No Salute for Staff Sergeant Giunta?
 

On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:04:40 -0800, Rich Grise
wrote:

Buddy Beavers wrote:

WHY NO SALUTE BY OBAMA AT MEDAL OF HONOR CEREMONY?
By Attorney Rees Lloyd
November 26, 2010

A moment of national pride took place recently in the White House when an
American soldier, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, received the Medal of Honor
for bravery above and beyond the call of duty in combat in Afghanistan.

Technically, the higher-ranking officer isn't _required_ to salute, or even
to return a salute.

But this kind of rudeness just showcases the arrogance of Our Beloved
Infallible Commissar, who said that We, the Voters, the Taxpayers, the
payers of his salary and that of his unelected minions, are "not thinking
clearly."

Now the Lame Ducks are going to get as much revenge on the voters who
"refudiated" them ;-) as they can get away with, much like Lame Duck
Cheney/Bush and his trillion-dollar Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailout,
which Our Beloved Infallible Commissar doubled down on.

It's probably too late to save America from the ravages of socialism,
we're just going to all have to learn the hard way, like the Soviet Union
or any other of the failed communist regimes throughout history.

I was in Southeast Asia when the American invasion forces got
unceremoniously booted out of Vietnam; I saw Prez Tricky Dickie resign
in humiliation live on TeeVee. I had no idea at the time how badly we'd lost
to the Communists - they've taken over Washington DC.

And I'm no Repugnocrat! Do we really want to go from the party of gimme
gimme gimme gimme gimme to the party of KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL?

Thanks,
Rich



Actually, Rich, I believe that you will find, if you dig deep enough
in the military manuals that even general officers are required to
salute a MOH recipient and are required to initiate the salute. At
least that's what I was always told during my 21 years in the service.
I could be wrong. You know how that goes.

Jim

No Salute for Staff Sergeant Giunta?
 

Jim Chandler wrote:
On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:04:40 -0800, Rich Grise

I was in Southeast Asia when the American invasion forces got
unceremoniously booted out of Vietnam; I saw Prez Tricky Dickie resign
in humiliation live on TeeVee. I had no idea at the time how badly we'd
lost to the Communists - they've taken over Washington DC.

And I'm no Repugnocrat! Do we really want to go from the party of gimme
gimme gimme gimme gimme to the party of KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL?

Actually, Rich, I believe that you will find, if you dig deep enough
in the military manuals that even general officers are required to
salute a MOH recipient and are required to initiate the salute. At
least that's what I was always told during my 21 years in the service.
I could be wrong. You know how that goes.

OK, fair enough. I was only referring to ordinary officers and enlisted
men - I can't address the issue of saluting a Medal of Honor recipient,
since I've never met one or been involved in the pomp and ceremony.

I once did see an old grizzled master sergeant chew out a bomber pilot
who happened to be a major; "MAJOR! You Didn't Return My Salute!" The
major was only a bomber pilot, whose head was in the clouds anyway; he
just looked confused, saluted the MSGT, and they went on their way.

So, maybe my memory of military rules and regulations is a little rusty;
it's been 40 years, after all.

I joined the Air Force in 1968 to evade the draft. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

No Salute for Staff Sergeant Giunta?
 

On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:58:36 -0800, Rich Grise
wrote:

Jim Chandler wrote:
On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:04:40 -0800, Rich Grise

I was in Southeast Asia when the American invasion forces got
unceremoniously booted out of Vietnam; I saw Prez Tricky Dickie resign
in humiliation live on TeeVee. I had no idea at the time how badly we'd
lost to the Communists - they've taken over Washington DC.

And I'm no Repugnocrat! Do we really want to go from the party of gimme
gimme gimme gimme gimme to the party of KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL?

Actually, Rich, I believe that you will find, if you dig deep enough
in the military manuals that even general officers are required to
salute a MOH recipient and are required to initiate the salute. At
least that's what I was always told during my 21 years in the service.
I could be wrong. You know how that goes.

OK, fair enough. I was only referring to ordinary officers and enlisted
men - I can't address the issue of saluting a Medal of Honor recipient,
since I've never met one or been involved in the pomp and ceremony.

I once did see an old grizzled master sergeant chew out a bomber pilot
who happened to be a major; "MAJOR! You Didn't Return My Salute!" The
major was only a bomber pilot, whose head was in the clouds anyway; he
just looked confused, saluted the MSGT, and they went on their way.

So, maybe my memory of military rules and regulations is a little rusty;
it's been 40 years, after all.

I joined the Air Force in 1968 to evade the draft. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich


I joined in 1961 to get away from home, and where did I end up? At
Fort Lee, Virginia 100 miles almost to the inch from my folk's front
door! :-) I retired in 1988 here at George AFB. I know that spread
doesn't add up to 21 years but I had three breaks in service totalling
about 7 years.

Jim