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)
EditorialRobert Seals, a career firefighter who now builds off-road vehicles to carry water through rough terrain, working at his shop in Los Gatos, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021. (Ilie Mitaru/The New York Times)
EditorialJose Colbi, a rehabilitated gang member, seals bottles at the Santa Teresa rum factory in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Aug. 27, 2021. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)Jose Colbi, a rehabilitated gang member, seals bottles at the Santa Teresa rum factory in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Aug. 27, 2021. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)
EditorialJose Colbi, a rehabilitated gang member, seals bottles at the Santa Teresa rum factory in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Aug. 27, 2021. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)Jose Colbi, a rehabilitated gang member, seals bottles at the Santa Teresa rum factory in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Aug. 27, 2021. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)