EditorialSeals in Kaikoura, a town whose name means “eat crayfish” in the Maori language, in New Zealand, December 2022. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)
EditorialU.S. Navy SEAL candidates on a break during training on the beach in Coronado, Calif., in 2018. All sailors who want to become Navy SEALs must survive a punshing gauntlet of physical tests. (Petty Officer 1st Class Abe McNatt/Naval Special Warfare Command via The New York Times)
EditorialCindy Seals, at left, and Alexandra Lawson make remarks after voting at a polling station established at the Dwight H. Jones Neighborhood Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)
EditorialLocals and reporters gather outside the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy Seals the day before, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, May 3, 2011. (Warrick Page/The New York Times)