Remember that on K-219, the KGB Security Officer was "one of the guys." At least he went to Sub School and qualified as a watch officer. Unlike the Zampolit, who was not only a Party Hack, but turned out to be a coward. One thing that soured a lot of submariners (at least at K-219's home port) on Zampolits was the shore-based Zampolits taking officers' wives to bed in exchange for a pass to visit relatives in other parts of the USSR, or other travel, things like that. Every married officer on base was angry, and when the wife of K-219's Chief Engineer denounced the Flotilla Zampolit for his quid pro quo, the book Hostile Waters mentioned that the base was in an uproar.
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Treat everyone you meet with kindness and respect, but always have a plan to kill them.
Old USMC Adage
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