Has saluting had its day?
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Witt Station Commander Jerry C?
Screaming Skull Mick S?
On a visit to Cazaux AB, (French AF) I noted that the form appeared to be that all ranks on the sqn came into the crew room, shook the CO's hand and bid him a good morning.
Similarly they all came into the crew room at stack time had a vin rouge coffee or a tinny and shook his hand and bid him goodnight. Didn't see much actual saluting but I probably would not have noticed a, to my mind,normality.
But there was a lot of respect up/down the ladder.
Witt Station Commander Jerry C?
Screaming Skull Mick S?
On a visit to Cazaux AB, (French AF) I noted that the form appeared to be that all ranks on the sqn came into the crew room, shook the CO's hand and bid him a good morning.
Similarly they all came into the crew room at stack time had a vin rouge coffee or a tinny and shook his hand and bid him goodnight. Didn't see much actual saluting but I probably would not have noticed a, to my mind,normality.
But there was a lot of respect up/down the ladder.
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I recall saluting you one day, and seeming to catch you by surprise when I did it!
Of course, I don't have lieutenant colonels calling me 'sir'!
While deployed to Slovakia on a military liaison team, I remembered the local conscripts flinched when we saluted. I suspect the thought we were going to hit them, as a few of their officers had a tendency to do. Once they got used to our American quick-salute method (at least that's how it is suppose to be), they picked up doing it themselves. One of our primary goals there was to show them what developing a professional NCO corps could do for their military, and how to maintain good order and discipline while displaying mutual respect both up and down the chain-of-command.
Of course, there is some thing to be said for good old wall-to-wall counseling. Wish it were still an option sometimes, as all other methods tend to be futile on some troops...
Cheers!
I recall saluting you one day, and seeming to catch you by surprise when I did it!
Of course, I don't have lieutenant colonels calling me 'sir'!
While deployed to Slovakia on a military liaison team, I remembered the local conscripts flinched when we saluted. I suspect the thought we were going to hit them, as a few of their officers had a tendency to do. Once they got used to our American quick-salute method (at least that's how it is suppose to be), they picked up doing it themselves. One of our primary goals there was to show them what developing a professional NCO corps could do for their military, and how to maintain good order and discipline while displaying mutual respect both up and down the chain-of-command.
Of course, there is some thing to be said for good old wall-to-wall counseling. Wish it were still an option sometimes, as all other methods tend to be futile on some troops...
Cheers!
