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Date Submitted: 10/14/2014 07:56 AM
To: Sergeant Hernandez
From: PFC David Yang
Date: 10/13/14
Subject: Summary about AR 600-25
The following below are the about the AR-600-25 as followed.
Chapter 1
General
1–1. Purpose
This regulation provides general policies and procedures for the rendition of salutes, honors, ceremonies, customs, and
visits of courtesy.1–2. References
Required and related publications and prescribed and referenced forms are listed in appendix A.
1–3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms
Abbreviations and special terms used in this regulation are explained in the glossary.
1–4. Responsibilities
a. The Chief of Staff, Army will—
(1) Serve as the Department of the Army (DA) functional proponent for salutes, honors, ceremonies, customs, and
visits of courtesy.
(2) Make official worldwide announcement, by electronic message, of the death of any of the persons listed in
paragraph 6–2 and such others as may be directed by the Secretary of the Army.
b. Commanders of all major Army commands (MACOMs) will—
(1) Carefully review saluting policies for their installations. Commanders may develop and publish modified
saluting policies for congested, high–density, or student living areas where saluting would be highly repetitious or
otherwise infeasible.
(2) Notify Office of the Chief of Staff, Army (OCSA), Director, Army Protocol, when a designated saluting station
listed in paragraph 1–9 is inactivated or placed under caretaker status, rendering it incapable of returning salutes, or
when any additional stations have been staffed and are able to return salutes.
c. The commander of the Military District of Washington will—
(1) Serve as the Army subject matter expert on salutes, honors, ceremonies, customs, and visits of courtesy.
(2) Activate contingency plans for the conduct of funeral arrangements, interment, and participation by members of
the Armed Forces of the United States in the event of the death of the President, a former President, or President–elect.
d. Commanders of...