Today in Okinawa Thursday July 1st (June 30th here) Miss Devil Dog received her rank advancement to Lance Corporal.
Lance Corporal (LCpl) is the third (E-3) enlisted rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, just above Private First Class and below Corporal. It is not a non-commissioned officer rank. In the Marine Corps, to call a lance corporal "Corporal" is considered disrespectful to both ranks.
The Marines are the only component of the U.S. Armed Forces to have Lance Corporals. A Lance Corporal relies upon a composite score to be promoted to a Corporal.
From the earliest years of the Corps, the ranks of lance corporal and lance sergeant were in common usage. As the rank structure became more firmly defined, the rank of lance sergeant fell out of use. Lance corporals served in the Corps into the 1930s but this unofficial rank became redundant when the rank of private first class was established in 1917. The lance corporal fell out of usage prior to World War II, before it was permanently established in the sweeping rank restructuring of 1958
a little info for you .. mom's so proud :)
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