Boot camp has a (deserved) reputation for being structured and rigid. But not everyone excels at following rules. Like in this story, when a young navy cadet can’t hold his tongue. Lucky for him, at ...

Faith Bottum’s “Life Lessons From the Cutting Edge” (op-ed, Nov. 24) reminded me of a similarly mundane awakening. It was 1972 at Navy boot camp, where we were taught the proper way to fold our ...