Anyone know what Army Regulation (or any branch) that allows a higher-ranking officer to call a lower-ranking officers by their first name?

Worked for me when my drill sergeant did it. For all I knew I thought he knew my firstname was idiot or dumbshit. But I have climbed to the top of that major monstrosity and I have the ceiling of evenly spaced logs to get across and then climb down the cargo net to get back to the ground. I an on the roof looking down and my drill sergeant, Jones is looking up at me but he's about the size of an ant on the ground. I knew what I had to do when I got to the top but looking at it from having just got up there was a whole different thing. I guess I hesitated a little too long because I was thinking I could fall between these logs without touching and break my legs when DS Jones shouts, "Come on, Brian! You can do this! Reach forward for that next log. Go on all fours, Brian. One log at a time." That tool helped me to refocus on the task at hand and get through it quickly.

I almost always called my subordinates by their first names. I was a personnel superintendent and we were mostly office-bound. Frankly, it was the same throughout my organization. It was a factor in good espirit de corps and I think it gave my subordinates the feeling that I trusted them to do their jobs correctly. My subordinates, however, always referred to me by my rank and last name. Among us senior NCOs, it was common to call each other by our first names, except for the Chiefs. The officers I worked for used my first name, although I always used their rank. As I noted, we worked in an office; this might not work so well for those in other services who do a lot of time in the field and are under combat conditions.

I called my people by first name when in the office. When in the presence of officers it was by rank and last name. My kids allways called me by rank and name. Or as officers called me papa ops!

That “one” who said, if I’m not mistaken, was Dale Carnegie, the author of a timeless, and valuable book of knowledge and perspective, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” If he did not say that, then he quoted that in his book.

LTC (Join to see) Honestly not that invested, as I've been a proud DD214 holder for nearly 20 years.

I just find it incredibly arrogant and disrespectful that a senior command officer would even point that sort of thing out and think it's okay. "You have to be respectful of me, but I can blatantly ignore you if I want, because you are clearly below my station."

Which regulation is this that states a lower ranking officer doesn't Salute a higher rank? We had a 1LT as Company Commander and 2LTs, non-comms and enlisted alike gave her respect due to her rank. Rank has its privileges.

SSG Vernon Hartnett, yet it doesn't say by first name.

It was pretty common among officers, when I wore the uniform, to call subordinate officers by their first name unless their boss was present. A 1LT who is acting as a company commander needs to be called sir or ma'am, in respect to their office and to reinforce their status as a commanding officer. But, other than that, there was no rank among lieutenants. All a 1LT is, is a 2LT who didn't screw up bad enough to be kicked out.

SPC Wayne Pfeffer - Yes it does. They have earned the right by being there before you. Nothing degrading about it at all. Makes one strive to be better and move up.

I agree in private you can call them by their fiest name. I also recommend you say something on the order of "John, do you mind if I call you John?" And then go on with what you wanted to talk to them about.

I didn't mind being call Sgt.Steve by my squad members, it stuck with the rest of my company, confused a couple officers at first. When my squad got that outstanding on the I.G inspection, it was all good.

CW4 (Join to see) Working on batalion level, staff officers used first names when internal planning. However, the LTC anda COL wasalways addressed by rank and last name.