The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are currently in the midst of a crisis stemming from sexual misconduct within the service. Multiple external inquires have arrived at the conclusion that the solution to this problem is found in culture change within the Canadian military, and energetic reforms have been begun to that end. This is not the first time in recent memory that a scandal has rocked the CAF; a similar crisis surrounding unethical behaviour of service members resulted from the torture and murder of teenager Shidane Arone by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in 1993 in Somalia. The Somalia scandal also led to multiple external inquiries and a host of recommendations which embarked the CAF on an ambitious series of reforms. This thesis compares the two cases from analytical perspectives grounded in military professionalism and civil-military relations, investigating the capstone ethical doctrine that was issued in response to both crises. Although significant media and academic attention has been paid to the current sexual misconduct crisis in the CAF, to date there has been no substantive comparison made between the two cases from the perspectives identified above. This research finds that the newly released CAF ethos, unlike that which resulted from the Somalia scandal, excessively civilianizes the CAF by promulgating a set of values too far isolated from the unique requirements of the profession of arms, leaving CAF members ill-prepared for the harsh demands of military service. The thesis concludes with two measures to address the overcorrection.