Wetting Down

Cmdr. David “Pappy” Culbertson, Code 6.4, gets wet at the Naval Air Depot North Island Test Line. The wetting down is a tradition when naval aviators return from their last flight before they retire from or leave the Navy. Bryan Culbertson douses his father while Cmdr. Sean Brennan, Culbertson’s scheduled relief, throws a bucket of water on the retiring aviator. Photo by Joe Feliciano