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for officers and officials entitled to 15 guns or
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less are not fired unless so ordered by the senior
officer present or higher authority.
GUN SALUTES TO THE
SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT
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When a flag officer embarked in a ship of that
officer’s command arrives in port and is the senior
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officer present or when a flag officer assumes
command and becomes the senior officer present,
that officer is saluted by the former senior officer
present.
The senior officer of one or more ships
arriving in port salutes the flag officer who is the
senior officer present. The arriving senior officer’s
flagship fires a gun salute on the following
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occasions:
• When a flag officer who is the senior
officer present assumes command
• When a flag officer who is the senior
officer present is relieved of command or
is advanced in grade
The senior officer present salutes the relieving
senior
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officer present at the following times:
When a flag officer embarked in a ship of
the senior officer’s command arrives in
port and is the senior officer present
When a flag officer assumes command and
becomes the senior officer present
When a flag officer who is not the senior
officer present assumes command, that officer
fires a salute to the senior officer present.
RETURNING GUN SALUTES
United States ships and stations observe the
following regulations in returning gun salutes:
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A salute fired to the nation by a foreign
ship arriving in port is returned gun for
gun.
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A salute fired to a flag or general officer
by a foreign ship or station is returned gun
for gun.
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A salute fired in honor of the President of
the United States or the Secretary of State
when acting as a special representative of
the President is not returned.
A salute fired by the flag or general
officer’s flagship or headquarters in honor
of the flag or general officer is not
returned.
A salute fired in honor of an anniversary,
celebration, or solemnity is not returned.
Subject to the provisions of Navy Regula-
tions, a salute fired in honor of a United
States officer or official is returned with
the number of guns specified for the grade
of the flag or general officer rendering the
salute, or, if not a flag or general officer,
with seven guns.
No return salute may be expected in the
case of a salute fired by a United States
ship or station in honor of the following
officials or occasions. Otherwise, a salute
fired in honor of a foreign nation or a
foreign official or officer is returned gun
for gun.
—A foreign sovereign
—A head of state
—A member of a reigning royal family
—A special representative of a head of
state
—A foreign anniversary
—A celebration
—A solemnity
—An official visit
No officer, except a flag or general officer,
is saluted with guns except in return for
a gun salute rendered by that officer.
No officer of the armed services, while in
civilian clothes, is saluted with guns, unless
such officer is at the time acting in an
official civil capacity.
No salute is fired between sunset and
sunrise, before 0800, or on Sunday except
when international courtesy so dictates or
when related to cleat h ceremonies. A gun
salute in honor of an official or officer
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