The Power of Reputation

In the SEAL teams your reputation is so powerful and when I mean those guys that make a mistake when they show up as a new guy and 25 years later they retire their nickname is still based on the fact that they did something stupid. So, you want to find an opportunity if they're a good officer good enlisted to give them that second chance so that they aren't branded with a bad reputation. You put them in a position to be successful to get over Whatever that fault or that failure might have been.