Terminal Lance Creator Revealed To Be Sergeant Major Of Marine Corps
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Enlisted Marines everywhere were stunned this week after learning that the creator of enlisted-life comic strip Terminal Lance is actually former Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton Kent.
The story broke after an alert data specialist at Camp Lejeune noticed that the IP address for the Terminal Lance website was actually the same one used by the retired sergeant major's work computer.
Upon being questioned by a Duffel Blog investigative reporter, Sgt. Maj. Kent admitted that he had created the comic and was continuing to post weekly updates on the Terminal Lance website.
According to the Sgt. Maj., he came up with the idea back in 2009 with then-Commandant, Gen. James Conway.
"We'd been getting a shitload of negative feedback over all the safety briefs we were subjecting our Marines to," said Kent. "I mean, you can only listen to so many of the fuckers before you just tune them out."
"But you devil dogs wanna keep crashing your brand-new crotch rocket motorcycles that …
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