If you can get accustomed to the idea that you are always being
watched by a potential threat than you will understand why looking hard
is so important. Looking hard is more than just wearing a tough guy
scowl on your face, protruding your imaginary lats and wearing a Batman
utility belt – with or without batarang (sorry Hondo!). What Joe wanted
his Marines to do was to present a hard target. When he was telling us
that, Marines and Soldiers were being hunted by a highly evasive enemy
who could move freely amongst the local population. They would strike
and disappear back into obscurity with little effort. Joe’s Marines
didn’t have this problem because we looked hard.
Looking hard means expecting a fight. It means projecting a presence of dominance in all actions. It means being aware of your surroundings. It means presenting a hard target. It means owning your ground.
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