This is my Pic of the Day & Americas Hero: Americas 40th President who was the very 1st President to Honor our Troops by Saluting each & everyone Every time he saw anyone wearing a uniform. Directly Quoted from Ronald Reagan: I was told presidents werent supposed to return salutes, so I didnt, but this made me feel a little uncomfortable. Normally, a person offering a salute waits until it is returned, then brings down his hand. Sometimes, I realized, the soldier, sailor, Marine, or airman giving me a salute wasnt sure when he was supposed to lower his hand. Initially, I nodded and smiled and said hello and thought maybe that would bring down the hand, but usually it didnt. Finally, one night when Nancy and I were attending a concert at the Marine Corps Headquarters, I told the Commandant of Marines, I know its customary for the President to receive these salutes, but I was once an officer and realize that youre not supposed to salute when youre in civilian clothes. I think there ought to be a regulation that the president could return a salute inasmuch as he is commander in chief and civilian clothes are his uniform. Well, if you did return a salute, the general said, I dont think anyone would say anything to you about it. The next time I got a salute, I saluted back. A big grin came over the Marines face and down came his hand. From then on, I always returned salutes.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 23:47:45 +0000
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