Midshipman, Then Pacifist: Rare Victory to Leave Navy

February 22, 2011

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/nyregion/23objector.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

The question that changed Michael Izbicki’s life appeared on a psychological exam he took not long after graduating in 2008 near the top of his class at the United States Naval Academy: If given the order, would he launch a missile carrying a nuclear warhead?