In order to become a Navy SEAL, new recruits must undergo a notoriously difficult selection and training process; less than a third of those who begin are able to finish due to its extreme rigor.

Military men who guarded their code of conduct did not take a lenient, civilian view. Their attitude was reflected in their service journals. The Army & Navy Register attributed the “regrettable ...

The Navy Code of Conduct says: “The day-to-day duty of every Navy man and woman is to work together as a team to improve the quality of our people and ourselves. ...