Sailor-initiation ceremony aboard the Guards guided-missile cruiser Varyag underway at sea. After drinking a cup of pure seawater, the young sailor says loudly: "Mother, I'm a Pacific Fleet sailor."
- Package: May 21 -- Pacific Fleet Day
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Vladivostok, Russia
- Event date: 28.04.2009
- Date published: 18.05.2009
- Author: Vitaliy Ankov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2336x2880px, 2.2Mb