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== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'', Detritus initially had trouble with saluting and would frequently knock himself out by hitting himself in the head.
* When [[RCN Series|Daniel Leary]] was promoted to captain, retired Admiral Anston, who'd been possibly the best Chief of the Navy Board ever, attended the ceremony and read out the promotion orders. Then he said, "Allow me to be the first to give you the salute in your new rank." Leary, [[Manly Tears]] in his eyes, felt that, while it was "quite improper" for an admiral to initiate the salute to a captain, it was the greatest honor anyone had ever paid him.
* It's treated as a symptom of how the Alliance Navy in ''[[The Lost Fleet]]'' had deteriorated that they no longer saluted -- until Captain Geary came back and reintroduced the gesture.
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|4]]'' has the [[Manly Tears|Teary-Eyed Salute version]] in front of {{spoiler|The Boss's grave.}}
* When you liberate a POW in the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' games, he'll give you a military salute before running off the screen.
* In the ending of ''[[Resident Evil
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