Saluting: Have you ever encountered an officer that did not salute you back, although he/she recognized your salute?

I agree. I also am befuddled by the way exchanging the greeting of the day between enlisted has seemed to have completely died.

I agree. When I came in in 2003, it was still a mandatory courtesy. It still makes me crazy when a Soldier walks past and doesn't say a word!

I'm a civilian now but I still to this day give a greeting of the day to any nco or officer I see in uniform.

SSG Kevin McCulley - Lack of proper leadership is the reason SSG.

Now a'days you can just put it on Army WtF moments. :)

I worked for the head of army acquisition and the commander of 101st airborne division whey they were my battalion commanders at fort ord. Benchoff and Hite. 3 stars. Had dinner with Hire numerous times throughout the years. Still call him sir and he calls me Chief

SSG Kevin McCulley - No, SSG you do not put that on the WTF moments. You straighten that out immediately, regardless of the rank.

SFC James (Jim) R Brown - We all know they will just deny it and lie about it unless it is put in the public realm. That's how officers do. No accountability for their incompetence, actions, mistakes, or malfeasance.

There is always someone with more stars on their shoulder, or more "Secretary" in front of their name. Eventually wrongs can be righted if you hold your ground and uphold the law and regulations as they were written.

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You're absolutely right - eventually you can, if you have the time, to find someone who will right a wrong.  However, reality often rears it's ugly head and makes that something (righting a wrong) a long term (as in decades) event.  I know from experience that one cannot win every battle - nor should one take on every challenge or issue.  To give you an example - take the admiral I confronted for failing to salute.  Had the situation occured in the US Marine Corps that particular officer would have been called out in an extremely public manner - and the NCO doing the correcting would have been appluaded loud and long.  That does NOT work in the Navy.  Ergo I knew when I faced not only the Admiral but the Admiral's Flag LT, frankly I knew I was in for a rough road.  It's been my experience that most Mustangs in the Nav react to being corrected in a public setting in a positive manner (generally).  However, there are relatively few Mustang Admirals and even fewer Mustang Admirals that travel with a Flag LT so I was fairly certain I was dealing with a Ring-knocker - which meant I had to handle the situation in a fairly politically correct manner.  Which I did, successfully.  But not without some push-back.  I knew the Flag Lt would be calling my ship and essentially putting me on report for calling out the Admiral in public - and she did precisely as I expected.  I also knew I had a spot or two in my chain of command that didn't see eye-to-eye with me and they would react in a predictable manner (see above reactions by XO and Division Chief) - and they did.  But I also knew I had my department heads support and my CO's full support in just about anything I attempted(as long as I didn't try to use the CO's purchase code to order another F-14 - another story for another time) so I wasn't too worried in regards to the XO and Chief.  So I chose my battlefield, I chose my tactics and I achieved my goal.  The Admiral got the message.  Would I attempt that same thing with a different set of circumstances - perhaps not.

I'm curious about why the admiral seemed to have a personal policy about not returning salutes. Seems pretty wierd...

As far as correcting seniors goes, if it's done tactfully, it simply falls under the category of 'on the spot corrections' - no different than letting someone know they have an unbuttoned pocket or a loose thread...

Did you also get a "respect ma authoritah" from him SFC ? Ha.

I had a CW2 that hated to get saluted, so we went out of our way to salute her. She never would return the salute for some reason.

SPC Lanahan, my unit would do something similar. If you're familiar with what a "salute line" is we would do those regularly when an officer approached that we knew hated saluting. The games we played!

My platoon loved the "salute line" but honestly it never bothered me, I'll return individual salutes as long as necessary.

No Salute FOB,  yet, when an extremely high ranking individual shows up you are forced to make him sniper bait? I almost laughed.

1SG, Shindand has been great considering it's a no salute FOB. My 2 weeks at KAF drove me insane, as soon as you walk out the door a company sized element of officers are eagerly awaiting your salute.

Because they have nothing better to do :)

When I was in RC South with the 82nd in charge of the region, my FOB started out as a no-salute zone. However, KAF was. Probably because of all the shiny brass down there. Then the story I heard was a new 2LT (probably thinking war zone= no salute period) didn't salute the RC CG, so the CG made it policy the entire RC was a salute zone. Not that anyone NOT on a major FOB cared. Whether true or not, about halfway through deployment I found myself getting reamed for not saluting a CPT. On a small FOB surrounded by high ground... because logic.

Oh, did I forget to mention that she WAS the battalion Commander?

The real question is, how did an officer like that even make it to field grade?

Probably "slept" her way to the top. Idk, but good question, lol.

Officers are only held accountable if it has a potential to get a more senior officer in trouble.