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When I was an active duty Marine, I learned some things about how to behave when I was off the base, or off the ship. You might call them rules:

1.      Avoid trouble and get away from it if you can.

2.      In this regard, do not wear your uniform off the base, or off the ship, and never advertise that you are a Marine. It’s sad, but there are folks who just want to see how tough you are.

3.      If trouble seems likely, and you must leave, before you leave, make sure there isn’t someone who needs help, e.g., someone who is being bullied.

4.      If you cannot avoid trouble, and you must engage, act fast, and stay upright because when you go to ground, you limit both your ability to move and your vision. But more importantly, when you go to ground, you can be kicked and stomped!

5.      To avoid personal injury, do not use your fists, or your elbows! And do not head butt! Instead, use your forearms, the heels of your hands, your knees, and your feet. Your hands have many small bones that are easily broken, and, yes, your elbows and your head are hard, but they are easily damaged. Once a hand or an elbow is damaged, that arm may be useless. And if you damage your head, it may be game over. If you insist on using your fists, grab some dirt and make a fist, or make a fist around an object, like a rag, and chop, don’t punch. If you insist on head butting, use your forehead, not the side or the back of your head, and strike their nose, their cheek, or the side of their head. Do not not strike their forehead, or the point of their chin. Also, I would not head butt the back of an opponents head.

6.      Look for something you can use as a weapon (even a toothpick). And use it! Now is not the time to worry about lawsuits, or being arrested, because the life you have is the only one you’re going to get!

7.      Remember, if you have to engage, the only rule is to win, and that nothing you do to win is unfair, or off limits!

8.      For example, taking your opponent’s knee caps out, crushing their wind pipe, biting their ears off, making sure they can’t have kids, making sure they can’t see, or hear, and making sure that they have a gimpy walk because their ankles, or their instep have been crushed!

9.      This doesn’t mean that you will be able to do these things, or that you won’t get badly beaten, but it does mean that you are going to try to hurt your opponent!

10.  Most important, I learned that I was part of the Brotherhood! This meant that what happened to one of us, happened to all of us, and that once I began something, I would not quit, ever!

11.  Because Marines will not quit something they begin, they will do everything possible to avoid trouble and not engage! (I recall that our Gunny used to remind us that we have an excellent chance of winning a Street Fight if we don’t engage).

12.  Semper Fi, JE-Old Corps, New Corps, Same Corps