“Going Internal” or “Being in the Black” are an informal term used in the USMC when a marine stops paying attention to things and people around him due to him being internally overwhelmed. It is a worrying situation as a marine “in the black” prevents the marine from responding and reacting properly to the situation at hand. This internalization can be caused by a lot of things (e.g. self pity, exhaustion, lost motivation) but much of the time it is linked to being the marine being put in a ...
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