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"Over and Out". No, it's either "Over" or "Out".
Close your fucking dust cover.
You salute when wearing a hat.
What's the context for those last two?
The M16 family of assault rifles has a small spring loaded flap on the right side that pops open when the bolt is goes back. This allows the empty casing to be ejected after firing. The purpose of this flap is to keep dust, sand, snow and other gunk from getting into and interfering with the smooth operation of the firing mechanism and, as such, is to be kept closed when you are not actually firing the weapon. Otherwise you are much more likely to have a stoppage when you REALLY don't want one.
For the last point, except under the most unusual of circumstances, you do not salute a superior officer when you are not wearing a hat or are not expected to be wearing a hat (i.e. indoors) be that a beret, peak cap, wedge, ball cap or whatever.