Originally Posted by
ZH875
So the RAF never salute an Officer, they salute the Queens Commision.
We were also taught to salute an officer's wife as an acknowledgement much in the same way that we would raise or doff our hat when in civvies (see Henry Crun).
Similarly saluting on entering an officer's office. One thing I was never clear on though was the protocol for an senior officer entering the office of a junior officer ~ when I went through that possibility probably did not arise
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Remember the old wartime films? Everyone wore head dress in the briefing room? You saluted when you entered on the assumption that a more senior officer was present - that was true in the 60s. Now you just slope in sideways and hope no one notices.