[isthisnickcool]

What is this salute called

Missing man formation, I think.

Americans went and died so that Europe could be free. If they have a problem with America or our beloved President I'd ask that they sit down and shut up.

Bless those that gave their lives for us and those that will in the fuire.

[muawiyah]

Americans went to Europe to fight so that America could be free. If the Europeans gained freedom as a consequence, that was an incidental.

This country should never, ever send American soldiers to fight, and die, for ambitions that are strictly those of foreigners. America's own interests must be paramount.

[blam]

"Missing man formation, I think.

Yup, that's it.

[dsutah]

I think you're right. My dad is an airman, and we were
talking about the military traditions. I was asking him
about the origin of the 'riderless horse' with the boots
in the stirrup in the opposite direction. I had been
reading about the funeral of G. Washington, in the book
titled 'John Adams'; where they did that 'riderless' horse
custom. I asking him about that tradition; he told me.
Also, he told me about the plane going off by itself. He
said that custom was like the one with the 'riderless' horse.
He said they were very old, and may have come from the
Middle Ages, with the armored knights.