“I Risked My Career to Rescue a Family in the Storm — I Didn’t Know Who the Father Was”

that any officer who stops to render aid, even in violation of orders, will not be punished if lives are saved. It became part of official Navy doctrine, a recognition that compassion and duty aren’t opposites but partners.

My new role was running Project Samaritan, a humanitarian logistics initiative coordinating Navy and civilian resources during continue reading …