all persons in view on deck and not in ranks must be executed by that ship. Honors to officers or officials embarked in boats are acknowledged by the officer or official through a hand salute or other mark of respect. When a boat bearing a senior passes, passing honors are rendered. If a junior but a commanding officer, unit commander, or flag officer on an official occasion passes, personnel on the quarterdeck only will salute. This is a mark of respect to a person who holds command at sea. Dispensing with Passing Honors Passing honors are not rendered after sunset or before 0800 except when international courtesy requires such action. They are not exchanged between ships of the Navy engaged in tactical evolutions outside port. The senior officer present may direct that passing honors be omitted in whole or in part. Passing honors are not rendered by or required of ships with small bridge areas, such as submarines, particularly when in restricted waters. Passing Honors to Foreign Dignitaries and Warships Honors prescribed for the President of the United States are rendered by a ship of the Navy being passed close aboard by a ship or boat displaying the flag or standard of a foreign president, sovereign, or member of a reigning family except that the foreign national anthem is played instead of the national anthem of the United States. SIDE HONORS Side honors are rendered to foreign officers, civil officials, and all U.S. officers boarding and departing the ship, when directed by the senior officer present; the side is piped and the appropriate number of side boys paraded. Officers appropriate to the occasion attend the side on the arrival and departure of officials and officers. Side honors are not rendered between sunset and 0800, during meal hours, or on Sundays. Side boys are not paraded on Sundays; on other days between sunset and 0800; or during meal hours of the crew, general drills and evolutions, and periods of regular overhaul except in honor of civil officials or foreign officers, when they may be paraded at anytime during daylight. Side boys are paraded only on scheduled visits. Except for official visits and other formal occasions, side boys are not paraded in honor of officers of the armed services of the United States unless otherwise directed by the senior officer present. Side boys are not paraded in honor of an officer of the armed services in civilian clothes unless such officer is acting in an official civil capacity. The side shall be piped when side boys are paraded, but not at other times. Side honors also may be rendered as a part of naval courtesy to officers and officials on occasion other than official visit. Once the honors are rendered, it becomes an official visit, modified by the senior officer present. HONORS FOR OFFICIAL VISITS Articles in U.S. Navy Regulations detail honors for official visits by military and civil officials arriving and departing. Arriving Honors prescribed for an official visit are rendered on arrival as follows: 1. When the rail is manned, men/women shall be uniformly spaced at the rail on each weather deck, facing outboard. 2. “Attention” is sounded as the visitor's boat or vehicle approaches the ship. 3. If an arrival gun salute is prescribed, it is fired as the visitor approaches and still is clear of the side. The proper flag or pennant is broken on the first gun, and hauled down on the last gun except when it is to be flown for the duration of the visit. Other ships firing a concurrent salute, on the last gun should haul down the flag or pennant displayed in the honor of the visitor. If the ship visited is moored in such a position that it is not practicable to render the gun salute before the visitor arrives on board, the salute is rendered (provided local regulations do not forbid gun salutes) after the official and party have arrived on board and are in a position well clear of the saluting battery. 4. The boat or vehicle is piped as it comes alongside. 5. The visitor is piped over the side; all persons on the quarterdeck salute and the guard presents arms until 10-16