ACMESkydiver 0 #1 January 13, 2008 Ok, another 'royals and the military' question. Say Prince whoever is in uniform on duty as a commissioned officer. He walks by some shmuckatelli Sergeant or something, who is also in uniform. Does the sergeant salute or bow? What if the prince was in civilian attire? What if the sergeant was in civilian attire? What if they both were in civilian attire? Does it matter if they're indoors or outdoors, covered (hat on) or not, carrying a weapon or not, like here in the US, or does whatever rule apply no matter what? <--I hated that in the army. Salute indoors uncovered IF you're walking into the CO's office or leaving his/her office...or IF you're armed you wore your cover indoors while armed...it was just hard to remember all of the 'ifs'. I'm having no luck with Google searching. I don't need 100% accuracy...I'm looking for basic guidelines to compare with US military protocol with the president. I'm just using the info as an idea for a project.~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #2 January 14, 2008 The sergeant salutes the officer; he also salutes the sovereign, as does the officer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #3 January 14, 2008 Quote The sergeant salutes the officer; he also salutes the sovereign, as does the officer. Kinda like what our military would do for the Commander in Chief. Okie dokie. However, would they do that if they were all wearing jeans & off duty, too? Or would the ol' "Hey sir, how's it going?" work? ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heresharry 0 #4 January 14, 2008 Guys its different in the UK im ex military (11 years) 1.if he was in uniform headress on he would salute 2. No headress he would brace up or bow(not salute) and acknowledge the presence of him 3.If both in civvies then a bow and calling him sir blah blah blah to be honest hes quite camp so i wouldnt bother even acknowledging him anyway............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #5 January 14, 2008 Quote t hes quite camp For those of us that don't speak "English" what exactly does that phrase mean? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heresharry 0 #6 January 14, 2008 Sorry.... It means abit wet, girly and just doesnt command respect.............. but he is young he could turn out like his father....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 January 14, 2008 I'm ex-RAF... No Hats or No Uniform = No Salute. I don't know the answer to the carrying arms questions. As far as I'm concerned the Prince would be treated like any other Officer. I probably wouldn't recognise him, so if he's in civvies he may get a "Hi" (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #8 January 14, 2008 The biggest misconception that people have about British people and the monarchy is thinking that we actually give a damn. 90% of the time they're an amusing irrelevance that are pretty good for tourism and thus their positive impact on GDP far outweighs their relatively meagre running costs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #9 January 14, 2008 Thank you both...that's what I was looking for. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #10 January 14, 2008 Quote The biggest misconception that people have about British people and the monarchy is thinking that we actually give a damn. 90% of the time they're an amusing irrelevance that are pretty good for tourism and thus their positive impact on GDP far outweighs their relatively meagre running costs. I admit to having no clue how much British people think or care about the royals. I assumed the question would be answered by military or ex-military, just like if someone from the UK was asking about saluting the President of the US. --> Yes we would salute him when in uniform because even though he is a civilian, he is still the Commander in Chief, which means he's the highest ranking officer in any US military. (Many people don't know that fact, and I wouldn't expect them to unless they were in the military). ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,604 #11 January 14, 2008 Quote Yes we would salute him when in uniform because even though he is a civilian, he is still the Commander in Chief, which means he's the highest ranking officer in any US military. (Many people don't know that fact, and I wouldn't expect them to unless they were in the military). Really? I'd have thought that was fairly common knowledge! For one thing, "Hail to the Chief" being played every time he walks into a room has to be some kind of clueDo you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #12 January 14, 2008 Quote Quote Yes we would salute him when in uniform because even though he is a civilian, he is still the Commander in Chief, which means he's the highest ranking officer in any US military. (Many people don't know that fact, and I wouldn't expect them to unless they were in the military). Really? I'd have thought that was fairly common knowledge! For one thing, "Hail to the Chief" being played every time he walks into a room has to be some kind of clue Not so much...when 'Hail to the Chief' is being played, we are all too busy singing our own made-up lyrics to notice the prez...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
