As a side note, The Marine Corps does not have a Company J. A regiment is composed of three battalions each with four rifle (infantry) companies. The 1st Battalion (Bn) is A, B, C, D the 2nd Bn is E, F, G, H and the 3rd Bn is I, K, L, M. In the phonetic alphabet it's Alpha, Bravo, Charlie,...Hotel, India, Lima and Mike.
J would be Juliet and that may be the reason it's skipped. I've never heard a reason why.
Nothing to do with Lugers, but an odd coincidence.
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