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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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05-10-2016, 08:50 PM
john shaft
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Heck - as soon as someone orders a weapon, ships a tank, repairs a Skystriker, pays for fuel, pays a salary, gets medical treatment etc the organization is going to be known. That was even a plot line with Tunnel Rat and Raptor in ARAH.
The only way I could see a unit flying under the radar would be if it was one of those CIA black units hiding behind a whole bunch of front companies and cut outs, and at that point they wouldn't be getting Maulers, Skystrikers or Dragonflies. Cutter and the Jane, though, might be involved . . .
There's a tangential concept here too: Is Joe an organization where the operators are hand picked, or do they go through selection? If they're hand picked then it's easier to keep a lower profile, though they'll still be known (like Blue Light and the early days of SEAL Team 6), but will be less widely advertised than if they run selection (like Delta and DEVGRU). ARAH seemed to suggest that Joe was a handpicked team in the early days, and then developed a selection course later in its existence.
That's what I am trying to determine for my Joe team, are they hand-picked or go through selection? I was thinking of having them start out as being hand-picked, especially in regards to the Original 13. I can make a case for nearly all of them being either former Special Forces or 75th Rangers except for Grunt. If he is an Infantryman MOS with no Ranger School training how would he be hand-picked to participate in an elite organization? So maybe go with all of them going through selection? If that is the case who would be the people to run the selection course? Basically they would be "Joes' before the Original 13, so who would they be?
EDIT: Forgot to add that hand-picked soldiers for a new organization would most likely come from either the SF or the 75th (and other elite units), hence my question about Grunt. My case for the other Original 13 would be:
Hawk: Air Defense Artillery Officer turned Special Forces Officer
Steeler: Armor Officer that served in a Cavalry Unit
Stalker: Special Forces Medic
Snake-Eyes: Special Forces Engineer
Breaker: Special Forces Communications
Flash: Special Forces Communications (nod to a later filecard)
Zap: Special Forces Engineer
Short-Fuze: Special Forces Weapons
Rock'n'Roll: Infantryman serving in the 75th
Clutch: Infantryman serving in the 75th
Grand Slam: Fire Support Specialist serving in the 75th (attended JTAC training while in the Regiment)
Scarlett: Military Intelligence
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08:56 PM
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