Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Anyone else hoping a 40 minute ceremony was just the reading of names and then a gentle toss from the flight deck of the Carl Vinson?

I'm hoping for more than that...because I'm a person of respect for the dead. I understand that per his religious tradition, his body was washed prior to being wrapped in the sheet and tossed overboard. My hope is that he was "washed" by about 100 sailors with very full bladders.
Carl