Lessons learned

The lesson for the week is that if you are pitted against four Marines in unarmed combat, the Marines win. The instructors said they will exercise restraint. Restraint is not, however, a core competency of the United States Marine Corps. Later, it did give me the opportunity to strip & clean an M4 using a swollen and non-functional right hand. And, perhaps in a bit of poetic justice, in another scenario one of our attackers received a bloody nose & a black eye from a student. That poor dude was scheduled to be part of a color guard for the Commander @ Quantico that evening.