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AR 600-25 — SALUTES, HONORS, AND COURTESY

AR 600-25: salutes and courtesies, personal honors, ceremonies and parades. Explore the scope overview and open the official Army source.

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What this publication covers

AR 600-25 addresses salutes, honors, and courtesy visits. The contents connect salutes and the display of flags with personal honors, ceremonies, parades, and Army and interservice visits. A leader planning a ceremony may therefore need this policy reference alongside the training circular that explains drill movements and formations. Courtesy, ceremonial execution, and uniform wear answer different parts of the same event.

Choose the subject first: a courtesy question, a personal honor, a parade, or a visit. TC 3-21.5 provides the connected drill and ceremonies guidance, while uniform and appearance publications address how participants dress. This page is an orientation to those references rather than a complete ceremony script. For an actual event, compare the applicable official sections and local coordination requirements instead of relying on a remembered example or copying a sequence from a different ceremony.

Salutes and courtesies
Personal honors
Ceremonies and parades
Courtesy visits

Who commonly uses it

Soldiers learning military courtesies, ceremony planners, unit leaders, and staff coordinating official honors and visits.

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Chapter 3: Personal Salutes and Honors
Chapter 4: Ceremonies and Parades

Common questions

What Army regulation covers salutes and honors?

AR 600-25 covers salutes, honors, and courtesy visits. Its separate chapters help distinguish personal honors, general courtesies, and ceremony subjects.

Where are drill movements explained?

TC 3-21.5 provides drill and ceremonies guidance. Use it with the policy reference when preparing the execution of an event.

Publication details and freshness

Publication number: AR 600-25
Publication type: AR
Issuing authority / proponent: Department of the Army · CSA
APD source status: ACTIVE
Publication date: 2026-05-01
Revision date listed by APD: 2026-05-01
Last source verification: 2026-10-09
Distribution: A APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED

Earlier editions replaced by this publication: SUPERSEDED AR 600-25, 05/21/2025. This is edition history, not a claim that the displayed publication is superseded.

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