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05-28-2010, 05:18 PM
Loose Cannon
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I hear you Oliver. And you're right he was created to fill that role which next to the CO is probably the most important in any unit. But the cartoons always personalized him into something more for me. I love Duke. No matter the bad rap he's earned over the years, he's still one of the coolest mail-away toys I ever got. I think the binoculars and the American Flag on the shirt did it for me. He was just too important to be outranked.
That's why after years of adding custom officer characters there was Duke: totally outranked. I even had him as a Major General at one point. In the beginning it was easy since only Ace, Doc, Steeler, Cutter and Wild-Bill outranked him. All vehicle drivers and non-combatants. Sure there was Torpedo, but I didn't quite understand what a Warrant-Officer was. Then came Flint and I was totally confused. Sure E-6 is lower than E-8 but by then I was paying attention. and E-6 is not a Warrant Officer.
Then comes Claymore. This is why Claymore is so important to me. I knew Keel-Haul outranked everybody, but no one but a lucky few could get a Keel-Haul for at least another 3 years!
Claymore 0-3. OK (I'm still not paying attention to Torpedo, or have figured out Flint's misranking yet). I know not everyone has picked up the mission Brazil set, but I did, and clearly Claymore is XO at this point in 86? But wait the Cartoons have Hawk; Duke; Flint; Sgt Slaughter; Beachhead. (Not to mention E-7 Gung-Ho and Leatherneck?)
87 we get Falcon, and the Movie really cheeses it up with him being Duke's Little Bro. WTF? Duke is a Vietnam vet and old enough to be Falcon's daddy. Also the year we get Psyche-Out who gets combat leadership roles along with Falcon on the assualt of Cobra Island during the Civil war. Does Duke even participate in this battle?
But I have a similar issue with the 0-4 and 0-5 in the Joe world. I look at them as the true team leaders with their various Squad Leaders and subordinate officers. I have 8 Colonels, 12 Lt Colonels and 16 Majors in my Joe-verse, but I add the R&D and SAD guys to that mix. But for example, my true Direct Action Majors:
Claymore
Duke
Rapid-Fire
Bullet-Proof
Dutch (Predator)
Dillon (Predator)
Major Stone [Extreme] (Just not enough Marines)
Major Buckingham (From Action Force)
The other 8 are R&D 0-4 equivalents or Vehicle Drivers
Major Storm
Ghost-Rider
Ace
Doc
GI-Jane
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