What’s the proper way to correct someone when not saluting an officer?

I was deployed in Baghdad headed to a F.O.B. and the esteemed officer told me to "go around the I.E.D. clearing team, I have to pee". I obeyed him. We survived. But I wouldn't have peed on him to put him out if he was on fire after that. I always obeyed his orders to the letter but I did not salute him after that for about a week. Our Sargent Major asked me why.
I explained the reason. And he in a father like way said " Son you salute the rank, not the person". After that I just looked at there rank and saluted it and never had a issue after that.

That’s aggressive? Wow

What you did was "Segeant's Business". The Major was wrong and should not have butted in. Hopefully though you saluted the Major and said yes isir/mam, went on your business and continue doling the right thing.

Maybe she had a bad and didn't notice the officers. Or in certain hospital areas are no salute - such as in Ft Sam when I was stationed there. Get over yourself and remember you are deal with a person. Yes, your uniform deserves the salute - sometimes the person does not - but uniform does. And learn to deal with people with respect and you will get it back - or at least your uniform will.

Honestly you did not do anything wrong but she should been made to salute a tree until it returned her salute back.

I would have shared my 'CHITOS' with her or...… gotten her a bunch of flowers and suggested its sheer courtesy to SALUT an officer (in a rather complimenting voice...…………….. without make a lot of 'BALLY-HOOOOO. The MAJOR was RIGHT for she …. could have something more important on her mind-

I was fresh out of Corps School, I was really scared when I get to Bethesda Naval Hospital, one day I was in a hurry and because I was fresh I saluted anything brown, I saluted a Chief she just laughs and told me:-Shipmate, we don't salute Chiefs only officers. But we always got yelled out from officers fresh from Annapolis. In the end, we learned to recognize them and just take another route,but I think that there are better ways to correct someone than to yell on a hallway full of patients.

We've become to soft; It may hurt the Armed Service's !

I had this happen numerous times while I was a senior NCO. I was walking into our BDE HQ and a CW3 was about 10 steps in front of me. A PFC came out of the HQ and didn't salute. As the Chief turned around to say something, I said "I got it chief'. He turned around and went into the Bldg. I then reminded the PFC of basic military customs and courtesies. It should be the NCO who makes the correction if one is around. Drill Sergeants teach this in basic tng and is NCO business. I know, I know there is no such thing as NCO business (whatever), but we need to police ourselves (enlisted ranks) so our officers have the utmost trust in us.

It would be good to pull them aside and take it as a training opportunity. Sometime soldiers especially privates just need a little help. If it was a SGT then it is different. But privates are already nervous.