Marine Corps Mascot Chesty XV Promoted to Lance Corporal
8 Aug 2019
Stars and Stripes | By Rose L. Thayer
Obeying commands in the Marine Corps can lead to promotion. It did for Chesty XV.
After nearly one year serving as the Marines' mascot, Chesty was promoted from private first class to lance corporal during a ceremony last week at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C.
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"He was happy to get promoted. It was a long time coming," said Staff Sgt. Alexander Spence, the assistant drill master and noncommissioned officer in charge of Chesty's handlers at the barracks.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/08/marine-corps-mascot-chesty-xv-promoted-lance-corporal.html
