By now, you’ve probably seen the viral Snapchat video and screenshots of the hospitalmen in a maternity ward at Naval Hospital Jacksonville carelessly toying with a newborn child, forcing the infant to dance to rap music and flicking off a child with the caption, “How I currently feel about these mini Satans.”
In the video, HN Allyson Jeanette Thompson can be seen laughing as she props the newborn up and forces the baby to dance, nonchalantly swinging the baby’s arms around to the music. A Navy official confirmed the identity of the sailor.
An Alabama native, Thompson enlisted in the Navy in 2014 and has been stationed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, since February.
The sailor recording the video, according to the Navy official, was HN Joan Hunter Barrett Fender. She can be heard laughing and jokingly saying, “We‘re going to hell.”
Barrett Fender, of Pennsylvania, enlisted in 2016 and has only been at the command for two months.
Both sailors declined to be interviewed or make any statements through Navy Times.
The babies in the video and image were only hours old, according to WJAX-TV.
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