Good evening, Maestro! The protocol is first to salute the Colors, then to salute the OOD, then to request permission to come aboard.
090724-N-0167W-004 BOSTON, Mass. (July 24, 2009) Cmdr. Timothy M. Cooper salutes his side boys as he arrives to relieve Cmdr. William A. Bullard, III as commanding officer of USS Constitution. Cooper transferred from the position of Director of the Distributed Training Center Atlantic before assuming command of Old Ironsides as the ship's 71st commanding officer. Bullard's follow-on command is a temporary assignment as a student at the Naval War College. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clay Weis/Released)
America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
20 posted on 08/29/2013 6:23:16 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)