User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine Part Deux/@comment-1260687-20100318213728

@Price25: The second time I deployed, I brought an ASP baton with me, so I had another option besides MCMAP and buttstroking when it came to dealing with detainees or hostile civilian personnel; most of the time, all you have to do is snap it out and people back off.

You have to deal maturely with the possibility of death; you can't constantly dwell on it.

I've been mortared more times than I'd care to count, on foot, in vehicles, and on FOBs.

I've fired several AT4s, me and another fire team leader in my squad usually ended up carrying one, and we kept one loaded in each of our HMMWVs.