Agreed. I did notice that O'Neill (and presumably other officers in his group) are Annapolis grads. I'm sure when they were going through their Annapolis experience they had no idea which surprises life had in store for them, but it looks like they were prepared for their most important challenge and I'm sure Annapolis had a lot to do with that.
Yes, John O'Neill stated the other night(on Brit Hume's show, I believe it was)that he is USNA Class of '67 and graduated #1 in his law school class at UT(Austin).
The pledged to defend the country against its enemies, foreign and domestic. This is their true fight for the Republic; Nam was just a warm up act 35 years earlier.