Take it easy
PR! These guys can't talk about the "hard stuff" here and it's interesting to get the views of the different Services. The thread's got a lot more mileage than I would have thought.
I can link Kaa's post and Samuels reply.
In my Off Cdt days a course mate walked (marched) past the Stn Cdr who had more rows of medals than the whole of today's Army, Navy and AF Boards put together. He forgot to salute. The Gp Capt called him back and gently explained the error of my chum's ways and went on his way.
The whole event was watched by the SWO who stopped my chum and said "Thank your lucky stars you didn't do that to an Acting Pilot Officer!"
Towards the end of my 30+ years, I took a dislike to the process of saluting between junior officers and Major/Sqn Ldr/Lt Cdr equivalents. Often they were doing the same job on level terms. It seemed like an unnecessary anachronism.