FIRST JANITOR DIVISION CLEAN IT BUT DON’T MEAN IT

( GOT COIN AFTER BEING ASSIGNED TO MCCES ON MAGTFTC / MCAGCC IN 2021 ) TEXT FEATURED OF PIECE: FRONT: FIRST JANITOR DIVISION CLEAN IT BUT DON’T MEAN IT EST. 1775 BACK: LANCE CORPORAL OF THE MARINE CORPS BRIEF INFORMATION / HISTORY: FIRST JANITOR DIVISION IS A HUMOROUS, INFORMAL TERM USED IN THE MILITARY TO REFER TO TROOPS ASSIGNED TO CLEANING DUTIES, OFTEN AS A FORM OF BUSY WORK OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. WHILE NOT AN OFFICIAL UNIT, IT REPRESENTS THE COMMON EXPERIENCE OF SERVICE MEMBERS WHO FIND THEMSELVES SWEEPING, MOPPING, OR SCRUBBING INSTEAD OF PERFORMING THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES. “CLEAN IT BUT DON’T MEAN IT” REFLECTS THE ATTITUDE MANY SERVICE MEMBERS ADOPT WHEN ASSIGNED TO THESE TASKS DOING THE BARE MINIMUM TO SATISFY ORDERS WITHOUT PUTTING IN UNNECESSARY EFFORT. THIS PHRASE EMBODIES THE RELUCTANT BUT UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE OF MILITARY CLEANING DUTIES, WHICH ARE OFTEN SEEN AS A RITE OF PASSAGE.