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by EPTING JIM on January 21st, 2005

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By the rules or regulations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, are military personnel required to salute a recipient of the Medal of Honor? What about civilians?

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  • by Pointeman1 on January 28th, 2005

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    All Medal of Honor recipients are entitled to a salute by members of the uniformed US Armed Forces. By tradition and practice the salute is rendered only at such times that the actual medal is is worn around the neck of the recipient or during specific ceremonial occasions.

    The medal is usually only worn during special occasions and ceremonies. For daily use the MoH ribbon is worn just above the left breast pocket on the Class-A service uniform. It is always worn as the first decoration in line as there is no other medals higher in the US Military than the Medal of Honor.

    If an officer and an elisted man are both MoH recipient. Mutual salutes are exchange; if an officer who is not a holder of the MoH meets an elisted holder of the medal, that officer must then render a salute to that enlisted man.

    Recipients who are no longer active; or have received this seperation papers from the US Military, and those on active duty when they are in civilian dress durning non-ceremonial occasions, wear a lapel pin indicating they are holders of the highest US Military Award.

    Our Military serves us. Civilians are not required to salute Medal of Honor recipients nor any others in the Military.

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    • Civilians are not required to salute, but some show of gratitude for their service would be appropriate.

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on March 25th, 2005

    • There are currently no active or reserve medal of honor recipients, so it's kind of a moot point for now.

      stromv

      by stromv on July 31st, 2006

    • Very informative .
      Thanx for contributing .

      jinalkothari

      by jinalkothari on March 21st, 2008

    • also, Moh holders have a card like an ID that shows they earned it.

      USsailorNuke

      by USsailorNuke on August 11th, 2010

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