LANCE CRIMINAL

( GOT COIN AFTER BEING ASSIGNED TO MCCES ON MAGTFTC / MCAGCC IN 2021 ) TEXT FEATURED OF PIECE: FRONT: LANCE CRIMINAL NEVER HATEFUL • NEVER PROMOTED • 4 EVER GRATEFUL • 4 EVER DEMOTED BACK: RAISING HELL SINCE 1775 BRIEF INFORMATION / HISTORY: LANCE CRIMINAL IS A PLAYFUL YET WIDELY RECOGNIZED TERM IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, REFERRING TO A LANCE CORPORAL WHO HAS A REPUTATION FOR GETTING INTO TROUBLE. OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE JUNIOR MARINES WHO PUSH THE LIMITS OF DISCIPLINE WHILE STILL PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES, THE TERM EMBODIES THE REBELLIOUS BUT ESSENTIAL SPIRIT OF ENLISTED LIFE. “NEVER HATEFUL • NEVER PROMOTED • 4 EVER GRATEFUL • 4 EVER DEMOTED” HIGHLIGHTS THE ATTITUDE OF MANY LANCE CORPORALS WHO EMBRACE THEIR POSITION, RECOGNIZING THAT WHILE PROMOTION MAY BE ELUSIVE, THEIR IMPACT IS UNDENIABLE. “RAISING HELL SINCE 1775” NODS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF MARINES WHO WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, AND SOMETIMES FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A SERGEANT MAJOR’S PATIENCE.