General Orders
To quit my post only when properly relieved.
What is the FIFTH General Order?
“I have not yet begun to fight!”
Who was Captain John Paul Jones?
This salute is rendered for a Rear Admiral Lower Half.
What is the 11 gun salute?
This part of the flag is the Width of the flag
What is the Hoist?
To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
What is the SEVENTH General Order?
“Don't give up the ship!”
Who was Captain James Lawrence?
This salute is rendered for a Rear Admiral Upper Half.
What is the 13 gun salute?
This part of the flag is the rectangular blue portion containing the Stars.
What is the Union?
To salute all officers and all color and standards not cased.
What is the TENTH General Order?
“We have met the enemy and they are ours…”
Who was Oliver Hazard Perry?
This salute is rendered for a Vice Admiral.
What is the 15 gun salute?
This part of the flag is the Length of the flag.
What is the Fly?
To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own.
What is the
FOURTH General Order?
“Sighted Sub, Sank Same.”
Who was AMM 1/c Donald Francis Mason?
This salute is rendered for an Admiral.
What is the 17 gun salute?
The year President William Howard Taft signed the executive order for the official flag design.
What is 1912?
To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
What is the FIRST General Order?
“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.’”
Who was President John F. Kennedy?
This salute is rendered for Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day and to honor the President and Heads of Foreign States.
What is the 21 gun salute?
The identified colors of the Flag.
What are White, Old Glory Red, and Old Glory Blue?