There is no such thing as a truly level playing field, I told them, but we were going to work damn hard to make ours as fair as possible. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses; no one is perfect, including the commanding officer. I would applaud their strengths and help them overcome their weaknesses, but above all, I wanted them to treat one another with dignity and respect. And though we all want to win at whatever we do, the important point was how we won—whether we did it in a way that made us proud or ashamed, bigger or smaller. In short, how we got there was just as important as getting
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