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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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01-07-2009, 01:29 PM
oliverbox
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
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Stalker is no longer a ranger.
His newest filecard, that comes with the UBP, has him as a Ranger but his primary is infantry and he has two secondaries: medic and interpreter (????).
The card lists his schooling as: basic combat training, advanced infantry training, U.S. Army Language School and Intelligence School.
Stalker's no longer a Ranger, he's a pure Green Beret now.
edit:
Looking back, his original card is the same as his 2008 UBP one. It doesn't list Ranger school. But he's called a Ranger, but never went to ranger school?
Well, Stalker is well established in the comic as a LRRP... that means he's a Ranger. Also, I think in G.I. Joe: Declassified he uses his watch as bait for some bad guys. One of the other Joes comments that the watch was a gift from Stalker's mother for graduating from Ranger school. Considering how long Stalker's been on the team, and that he's always been listed as a Ranger, and all of the references in the comics to his "Rangerness", I'm pretty sure that if anybody on the entire Joe team is a Ranger, it's Stalker.
Now whether or not he's a Green Beret, as in Special Forces qualified is another question. Considering all his language skills, demolition skills, and training in Intelligence and as a medic, he would be a great candidate for Special Forces. Only Claymore would arguably be more qualified than Stalker for selection into Special Forces... but like Claymore, no mention of Special Forces qualification has ever been given for Stalker.
Being a Green Beret is a really big deal. Looking back, I sort of have to think: Who the heck is Drop Zone? If anyone should have been in Special Forces, it should have been Stalker and Claymore. Even Beach-Head, who is one of my favorites, doesn't seem to really fit the profile of a Special Forces soldier like Stalker does. Beach-Head is a classic Airborne Ranger NCO - Tough, physically fit, excellent soldier. But Beach-Head has no language skills to speak of. Perhaps it should have been Stalker who was placed in charge of Tiger Force and given Special Forces Training.
Similarly, Claymore should most certainly be a Green Beret. His qualifications in Languages, Demolition, Sniper, Hand-to-hand combat, Counter-Terrorism, and an Ivy League Education are classic for selection into Special Forces. He's the kind of guy the Green Beret's try to recruit. Perhaps only Flint is more well rounded, and even that is arguable. Interestingly, Claymore went to Dartmouth for college, but there is no ROTC department at Dartmouth. It's certainly unclear how he was commissioned, but it may have been through OCS after college.
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