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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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03-19-2011, 12:07 AM
Loose Cannon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
zuludelta
Larry Hama addressed this in one of the
Postbox: The Pit
letter columns in the Marvel GI Joe comic book from back in the day.
Too bad the IDW reprints don't reproduce the letter columns... IIRC, a reader sent him a letter asking about the GI Joe chain of command, and I think Hama listed the XO as either Wild Bill or Torpedo, the two most senior Joes in terms of pay-grade after Hawk... don't forget that Wild Bill and Torpedo were originally ranked as W-4s, which purely in terms of experience, places them a significant level above Ace or Doc, who were both captains. A warrant officer, on average, has 23.8(!) years of service by the time he/she makes it to W-4 (according to a study conducted by the Navy's CWO Time-in-Grade Committee), whereas an Academy or ROTC-produced Army captain or navy lieutenant probably has anywhere between five to twelve years time in service on average. I know it's somewhat unusual for a warrant officer (even one ranked as high as these two guys) to be put in a lineal command position, but I think it makes sense with a special unit like GI Joe, considering that SF Groups and SEAL Teams do place their WOs (W-2s and above) in lineal command positions instead of O-2s (Army first lieutenants and Navy lieutenants, junior grade).
This was years ago though, so I'm probably misremembering, and this was before the first appearance of Keel-Haul (in the comics), before Hawk got bumped up to general, and definitely before the introduction of characters like Slipstream and Falcon... the comic book might have been from late 1984 or 1985 or thereabouts.
Past a certain point though, I think any pretense of a strict and "official" chain of command pretty much fell away, between Hasbro's introduction of all sorts of characters and what I feel was Hama's declining interest in the property post-1990.
Interesting. I forget about those years when I had only 30 figures. Wild Bill was always important to me. I was never one to read the PIT letters but I think I still have never read much of 13-23, perhaps some of the best years. From much of what you've shown us Z, I've bumped many a character to Warrant Officer, and use the Warrants and Lts to fill all the roles as Unit XOs. (I have less Lts than Captains.)
[QUOTE=blackrazor1;2382385]I'm surprised no one is making him POC Mainframe.
[QUOTE]
Actually this is one of the reasons I might switch to Rapid-Fire. He looks to much like an older Mainframe than an E-4 HardDrive. But I have a mainframe, and the Club one I'm turning into Sparks. Somehow.
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