Originally Posted by
ShotOne
"..next time he punched me.." Even your account, tourist shows a text-book example of bullying. If that's good technique, why should your threat of retaliation have altered it?
In my own "RELAX" shouty moment, it was delivered with such venom that I was convinced it was going to be followed up with a blow. The rest of the sortie was spent working out whether I'd have to loosen my ejection seat straps to retaliate and if I'd be chopped for doing so -and was a 100% waste of avtur.
Learning to deal with a bully is a very valuable character building moment, and you will notice that I did say it can go too far.
p.s. You are aware that we are talking about the military, yes?
Aggression, violence, bullying, intimidation.
These are our purpose. It is a little silly to believe that they are entirely unsuitable traits in military personnel.