Those guys are another breed.
My father-in-law was a deck chief and has some crazy stories. Lot of his buddies perished in missed landings.
I went to Sonar School in Key West back in the 70's with some P-3 pilots who had "washed out" of the carrier air-wing track. They told us that numbers of their fellow flight-school students were already dead. Sample accident: F-4 on final suddenly loses a wing. Loses a wing!! He's right over the DD following the CVA to pick up downed pilots, so he gives up his ticket and rides the F-4 into the drink to avoid hitting the DD. RIP.