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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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01-13-2011, 02:20 PM
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I don't know how many times I have wished we could "like" or give points for certain posts (as I have seen in other forums, but most excellent work, ZD.
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Your points on the uniform are valid, although I think my theory still has a bit of wiggle room and the uniform cues are just part of my theory.
I don't think there's a definitive answer either way, both Rudat and Hama have probably forgotten about the details of the design and the character write-ups, this was all done 30 years ago, and both guys have done so much other work in the intervening time period. But that's what makes speculating fun, I guess. No one's ever really wrong and every assumption can be right. I just stick with the idea that Stalker is a non-SF qualified, MACV-SOG trained, 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger) LRRP team leader because it squares with his GI Joe "job" as a ranger, his primary military specialty ("Infantry") as listed in the 1982 filecard, the 1982 card art/toy design, and his history as shown in the Marvel comics.
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Again, I salute you. (and thanks for the BfSB tip...I like it when I learn something new)
Heh. Thanks again. For my money, I think the LRS Troops/Companies attached to the MI Corps BfSBs are the "spiritual successors" of the Vietnam War-era 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger) LRRP companies. I say this with no offense meant to people who have served and continue to serve with the 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne), of course. But in terms of their function, the LRS Troops'/Companies' mission seems to embody that of the 75th Infantry Regiment's LRRP mission more than the 75th Ranger Regiment's direct action one.
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