Customs and Courtesies

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Customs and Courtesies

• Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Douglas S. Crawford

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Educational Goal

• To understand and appreciate the customs and
  courtesies in Civil Air Patrol, and to understand
  their importance to the cadet training mission.

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Objectives

• Each student should be able to
• Define courtesy and custom, and understand the
  difference
• Distinguish between grade and rank
• State appropriate greetings when passing officers
• Report properly, indoors and outdoors
• Describe the procedures for rendering courtesy to
  the National Anthem

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Definitions

• Custom
• A course of action repeated under like
  circumstances. A tradition
• Courtesy
• An act of paying respect for others

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General Courtesies

• Use of Titles
• Doctors, Nurses, Chaplains, etc
• Airmen
• Officers
• Sir, Maam, or Sergeant
• Full titles are always used in correspondence
• Titles may be shortened in conversation

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General Courtesies

• Rank and Grade
• What is Grade?
• Grade is a title (C/Amn, C/Col, 1Lt, Capt, Maj,
  etc)
• What is Rank?
• Rank is your seniority within a grade

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Senior NCO Grades
Senior Officer Grades
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General Courtesies

• Honors to Individuals
• Salute Officers and Flight Officers
• CAP both Senior and Cadet
• US Armed Forces
• Friendly Foreign Nations
• Junior salutes Senior
• Salutes are rendered outdoors, or indoors when
  reporting
• Verbal Greetings with salute
• Do not salute in formation

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General Courtesies

• Greetings
• Passing and Officer or NCO
• Officer enters a room when not engaged in a class
• What else do you do when an officer enters the
  room?
• What about if you are currently in a class?
• Do you call the room if an Officer instructor
  enters?
• Do you call the room if an NCO instructor enters?

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General Courtesies

• Colors and National Anthem
• Outdoors
• In uniform
• Out of uniform
• Flag present
• Flag not present
• In formation
• Indoors
• In uniform
• Out of uniform
• Flag present
• Flag not present

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General Courtesies

• Reporting Procedures
• ARRIVE ON TIME
• Knock Once
• Enter upon invitation
• Take the most direct route to destination
• Halt two paces in front of the desk or officer
• Salute
• Say, Sir/Maam, Cadet _______ reporting as
  ordered

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General Courtesies

• Reporting Procedures cont.
• Hold salute until it is returned
• Stand at attention unless directed otherwise
• When conversation is completed, or dismissed by
  the officer come to attention, take a step back,
  and salute
• When salute is returned, smartly drop salute
• Execute the appropriate facing movement
• Depart in the most direct route

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Conclusion

• What is the difference between a custom and a
  courtesy?
• What is the difference between grade and rank?
• What is the appropriate courtesy for the National
  Anthem when?
• What are the proper reporting procedures?
• Why is all of this important?

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