The exception is when the senior officer is also the host (Chief of the Navy or the Officer Commanding of a unit), who will then wait until his guests have departed.
Oku kungumahluko xa umphathi-mikhosi omkhulu naye ebuka iindwendwe (iNtloko yoMkhosi wamanzi okanye uMphathi-mikhosi onguMyaleli weqela), oza kuthi alinde zide zihambe zonke iindwendwe zakhe.