my suggestion is to train as a fighter. Do several rounds of bag work, several rounds of pad work and then spar your various ranges (kickboxing, clinch and wrestling) intensely.
While marines are generally speaking in excellent shape, they are not generally in what you would call "fight shape". I'm by no means an expert in military tactics or training, but most of military people that I have worked with have not been specifically conditioned for hand to hand combat unless they have pursued that on their own. They generally have highly developed aerobic capacity and a generally high level of strength... different from power. Important elements of general fitness but fighting is a highly intense anaerobic activity. Get yourself if shape specifically for that and you probably won't have too many problems.
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