HEADQUARTERS

ARMY RESERVE COMMAND

Camp Riego de Dios, Tanza, Cavite
 SCOPE
 Definition of Terms
 Correct Use of Titles
 Military Salute
 Rules for Saluting
 Honors to the Flag
 Importance of Discipline
 Creating a climate for
discipline
 General courtesy & discipline
 Taboos
MILITARY COURTESY
 The wholesome relationship
between juniors and seniors
 includes an essential element
of a full & proper appreciation
of the rights of others.
 acts of politeness, civility and
respect
CORRECT USE OF TITLES

FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

 Lieutenants are addressed as Lieutenants

 Other Officers are referred by their titles
 Ma’am for female Officers
 Chaplains are addressed as Chaplains
 Women Officers of the Tech Svc as well
with those WAC are addressed by their
titles.
CORRECT USE OF TITLES

FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

 Sgt Majors are addressed as “Sgt Major”

 A First Sergeant is addressed as “F/Sgt”
 Sergeants are addressed as “Sgt”
 Corporals are addressed as “Cpl”
 Private First Class and Privates are
addressed as “Pvt”
THE SALUTE

 most important form of military

courtesy
 the way it is executed indicates the
state of morale and discipline
Persons entitled
for the salute

 Commissioned Officers of the AFP

 Commissioned Officers of Allied

Nations

 High ranking civilian officials or

foreign dignitaries during
military honors
General Rules for Saluting

a. Required on or off military installations

and on and off office hours
b. Rendered at a distance of 6 paces
c. Salute must be returned by the person
entitled to it
d. Do not salute when running
e. Never salute when smoking
f. Salute should not be executed in a
haphazard manner
General Rules for Saluting

g. When reporting to an officer indoors or

outdoors, a salute is rendered at a
distance of 3 paces
h. Salute after a conversation.
i. When in a group, not in a formation,
all will rise and salute
j. When in formation, only the cmdr
salutes.
k. Salute is used in making courtesy
calls
General Rules for Saluting

When not to salute:

 While at work
 Indoors, except when reporting
 Carrying articles with both hands
 Driver of a vehicle in motion
 When actively involved in games
 In churches, theaters, or in public
 When meeting a prisoner of war
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HAND SALUTE

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Hand Salute

The origin of the hand salute is

uncertain. Some historians
believe it began in late Roman
times when assassinations
were common. A citizen who
wanted to see a public official
had to approach with his right
hand raised to show that he did
not hold a weapon. Knights in
armor raised visors with the
right hand when meeting a
comrade.

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Hand Salute

This practice gradually became a way of showing

respect and in early American history sometimes
involved removing the hat. By 1820, the motion was
modified to touching the hat, and since then has
become the hand salute used today. During our time
in the Army, we render salute to show respect toward
an officer, flag, or our country.

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Procedure in rendering hand salute to an officer

 Hand Salute
• without headgear
Raise your hand up to your
eyebrow. Keep the outer edge
of the hand barely canted
downward so that neither the
back of the hand nor the palm
is clearly visible from the front.
The hand and wrist are straight,
the elbow inclined slightly
forward, and the forearm is at a
45-degree angle to the ground.
Keep your fingers and thumb
straight and in line with each
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 Hand Salute
• headgear w/ visor

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 Hand Salute
• Headgear w/o
visor (beret)

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 Hand Salute
• with glasses

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Salute is rendered

When the Philippine National Anthem, or foreign national

anthem is played.

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Salute is rendered

When reporting or rendering

courtesy to an individual, turn
the head and eyes toward the
person addressed and
simultaneously salute and say
appropriate greeting.

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Salute are not rendered

Salutes are not required to be

rendered by or to personnel
who are driving or riding in
privately owned vehicles.

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Hand Salute
Salute will be exchanged between officers and enlisted
personnel. Military personnel under arms will render the
salute prescribed for the weapon with which they are armed.
Covered or uncovered, salute is rendered in the usual
manner.

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Honors to the National
Color and Anthem
 When the Nat’l anthem is played
 Salute to passing colors
 Reveille and Retreat
 Vehicles are brought to a halt
 Passengers in a vehicle sit at
attention and do not salute
 The driver may disembark and
stand by the door of the vehicle
and salute
Display of the Flag

 It should be hoisted fully

at the top of the pole

 When displayed with

other flag, the Nat’l Flag
is in the right side.

 When displayed on walls,

red is at the right side.
Display of the Flag
The flag should not be
displayed on horizontal
position or hung fastened
by its fly. The fly portion of
the flag should be free to
move.

 When displayed over the

casket, the triangle is in the
direction of the head of
the cadaver with the blue
part on the right side.
Other Forms of Courtesy

 Avoid undue familiarity with your

seniors
 Walk on the left of the senior and
keep in step with him
 The most senior enters the cars
last, and gets out ahead of others
 To pass a senior while walking,
salute and ask permission to go
ahead.
Other Forms of Courtesy

 The word “I wish” and “I desire” are

to be taken as orders
 Inside a car, the place of honor is at
the right (same with the back seat)
 When walking in a group of three,
the most senior occupies the
middle position
 For Officers, never invite an EP to
an Officers Club.
MILITARY DISCIPLINE

 State of order and obedience

existing within a Command
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
 subordination of individual will
for the good of the group
 demands habitual but reasoned
obedience to command
 created by training, use of
punishment and rewards
 demands correct performance
of duty
“Men who adopt the profession of arms submit their own free
will to a law of perpetual constraint. At their own accord they
reject the right to live where they choose, to say what they
think, to dress as they like. From the moment they become
soldiers, it needs but an order to settle them in this place, to
move them to that, to separate them from their families and
dislocate their normal lives. On the word of command, they
must rise, march, run, endure bad weather, go without sleep
or food, be isolated in some distant post, work till they drop.
They have ceased to be the masters of their fate. If they drop
in their tracks, if their ashes are scattered to the four winds,
that is all part and parcel of their job.”
----President Charles de Gaulle
Importance of Discipline

 ensures orderly & effective

group action (teamwork)
Importance of Discipline

 instill a sense of obligation

to oneself, to his cmdr, unit,
and entire organization
Importance of Discipline

 ensure unit efficiency in

battle
Creating a Climate for
Discipline
 Training
 Judicious use of punishment
and rewards
 Instilling sense of confidence
and responsibility
Training
Develops Teamwork in accomplishing tasks.
Unify actions into single effort to accomplish the mission
Develops habit of prompt obedience to orders
Enables one to learn what is required in the battlefield
JUDICIOUS USE OF PUNISHMENT
Punish only the guilty person.
Impose the punishment promptly.
Make the guilty person realize his mistake.
Impose punishment appropriate for the offense.
Unlike giving rewards which should be done in
public, punishment should be administered in
private.
Instilling a sense of confidence
and responsibility

By instilling a sense of confidence and responsibility among his

subordinates, a leader succeeds in creating a climate of discipline in
his unit.

A confident and responsible soldier realized that he has an obligation

not only to himself but also to the other soldier in the unit.

He knows that violation of the rule of discipline will not reflect in him as
individual but will also discredit, if not cause irreparable damage to his
unit.
 How Discipline is Measured
♦ result of the job
♦ subordinate’s attitude
♦ performance of jobs even in the absence
of the commander
 Creating a Climate for
Discipline
INDICATION OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE
♦ Attention to details
♦ Harmonious relations between unit and individual
♦ Devotion to duty
♦ Proper subordinate relationship
♦ Proper conduct of individuals on and off duty
♦ Standard of cleanliness of dress, uniforms, equipment, barracks and
materials
♦ Promptness in responding to commands and directives
♦ Adherence to the chain of command
General Courtesy & Discipline
♦ Being late in any engagement is the height of bad manners.
♦ An Officer of the Armed Forces is expected to behave & conduct
himself with dignity & restraint.
♦ It is bad taste to address a woman by her first name or nickname unless she
has indicated otherwise.
♦ An officer always asks to be permitted to smoke in the presence of a
woman especially in a room or automobile.
♦ An officer always stands when introduced to a woman.
♦ It’s not polite to compliment a person in a company
because the others might feel slighted.
TABOOS
♦ Uniform must not be defamed.
♦ Offer no excuses.
♦ Avoid praising your commander to his face.
♦ Old man to be spoken with care.
♦ Avoid going over the officer’s head. (to go to a more
important or powerful person in order to get what you want)

♦ Harsh remarks are to be avoided.

♦ Excessive indebtedness to be avoided.
“A soldier, an army, which loses its sense of
discipline, ceases to be an army.”
---- Juan Carlos I, Spanish Monarch
Thank you &
Good day . . . .