ways to go to matchup. he s got to set a positive example. the mascot tradition goes back to world war i when the marines were called the devil dogs. in 1957, they changed the mascot s name to chestee after lieutenant general lewis chestee puller, the most decorated marine ever. and they take all this very seriously. we have had him busted back in rank before. and how dogs take it? well, marines typically don t take it well when they get demoted. so it s a message. we can t have a mascot running around biting, barking and doing things they re not supposed to do. but that s exactly what sergeant chestee did last summer when he went after secretary