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a3recon
03-27-07, 03:18 AM
Does anyone know when the Corps re-introduced the rank of Lance Corporal? I don't remember it in 1958,1959 or 60.:flag:
hmckinley
03-27-07, 06:06 AM
Had to have been in 61 for I went throught P.I. in 62 and remember the DI's a *****ing about a lance coolie, also it was in the green bible. Getting M-l4's right out of the package from the manufactor issued to us and watching the DI's reading instructions on how to break them down and a *****ing about the piece of crap would never match the M-l. They were in for a big surprise.
mcconohydm
03-27-07, 09:22 AM
I went through boot at mcrd s.diego, in august 61 to nov. it was around then.
It seems to me that it was 1958 when the change came in, rember we still had 2 stripe CPL E-4 in the plt.
mcconohydm
03-27-07, 02:22 PM
I remeber the change then, we still had some cpl E-3 and sgt e-4 around yet the new change over had not been totally complete yet. Most of the old stripes were on Okinawa, if I remeber right they had to take some kind of test or something to keep their rank, a lot of the old staff sgt's were effected the most. It wasnt so much the pay as it was the privlege's they lost. A cpl-e3 could go to the NCO club were a L/Cpl couldn't. Semper Fi
BigPhil
03-27-07, 05:15 PM
I remeber that our Jr.DI. went from SSgt. to Sgt. He was a mean SOB after that He said he should have got the cross rifles and been a SSgt. This was in June of 61
mcconohydm
03-28-07, 08:27 AM
BigPhil where did you go through boot, I went through mcrd s.d. plt 259
your jr di wouldn't have happened to have been a Sgt Romos by chance.
BigPhil
03-28-07, 09:47 AM
Went through MCRD PI. Plt 242. JDI was Sgt. Muench.