My last flight of 2000 ORD-BWI. We board the plane and wait. A few minutes after scheduled push back a couple of security people come onboard and speak with the captain. The captain tells us they are clearing the security isues and we'll leave in about 5-10 mins. Five mins. later two different security people come onboard and speak with the captain. The captain tells us someone who was selected for secondary screening boarded without reporting for the secondary screen. Now everyone must get off the plane so we can re-do the boarding process. An hour later (first they had to go through the aircraft for security reasons) we start to board again. Most of us were not happy with the offending party whomever he/she was.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Posted by mdtony:One of the soldiers said he should have just ordered the guardsmen to allow them through since he was a captain or something.</font>
I assume this person said this with a smile on their face as this would be an obvious abuse of authority, and the Guardsman could ignore it as an unlawful order.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Posted by robvberg:Actually I think you are wrong on the saluting. The NG soldiers are actually armed and in headgear. I seem to remember that in that case they would normally salute. The officer was probably not wearing his lid and would not have saluted someone superior to himself but would return the salute rendered to him. It is a sad indication of being out of service to long that I am blanking out on the rule. I would pull out my officers guide but is currently boxed up.</font>
Isn't it service branch dependent? While the Navy does not salute indoors, I seem to remember seeing Army personnel salute (sans headgear) indoors, but this may have been in the movies.
At any rate (slight pun intended) Navy personnel never wear headgear indoors.
Omni:
Don't you hate it when you see them mess up little military details in movies? My pet peeve is the proper way to wear a belt on a Navy uniform.
[This message has been edited by JeffS (edited 01-05-2002).]