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The GI Joe/Cobra Concept Art & Filecard Project
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02-25-2010, 02:11 PM
zuludelta
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Spent the past couple of days working on this and looking for organizational precedents:
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I wanted to streamline the organization even more, whilst sticking to the concept that GIJOE is more of a combat intelligence gathering unit which attacks targets of opportunity (as opposed to a dedicated direct action unit).
The overall framework for the Armed Reconnaissance Element is based on the structure of a USMC Force Recon company. Unlike the USMC's Force Recon company though (which is composed of two direct action platoons and two deep recon platoons), I adjusted the organization to accommodate the different services and taskings to be found in the original ARAH GI Joe roster. Instead of two direct action platoons, I went with one direct action platoon and a stand-alone light mortar unit (this separation was based on how the US Army staffed airborne infantry companies back in the 1990s).
The direct action platoon is also a hybrid formation... its general structure is based on that used by the 82nd Airborne Division's infantry platoons back in the 1980s and 1990s (3 rifle squads + 1 general purpose machine gun squad). I substituted one of the rifle squads with an eight-man SEAL squad with an organic machine gun (that's what the two dots above the SEAL box means). For the two infantry-based rifle squads, the structure is based on contemporary SBCT manning: a squad leader, 2 fireteam leaders, 2 grenadiers, 2 automatic riflemen/SAW gunners, 1 squad marksman, and 1 anti-armor specialist.
The two recon platoons are structured based on the services I've drawn them from. For Blue platoon (a cavalry long range surveillance unit), the recon teams are composed of 5 soldiers (a team leader, an assistant team leader, 2 scout observers, and a scout observer/RTO). With the hybrid Green platoon, the SF recon team is composed of 6 men (based on the recon team staffing SF used back in the 1970s: a team leader, an assistant team leader, and 4 scout observers), the Ranger Recon team is composed of 4 men (based on the regimental recon team structures the 75th used before it got its own dedicated special troops battalion: a team leader and 3 scout observers, usually qualified in scout/combat swimming), and the Marine Recon team is composed of 4 airborne and combat dive-qualified reconnaissance men.
Compartmentalizing this way also makes it easier for me to write more plausible filecards... for example, I'm writing them so that all the guys in the direct action airborne/mountaineering-qualified infantry squad all come from the same battalion (2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division), because outside of the 75th Ranger Regiment or the SF groups, that's where you're most likely to find airborne-qualified infantry guys who've taken a military mountaineer course.
Anyway, here are the organizations I'm drawing the armed recon guys from, for those of you who are interested in this type of thing and can't wait for me to finish the reference bible:
A Squad, "Pack Rats" (Airborne/Mountaineer): 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
B Squad, "Equalizers" (Ranger): 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
C Squad, "Rams" (Ranger): 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
D Squad, "Tiger Sharks" (SEAL): Naval Special Warfare Groups One and Two
E Team, "Awe Strikers" (LRS): Troop C, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
F Team, "Maulers" (LRS): Troop B, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
G Team, "Snowcats" (LRS - Cold Weather Specialization): Troop C, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team
H Team, "Hammer" (SF): 3rd, 7th, and 10th Special Forces Groups; 1st Special Warfare Training Group
I Team, "Night Force" (Ranger): 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
J Team, "Warthogs" (Marine Recon): Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division
references: US Special Forces Manual (1986, reproduced by Lancer Militaria), US Army Field Manual 7-85 (June 1990), US Army Field Manual 7-10 (December 1990), Report No. I5921C4A-1 (Table of Manpower Requirements, Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division February 1999), Army Command and General Staff College Special Operations Forces Manual (Academic Year 1999-2000), US Army Field Manual 3-21.94 (April 2003),
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade home page
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4th Brigade Combat Team home page
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