After breaking up a drunken brawl between Sub-Lieutenants Alex and Diego and seeing them off for punishment, Lieutenant Riley remembers his own brush Commodore Coburn years earlier for a similar offense: one that included a solid dose of the slipper and cane.

Sub-Lieutenants Alex and Diego stand before Commodore Coburn. After the two errant young officers brawled over a girl on the beach middle of a freezing blizzard (and continue to argue in the office) it is up to the Commodore to restore peace by burning a lesson into their bottoms with the slipper and strap.