OPNAVINST 1710.7A - Historic Naval Ships Association

OPNAVINST
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171O.7A
1254. Honors at official inspection.
1. When a flag officer or unit commander boards a ship of the Navy to make an official
inspection, honors shall be rendered as for an official visit, except that the uniform shall be as
prescribed by the inspecting officer. The inspecting officer’s flag or command pennant shall be
broken upon arrival, unless otherwise prescribed by these regulations, and shall be hauled down
on departure of the inspecting officer.
2. The provisions of this article shall apply, insofar as practicable and appropriate, when a flag
or general officer, in command ashore, makes an official inspection of a unit of the command.
1255. Honors for a civil official taking passage. When a civil official of the United States
takes passage officially in a ship of the Navy, he or she shall, on embarking and disembarking,
be rendered honors as prescribed for an official visit. In acidition, if entitled to a ~n salute, the
official shall be rendered the salute upon disembarkation in a port of the foreign nation to which
he or she is accredited.
1256. Quarterdeck. The commanding officer of a ship shall establish the limits of the
quarterdeck and the restrictions as to its use. The quarterdeck shall embrace so much of the main
or other appropriate deck as maybe necessary for the proper conduct of offitiial and ceremonial
fimctions.
1257. Musical honors to the President of the United States.
1. If, in the course of any ceremony, it is required that honors involving musical tribute to the
President of the United States be performed more than one time, “Hail to the Chief” maybe used
interchangeably with the National Anthem as honors to the President of the United States.
2. When specified by the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Chief of the
Secret Service, or their authorized representatives, “Hail to the Chief’ may be used as an
opportunity for the President and immediate party to move to and from their places while all
others stand fiist.
DISPLAY
OF FLAGS AND PENNANTS
1258. Authorized display of flags and pennants.
1. When the national ensign is displayed on occasions other than those prescribed in these
regulations, the manner of display shall be as prescribed in Navy Department publications.
2. No flags or pennants, other than as prescribed by these regulations or as may be directed by
the Secretzuy of the Navy, shall be displayed fi-om a ship cmcraft of the Navy, or fi-om a naval
station, as an honor to a nation, state or an individual or to indicate the presence of any
individual,
3. All flags and pennants displayed in accordance with these regulations shall conform to the
pattern prescribed in Navy Department publication.
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