When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.