Determine situations in which the hand salute is not required.

Determination should include times when

• indoors, except when reporting to an officer or when on duty as a guard
• addressing a prisoner
• saluting is impractical
• the senior or the subordinate is wearing civilian clothes
• officers of equal rank pass each other.

Also, military personnel would not salute civilians with the exception of certain government officials.

Process/Skill Questions:

• When is the hand salute not required?
• How do traditions, customs, and courtesies figure in saluting?
• What determines who is saluted and at what time?