A kick is one thing.

A full-on military salute? That’s something else entirely.

But, according to a couple from Columbus, Georgia — Mehgan Merriott and United States Marine veteran Ryan Cooper — they’re little baby, still in the womb and 12 weeks old, raised its hand to its forehead in deference like an itty bitty leatherneck, during a recent visit to their doctor.

This from ABC 7:

“While they were doing the sonogram the baby was actually sleeping on its side and they tried several times to get him/her to wake up to take the picture that they needed to take,” Merriott of Columbus, Georgia, said. “The baby didn’t want to wake up, then threw [its] hand in the air and then threw it back down.”

“I almost cried,” she added. “I thought it was sweet.”

The family told reporters that the baby’s grandmother plans to frame the sonogram image and hang it on the wall at her home as a memorial to her father and grandfather who both served in the U.S. Army.