Baptism - U. S. Navy Style

SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 17, 2009) Lt. John Madea holds his daughter as she is baptized with holy water from the ship's bell of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). This is the fourth person baptized aboard Tortuga since the ship's christening in 1988, and her name will be inscribed inside the bell as a tradition of the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino/Released)

I, the Flower Child share this Navy tradition with the readers here to let all know that Sailors are also part of humanity.