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* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]]: The name Terminal Lance refers to Marines whose climb up the rank ladder has stalled at Lance Corporal (just below NCO status), often because the score required for promotion in their career specialty is ridiculously high (or the Corps just plain refuses to accept any new Corporals in that specialty).
** [[Irony]]: Uriarte ''was'' ultimately promoted to Corporal, but didn't find out about it until three months after he left the Corps. In keeping with the tradition of referring to oneself by rank, he calls himself "Terminal Lance Corporal Maximilian Uriarte, USMC".
* [[Literal-Minded]]: [http://terminallance.com/2010/03/23/terminal-lance-23-literally/ Here],[http://terminallance.com/2011/07/19/terminal-lance-133-literally-ii/ here], and [http://terminallance.com/2011/08/26/terminal-lance-143-literally-iii/ here]. Also, as noted in the blog post for [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103212553/http://terminallance.com/2011/08/05/terminal-lance-138-the-reveille-guy/ this one]:
{{quote|"...90% of the time Marines tend to take the term “sound Reveille” a bit more literally than they should. They do, quite literally, yell the word “Reveille” repeatedly until everyone is awake."}}
* [[No Name Given]]: Abe and Garcia are only ever known by their nickname (Abe) or their last name (Garcia).
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** They give the same impression of [[Surrounded by Idiots|anyone at or below that rank as well, of course]].
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: [http://terminallance.com/2011/07/19/terminal-lance-133-literally-ii/ Here].
* [[Recruiters Always Lie]]/[["Join the Army," They Said|Join the Marines, They Said]]: Several strips deal with the fact that the advertisements always paint a much rosier picture of service than the reality.
* [[Semper Fi]]: [[Captain Obvious|The United States Marine Corps plays a important role in the comic.]]
* [[Serious Business]]: Uriarte notes in the blog post for [http://terminallance.com/2012/01/10/terminal-lance-171-serious-business/ this strip] that Marines will argue about pretty much anything to get away from the boredom of everyday life in the Corps, and they'll stick to their guns no matter how pointless the argument is.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Most of the titles of the comics. The subtitle of the website itself is a line from one of [[The Killers]]' most popular songs.
* [[Splash of Color]]: The comic is done in black and white, with the exception generally being reflective belts (always very bright yellow, regardless of it being relevant or not). Other one-off splashes of color include service ribbons in some strips, a candy wrapper, and a green Clone-A-Willy.
* [[Too Soon]]: Uriarte drew [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114061316/http://terminallance.com/2010/01/19/terminal-lance-5-race-card/ this strip] before he realized that it would be put up right after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Uriarte notes that Marines will complain about anything and everything. [http://terminallance.com/2011/06/09/terminal-lance-131-bitch-and-moan/ Even Hawaii].
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