3. A "Young Marine", a kid who's taking Marines basic training so he's ready to join ASAP. As a result; he's ripped. He also had several followers, all of whom outweigh me by 50+ pounds or more.
4. I didn't kick his ass because I would have came out of it with a broken face.
Xer0 \^/
If it was me, I would have ripped his head off, and after smashing his fave real good, I would tell him to shove his Marine crap up his bottom.
If the result would be to get my own ass kicked, then that would be fine, because he would have some nice scars on his face as well.
But.....you did the smart thing, and just backed off. I would advise you to do exactly what you did, if you asked for my advice (hypothetically speaking), before this happened.
"Mr Anderson, welcome back....we missed you...."