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TO NAVADMIN
UNCLAS //N01710//
NAVADMIN 098/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/APR// SUBJ/SALUTES AND HONORS TO THE
NATIONAL FLAG// REF/A/DOC/U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS, 1990//
REF/B/DOC/OPNAVINST/15JUN01// NARR/REF A IS U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS, 1990. REF
B IS OPNAVINST 1710.7A, NAVY SOCIAL USAGE AND PROTOCOL MANUAL.// RMKS/1.
THE INTENT OF THIS NAVADMIN IS TO ELIMINATE ANY CONFUSION REGARDING
APPROPRIATE HONORS TO THE FLAG BY NAVY PERSONNEL. BY CUSTOM AND TRADITION,
NAVY PERSONNEL DO NOT RENDER THE HAND SALUTE WHEN OUT OF UNIFORM OR WHEN
UNCOVERED; THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.
2. DURING THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, OR THE RAISING, LOWERING, OR
PASSING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG, SAILORS WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE POLICY AND
PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN REF B. SPECIFICALLY, SAILORS NOT IN UNIFORM WILL
FACE THE FLAG, STAND AT ATTENTION, AND PLACE THE RIGHT HAND OVER THE HEART.
IF COVERED, SAILORS NOT IN UNIFORM WILL REMOVE THEIR HEADGEAR WITH THE RIGHT
HAND AND PLACE THEIR RIGHT HAND OVER THEIR HEART. WHEN THE FLAG IS NOT
PRESENT, SAILORS WILL ACT IN THE SAME MANNER WHILE FACING THE DIRECTION OF
THE MUSIC.
3. IN CASES SUCH AS INDOOR CEREMONIES, WHEN SAILORS ARE IN UNIFORM AND
UNCOVERED, THEY WILL FACE THE FLAG OR THE DIRECTION OF THE MUSIC WHEN THE
FLAG IS NOT PRESENT, AND STAND AT ATTENTION.
4. OUR SHARP APPEARANCE - IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM - IS A REFLECTION OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE. OUR PRIDE IN THAT SERVICE AS MEMBERS
OF THE WORLD'S FINEST NAVY SHOULD SHINE THROUGH IN ALL THAT WE DO. LEAVE NO
ONE TO DOUBT THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR COMMITMENT OR THE DEPTH OF OUR PRIDE.
5. FILE AND RETAIN THIS INTERIM CHANGE WITH REF B UNTIL THESE CHANGES HAVE
BEEN FORMALLY INCORPORATED VIA INSTRUCTION REVISION.
6. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.//
