Ruffles        and Official       Uniform    flourishes         Music          Guard Remarks President                    As prescribed by 4 National Anthem Full Man rail,  unless otherwise senior officer directed by senior officer present. present. Secretary of State when    . . .” 4 . . .” . . .” Crew at quarters. special foreign representative of the President. Vice President                     Uniform of the day Hail Columbia . . . ”    . . .” Secretary of Defense, Deputy      . . .” National Anthem . . .”    . . .” Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of the Navy; Direc- tor of Defense, Research and Engineering. An Assistant Secretary of    . . .” . . .” . . . ”    . . . ” Defense, Undersecretary, or an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Figure 8-2.-Passing honors between ships and, when practicable, between ships and naval stations. who  arrives  before  0800  is  fired  at  0800  unless the  day  is  Sunday  or  the  officer  has  departed meanwhile.  If  the  day  is  Sunday,  the  salute  is fired  on  Monday;  if  the  official  or  officer  has departed  meanwhile,  the  salute  is  not  fired.  In case of a gun salute at 0800, the first gun  of the salute is  fired  immediately  upon  the  completion of  morning  colors  or  the  last  note  of  the  last national anthem. PASSING HONORS “Passing  honors”  are  those  honors,  other  than gun  salutes,  rendered  on  occasions  when  ships  or embarked  officials  or  officers  pass,  or  are  passed, close  aboard.  “Close  aboard”  means  passing  within 600  yards  for  ships  and  400  yards  for  boats.  These rules    are    interpreted    liberally    to    ensure    that appropriate honors are rendered. PASSING HONORS BETWEEN SHIPS Passing  honors  between  ships  consists  of  each ship sounding “Attention” and all persons in view on deck  and  not  in  ranks  rendering  the  hand  salute. Passing  honors  are  exchanged  between  ships  of  the Navy  and  between  ships  of  the  Navy  and  the  Coast Guard passing close aboard. In  addition,  a  ship  of  the  Navy  passing  close aboard a ship or naval  station  displaying  the  flag  of the  officials   indicated   therein   renders   the   honors prescribed in figure 8-2. When a ship displaying such flag passes close aboard a naval station, that station also renders the honors prescribed in figure 8-2 when practicable. PASSING HONORS TO OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS EMBARKED IN BOATS A ship of the Navy being passed close aboard by a boat displaying the flag or pennant of the indicated officials and officers renders the honors prescribed in figure 8-3. Persons  on  the  quarterdeck  salute  when  boats pass  close  aboard  in  which  a  flag  officer,  a  unit commander,  or  a  commanding  officer  is  embarked under the following circumstances: When  the  officer  in  the  boat  is  in  uniform, which   is   indicated   by   the   display   of   the national ensign in United States ports When  a  miniature  of  a  flag  or  pennant  is displayed  in  addition  to  the  national  ensign in foreign ports 8-6