. India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises. But the news media is in a crisis of its own.
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A dull day in the military too if saluting is the topic of the dy. Who ever claims no salute is better than sloppy salute should be given a no salute. Irrespective of the quality of salute we expect the politicians to be dressed in prescribed national dress. Which mandatory for every one. Will some one accept if Jawans taking part in ceremonial parades get dressed up in their native dressed as per their will.?
The answer would be big NO. Reviewing parades in chappals , half shirts , lungis, dhoities etc is an insult to the soldiers who toil hard to be properly dressed as per the dress regulations and take part in the ceremonial parades. Similarly while these politicians visit military establishments for the sake of appeasing them , they are made to wear funny hats and other items of attire. They must be briefed before hand. Similarly if any one not wearing a headgear he should not salute but stand still in attention position.
RM is not a military man. Print Media should not focus on the type of Salute RM does. The same etiquette is followed when the Pledge of Allegiance is spoken. Traditionally, only uniformed soldiers could salute the US flag during the National Anthem or when raising or lowering the flag.
In , the US Congress approved legislation to allow veterans and members of the military who are not in uniform to salute the flag. When in military uniform, military members are required to salute the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem.
Soldiers should also salute when the flag is raised or lowered. If the flag is passing, such as during a parade, the soldier salutes the flag when it is six paces away and holds the salute until the flag has passed an additional six paces. Members of the military and veterans who are not in uniform may render the salute or follow the same etiquette required of civilians. As with civilians, the president typically holds his hand over his heart to show respect for the flag.
However, as the commander-in-chief, the president also has the right to give a military salute. In the past several decades, it has become custom for US Presidents to salute military personnel, such as when boarding and exiting Air Force One or Marine One.
Members of Marine One are required to salute the president as he approaches the helicopter and when he exits. As with previous presidents, Ronald Reagan would nod and say hello to the Marines, but he found it awkward that the Marines could not drop their hands. They had to hold their salute as he passed. Ronald Reagan decided to return the salute so that the Marines could stand at ease. However, this goes against existing protocols for rendering the salute.
According to Federal regulations, individuals can only render the salute when in uniform and hat. Before , veterans and active service members in civilian clothes were also prohibited from giving a salute. As Ronald Reagan was wearing civilian clothing, his salute would violate US regulations. Before violating the regulations, Reagan sought counsel from the commandant of Marine One.
He told Reagan that as president no one would stop him from giving the salute. George H.
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