Reagan, Winfrey wrote, consulted the Marine Corps commandant on whether saluting back was appropriate. Ronald Reagan was thought to be the first, in 1981. Presidents have long been saluted, but they began returning salutes relatively recently. Jack O'Donnell of the Marine Corps delivered, in 1963, to my platoon of freshly minted second lieutenants at basic school in Quantico, Va.: "Your salute," he pronounced, "must be impeccable … None of them fulfilled the characteristically succinct prescription that Capt. Then there were the salutes themselves, which ranged from halfhearted to jaunty. … whenever I saw a president stepping off a helicopter and bringing hand to brow, my drill instructor's unambiguous words came back to me with much of their original force. In a 2009 New York Times op-ed, Smithsonian magazine editor and former marine Carey Winfrey identified them as a recent phenomenon, one that evoked mixed feelings from him: While this exchange may seem to be a military faux pas-Obama typically salutes as he boards Marine One-presidential salutes aren't a fully closed matter. Obama jogged back up the steps, still not having saluted. A faint smile appeared to cross the marine's face as the they exchanged brief words. In the short video clip, one can't hear the two men talking, so it's unclear what exactly was said. Obama soon ducked his head out, waved to the pilot, and jaunted back down the stairs to address the marine, shaking his hand.
Naval Academy graduation ceremony on Annapolis, Md., President Obama didn't return the salute of the marine standing guard at the door of Marine One, as he climbed the steps to the helicopter cabin. The president may have forgotten something as he boarded Marine One this morning.
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