1. BEARING - Creating a favorable impression in carriage, appearance, and personal conduct at all times.
2. COURAGE - Courage is a mental quality that recognizes fear of danger or criticism, but enables a Marine to proceed in the face of it with calmness and firmness.
3. DECISIVENESS - Ability to make decisions promptly and to announce them in a clear, forceful manner.
4. DEPENDABILITY - The certainty of proper performance of duty.
5. ENDURANCE - The mental and physical stamina measured by the ability to withstand pain, fatigue, stress, and hardship
6. ENTHUSIASM - The display of sincere interest and exuberance in the performance of duty
7. INITIATIVE - Taking action in the absence of orders.
8. INTEGRITY - Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principles. The quality of truthfulness and honesty.
9. JUDGMENT - The ability to weigh facts and possible courses of action in order to make sound decisions.
10. JUSTICE - Giving reward and punishment according to the merits of the case in question. The ability to administer a system of rewards and punishments impartially and consistently.
11. KNOWLEDGE - Understanding of a science or an art. The range of one's information, including professional knowledge and an understanding of your Marines.
12. LOYALTY - The quality of faithfulness to country, the Corps, and unit, and to one's seniors, subordinates, and peers.
13. TACT - The ability to deal with others without creating hostility.
14. UNSELFISHNESS - Avoidance of providing for one's own comfort and personal advancement at the expense of others.

Many Marines remember these traits with the acronym
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