Military Life - Essay Example

A salute means a sign of respect. It is done to many things and persons * Standing with your legs apart and your hands together at your back is the “at ease” pose * No eye-balling. You can’t stare at the officer straight in the eye. * A thumbs-up = good * A thumbs-down = bad * Pointing your index finger and middle finger from your eyes and to where you think you saw something = this means you saw something and want to check * In patrol, you raise your arm with your hand in a fist = this means to stop * In patrol, you raise your hand, palm open with your thumb in front of your face.

= this means walk or march in single file/line. * Raise your arm with a fist and motion it up and down in the air several times = this means hurry up * Slashing motion at the neck (left to right) with your hand = this can mean disregard, cancel, dead.