Military Discipline

Military Courtesy and Discipline1. Respect for Seniors2. The Hand Salute3. Types of Salutes4. Whom to Salute5. When to Salute6. How to Salute7. When not to Salute8. Do's and Don'ts of Saluting9. Distance for Saluting10. Saluting the Flag in Civilian Attire

2. Whom to Salutea) Commissioned officers of the Navy, Army, Air Force, the National Flag, and National Anthem.b) Officer of Foreign Armed Services governments which are recognized by the Philippines.c) Officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Public Health Service when they are serving the AFP.d) All civilians who entitled, by reason of their position, to gun salutes of other honors, are also entitled by the custom to the salute.

3. When to Salutea) Aboardship - When boarding a navy ship which the National Flag is flying, all persons in the naval science step upon reaching the upper platform of the accommodation ladder or shipboard end of the prow, face the national Flag and salute. After this, salute the Officer of the Deck (OOD). When leaving the ship, salute first the OOD and the National Flag. All Officers and enlisted personnel on board a navy ship salute all flag officers, captains of ship, and officers seniors to themselves from other on every occasion of meeting, passing near, or when being addressed.

4. b) In boats b.1 men seated in boats in which there is no officer, petty officer or acting petty officer in charge, rise and salute all officers passing near. When an officer, petty or acting petty officers is in charge of the boat, he alone renders the salute. b.2 Officers seated in boats rise in rendering and returning salutes when a senior enters or leaves the boat or when acknowledging a gun salute. b.3 Coxswains in charge of boats rise and salute all officers entering or leaving the boat. All members of the crew when the boat is not underway and not carrying an officer aboard stand and salute when an officer comes alongside, leaves the side, or passes near them. If the boat awning are spread, the men sit at attention and render the hand salute without rising.

5. c) In building ashore - In Navy building ashore, the same general rules of saluting apply as on board navy ship. Salute the captain and all officers senior to you on all occasions, salute other officers on first meeting during the day. The salute also rendered indoors during ceremonies honoring the flag and in court martial.d) In civilian clothes - Senior should be saluted (when recognized) while wearing civilian