Army Courtesy

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...