As my first skipper said, you succeed in Naval Aviation by realizing that beyond a certain point, the "frat boy" act is just an act, and you still have to be a commissioned officer. But the Navy needs a group of contrarians, people who are willing to question the status quo, and be just irreverent enough to keep the pot boiling.
I didn't come up with the analogy, and can't remember who did. But each of our "big three" warfare areas brings a different approach to senior leadership and warfighting, and they're all needed. The SWO community is generally the keeper of Navy tradition and heritage, all the way back to the Six Frigates and the days of sail. The Sub Nuc community brings an engineer's mindset and a strict attention to detail, always with an eye on the long game. But it's the people wearing the Wings of Gold, especially TACAIR types, that prize disciplined aggression. We make sure the Navy honors Danton's old maxim: "l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace." Or in Halsey's words, "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often."