Military Courtesy Change

[juspeachy]

I picked up on something very funny this morning.  CNN showed President Bush leaving HM-1.  The Marine at the front step saluted, President Bush returned it, and as he walked away, the Marine executed a right face to stand facing President Bush's back...something that was missing in eight years of the Clinton presidency.

 

The traditional Marine Corps mark of respect was rendered to the new President.  That one goes back to the days in the rigging, when the Marine Orderly to the Ship's Captain always faced him, no matter his direction of movement, to be ready to receive an order.

 

Who says that enlisted men can't hold back when they don't respect someone?...And for eight years, they did.

 

(I love it!)



JusPeachy in GA

[yankeestarbuck]

I asked my fiance about that.  He was in the military for 7 years (Navy) and from what he remembers, having done color duty, they did that for Clinton, as well.  They're supposed to.  Comes with the territory of being president.