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This summer Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway signed a Corps-wide message requiring all active-duty and Reserve Marines to have at least a tan belt in the martial arts by the end of the year. Although the Marine's Martial Arts Program isn't new - it began in 2000 - it's estimated that nearly 30,000 active-duty Marines are still without a tan belt.

Although some Marines will surely gripe about the requirement, its purpose is to underscore the warrior ethos that should be at the heart of every man and woman who has earned the eagle, globe and anchor.

The directive also serves as a reminder that Marines must go beyond what's required of them. The program has been around for seven years, yet thousands of Marines chose not to get certified. Perhaps they weren't combat arms Marines, or maybe they believe a Marine is solely a rifleman with no business learning karate moves – it's anyone's guess.

Go ask America's enemies who fought against Marines on Iwo Jima, the Chosin Reservoir, Hue City or most recently in Fallujah, how demoralizing it is to combat Marine riflemen - yet what if they now must even fear disarmed Marines who can fight with their hands? It's time for them to throw down their weapons and find a white flag.

And when Marines gets out of the Corps, the same adage surely applies to their military to civilian transition. Former Marines who attempt their transition from the military with only a high school diploma will find that their capacity to secure a well-paying career is severely limited.

Marines who took the initiative to get certified as either a tan belt, gray belt, green belt or beyond, have increased their fighting capacity as Marines. To ensure that they have just as many tools as possible when they separate from the service, Marines are also encouraged to take advantage of the US military tuition assistance program.

Marine tuition assistance pays up to 100% of a Marine's tuition and fees to an accredited military online school. That means the Corps pays for military distance learning courses up front - Marines pay nothing out of their pocket. US military tuition assistance programs are a real chance for leathernecks to train for a civilian career before they separate. Many schools offer military distance learning classes so Marines can study while deployed. Careers in real estate, the medical field or business are waiting for Marines who take the initiative now.

Marines who want to succeed both in the Corps and then when they separate, should make sure they square away their Marital Arts Program requirements, and then get the Marine Tuition Assistance funds that Uncle Sam has set aside for them.

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