{"id":43845,"date":"2018-11-09T00:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T03:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=43845"},"modified":"2021-04-01T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:21:13","slug":"us-marines-baptized-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/09\/us-marines-baptized-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marines Baptized at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46054\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp1-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp1-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>More from the USS <em>Wasp<\/em>, as US Marines participate in a &#8220;renewal of faith and baptism&#8221; ceremony while afloat.<\/p>\n<p>Because faith and religious liberty don&#8217;t <!--more-->stop just because you&#8217;re in the military, even in front of your fellow Marines &#8212; or the entire world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46053\" style=\"width: 1747px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46053\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46053\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1737\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2.jpg 1737w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wasp2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1737px) 100vw, 1737px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-46053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Cmdr. Jay Weatherwax, the chaplain with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, baptizes Lance Cpl. Austin Fizer, an F-35B Lighting II aviation electrician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), atop the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 21, 2018. Fizer, a native of Marshall, Missouri, graduated Marshall High School in May 2016; he enlisted September the same year. While on patrol, Marines and Sailors have a variety of religious services available to fulfill their religious needs. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps\u2019 only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall\/Released)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/4833265\/baptism-sea-31st-meu-marines-participate-religious-services\">more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More from the USS Wasp, as US Marines participate in a &#8220;renewal of faith and baptism&#8221; ceremony while afloat. 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