Posted on Jan 31, 2016
What is the proper way to board a US Naval vessel?
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Nope, you don't get to just saunter aboard! See my post below for the proper procedure. (Originally posted as an update, RP staff said it'd be good as a question. Sorry for the duplicate, but this actually gets it to a broader pool of people who might need to know it (ie non-Sailors).
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Well, as the saying went in the Marines, depending on whether you were embarking or debarking, it was either "salute the flag, then the f$#", or "salute the f@%, then the flag"... Sorry, that's how I was taught at PI.
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SN Greg Wright
SFC Michael Hasbun I'll let SCPO Jason McLaughlin say it for me, as he did so eloquently above: "That's OK, I was taught that the front flap of my 13 button trousers was called a "Marine dinner plate"."
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SN Greg Wright - Of course however if you are not boarding your own ship aren't you required to state your purpose? "Request permission to board to visit SN Greg Wright"? and wait to be giver permission?
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Capt Mark Strobl
CPT (Join to see) - While in civies, the same protocol is followed, less the salute. Come to the position of attention facing the ensign or Union Jack... then, to the OOD.
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