//OOC note: Alrighty folks, it might be because of me being a few years out of service now but there if there is anything that will be the death of me its the Saluting everyone bit.. So to help us all out a minor crash course into customs and courtesy for military.
Oficers: These are truly the only ones you salute.. Simple and easy... That being said there are still some rules to this. Captains are generally the highest rank. ( excluding all other Military rank in RL since mideval times had less ranks, you only salute the highest ranking officer present.. If you have multiple Lts. (Lieutenant)s You merely salute one.... if multiple come in and you have already saluted one that is present.. you do not Salute again, if you did it is saying they are higher rank then the one currently present. Not if a Cpt ( Captain) walked in behind a Lt first one to spot them is suppose to give the order attention and then Salute the Cpt. ( or... captain approaching attention...all what not... Be creative to pretty much say.. someone of more importance is approaching.)
Now Officers... you have the courtesy if you are going to be leaving and coming back.. be it a room... or where ever people are... you can tell them to be at easy and not Salute you every time... or they have to... Pick your poison. normally if it is a room or during training and you don't wish to interrupt or hold it up... a simple Carry on after the attention was called.... or you enter the room..
on to the NCOs... ( Non Commissioned Officers) These are practically anyone NOT an officer. IE Sargent or below. Sadly in the time we are at IG... there is Sargent... corporal... and private... in that order; if we wish to get fancy and make other ones in between.. so be it.. just need to then mark down what out ranks what. To my knowledge and what all I have looked up... You do not Salute to any of these... in Mideval times. ( you really don't in RL... you get in trouble... or you get your arse chewed a new one... or smoked... ( Extreme PT sometimes used for.. "corrective punishment" You will either get smarter or stronger... Heh...) That being said you still follow the order normally from the highest rank that told you what to do.... If you recive contradicting orders... well... use your best judgment IC and do what your character will do.
Now to further point things out... Most Platoons are formed from right to left. Highest to lowest rank. self explanatory.
Now say a officer walks up while we are in formation... the Platoon..( which is technically about 20+ people.... stand still and the person who is speaking.. ( this is normally the highest ranking member ATM is the ONLY one who salutes them.... if the officer comes up from behind said person SOMEBODY better say "Platoon attention!" or squad...yu get the picture... Squads are normally much smaller but I believe only the highest rank still salutes... ( never worked in a squad when I was in.. so someone who has can correct me if they are in Fox company and have served... also correct me on anything I might miss.. so long as our Captain gives the green light.) The person in front of the whole platoon will then look but sill normally About face turn and salute the officer and it will go from there...
These are simple rule and things for military groups to do, they are not hard... and nor am I going to enforce them.. I am merely leaving this knowledge.. ( with the green light from the Captain) for us to know.. and have a officers do with this knowledge as they see fit...
Love you all and see you all IG