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Terminal Lance 
The logo for Terminal LanceAuthor(s) Maximilian Uriarte Website Terminal Lance Current status / schedule Active Launch date January 5, 2010 Publisher(s) Self-Published Genre(s) Humor, Satire, Military Terminal Lance is a comic strip created in 2010 by Maximilian Uriarte that satirizes United States Marine Corps life. According to Uriarte, he created the strip "to poke fun at the Marine Corps much like Gunny Wolf’s old Sempertoons, but with an emphasis on the grunt Lance Corporal’s point of view."[1] The name is a slang term for a Marine who finishes a four year enlistment (i.e. terminates) as a Lance Corporal. The system for advancement to Corporal and Sergeant, "cutting scores," is heavily dependent on career-field and seniority—this leads to a large number of "terminal lances" in infantry specialties who might, in another field, have advanced to NCO rank.[2][3]
As of June 28, 2011, it has received over 38 million hits.
See also
References
- ^ About Terminal Lance
- ^ Terminal Lance: Being one has never been cooler by Pfc. Tyler L. Main. February 12, 2010
- ^ Caustic comic strip lances enlisted life - Marine Corps Times. March 26, 2010
External links
Categories:- United States Marine Corps in popular culture
- Comic strips started in the 2000s
- American comic strips
- Comic strip stubs
- United States Marine Corps stubs
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