Should a 2LT salute a 1LT?

Does a Pv2 stand at parade rest for a Pfc?
I guess it's your own perogative, I never saluted other lieutenants when I was one, nor did I expect them to salute me.

I haven't read every comment but a common thread is that most seem to look on the person initiating the exchange of salutes as somehow "burdened." As I recall, at whatever the rank from 2ndLt to LtCol, the enlisted personnel that comprised about 90% of the command had to initiate the exchange when meeting the 10% who were officers. The officers, on the other hand, had to return the salutes of everyone (except the very small percentage who were of the same rank). Looks to me that the "burden" on officers far exceeds the "burden" on enlisted personnel. The ultimate issue, however, is the fact that anyone considers an exchange of salutes as a burden at all.

Allways salute a senior officer,no matter what, its the way the armed forces are structured, if you have served, as i have,you show respect to the rank,im sure there is a regulation that specifies that.Be proud of your service and those that came before.

If this has to be asked by anyone serving, with maybe the exception of a new recruit, than it begs the question "Did you not learn anything in the Academy, OCS, or Basic?" This kind of entry suggests our military isn't very astute.

In the Marines there is a saying that says “bars don’t salute bars” and I found this to be true everywhere except for TBS in Quantico and this includes WOs. Technically, a salute should be rendered in this situation just as one would expect a W5 to salute a Lt but that rarely happens.

I can't believe the stupidity of this question even being asked. Water is wet. Juniors salute seniors. Stop dumbing down my Army.

Yes and the Sergeant Major of the Army should salute a WO1 also

I was a brand new 2LT (a month in the engineer battalion) and the Corp Maintenance Chief (CW5 or it could have been CW4) was on our line in the battalion motor pool on maintenance Monday. hmmm funny how my squad leaders all seemed to vanish at the moment the Chief walked through. We had a piece of equipment that was deadlined for too long He raked me over the coals on the maintenance status of the equipment - then he took the time to train me on how to manage and track my platoons equipment more efficiently. I have never met a WO that wasn't awesome btw.

At the end of it I started to salute him first, I was nervous and I did respect this man's knowledge and experience. He kind of chuckled and we both finished our salutes. He went off to find the maintenance NCO to get the real answers.

While I am okay being a nervous new 2LT and mistakenly saluting a chief warrant officer, the only way I would salute a 1LT would be if the XO was in charge of the company formation. Otherwise if it was just an LT walking by an LT thats all it was. No saluting required.

As a Corporal, it was my Duty to train to respect those in higher rank, whether Enlisted or Officer. Salute an Officer, and acknowledge any enlisted higher in rank. Also trained them to train those in lower grade as well. Respect and Regulation.

I had no clue until I reported to my first battalion in the First Infantry Division. The first three 1Lts I met told me that all Lts call each other by their first name and never salute each other. All of us 2Lts still had great respect for the 1Lts that had 3 or more years in the Army. We respected them because we were clueless and fortunately learned a lot from from them.