V/r or V/R?

[MC87]

Which one do you use and why? What is the difference?

 

[Griz882]

V/R just as in writing it out…

Very Respectfully,

Griz

 

[MC87]

Thanks, Griz.

Was told that V/R = addressing higher rank and V/r = addressing lower rank

 

[zipmartin]

Back in my day (wooden ships & airplanes) Very Respectfully was for higher rank and Respectfully was for lower.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Thanks, Griz.

Was told that V/R = addressing higher rank and V/r = addressing lower rank

They're both the same thing.

V/r + V/R + v/r + Very Respectfully = Same thing

 

[villo0692]

when I was in OHARP, the LT I worked with told me to use V/R all the time, since you’re always addressing, you know…a person. Hot take, but I wholeheartedly agree with him. i use V/R always

 

[Griz882]

Thanks, Griz.

Was told that V/R = addressing higher rank and V/r = addressing lower rank

Never heard of that rule but I have heard the @zipmartin version.

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

I always sign off emails as "V/r," regardless of rank. For officers I'll use "V/r, (my first name)", for enlisted I'll use "V/r, (my rank, last initial)"

 

[IKE]

It's in the SECNAV Correspondence Manual, M-5216.5, IIRC.

It's V/r, because it's Sentence case not Title Case: Very respectfully, is shortened to V/r,
When speaking to equal or lower rank it's Respectfully, or R,

The SECNAV manual will tell you that the abbreviations are only for follow-on conversations within an email chain. Initial emails should be spelled out, but almost no one does that.

OTOH, everyone thoughtlessly uses R/ per the manual, even though Respectfully, would be abbreviated as R,

I submitted a change request to fix it, but I think it was ignored. (Yes. I'm a huge nerd.)

 

[taxi1]

Love you always...

 

[taxi1]

V/R just as in writing it out…

Very Respectfully,

Griz

That Is Wrong My Friend

 

[number9]

I will always find it hilariously that people want to say "Very respectfully" at the end of an email in order to be polite and professional, but quickly think to themselves "Fuck it, that's too many letters to type. 'V/r' it is!"

 

[Brett327]

It literally doesn’t matter as long as you keep annoying, sanctimonious leadership quotes out of your signature block.

 

[Griz882]

That Is Wrong My Friend

According to the SecNav, you are correct and I am wrong. Not as much outside

 

[Griz882]

It's in the SECNAV Correspondence Manual, M-5216.5, IIRC.

It's V/r, because it's Sentence case not Title Case: Very respectfully, is shortened to V/r,
When speaking to equal or lower rank it's Respectfully, or R,

The SECNAV manual will tell you that the abbreviations are only for follow-on conversations within an email chain. Initial emails should be spelled out, but almost no one does that.

OTOH, everyone thoughtlessly uses R/ per the manual, even though Respectfully, would be abbreviated as R,

I submitted a change request to fix it, but I think it was ignored. (Yes. I'm a huge nerd.)

So if I’m writing a bridge-burning, career-ending e-mail to the Admiral do I use “F/y” or “F/Y”?