[Silverfiddle]

Any military person stationed on a coalition base or in a foreign country salutes all kinds of flags, so this is hardly an issue.

I've saluted all kinds of flags over my career. BFD

[Silverfiddle]

From US Army Reg 600-25

http://www.americanvolunteerreserve.org/regulation/Army/r600_25.pdf

1–10. Foreign national anthems. [...] The same honors rendered to the United States National Anthem will be rendered during the playing of the foreign national anthems.

As less and less people join the military, I guess blind spots like this will pop up.

[rxsid]

Was the base in Yorktown a "coalition" base? Was it in a foreign country?

If neither, seems you've just compared apples to steaks.