#  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](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?



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Military ](/news-stories/military)
- [ Peace/War ](/news-stories/peacewar)
- [ Christianity ](/religions/christianity)
 
 

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