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I'm 14, and I plan to go into the Marine Corps. Is it okay for me to wear a USMC logo patch on my jacket?

If you’re talking about patches like I see on jackets and other attire on the internet, it’s okay with me kid, go for it.Just remember who and what you are- a civilian. You’re not a “I’m gonna be a” Marine or an “I’m planning on joining” Marine. You are a civilian and unless or until the day that your graduate from boot camp at MCRD, Parris Island or MCRD, San Diego- you are not a Marine. No JROTC or any other nonsense, okay? That sh_t don’t count either.If you want to wear a USMC logo decorative patch, feel free. Just no uniform emblems or attire, please, thank you very much.They sell them in the malls. They sell them on Amazon. They sell them all over. If some schmuck in Bumfuk Illinois can buy boxes of Marine Corps logo’d attire made in China and sell it on the interwebz, then, yeah, you can buy it and wear it.Please, be respectful about it.These same guys telling you not to are the same guys who buy their wives and kids nice little Marine Corps logo’d tee-shirts and stuff so….Also, I see a bunch of “former” and “I was a” Marines advising against it and even suggesting that some sort of bodily harm might come upon you- bullshit. First of all, I don’t even know what a “former” Marine or a “I was a” Marine means. I am a United States Marine. I have been since April 26, 1980 and will be one until the day I die. Ain’t no “former” or “I was a” about it. Second, no Marine worth his salt is going to f_ck with some civilian kid wearing a Marine Corps logo on a jacket, etc so long as the person wearing it isn’t claiming to be a Marine.Buy it, enjoy it and wait a few years. What sounds like a good thing to you right now may not be so by the time your eighteen and it’s time to decide for real.

Do actors start by taking acting classes then auditioning, or were they everyday people who just so happened to try their luck at acting?

Most successful actors were trained, you can show up and just try your luck at acting if you want, but you might as well just enter the lottery instead at that point. Randomly auditioning and hoping will not help you improve, and will almost certainly not land you a role.There are a few ways to train to be an actor.Go to school for it, the degree won’t matter but the experience will.Take short-term acting workshops or hire a coach. They will be able to provide you with an enormous amount of insightful feedback. Don’t get your feedback from non-actors. They will have no idea what the fuck they are talking about, and the advice they give often does more hurt than good.Create your own content, make your own short films/plays and act in them. Film is especially good for training because you can see your own performances.Audition for non-professional work, find an amateur director who is looking for “some guy” to play the lead or supporting role. You will get paid little to nothing for it, but your chances of landing the part without any real experience are much higher, and you can learn a lot from it.Watch other accomplished actors, and do so critically.Reading acting books will broaden your perspective of what it means to be an actor, and give you techniques that other actors use, but simply reading the book is not training. Apply the knowledge you get from your reading to steps 1–5.I wouldn’t waste my time on extra work. Maybe do it once for an experience of what it is like to be on a hollywood/bollywood set, but thereafter you’ll learn very little for it and get paid minimally for your efforts. Actual leading/supporting roles, even from amateur directors who don’t pay will still provide more value in the long run. Once you get enough film roles you can put together a demo reel as part of your resume.If you’re looking for Acting books, my top picks are.Uta Hagen’s Challenge For The ActorAudition, by Michael Shurtleff