Should a 2LT salute a 1LT?

I've always saluted my officers but not always got the salute back. I got used to it

It's like Nike.....Just do it....not really that hard

Seems to me the salute is required, silver bar vs gold bar. So how can you not recognize the difference. A lame excuse at best sounds like new officer fat headedness! This is a time honored military tradition of all services. It is a time honored gripe by senior NCOs vs 2nd lt. No brains ect. It has always been so even in the Roman Legions! Senior always train junior that include NCOs training new officers

Of course they should salute and if they don't, put your foot up their fourth point of contact. Be a leader and lead these young LT's and set the standard for them. These young officers will meet the expectations given, so set your expectations high.

A lot of people miss the point - a salute is a mark of respect between warriors. When we degrade it to a question of who has to salute whom, and make it a discussion about rules, we lose sight of the fundamental truth. I salute you because you are a brother or sister member of a group of people who are committed to go willingly into harms way with the intent to do violence to our country's enemies, not as a meaningless gesture of subservience or superiority. That respect extends whether you are junior in rank to me, the same rank, or senior in rank to me, male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, regardless of race or ethnicity or religion or national origin. It is a unique part of what bonds us together as professionals. Civilians in general do not have the privilege of saluting or being saluted.

1st LT is a senior rank and should be saluted by the junior 2nd LT

Is this a serious question? Short answer, yes.

Whip it on him.

My Military Career is over; however, during my career I always saluted and returned Salutes. I felt it was just our way of acknowledging fellow soldiers! Just saying: Hi there!

Gotta give ya a big fat " Duh! " on that one! A First Louie is senior on that one! Read your AR!