That #6 is a really tough one for officers.
I was doing field exercises many years ago, and the scenario was that we were approaching enemy territory. The enlisted soldiers formed a “protective” formation around me. Meanwhile, I was thinking that if an enemy happened to be observing the formation, he would immediately notice that one person seems more important than the rest.
Fortunately, there is not a lot of enemy activity in Maryland and no one shot at me.
It appears you've never been to Baltimore.
Never run if you can walk
never walk if you can stand
never stand if you can sit
never sit if you can lay down
never lay down if you can sleep
never sleep if you can dream
if you dream about running.....run
:)
My Dad said during WWII you were not allowed to salute the officer for same reason
A long time ago, when I was a lieutenant and we were out in the field in West Germany by the Czechoslovak border on a Reforger exercise I walked by an artillery captain (the CO of the DivArty HHB). He stopped me and said I should salute him and busily explained the various proper ways to salute. I slung arms and saluted him...and prayed for a sniper. Fortunately for him it was 1988. Unlike him, I made it a point to tell all my guys to never, under any circumstances, salute me out in the field.