Posted on Dec 5, 2017
Be honest, how many people accidently have saluted specialists in the dark thinking they were a LTC? Any other gaffes?
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I remember walking down the main road on FOB Adder and saluting a spc once or twice. Even received one or two myself. On guy I accidently saluted thought I was an officer and said "sorry sir" while he saluted me back
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Posted 7 y ago
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As a young Marine I'd salute anything shiny since officers didn't wear subdued rank. So I saluted my fair share of Navy Chief's. Most were used to it and just saluted back with a disgusted look that said "what's the point of explaining it to you".
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GySgt Dave Provencal
Got my ass handed to me by a Master Chief! I had a 2 hour PME on Navy Ensignias
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I thought it would be cool when I got my commission but within a few days I realized I went from saluting a few times a day to saluting everyone.
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SPC David Willis
Ha yea, my LT hated saluting. We would spread out several paces as we walked by him so he'd have to salute 4 or 5 times in a row. Eventually he just started muttering at us under his breath haha.
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