Posted on Oct 13, 2014
When is it correct to salute with your left hand?
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When you don't have a right arm or you are incapable of moving it due to injury
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I have never seen that. But I will not complaint if a veteran missing his right arm salutes with his left. Of course I wouldn't be upset if he doesn't salute at all.
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I don't believe it ever is, at least in the Army. If you are unable to use your right hand for some reason, you can simply return a superior officer's greeting or come to attention for other occasions. Granted its been a LONG time since I studied the finer points of military courtesy.
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The Hand salute is given by the right hand, there is no provision in the U.S. Army to salute with the left hand. Although there is a regulation for saluting, the how to's and for are covered in the Drill and Ceremonies FM, what we all need to remember it that saluting is a courtesy, usually accompanied by the greeting of the time "good morning Sir" if one is unable to salute due to injury etc. then the greeting would be appropriate, If a person that deserves a salute and does not receive one because one is unable and insists on a salute, then I would question their leadership capabilities.
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SGT Richard H.
M-14 manual of arms includes a left handed salute across the body at right shoulder arms and order arms, both to the rifle. I believe this also applies to the guidon manual of arms. Across services there are other instances, such as the M-16 manual of arms for the Marines and a Botswain piping someone on board a ship (I learned that one on this thread)
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