Chapter 13 - Tyler’s HistoryTyler's service record surprised me.

Good rifle scores.
Strong fitness.
Positive early evaluations.
Volunteered during wildfire relief.
Once pulled another Marine from a vehicle after a training accident.
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Cruel man always cruel.
Life refused.
Tyler had done genuinely good things.
Then repeatedly cruel ones.
Both true.
That made his command failure more instructive.
Leaders saw his strengths and treated his misconduct as exceptions.
Because good Marines can make mistakes.
True.
Then the exceptions accumulated.
At what point does repeated conduct become character?
There is no formula.
There is responsibility.
Document.
Correct.
Escalate when correction fails.
Tyler's chain had repeatedly restarted the clock.
Each incident became “first serious issue.”
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Because previous ones were informal.
That was how a pattern disappeared.
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