Honors

Question 1

When a ship of the Navy is transporting the body of a deceased official,

Answer 1

be rendered when the body is received aboard or leaves the ship.

Question 2

An official or official entitled to a salute of 19 or more guns shall….

Answer 2

receive the honors for an official visit, subject to the regulations pertaining to gun salutes, on the occasion of every visit.

Question 3

The playing of the National Anthem of the United Ststes, or of any other country, as a part ofa medley is…..

Answer 3

Prohibited

Question 4

When a foreign national anthem is prescribed
in connection with honors, and it is considered
appropriate to perform the National Anthem of
the United States therewith,

Answer 4

the National
Anthem of the United States will be performed
last.

Question 5

The ceremonial hoisting and lowering of the
national ensign at 0800 and sunset at naval
command ashore or aboard a ship of the Navy
not under way shall be known as

Answer 5

morning agd
evening colors, respectively, and shall bs carried
out as prescribed in this article.

Question 6

What is sounded before the National Anthem>

Answer 6

“Attention”

Question 7

How is the ensign hoisted?

Answer 7

Started up with the music hoisted smartly to the peak or truck.

Question 8

What is sounded after the completion of the National Anthem?

Answer 8

Carry on

Question 9

After morning colors, if foreign warships are
present, the national anthem of each nation an
represented shall be played in the order in which

Answer 9

a gun salute would be fired to, or exchanged
with, the senior ofiicial or officer present of each
such nation, provided that, when in a foreign
port, the national anthem of the port shall be
played immediately after morning colors, followed by the national anthems of other foreign nations represented.

Question 10

Each person in the naval service, upon coming on board a ship of the Navy, shall

Answer 10

salute the national ensign if it is flying. He or she shall
stop on reaching the upper platform of the accommodation ladder, or the shipboard end of the brow, face the national ensign, and render the salute, after which he or she shall salute the
oflicer of the clack. On leaving the ship, he or she shall render the salutes in inverse order. The officer of the deck shall return both salutes in
each case.

Question 11

A member not in uniform shall

Answer 11

render appropriate honors to the national ensign by facing the flag and standing at attention with the right hand over the heart. If covered, men shall remove their headdress with the right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart.

Question 12

When performed by naval bands, renditions of “Hail to the Chief” shall be

Answer 12

as prescribed in the official U.S. Marine Band arrangement, which is designated as the official Department of Defense arrangement.

Question 13

Juniors shall walk or ride on the

Answer 13

left of seniors whom they are accompanying.

Question 14

A 21-gun salute shall be fired to the flag of the President..

Answer 14

a. by each ship falling in with a ship displaying such flag, arriving at a place where such flag is displayed ashore or present when
such flag is broken

b. by a naval station when a ship displaying such flag arrives at the naval station, or when such flag is broken by a ship present and

c. by a flag or general officer assuming command or, while in command, breaking the flag of an increased grade, in the presence of a
ship or naval ststion displaying the flag of the
President.

Question 15

How many gun salutes does the Secretary of State get when acting as special foreign representative of the President?

Answer 15

29

Question 16

A 19-gun salute shall be fired ta the flag of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary ofDefense, the Secretary of the Navy, Under Secretary of the Navy, Under Secretary of Defense, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, or the Under Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

Answer 16

a. by each ship falling in with a ship displaying such flag, arriving at a place where such flag is displayed ashore or present when
such flag is broken. When two or more ships are
in company, only the senior shall salute

b. by a naval station when a ship displaying such flag arrives at the naval station, or when such flag is broken by a ship present and

c. by a flag or general officer assuming command or, while in command, breaking the flag of an increased grade, in the presence of a
ship or naval station displaying the flag of such
official provided that such officer is the senior
Officer present or the senior officer present on shore.

Question 17

When a ship enters a port of a foreign nation, the government of which is formally recognized
by the Government of the United States…

Answer 17

she shall fire a salute of 21 guns to that nation
unless:

a. there is present no saluting battery or
warship of that nstion capable of returning the
saluk, or

b. the ship is returning from a temporary absence from port, when, by agreement with Iocal authorities, the salute may be dispensed
with-

Question 18

A salute to the nation fried by a foreign warship entering a port of the United States shall be..

Answer 18

returned by the senior ship present, provided no

saluting battery of an armed service of the United States, designated to return such salutes, is present in the area

Question 19

A 21-gun salute shall be fired by a ship or station to the flag or standard of the president,
sovereign or member of a reigning royal family under the circumstances

Answer 19

prescribed in these

regulations for firing a salute to the flag of the President of the United States.

Question 20

Each ship, upan entering a port where the
psrsonal flags or standards of several presidents,
sovereigns or members of reigning royal families
are displayed…

Answer 20

shall fire a 21-gun salute to each of the several flags or standards displayed, in the
following order:

a. the president, sovereign or member of the
reigning royal family of the nation to which the
port belongs

b. the president of the United States
c. the presidents or sovereigns of other nations, in the same order.

Question 21

Gun salutes prescribed in Article 1235 of these regulations for officers and officials entitled to 17 or more guns shall be fired……

Answer 21

on the occasion of each official visit of the individual concerned.

Question 22

Gun salutes prescribed in these regulations for officers and officials entitled to 15 guns or less…

Answer 22

shall not be fired unless so ordered by the senior officer present or higher authority.

Question 23

When a flag officer embarked in a ship of his or her command arrives in port and is the senior officer present, or when a flag officer assumes command and becomes the senior oficer present,

Answer 23

he or she shall be saluted by the former senior officer present.

Question 24

When a flag officer embarked in a ship of his
or her command arrives in port and is the senior
officer present, or when a flag officer assumes
command and becomes the senior officer present

Answer 24

he or she shall be saluted by the former senior

officer present.

Question 25

What is the normal interval for a gun salute?

Answer 25

5 seconds

Question 26

What do your do while n uniform during a gun salute?

Answer 26

Hand salute

Question 27

A gun salute shall not be fired when

Answer 27

A return salute is required and cannot be fired, but shall be considered as having been rendered and returned.

Question 28

1224

Answer 28

1224