Marine Officer’s Wife Emotionally Disturbed After Being Denied Salute

DuffelBlog is a spoof, but the story has more truth to it than most would think.

During my assignments as MP Operations Officer or Provost Marshal I received more complaints than I can count about some officer's spouse who did not get saluted upon entering the gate. I would tactfully tell them that they were not entitled to a salute but concede that the MP should have saluted the vehicle occupant because he/she did not know for sure if the driver was an officer or spouse.

When I was in Korea as the MP Brigade Commander and Provost Marshal, US Forces Korea, I was working the main gate at Yongsan Garrison on Christmas Day (I replaced the MP so he to go eat the big Christmas meal in the dining facility) when a young Captain entered the gate as I waved him on after seeing his decal. He almost passed the gate when he abruptly stopped, stuck his head out of the window and yell "Don't you salute Captains?"... I walked up to his car, where he could see the colonel eagle on my cap and said "Not since I was a damn Lieutenant, Captain". He apologized and moved on. :-)

Ahhh.....Duffleblog.....

This is so sad. I so righting pointed out the extreme lack of 2LTs saluting 1LTs. Where will this end.