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1	!!Abe
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3	* AllThereInTheManual: His last name has yet to appear in the comic itself.
4	* AuthorAvatar: Like Uriarte, he has a surname that is difficult to pronounce and is a Lance Corporal in the infantry. (Also, while the name "Belatzeko" appears to be vanishingly rare in real life, it's very similar to "Belasco/Velasco"--which, like "Uriarte," has its origin in Basque culture.)
5	* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: Abe is a Terminal Lance, a Marine who will never see advancement beyond Lance Corporal. One strip shows that he's been demoted more than a few times and made his way back up to Lance Corporal.
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7	!!Cone
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9	* DrunkenMaster: He's able to perform astonishing feats while heavily intoxicated, such as setting the battalion record on a run.
10	* RealPersonCameo: Tyler Cone was a friend of Uriarte who committed suicide in February of 2014.
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12	!!Garcia
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14	* CoolOldGuy: Compared to Abe, he's older (roughly mid-20s) and a bit more calm.
15	* GratuitousSpanish: Only during Abe's zombie fantasy. Garcia [[LampshadeHanging bluntly responds]] that [[AvertedTrope he doesn't actually talk that way]].
16	* OnlySaneMan: Generally the most mature and level-headed character in the comic. Not that that's saying much...
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18	!!Creepy Chaplain
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20	* AbhorrentAdmirer
21	* DepravedHomosexual
22	* HelloSailor: The United States Marine Corps uses Navy chaplains, so he is necessarily this, although not in the usual form.
23	* MemeticMolester: Invoked within the strip by characters. According to Uriarte, he's not based on any real-life person (Uriarte says the chaplains he knew were good guys), but that chaplains in general are acceptable targets.
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25	!!Jody
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27	* SerialHomewrecker: Jody exists only to sleep with military wives and girlfriends while their respective husbands/boyfriends are deployed.
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29	!!Boot
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31	* BlackBeadEyes: Boots are drawn this way to emphasize just how much they are subhumans.
32	* ButtMonkey: The point of Boot is to get fucked around because no one likes or respects him, be it forcing him into doing more work or just being a plain jerk to him because that's what happens to boots.
33	* NewMeat: Boots are just out of boot camp and perform actions (such as their preferred civilian attire) that make them stand out like sore thumbs.
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36	!!That Guy
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Context Characters / TerminalLance