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    ^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
    ^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American.
    how is it not american? why cant it be both? our troops have always saluted like that.
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    15 abilities each? what is this... Kindergarten?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
    how is it not american? why cant it be both? our troops have always saluted like that.
    US troops and British troops actually salute slightly differently. The British (and LL) salute show the back of the hand when viewed from the front. The American one shows the edge of the hand when viewed from the front. Also, Americans don't do the stomp to attention thing that the British and LL soldiers do. >_>
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
    ^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American.
    Actually, the salute as far as the hand placement and position is American. The foot stomp could be British.



    That is definitely not palm out but palm in. Here are the respective salutes and that is much closer to US Military than British as far as the hand goes.



    And tbh, after serving in the military, no offense to General Gates, his salute is "unsat" and lazy.
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    Last edited by Geesus; 11-15-2011 at 06:50 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geesus View Post
    Actually, the salute as far as the hand placement and position is American. The foot stomp could be British.

    That is definitely not palm out but palm in.
    The palm shouldn't be facing in, the edge of your hand should be facing out as the poster above you pointed out. If we want to get technical, it's also not correct because the elbow is drooping too much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Molly_Millions View Post
    The palm shouldn't be facing in, the edge of your hand should be facing out as the poster above you pointed out. If we want to get technical, it's also not correct because the elbow is drooping too much.
    I edited the above post; either way, it's a combination of both and also, I'm not going to "debate" which of whose salute it is. I chose it because it reminds me of the Navy in which I served so ... enjoy either of your opinions/choices.
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    oh great attack of the how-to-salute nerds.
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    Okay, so I never zoomed in to see if it was palm in or out, but considering that the American one is palm-down. . . Well, I can't say that it's closer to the British one for that, but combined with the stomping, I'd still peg it as overall closer to the British salute.

    Also, yay for completely derailing this topic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geesus View Post
    I edited the above post; either way, it's a combination of both and also, I'm not going to "debate" which of whose salute it is. I chose it because it reminds me of the Navy in which I served so ... enjoy either of your opinions/choices.
    Indeed, I served in the army. Although I chose Uldah because it made sense for my character's narrative.
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