# Incentives for military personnel to perform well in military exercises

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incentives-for-military-personnel-to-perform-well-in-military-exercises/820362 "2018-08-27T15:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incentives-for-military-personnel-to-perform-well-in-military-exercises/820362/21 "2018-08-28T12:29:21Z")

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> [@spifflog](#):
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> The Air Force becomes an outlier more and more of the time.

Yeah, the AF is pretty awesome 🙂

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incentives-for-military-personnel-to-perform-well-in-military-exercises/820362/22 "2018-08-28T16:01:49Z")

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I heard everybody must salute a MOH wearing guy? Sounds like an urban legend.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incentives-for-military-personnel-to-perform-well-in-military-exercises/820362/23 "2018-08-28T16:08:48Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> I heard everybody must salute a MOH wearing guy? Sounds like an urban legend.

Must? No. Should? Yes. It is tradition but AFAIK not a written rule.

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incentives-for-military-personnel-to-perform-well-in-military-exercises/820362/24 "2018-08-28T16:47:02Z")

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For Air Force (once again)

From [AIR FORCE STANDARDS](http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_cc/publication/afi1-1/afi1-1.pdf)

1.6.1.1. You salute the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Service Secretaries, all superior commissioned and warrant officers, **all Medal of Honor recipients** , and superior officers of friendly foreign nations.

(bolding mine)

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