[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

My Dad said during WWII you were not allowed to salute the officer for same reason

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"My Dad said during WWII you were not allowed to salute the officer for same reason"

In combat it would invite a sniper's bullet for the officer.

[exDemMom]

My Dad said during WWII you were not allowed to salute the officer for same reason

I think the modern rules during combat are the same. (I have never been to an active combat zone.) Everyone wears subdued (embroidered on cloth rather than shiny metal) ranks for that reason, too.