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This is why saluting an officer is also known as a "sniper check".

[darthvader]

From a previous reading of a guide book about how sharpshooters, intelligence and reconnaissance soldiers can spot officers
I remember the following :
-anyone with a different uniform
-anyone who carries a different weapon
-carrying a map, binoculars….
-who sits in the front seat of the jeep beside the driver
-anyone who’s more likely to interact with all the men or you may see a lot of people come running to him
-if it’s a cold day look for the man with the heaviest wears and focus on him
-during a break or meals time focus on the ones who stay away from the big group.

[skydiverclassc]

Officer: "Salute the rank, not the person."
Sniper: "Shoot the rank, hit the person."

[pyrosplicer]

“Try to look unimportant. They might be low on ammo.”

[mattholland]

Absolutely right. Snipers are also taught to watch how a person behaves to find a leader.
Funny story in WW2 my dad a corporal, screwed up and saluted his Captain. The Captain didn't miss a beat, he snapped to attention saluted back and yelled yes sir General.
Dad never forgot again !!! Hehehe

[sportyspice]

Pro tip for junior officers: if your guys are saluting you on deployment, they don't like you.

[fearthehoneybadger]

Soldiers sometimes were warned not to carry .45s as that often marked an officer. Snipers didn't have much difficulty identifying officers and senior noncoms. They simply watched for who was giving the orders.

[Lordturisas]

Fun little story.

When I was boot hanging out near the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, an older corpsman was about to walk by us jr enlisted marines. I thought I was hot shit cuz I knew the navy ranks.

We all stood up and I said "good morning petty officer." He stopped in his tracks and looked down at his rank. At this point, I knew I had fucked up. I saw US Marines on his cammies, then I took a step forward and really zoomed in on his rank.

It was the black version of full bird colonel, not the anchor thing with an eagle on it. I snapped to attention, saluted, and apologized.

He laughed and went about his way and all the other marines talked shit to me for the next 2 weeks while at ITB.

I got prescribed glasses later that day.

[matchesburn]

Fun Fact: It's a common think to think the Sergeant or Lt. will automatically opt for something like a Thompson, M3A1 or M1 Carbine... But at lot of Sergeants or Lieutenants carried Garands on purpose, by choice, even if they had other weapons available. Because the guy carrying a different weapon singles himself out from the squad. Another reason why one of the first people to be shot was a BAR gunner, the guy carrying the bazooka, etc. Radiomen were also extremely high priority.

[nunyabiznez]

My grandfather told us how when he was in France in 1918 the officers started going around telling enlisted men to not salute them where they were but instead to say "I salute you sir" and the officer would reply "I salute you back."

[JacobC]

Reminds me of Lieutenant Dan. “Get your hands down! Do not salute me, there’s goddamn snipers all around this area who’d love to grease an officer.”

[rallyhammer]

We also wore shoulder holsters under our flak jackets. Any Marine with a pistol on his hip was an Officer, Platoon Sergeant, Radio Man, Corpsman or somebody important enough to Kill.

[racapinang]

Nice details, never thought of it since the scene is too crowded.

[BeeBumble]

My father is a retired officer for the US Army. Never talked about his deployments with me until I was an adult. I learned on his last deployment his unit apprehended a known terrorist who later gave up information. He said that his group knew my father by name and looks and had $1000 bounty on him and many other officers. This is no joke/Hollywood shit, this actually happens. Very scary, glad my pops is back home and safe

[jonobrien]

The big white stripe on the back of his helmet might just be a giveaway too lol

[cindycraig]

Dad was a medic in the Pacific. Occasionally they'd have a problem with a sniper. They had one guy that would then head out. If they asked where he was going, his answer was "Squirrel huntin'." And when he came back to camp the sniper problem was fixed.

[alfredjones]

No salute Zone in Shindand, my platoon sergeant passed a major and the major hit him with the classic "so we don't have customs and courtesies anymore"

Platoon Sergeant straight up pointed outward and went "Some sniper is gonna see that and shoot at you, and he's gonna miss and hit me instead. And if that happens you better hope I stay down"


Funniest shit man

[BuckScrotumn]

They touched on this in Saving Private Ryan as well. Vin Diesel gots shot after pointing his arm, which caused the German sniper to mistake him as the captain directing his squad.

[ghostgoose]

A lot of no salute zones are put in place just because there might be a large number of officers in a work area and it gets tiresome having to salute a bunch when your trying to work.

[jasongcrow]

I told my platoon that outside the wire I would return salutes with a hug.