G.I. Joe: ARAH Pre-1982 (Part 2)

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Here's the first installment of my 1982-era G.I. Joe team file cards. As I mentioned in my Part 1 thread (here: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-general-discussion/249819-g-i-joe-arah-pre-1982-part-1-a.html), there are undoubtedly some historical and technical inaccuracies, and I've made some changes based on my own personal preferences, but hopefully there's nothing too hard to swallow. I've reserved spots for the few that I haven't proof-read yet, and will get them all up as soon as I have the time.

I had originally copied and pasted the PDFs, and I could view them initially, but for some reason (maybe lower connection strength) I couldn't see them anymore when I came back to post more. So I copied and pasted the text from the Word document, and posted a link below for those interested at seeing the "official" DOD Special Orders form I created.

Starting out with...


BREAKER:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 2 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 4 November 1980


Code Name: BREAKER
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: SP6

File Name: Kibbey, Alvin Ronald
Date of Birth: 23 February, 1947 (age: 33)
Birthplace: Gatlinburg, Tennessee
SSN: 757-79-3518

Primary Military Specialty: 25W Telecommunications Operations Chief
Secondary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Additional Skills Identifier: 2B Air Assault, X7 Experimental Communications Systems Specialist
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger, L Linguist
Additional Languages: French, Spanish, Farsi, Albanian, German, Tagalog, Latin

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Knox, Kentucky; June 1966
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); August 1966
· U.S. Army Signal Center School, Fort Gordon, Georgia (25W); January 1967
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); August 1970
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); November 1970
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); March 1971
· U.S. Army Language School, Monterey, California (L); April 1973
· Defense Advanced Technical School, Arlington, Virginia (X7); June 1974
· Covert Electronics Training, Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia; February 1975

Operational History:
· Deployed to Vietnam, serving two consecutive tours; October 1967
· Project GAMMA; November 1967
· Operation “Cradle Net”, support for C.I.A./S.A.D. in the Khmer Republic; May 1975
· Attached to a joint-U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Argentina; November 1975
· Project FRONT DOOR; June 1977
· Deployed to the Kingdom of Laos as part of a surveillance/intelligence gathering mission; September 1978
· Operation “Single Window”; December 1978
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Meritorious Service Medal
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
· Vietnam Service Medal
· Army Overseas Service Ribbon
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject developed an enthusiasm for communications devices early in his childhood, salvaging parts to build his own ham radios and learning multiple languages in order to talk to other operators across the globe. When he had graduated from high school, Specialist Six Kibbey enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and finished just one year when he decided to enlist in the Army, certain that it would be more beneficial to use the G.I. Bill to pay for the remainder of his education instead of taking out additional student loans. After completing Basic and Infantry Training, Specialist Six Kibbey was assigned to his first duty station where he showed a marked proficiency with the standard communication devices his unit trained with. A matter of being in the right place at the right time, Specialist Six Kibbey was selected to reclass as a Telecommunications Operations Chief, attending the Signal Corps’ Telecommunications Operations School at Fort Gordon. He was then literally shipped off to Southeast Asia and Vietnam where he was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, working under Project GAMMA. Specialist Six Kibbey served two tours of duty in Vietnam before he returned to the US and decided to reenlist in the Army, since he had already received a far more interesting education than he could have dreamed of at MIT. During this time, Specialist Six Kibbey furthered his military training after acceptance into Ranger School where he graduated with distinguished honors, immediately followed by Airborne and Air Assault schools. With some of the Army’s most rigorous courses behind him, Specialist Six Kibbey set his sights upon furthering his technical training, applying for college courses and eventually earning his Master’s degree of Science in Engineering, as well as attending the Army Language School at Monterey. Specialist Six Kibbey was then selected to participate in the Defense Advanced Technical School at Arlington where he was exposed to some of the world’s most advanced communications systems. Having already proven his multifaceted skills as a soldier and communications operator, Specialist Six Kibbey was quickly inducted into the Signal Center’s Covert Electronics Training Course at Fort Gordon before his deployment to the Khmer Republic as part of a CIA/SAD mission support element for Operation “Cradle Net”. Specialist Six Kibbey’s subsequent actions denote a versatile and adept soldier, working with the U.N. in Argentina and undercover in Laos, as well as part of various other classified operations such as Project FRONT DOOR and Operation “Single Window”. The only blemish on Specialist Six Kibbey’s otherwise flawless record is a near court-martial after a CID inquiry discovered decrypted classified coded information in his possession. The ensuing interrogation led by Agent Provost failed to yield any real evidence as to how or why Specialist Six Kibbey had come into control of the sensitive documents, and all charges were dropped when Colonel Abernathy acknowledged that the files had been planted in Kibbey’s custody unknowingly. In exchange for this favor, Specialist Six Kibbey agreed for a reassignment to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“He's efficient and self-assured and has an uncanny ability to turn adverse situations to his favor.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Here's the link to my PDF document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungaUllME9SMy1qQ28/edit

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Same deal as above. Next up

CLUTCH:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 24 October 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 28 October 1980


Code Name: CLUTCH
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: SP5

File Name: Steinberg, Lance Joseph
Date of Birth: 11 November, 1951 (age: 29)
Birthplace: Asbury Park, New Jersey
SSN: 757-34-0802

Primary Military Specialty: 88M Motor Transport Operator
Secondary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Additional Skills Identifier: X8 Special Operations Driver
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Russian

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Benning, Georgia; April 1972
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); June 1972
· U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Virginia (88M); June 1974
· Advanced Driving Course, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland; August 1974
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); September 1975
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); April 1976
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); July 1976
· Executive Bodyguard School, Langley, Virginia; February 1977
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; June 1977
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course, Quantico, Virginia; February 1978

Operational History:
· Assigned to a Diplomatic Security Service detail as an escort driver; May 1975
· Attached to a U.N. Special Security detail in Borovia; November 1976
· Assigned to the Pentagon as General Austin’s driver; September 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; October 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Special Forces Tab
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was a mechanic at Manny's Mean Machines and was heavily involved in racing street machines prior to enlistment. Specialist Five Steinberg was drafted into the Army at the very end of the Vietnam War. After completing Basic and Infantry Training, Specialist Five Steinberg seemed to have a difficult time adjusting to the Army’s stringent regulations and protocol. After receiving two company level Article 15’s for minor infractions, Specialist Five Steinberg’s chain of command offered him the chance to reclass in a field to which he was better suited. His attendance at the Transportation School at Fort Eustis displayed a marked improvement in Specialist Five Steinberg’s military bearing, so much that he graduated at the top of his class and earned a seat at the DOD’s Advanced Driving School at Aberdeen, again finishing with the highest marks of all his classmates. Specialist Five Steinberg’s name was pulled for a Diplomatic Security Service detail where he served as an escort driver over a period of several months. At the suggestion of another driver, Specialist Five Steinberg began to apply to some of the Army’s more elite personal development courses, attending the Air Assault, Airborne and Ranger schools. Specialist Five Steinberg was then attached to a UN Special Security detail in Borovia, escorting a U.S. diplomat. When the detail was assaulted and the diplomat abducted, Specialist Five Steinberg took command the two surviving security team members, tracking down and rescuing the diplomat. After receiving a commendation for his actions in Borovia, Specialist Five Steinberg was enrolled in the Executive Bodyguard School at Langley, followed by the Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course at Quantico and the Covert Ops School at Langley. Specialist Five Steinberg was personally selected by General Austin as his personal driver after he was promoted to the Pentagon. Of all the team members selected for Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA, Specialist Five Steinberg is easily the least obvious, but he has displayed the kind of tenacity and grit that cannot be taught in any school.

Notes:
“He greases his hair with motor oil, rarely shaves, and chews on the same toothpick for months. Clutch still calls women 'chicks’.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungNHZiazRGSk9objQ/edit

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FLASH:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 2 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 4 November 1980


Code Name: FLASH
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: SP6

File Name: Gambello, Anthony Samuel
Date of Birth: 8 October, 1952 (age: 28)
Birthplace: Lodi, California
SSN: 607-43-2985

Primary Military Specialty: 94W Electronics Maintenance Chief
Secondary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Additional Skills Identifier: L2 Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (C.B.R.N.) Responder
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Italian, Latin

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Knox, Kentucky; January 1972
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); March 1972
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); July 1974
· U.S. Army Electronics Maintenance School, Fort Lee, Virginia (94W); January 1975
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); March 1976
· C.B.R.N. Responder Training Course, Fort Lee, Virginia (L2); May 1978
· Covert Electronics Training, Fort Lee, Virginia; January 1979

Operational History:
· Operation “Clock Mirror”; October 1975
· Project UNIFORM TEMPO; November 1976
· Deployed to the Republic of Sudan as a courier detail; May 1977
· Deployed to Ecuador as part of a counter-terrorism unit; August 1977
· Project DEEP SHOVEL; September 1978
· Operation “Glass Razor”; June 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Silver Lifesaving Medal
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
· Army Overseas Service Ribbon
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Army Excellence In Rifle Competition Silver Badge
· Expert Marksmanship Badge
· Airborne Tab

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject developed an insatiable need to know how things work early in his youth, frequently dismantling all of the electronic and mechanical devices in his parents’ house. He excelled in school, earning a scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley. After completing only two years, Specialist Six Gambello dropped out and enlisted in the Army when a discussion with a campus recruiter persuaded him that his education and training would all happen on the job in the Army, instead of receiving several years of training in college and having to search for employment where he would then begin to gain work experience. Once he completed Basic and Infantry training, Specialist Six Gambello spent much of his first enlistment meticulously learning every aspect of the military system that he could from the hundreds of Army Regulations and Field Manuals available for study. After Specialist Six Gambello had comfortably settled into the Army, he was selected for Airborne School. When his enlistment came up he reclassified as an Electronics Maintenance Chief, where Specialist Six Gambello graduated at the top of his class into the Ordnance Corps, impressing his teachers so much that they suggested him as a candidate for the Top Secret classified Operation “Clock Mirror”. After his release back into his regular unit, Specialist Six Gambello applied to the Ranger School at Fort Benning, earning his Ranger tab and within a year was selected for the 75th Rangers’ 2nd Battalion, where he was assigned to Project UNIFORM TEMPO as part of a trial run squad outfitted with experimental electronic weapons. Specialist Six Gambello was then sent off on several missions to the Republic of Sudan and Ecuador before selection for the CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Responder Training Course in preparation for Project DEEP SHOVEL. After the Top Secret classified Operation “Glass Razor”, Specialist Six Gambello was reassigned to Aberdeen Proving Grounds and tasked with field testing and modifying some of the military’s most advanced prototype weapons, including the XMLR-1A (Shoulder-Fired Laser Rifle). Specialist Six Gambello’s unique set of capabilities and exemplary record placed him at the top of the list when candidates for Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA were being chosen.

Notes:
“Flash is methodical and persistent. Has an innate and unshakable faith in the order of the universe. He's working on his Master's degree in electronic engineering (nights).”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungdEdkMWk0UHp0NDA/edit

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GRAND SLAM:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 27 October 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 30 October 1980


Code Name: GRAND SLAM
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: O-3

File Name: Barney, James Julius
Date of Birth: 30 September, 1948 (age: 32)
Birthplace: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
SSN: 379-64-1044

Primary Military Specialty: 14A Air Defense Artillery Officer
Secondary Military Specialty: 12B Combat Engineer
Additional Qualifications Identifier: X5 Experimental Weapons Specialist
Special Skill Identifiers: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Korean, Russian

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; July 1970
· U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Candidate School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma (14A); October 1970
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); May 1973
· U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (12B); February 1974
· Defense Advanced Technical School, Arlington, Virginia (X5); November 1974
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); April 1976
· U.S. Army Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greely, Alaska; November 1976
· N.A.T.O. Weapons System School, Oberammergau, Germany; March 1978

Operational History:
· Deployed to Vietnam, serving one tour; June 1971
· Project ROUGH TRADE; March 1975
· Project TOWER CEILING; October 1975
· Assigned to N.A.T.O. Weapons System School for Individual Jet Propulsion System trials; March 1978
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; October 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Commendation Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Vietnam Service Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was an amateur pilot in his early teen years, earning his first license at the age of fourteen. Enrolled in Blackhawk Technical Institute and earned an associate degree in Industrial Engineering. After graduation Captain Barney decided to voluntarily enlist in the Army instead of waiting to get drafted while the Vietnam conflict intensified. After completing Basic Training, Captain Barney was selected for Officer Candidate School, having already completed ROTC and earning exceptionally high marks in all previous testing arenas. Shortly after arriving at his first duty station, Captain Barney was deployed to Vietnam and served one tour of duty as part of an Air Defense Artillery unit. When he completed his tour, Captain Barney requested an enrollment into the Army’s Engineer School where he acquired the skills of a Combat Engineer. Several months after the completion of his engineer schooling, Captain Barney attended the DARPA-run Defense Advanced Technical School where he was able to use his skills to field test some of the most state of the art experimental weapons systems in the world, while offering input on how to improve them. Captain Barney later attended the Ranger School at Fort Benning, followed by the Northern Warfare Training Center at Fort Greely. While stationed in Germany after given his first command, Captain Barney was selected to be a part of NATO’s Weapons System School (formerly the NATO Special Weapons School) at Oberammergau and graduated at the top of his class while field testing the military’s innovative experimental individual jet propulsion system. Captain Barney’s career as a steadfast tactical leader with cutting edge technological prowess on these advanced weapons systems platforms has earned him a position on the Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA team.

Notes:
“He's soft-spoken and calm---just a bit shy. Intelligent. Loves to read escapist fantasy (science fiction and comic books).”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungVm9sMlpfaGxPWVk/edit

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GRUNT:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 11 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 14 November 1980


Code Name: GRUNT
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-5

File Name: Graves, Robert William
Date of Birth: 16 September, 1953 (age: 27)
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
SSN: 527-79-9623

Primary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Secondary Military Specialty: 45B Small Arms/Artillery Repairer
Additional Skills Identifier: 2B Air Assault
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Korean, Greek

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; July 1971
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); September 1971
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); December 1971
· U.S. Army Ordnance Center School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (45B); January 1974
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); July 1974
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); October 1975

Operational History:
· Deployed to the Republic of Turkey on an intelligence gathering mission; May 1976
· Operation “Mask Web”, assigned to a C.I.A. mission in the Honduras; November 1976
· Project MANOR HAVEN; June 1977
· Deployed to Irkutsk Oblast, Russia to train as a member of the S.S.R.U.; September 1977
· Operation “Green Horizon”; May 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Soldier’s Medal
· Purple Heart
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Army Overseas Service Ribbon
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Military Freefall Parachutist Badge
· Ranger Tab
· President’s Hundred Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge
· Airborne Tab
· Mountain Tab

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was an outstanding athlete in high school as well as a positive role model to his peers, excelling in his studies and ultimately being elected class president and valedictorian. His intentions to go on to college and study engineering were put on hold when an Army recruiter convinced him that the government would pay for his college education. Graduating first in his troop from Basic Training and in the top ten of his class from Infantry Training School, Sergeant Graves was then selected to complete Airborne training before assignment to his first duty station in South Korea. When his first enlistment came up, Sergeant Graves opted to reclass as a Small Arms/Artillery Repairer, and shortly after completed the Air Assault School in Fort Campbell. The exhilaration of continuing his elite training as a soldier had almost entirely overridden Sergeant Graves’ high school dreams of a college education, and he set his sights on attending the Ranger School at Fort Benning. Afterwards, Sergeant Graves was quickly assigned to the 75th Rangers’ 1st Battalion where he was immediately deployed into the Republic of Turkey as an intelligence operative after his induction period. When the CIA began assembling military personnel for their Operation “Mask Web” in the Honduras, Sergeant Graves was selected as a security team member. His next mission was Project MANOR HAVEN, followed by a deployment to Irkutsk where Sergeant Graves trained with the elite SSRU as part of an international military war games exercise. After an unusually long period of inactivity, augmented by some rigorous drills, Sergeant Graves was assigned to Operation “Green Horizon”. Sergeant Graves’ steadfast professionalism and motivated elitism has earned him a coveted reassignment to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Grunt is a highly motivated, systematic individual. He's a stand-up guy who doesn't blow his cool in a fire-fight.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungcmFTMS1VM3Nsc0k/edit

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HAWK:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 16 December 1979

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 21 December 1979


Code Name: HAWK
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: O-6

File Name: Abernathy, Clayton Maxwell
Date of Birth: 7 January, 1938 (age: 42)
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado
SSN: 212-75-4136

Primary Military Specialty: 13A Field Artillery Officer
Secondary Military Specialty: 29A Electronic Warfare Officer
Additional Skills Identifier: L2 Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (C.B.R.N.) Responder, 2B Air Assault
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger, H Instructor
Additional Languages: Latin, Peruvian, German

Training History:
· U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; September 1957
· U.S. Army Officer Basic Course A, Fort Benning, Georgia; October 1961
· U.S. Army Officer Basic Course B, Fort Sill, Oklahoma (13A); January 1962
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); June 1962
· C.B.R.N. Responder Training Course, Fort Lee, Virginia (L2); November 1962
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); May 1963
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); October 1963
· U.S. Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland (29A); April 1964
· Jungle Operations Training Center, Fort Sherman, Panama; July 1965
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; March 1972
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course, Quantico, Virginia; August 1972
· U.S. Army Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greely, Alaska; December 1972
· North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) Training Mission Cadre, Brussels, Belgium; December 1973
· North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) Range Command Cadre, Grand Forks, North Dakota; April 1975
· U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; July 1976
· U.S. Aerial Early Notification Global Command Electronic Visual Reconnaissance (U.S.A. E.N.G. C.O.M. E.V.R.) Missile and Radar Training Project, Montana and Greenland sectors; February 1977

Operational History:
· Deployed to Vietnam, serving two consecutive tours; March 1967
· Joint-C.I.A. Operation “Counter Mark”; September 1971
· Attached as cadre to N.A.T.O. Training Mission in Brussels; December 1973
· Attached as cadre to N.A.T.O. Range Command at Grand Forks, North Dakota; April 1975
· Deployed to Borovia as part of a U.N. Peacekeeping Mission security detail; July 1978
· Commissioned field command of Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; December 1979

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Distinguished Service Cross
· Defense Distinguished Service Medal
· Legion Of Merit
· Purple Heart
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Vietnam Service Medal
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Master Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Jungle Expert Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject comes from a very politically involved family that is well-connected and monetarily persuasive. Colonel Hawk took advantage of his family’s influence and wealth to procure an enrollment at West Point, where he graduated at the top of his class. After receiving his commission in the Army as a Second Lieutenant and excelling at both A and B Officer Basic Courses, Colonel Hawk quickly gained a variety of training and experience as he rose through the ranks. After attending Airborne, Ranger and Air Assault schools as well as the CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Responder Training Course, Colonel Hawk was enrolled in the Army’s Intelligence School at Fort Holabird, followed by the Jungle Operations training at Fort Sherman in Panama. A Captain at the time and in command of his own Company, Colonel Hawk was deployed to Southeast Asia where he served two consecutive tours of duty in Vietnam as a part of a Field Artillery battalion. When his final tour was finished he returned to the US and was promoted to Major, after which Colonel Hawk was assigned to the joint-CIA Operation “Counter Mark” where he remained for nearly a year. Following his release from the CIA Colonel Hawk was enrolled into the Covert Ops School at Langley, succeeded by the Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course at Quantico and the Northern Warfare Training Center at Fort Greely before he was selected to serve with NATO as cadre to their training mission in Belgium and in the US on the Range Command cadre at Grand Forks, North Dakota. After he received his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel Hawk attended the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where he received specialized training under the School of Advanced Military Studies that prepared him for his next assignment to the US Aerial Early Notification Global Command Electronic Visual Reconnaissance (USA ENG COM EVR) Missile and Radar Training project located in Montana and Greenland. This illustrious career was nearly cut short when Colonel Hawk received his next command as the head of a UN Peacekeeping Mission security detail at a refugee camp in Borovia. When a terrorist was taken into custody, it was discovered that he had planted a bomb somewhere within the camp grounds but would not say where. Colonel Hawk delegated the responsibility of coercing the terrorist to divulge the location of the bomb while he simultaneously organized the evacuation of the refugees and assembled several teams to perform searching sweeps of the compound in a desperate attempt to avert disaster. Staff Sergeant Wilkinson quickly learned the location of the bomb, and an EOD team was sent into the orphanage to deactivate it without incident. An investigation following the incident headed by CID Agent Provost claimed the unauthorized use of interrogation tactics by Staff Sergeant Wilkinson when he had been left alone with the terrorist. Colonel Hawk assumed full responsibility of Wilkinson’s actions before a military tribunal, relieving Staff Sergeant Wilkinson of any culpability of prosecutable action while endangering his own career. During the trial, Colonel Hawk was adept enough to spin the situation in his favor by making a guilty verdict reflect unkindly on the presiding officers. As a result of Colonel Hawk’s actions he received a promotion with the condition that he accepted a commission to field command the newly created Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“He is keenly intelligent and perceptive and quite capable of totally selfless acts in support of his team-mates. An excellent leader!”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungWFJxWFd6YkxUUms/edit

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ROCK 'N ROLL:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 15 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 18 November 1980


Code Name: ROCK ‘N ROLL
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-6

File Name: McConnel, Craig Steven
Date of Birth: 19 March, 1954 (age: 26)
Birthplace: Malibu, California
SSN: 989-09-1452

Primary Military Specialty: 19D Cavalry Scout
Secondary Military Specialty: 11M Mechanized Infantryman
Additional Skills Identifier: 2B Air Assault, P5 Master Fitness Trainer, F7 Pathfinder
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger, X Drill Instructor
Additional Languages: Danish, Tagalog, Filipino

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Benning, Georgia; June 1972
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11M); August 1972
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Benning, Georgia (2B); May 1973
· U.S. Army Pathfinder School, Fort Benning, Georgia (F7); August 1973
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); November 1973
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); July 1974
· U.S. Army Cavalry Scout School, Fort Knox, Kentucky (19D); May 1976
· U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (X); December 1976
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; November 1978

Operational History:
· Deployed to the Republic of Zaire; May 1979
· Attached to a Pakistani U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Gordo; September 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Silver Star
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Pathfinder Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge
· Drill Sergeant Identification Badge
· Airborne Tab

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was a marginal student throughout his teens, more into surfing and playing bass guitar than planning his future. He found a focal point to strive for when a high school friend of Staff Sergeant McConnel’s was rescued by an Army Ranger after nearly drowning while surfing a notoriously dangerous spot. Staff Sergeant McConnel began researching what it would take for him to become a Ranger, and vigorously built his own training regimen. He enlisted in the Army as soon as he had his high school diploma in hand, completing both Basic and Mechanized Infantry Training at Fort Benning, Georgia where he graduated at the top of his class. The adjustment of military life was admittedly difficult at times for Staff Sergeant McConnel, particularly the “bureaucratic foot-dragging” that prevented him from getting into Ranger School for several years. During this period of waiting Staff Sergeant McConnel was accepted into Air Assault School, received additional training at the Pathfinder School and followed that up by attending the Airborne School, all at Fort Benning. Having proven his desire to rise above his peers, Staff Sergeant McConnel’s chain of command approved his request to enroll in Ranger School where he completed in the top five of his class. Finishing up his first enlistment by attending PLDC and receiving a promotion to E-5, Staff Sergeant McConnel reenlisted and reclassed as a Cavalry Scout, but shortly after assignment to his second duty station he was quickly selected to attend the Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, remaining on cadre for a year and a half. Staff Sergeant McConnel was finally selected for assignment to the 75th Rangers’ 3rd Battalion, attending the Covert Ops School at Langley after his orientation. His first assignment as a Ranger was a hostage extraction in the Republic of Zaire, followed up by a Pakistani-led UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Gordo. An avid outdoorsman that keeps his body in peak physical shape, Staff Sergeant McConnel’s general altruism makes him a natural selection for Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Rock 'N Roll is cunning but naive; forceful but shy. Possesses a strong sense of loyalty to his teammates and is sincerely concerned about their well-being. He is a man of honor and integrity who can be counted on to hold the line.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungSmRuSzVDbTVZdlE/edit

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SCARLETT:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 18 October 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 21 October 1980


Code Name: SCARLETT
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-6

File Name: O’Hara, Shana Mae
Date of Birth: 12 March, 1946 (age: 34)
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
SSN: 242-96-7434

Primary Military Specialty: 35L Counterintelligence Special Agent
Secondary Military Specialty: 38B Civil Affairs Specialist
Additional Skills Identifier: B4 Sniper
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: French, Welsh, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; March 1972
· U.S. Army Civil Affairs School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (38B); June 1972
· U.S.M.C. Tae Kwon Do Symposium, Hawaii; July 1974
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); October 1974
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); December 1974
· Special Air Service School, Sennybridge Camp and Army Field Training Centre, Wales; August 1975
· U.S. Army Security Agency Test and Evaluation Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona (35L); October 1975
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; January 1976
· F.B.I. National Academy, Quantico, Virginia; May 1976
· U.S.M.C. Scout Sniper School, Quantico, Virginia (B4); September 1976

Operational History:
· Operation “Bonded Trust” deep cover mission to infiltrate domestic militia group, Laramie, Wyoming; January 1977
· Deployed to Grenada to thwart an assassination plot; May 1978
· Project DOVER FLOW; October 1978
· Deep cover mission to infiltrate I.R.A. arms smugglers in Ireland; February 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; October 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Defense Distinguished Service Medal
· Joint Service Commendation Medal
· Joint Service Achievement Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Humanitarian Service Medal
· Army Overseas Service Ribbon
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Distinguished International Shooter Badge
· Army Interservice Competition Badge
· Expert Marksmanship Badge
· Airborne Tab
· Counterintelligence Agent Identification Badge
· U.S.M.C. Scout Sniper Tab
· S.A.S. Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject’s father and three brothers were all martial arts instructors. Staff Sergeant O’Hara, the youngest of five O’Hara children, began her formal martial arts training at the age of nine, proceeding to become conversant in a multitude of defensive, acrobatic and combative styles and earning her first black belt by the age of fifteen. After high school Staff Sergeant O’Hara attended Stanford Law School near Palo Alto, California, graduating summa cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree and passed the bar exam, practicing law for a very brief period prior to deciding to enlist in the Army, a move that stunned all of her family and friends. Even more unexpected was the fact that Staff Sergeant O’Hara turned down a guaranteed slot at OCS (Officer Candidate School), opting to enter military service as an E-2. After graduating at the top of her class from Basic, Staff Sergeant O’Hara attended the Civil Affairs School at Fort Bragg. She spent a short amount of time as a Civil Affairs Specialist before Staff Sergeant O’Hara felt an urge to do more with her life. Having already made E-5 and attended PLDC, Staff Sergeant O’Hara used her martial arts talents as a spring board to procure a more challenging skill set from her military career. Her chain of command approved her attendance at the USMC Tae Kwon Do Symposium where Staff Sergeant O’Hara impressed a number of high-ranking officials who began to watch her career with great interest. After she awed the cadre at both the Airborne and Ranger Schools, Staff Sergeant O’Hara was honored with a rare opportunity to attend the UK’s Special Air Service (SAS) School at Sennybridge Camp and Army Field Training Centre, Wales. Out of the initial class of 202, Staff Sergeant O’Hara was in the top ten of the final 24 members that graduated. After completing this grueling course, Staff Sergeant O’Hara received orders to report to Fort Huachuca, Arizona to attended the Security Agency Test and Evaluation Center where she reclassified as a Counterintelligence Special Agent, scoring extremely high marks and proceeding to the Covert Ops School at Langley, and after nomination by a selection board attended the FBI National Academy and USMC Sniper School at Quantico, Virginia. Once her formal training had been completed, Staff Sergeant O’Hara’s first mission was to infiltrate a domestic anti-government militia at Laramie, Wyoming while posing as a sympathizer. Staff Sergeant O’Hara was then deployed to Grenada to thwart an assassination plot against a visiting Ambassador, followed by her participation in Project DOVER FLOW. Another deep cover assignment ensued; this time Staff Sergeant O’Hara infiltrated the IRA in Ireland to stop a major trafficker of illegal arms. This exemplary record is a testament to the strict professionalism of Staff Sergeant O’Hara, and stands to reason that she has been singled out as one of the top five candidates selected for reassignment to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Scarlett is confident and resilient...it's remarkable that a person so deadly can still retain a sense of humor.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

******************
* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
******************
JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungdld1TGltZDh0ak0/edit

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SHOOTER:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 7 July 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10 July 1980


Code Name: SHOOTER
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-7

File Name: Craig, Jodie Melissa
Date of Birth: 25 May, 1946 (age: 34)
Birthplace: Bangor, Maine
SSN: 229-46-8723

Primary Military Specialty: 35Y Chief Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Sergeant
Secondary Military Specialty: 31B Military Police
Additional Skills Identifier: B4 Sniper, 2B Air Assault, K1 Special Operations Aviation Non-Rated Crewmember
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Haitian Creole, Hindi, Malay

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; December 1969
· U.S. Army Military Police School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (31B); February 1970
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); November 1970
· F.B.I. Special Assault Course Cadre, Quantico, Virginia; May 1973
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); February 1974
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); June 1974
· U.S. Army Security Agency Test and Evaluation Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona (35Y); October 1974
· U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance (Special Forces), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; August 1975
· Special Forces Language School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; February 1977
· Military Free Fall Parachutist (H.A.L.O.) Course, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona; June 1977
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course, Quantico, Virginia; August 1977
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; October 1977
· Special Operations Target Interdiction (Sniper) Course, Quantico, Virginia (B4); January 1978

Operational History:
· Attached to joint-F.B.I. Special Assault Course Cadre; May 1973
· Operation “Rolling Blade”, deployed to Malaysia; May 1978
· Joint-C.I.A. Operation “Total Cover”; February 1979
· Deployed to Equatorial Kalingaland as part of a humint gathering mission; June 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; July 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Distinguished Service Medal
· Legion Of Merit
· Bronze Star Medal
· Purple Heart
· Air Medal
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Master Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Special Forces Tab
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Military Police Identification Badge
· Distinguished Rifleman Badge
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject attended Swarthmore College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree and minoring in peace and conflict studies. Initially an anti-war activist, Sergeant First Class Craig soon began to understand the necessity for military and police forces while studying the plight of the Igbo during the Nigerian-Biafran War. Instead of furthering her education, Sergeant First Class Craig decided to take action and enlist in the Army against her parents’ wishes, immediately shipped off to Fort Leonard Wood where she attended Basic Training and graduated at the top her class from Military Police School. Sergeant First Class Craig began a promising career as an MP, a period during which she attended Airborne, Ranger and Air Assault Schools, as well as serving on cadre at a temporary joint-FBI Special Assault Course. Shortly after her first reenlistment Sergeant First Class Craig’s superiors encouraged her to reclassify as a Chief Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Sergeant, recognizing that she had a future better suited to working inside of the Intelligence community. And while she served in her new capacity as fervently as she had while an MP, Sergeant First Class Craig soon felt the itch to be actively engaged with the world and making a difference where she could physically see the results of her work. Fighting to get into the Army Institute for Military Assistance (previously the Special Warfare Center), Sergeant First Class Craig was eventually accepted and finished in the top ten of her class, furthering her abilities by attending the post-graduate Free Fall Parachutist and Close-Quarter Combat courses before she was enrolled at Langley’s Covert Ops School. But it was on the range at the Target Interdiction (Sniper) Course that Sergeant First Class Craig found a renewed purpose in her life. Completing the course with some of the highest scores on record, her new skill set was put to work in Malaysia while on Operation “Rolling Blade” and as part of the joint-CIA Operation “Total Cover”. But Sergeant First Class Craig’s mettle was truly put to the test on her next mission where she had been deployed to Equatorial Kalingaland as part of a human intelligence gathering mission to gauge the socio-political environment. A week into the mission, Sergeant First Class Craig’s team was caught up in a Soviet-backed Kalinga-Rouge rebel uprising. Her squad secretly retreated to the grounds of a monastery that also housed a school, but their presence was reported to the rebels by a local sympathizer and the Kalinga-Rouge diverted their attention to the American forces on their native soil. With no regards to the priests, school faculty or children, the rebel forces indiscriminately fired their weapons onto the grounds, pressuring the squad to defend the monastery and everyone trapped within. Two hours into the fighting their mission leader was killed by an RPG. Sergeant First Class Craig, herself injured by small arms fire, assumed command of the team and after more than fourteen hours of sporadic firefighting had successfully driven back the rebel soldiers. During their debriefing, the surviving members of Sergeant First Class Craig’s team all asserted that for every round that exited the barrel of her rifle, a rebel soldier fell and did not get back up. It was her cool leadership and expert marksmanship that saved Sergeant First Class Craig and her team in that impossible situation, and subsequently earned her the position as Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA’s cover support.

Notes:
“Shooter is quite possibly one of the most proficient and resolute NCO’s to ever command a group of soldiers. But she is deadliest when out on a mission solo.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungZEw2bXVaZ1pFQUU/edit

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SHORT-FUZE:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 30 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 2 December 1980


Code Name: SHORT-FUZE
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: SP5

File Name: Freistadt, Eric William
Date of Birth: 19 October, 1955 (age: 25)
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
SSN: 380-22-5432

Primary Military Specialty: 11C Mortarman
Secondary Military Specialty: 12B Combat Engineer
Additional Skills Identifier: 2B Air Assault
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: German, Polish

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; September 1973
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11C); November 1973
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); July 1974
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); October 1975
· U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (12B); April 1976
· Jungle Operations Training Center, Fort Sherman, Panama; July 1977
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); August 1979

Operational History:
· Deployed to Beirut as support for a C.I.A./S.A.D. mission; September 1977
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; December 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Jungle Expert Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge
· Airborne Tab

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject comes from a family with a strong military background; both his father and grandfather were career Sergeant Majors in the Army. While in high school, Specialist Five Freistadt developed a healthy interest in advanced mathematics, pursuing the more abstract fields of calculus and trigonometry in his free time that enabled him to plot the trickiest of artillery azimuths and tribulations in his head once his military training began. The summer after graduating from high school, Specialist Five Friestadt briefly entertained the notion of attending college while his father pushed his son to enlist. A compromise was reached when Specialist Five Friestadt enlisted to earn the GI Bill for a post-military college education, the remaining cost of which would be covered by his father. Initially enlisting in the Army Reserves, Specialist Five Freistadt gained such an overwhelming respect for the military during Basic and AIT that he decided to switch to Active Duty and quickly began applying to some of the Army’s toughest schools, including Air Assault and Airborne Schools, successfully completing both before the end of his first enlistment. When offered the opportunity to reclassify, Specialist Five Friestadt switched to Combat Engineer, attending the Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood. After attending the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama, Specialist Five Friestadt was selected to fulfill a support role in a CIA/SAD controlled special operations mission in Beirut. Eventually Specialist Five Friestadt was accepted into Fort Benning’s Ranger School, where he performed marginally well until he was captured during the escape and evasion part of his training, when the cadre had already pre-selected him as a washout. Under extreme duress, the best a candidate can typically withstand the mental and physical stress is less than three days. However, already knowing he had officially washed out of the course, Specialist Five Freistadt continued to hold out for longer than seven days, relenting only after he was offered a position with the newly formed Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Short-Fuze is logical and sensitive. Has a tendency to blow his stack---hence the nick-name...Short-Fuze.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

******************
* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungU0xxWkRPUThhRVE/edit

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SNAKE EYES:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 12 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 17 November 1980


Code Name: SNAKE EYES
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-5

File Name: Light, Robert Thomas
Date of Birth: 5 July, 1948 (age: 32)
Birthplace: Carson City, Nevada
SSN: 527-79-7421

Primary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Secondary Military Specialty: 18B Special Forces Weapon Sergeant
Additional Skills Identifier: 2B Air Assault
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Vietnamese, Latin, Japanese

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; June 1966
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); August 1966
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); October 1966
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); May 1969
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); July 1969
· U.S. Army Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greely, Alaska; November 1969
· Jungle Operations Training Center, Fort Sherman, Panama; March 1970
· U.S. Army Special Operations Command (U.S.A.S.O.C.) Abbreviated Expert Training Development, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; February 1980, comprised of the following:
· Condensed Special Forces Training
· Military Free Fall Parachutist (H.A.L.O.) Course
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course
· Condensed Covert Ops Training
· Special Operations Target Interdiction (Sniper) Course
· Combat Diver Qualification Course
· Condensed Pathfinder Training
· Advanced Field Medical Aid Course
· Condensed Combat Engineer Training

Operational History:
· Deployed to Vietnam, serving two consecutive tours; January 1967
· Honorable discharge from the Army; June 1970
· Reenlisted in the Army; January 1980
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Silver Star
· Purple Heart
· Meritorious Service Medal
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Vietnam Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Senior Parachutist Badge
· Pathfinder Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Special Forces Tab
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Jungle Expert Tab
· Recondo Tab
· Scuba Diver Badge
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject enlisted in the Army out of high school, graduating from Basic and Infantry Training at the top of his class and was selected to attend Ranger School prior to his deployment to Southeast Asia, where he was assigned to an LRRP (Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol) Recon Platoon. Sergeant Light was still a Private First Class when his LRRP team was ambushed while on patrol, killing everyone in the squad except for him and a new member, Specialist Four Arashikage. With no way to call for an extraction, the two use their survival training, subsisting in the jungle of Vietnam for over two weeks before they return to their base camp. After being debriefed and given time to recover from their injuries, Sergeant Light and Specialist Four Arashikage were reassigned to another LRRP Platoon (shortened to LRP from Dec. 1967) under the command of MACV/SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam/Studies and Observations Group). Towards the end of his second tour, Sergeant Light is caught in the crossfire of pursuant NVA forces while crossing an open field at an extraction point to board a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Unable to continue, Specialist Four Arashikage falls back to recover his team mate, disobeying Staff Sergeant Wilkinson’s order to leave him, mistakenly assuming Sergeant Light had been killed. While still recovering from his injuries, Sergeant Light was shipped back to the US early and granted an extended leave to allow him a proper rehabilitation period. But tragedy struck a third time when Sergeant Light’s father, mother and twin sister were killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on their way to pick him up at the airport. After fully recovering and settling his family’s estate, Sergeant Light returned to his unit, resolving to receive as much specialized training as he could with the belief that he would return to Vietnam. But after attending Airborne and Air Assault schools and attending the Northern Warfare Training and Jungle Operations Training centers, Sergeant Light grew dissatisfied with the military and decided against reenlistment. Between the years 1972 through 1978 Sergeant Light was living in Japan; it is presumed that he was in contact with Specialist Four Arashikage’s family during this period. After returning to the US Sergeant Light retreated from society and lived as a recluse in the High Sierra Mountains. When Colonel Abernathy selected Staff Sergeant Wilkinson as the first member of Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA, Wilkinson advised him that the second man he should select was Sergeant Light. After tracking him down at his cabin and convincing him to join their team, Sergeant Light was reactivated to active duty status and pushed through a myriad of TRADOC and contractor-operated specialized training courses, excelling at Close-Quarter Combat tactics and mastering twelve different unarmed fighting systems including Karate, Kung-Fu, Jujitsu, Chinese Sanshou, Soviet Sambo and Israeli Kapap. Sergeant Light is one of the primary trainers for all subsequent members of Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“The man is a total mystery, but he's real good at his job - heck, he's the best.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungVzFWazlDbmNyTDg/edit

[minstrelboy]

STALKER:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 6 January 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11 January 1980


Code Name: STALKER
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-6

File Name: Wilkinson, Lonzo Rafael
Date of Birth: 7 January, 1944 (age: 36)
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
SSN: 725-05-4399

Primary Military Specialty: 11B Infantryman
Secondary Military Specialty: 18F Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant
Additional Skills Identifier: W1 Special Operations Combat Medic, 2B Air Assault, B4 Sniper, 5W Jumpmaster, Q5 Special Forces Combat Diver
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger, L Linguist
Additional Languages: Spanish, Arabic, French, Swahili

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Benning, Georgia; July 1964
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11B); September 1964
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); May 1965
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); July 1965
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); October 1965
· U.S. Army School for Military Assistance (Special Forces), Fort Bragg, North Carolina (18F); January 1970
· Special Forces Language School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (L); June 1971
· Military Free Fall Parachutist (H.A.L.O) Course, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona (5W); March 1972
· Special Operations Target Interdiction (Sniper) Course, Quantico, Virginia (B4); August 1972
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course, Quantico, Virginia; January 1973
· Combat Diver Qualification Course, Naval Air Station Key West, Florida (Q5); May 1973
· Jungle Operations Training Center, Fort Sherman, Panama; August 1973
· U.S. Army Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greely, Alaska; November 1973
· U.S. Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland; March 1974
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; February 1975

Operational History:
· Deployed to Vietnam, serving three consecutive tours; June 1966
· Assigned to M.A.C.V./S.O.G. joint-C.I.A. Operation “Fixed Wind”; January 1969
· Assigned to C.I.A.-sponsored mission in Darfur; February 1976
· Operation “Heavy Sender”, deployed to Libya; September 1976
· Deployed to Borovia as part of a U.N. Peacekeeping Mission security detail; July 1978
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; January 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Distinguished Service Cross
· Legion Of Merit
· Purple Heart
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Vietnam Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Master Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Special Forces Tab
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Jungle Expert Tab
· Recondo Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was the warlord of a large urban street gang prior to enlistment. After the death of his younger brother from gang-related violence, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson stepped away from his life as a street thug and decided to use his fighting instincts to serve his country. He enlisted in the Army, completing Basic and Infantry Training at Fort Benning and graduating at the top of both classes. Immediately after assignment to his first duty station, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was quickly run through Airborne, Ranger and Air Assault schools, where he aggressively displayed the tenacity and mental acuity that would forge his resolve to be a career soldier. Within a year of the completion of these schools Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was deployed to Southeast Asia to participate in the escalating Vietnam conflict, where he was assigned to one of the LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) units under the control of MACV/SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam/Studies and Observations Group). Towards the end of his first tour Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was assigned as the squad leader of an LRP (shortened in December 1967) team. Two members of this squad were the sole survivors of another LRP team, a Sergeant Light and Specialist Four Arashikage. The unit performed exceptionally well over the following months until they were decimated after unwittingly walking into an NVA encampment. Wilkinson, Light and Arashikage, the sole survivors, evaded the NVA aggressors and made their way to a predesignated extraction point and escaped, despite taking heavy fire that nearly killed Sergeant Light. After this incident, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was transferred to an intelligence gathering position working jointly with the CIA as part of Operation “Fixed Wind”. When he had completed three consecutive tours of duty, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson left Vietnam and returned to the US. Using some of the connections he had made through the CIA, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was placed upon a fast-track to becoming an operative for the Special Operations Command, training at some of the military’s most elite schools. He spent the following two years attending the U.S. Army School for Military Assistance (previously the Special Warfare Center) where Staff Sergeant Wilkinson completed all of the requisite training related to selection for the Special Forces. This training was augmented with the Free Fall Parachutist Course, Target Interdiction Course, Close-Quarter Combat Course and Combat Diving Course, as well as attending both the Northern Warfare Training Center and Jungle Operations Training Center. Several Defense Agencies had taken an interest in Staff Sergeant Wilkinson’s career, and the CIA ensured his entrance into the Army’s Intelligence School and Covert Ops School at Langley. Shortly after his completion of these additional courses, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was loaned out to the CIA to work undercover in Darfur, Western Sudan. This mission is almost immediately followed up by a lateral deployment into Libya as part of Operation “Heavy Sender”. When released back to his regular Special Forces unit, Staff Sergeant Wilkinson was deployed to Borovia as part of a UN Peacekeeping Mission security detail serving under the then Lieutenant Colonel Abernathy. Staff Sergeant Wilkinson came under scrutiny for using unauthorized interrogation tactics to discern the location of a bomb planted by a captured terrorist. Lieutenant Colonel Abernathy assumed responsibility for Staff Sergeant Wilkinson’s actions, since he would have used the same methods to avert the potential catastrophe that could have happened. When Colonel Abernathy was acquitted and promoted to helm a newly developed stand-alone combat force, the first soldier selected was Staff Sergeant Wilkinson, who gladly accepted his place in Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Functions well under high stress situations. Intelligent. Perceptive. Moves like some sort of jungle cat---silent---fast...strong.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungSkdiY0pkSmxlb2s/edit

[minstrelboy]

STEELER:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 9 April 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 April 1980


Code Name: STEELER
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: O-2

File Name: Pulaski, Ralph Walter
Date of Birth: 27 August, 1954 (age: 26)
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SSN: 035-36-6098

Primary Military Specialty: 19B Armor
Secondary Military Specialty: 13A Field Artillery Officer
Additional Skills Identifier: L5 Nuclear/Chemical (N/C) Reconnaissance, U6 Field Artillery Weapons Maintenance
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Slovak, Danish

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Benning, Georgia; October 1973
· U.S. Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia; December 1973
· U.S. Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky (19B); April 1974
· Army Reconnaissance Course, Fort Knox, Kentucky (L5); September 1974
· X.A.F.V. Training Project Cadre, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; October 1974
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); June 1975
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); August 1975
· Covert Ops School, Langley, Virginia; March 1976
· A.F.V. Desert Exercise, Fort Irwin, California; August 1978

Operational History:
· Deployed to Trucial Abysmia; October 1978
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; April 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Distinguished Service Cross
· Purple Heart
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Combat Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Basic Parachutist Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject comes from a blue-collar middle class background. First Lieutenant Pulaski put himself through college at the University of Pittsburgh on an ROTC scholarship while working as a heavy equipment operator. After earning his Bachelor of Engineering degree First Lieutenant Pulaski entered into the Army as per the terms of his ROTC scholarship, completing Basic Training, Officer Candidate School and then graduating at the top of his class from Armor School and taking an additional Reconnaissance course. First Lieutenant Pulaski was then selected to participate in the XAFV Training Project as a cadre member. After his release from the XAFV Project, First Lieutenant Pulaski completed both the Airborne and Ranger School courses before his selection to attend the Covert Ops School at Langley. First Lieutenant Pulaski was assigned to an armor unit at Fort Knox that was activated and deployed into Trucial Abysmia, a tiny hot spot located on the north eastern coast of Africa bordering the Middle East. While on routine patrol in convoy formation, their column is attacked, knocking out First Lieutenant Pulaski’s tank and badly injuring his gunner. The remaining tanks of the column are drawn away, pursuing the main force of the attacking rebels. Left alone, First Lieutenant Pulaski quickly surveyed the situation and attempted to call for assistance, but the radio had been disabled in the attack. Turning to tend on his crew, First Lieutenant Pulaski discovered his driver and loader had both been killed. While stabilizing his gunner, they began taking fire by a small rebel group that had split off from the main attack body and doubled back. First Lieutenant Pulaski manned the .50-caliber machine gun and single-handedly held off the attacking rebel forces. Once the fighting had died off and the rebels had retreated, First Lieutenant Pulaski pulled the injured gunner from his tank and safely placed him in a hidden alcove while he checked the other disabled vehicles for survivors. Not finding any, First Lieutenant Pulaski returned to his gunner and attended his injuries while waiting for a search and rescue team to come and find them. When the sun set and it became obvious that they had been presumed killed in action, First Lieutenant Pulaski carried his gunner out of the desert on his back for more than twenty kilometers to their base of operations. This act of determined heroism secured First Lieutenant Pulaski a slot in Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA when candidate selections began.

Notes:
“Young, reckless, often clashes with authority (superior officers), but he's one tough soldier!”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungczZtZlh3eHJUa3c/edit

[minstrelboy]

ZAP:

SPECIAL ORDERS 1982-013 23 November 1980

SUBJECT: Selection and reassignment to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: 29 November 1980


Code Name: ZAP
Branch: U.S. Army
Pay Grade: E-5

File Name: Melendez, Rafael Julio
Date of Birth: 11 April, 1947 (age: 33)
Birthplace: New York City, New York
SSN: 633-98-0744

Primary Military Specialty: 12B Combat Engineer
Secondary Military Specialty: 11H Anti-Armor Infantryman
Additional Skills Identifier: W1 Special Operations Combat Medic, 2B Air Assault
Special Qualifications Identifier: P Parachutist, G Ranger
Additional Languages: Spanish, Albanian, Farsi

Training History:
· U.S. Army Basic Training, Fort Benning, Georgia; July 1972
· U.S. Army Infantry Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia (11H); September 1972
· U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia (P); September 1973
· Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2B); December 1973
· U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (12B); March 1974
· Jungle Operations Training Center, Fort Sherman, Panama; August 1974
· U.S. Army Northern Warfare Training Center, Fort Greely, Alaska; November 1975
· Ordnance School, Fort Lee, Virginia (12B); July 1976
· U.S. Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia (G); April 1977
· Close-Quarter Combat Advanced Training Course, Quantico, Virginia; October 1977
· Sapper Leader School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; April 1978

Operational History:
· Assigned to a joint-U.S./U.K. training operation in Iceland; February 1979
· Assigned to Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA; November 1980

Medals and Commendations:
· Army Commendation Medal
· Army Good Conduct Medal
· National Defense Service Medal
· Army Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
· Expert Infantryman Badge
· Expert Field Medical Badge
· Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge
· Senior Parachutist Badge
· Air Assault Badge
· Ranger Tab
· Sapper Tab
· Airborne Tab
· Jungle Expert Tab
· Expert Marksmanship Badge

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject was accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) out of high school, earning a Master’s Degree in Engineering. Sergeant Melendez enlisted in the Army after deciding to pursue a career that would give back to the community like his sister and brother had before him. Initially choosing a career as an Anti-Armor Infantryman, Sergeant Melendez decided to reclassify as a Combat Engineer in order to “get the most” out of his college education, and attended specialized courses such as the Sabalauski Air Assault and Airborne Schools, the Jungle Operations and Army Northern Warfare Training Centers, the Ordnance and Sapper Leader Schools, as well as Ranger School and the Close-Quarter Combat course. Sergeant Melendez has assembled a respectable résumé in a short amount of time, but it was his congeniality and camaraderie among his fellow soldiers and irrepressible optimism that enabled him to outshine the other prospective candidates under consideration for selection in Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA.

Notes:
“Zap is the fun loving type...he's cool under fire. The stuff he works on could blow up at any time.”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 22-9, DD/SR 160-10

******************
* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, 5TH ECG *
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JAYBEE S. OBUSAN
MIL PERS MGMT SPEC


DISTRIBUTION:
2 – APIX-PE
1 – APIX-PE-PS
1 – APIX-P-SMO
1 – APIX-RM
1 – APIX-OP
2 – LOSING UNIT
1 – GAINING UNIT
1 – INDIV CONC

Link to original document: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-sHfKsdqungb2lZQTRZWUgzS0k/edit

[Lifeline 71]

Sounds interesting, but we seem to be missing the links on the first page.

[minstrelboy]

Sounds interesting, but we seem to be missing the links on the first page.

Corrected. Not sure what happened, but everything looked good when I first set this up. When I came back to add and edit, there was nothing visible except for my original text. So to simplify it, I copy and pasted the DOD Special Orders text, and supplied links for those that want to see what the original documents look like. I'm pretty pleased with how close this resembles the file I used from my own military records. Hopefully everyone can enjoy these.

I've been working on them for a little over a month, and while I still have four more to finalize, they are all at 95% close to finished and should be up in the next few days.

[Lifeline 71]

Excellent work! I liked how you incorporated elements of the "Declassified" miniseries into the files. Your research and hard work have paid off.

[minstrelboy]

Excellent work! I liked how you incorporated elements of the "Declassified" miniseries into the files. Your research and hard work have paid off.

Thank you!

[nerdsgetchicks]

This is bas ass!

[Sgt Major Haley]

are you gonna include Sparks since you did Shooter?

[minstrelboy]

are you gonna include Sparks since you did Shooter?

Eventually I'd like to complete a profile for everyone. I always wondered from whose perspective the file cards were written. I'd assumed it was General Austin or Flagg, but after reading Declassified, I was starting to think that Sparks wrote them for Austin or Flagg, and later Abernathy once he was removed from the field.

[minstrelboy]

This is bas ass!

Appreciate it!

[minstrelboy]

Just added Snake Eyes' bio/file card. There's a bit of assumption regarding his real name and hometown, or even how old he was when selected for the GI Joe team, but I used a lot of ideas that have been inferred by the original Marvel and Declassified series. For those interested, see some of the links and following discussion here:

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-general-discussion/245751-what-we-know-about-snake-eyes.html

[minstrelboy]

A side note I forgot to mention; the USASOC Abbreviated Expert Training Development course is entirely made up. I cobbled it together from other real military courses and centered it at the Special Warfare Center at Ft. Bragg. There are other elements of some of the previously posted file card bios with similarly made up bits of information, used to pad out their resume.

[minstrelboy]

Added the final three members of the original team; Stalker, Steeler and Zap. Now that these are finished, I need to start figuring out how I'm going to put together some of the enemy dossiers. I'm not only going to include Cobra, but was thinking of incorporating Action Force's Red Shadows as well. I always liked the idea of the G.I. Joe team fighting a variety of enemy forces.

[Lifeline 71]

You've got some good stuff here. Are you planning to do the following years' Joes, or is this it? Your timeline on SE really makes sense given all the tidbits of info we've received over the years. Can't wait to see what else you've got planned.

[minstrelboy]

COBRA COMMANDER:

SPECIAL ORDERS (COLLECTION) 55-7813 12 March, 1982

SUBJECT: Suspected criminal terrorist wanted for international and domestic unlawful activities, pursuant overwatch relegated to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
THREAT MATRIX CLASSIFICATION: A-1


Name: COBRA COMMANDER
Affiliation: Cobra Command
Grade Equivalent: Commander-In-Chief
Key Aliases: Adam DeCobray; Christopher Collins; Richard ‘Rex’ Lewis

File Name: unknown
Date of Birth: unknown (age: estimated mid- to late-30’s)
Birthplace: unknown
Nationality: presumed United States citizen
SSN: unknown

Primary Specialty: Intelligence
Secondary Specialty: Ordnance (Experimental Weaponry)
Additional Skills: Expert Marksman
Special Qualifications: unknown
Additional Languages: unknown

Formal Education:
· unknown

Known Associates:
· Doctor Venom
· The Baroness
· M.A.R.S. Industries

Criminal Activities History:
· Has personally led numerous uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other trouble spots; 1977-present
· Responsible for the countless kidnappings of scientists, businessmen and military leaders of various nationalities; 1977-present
· The use of high-tech to antiquated methods of torture to procure information from his hostages; 1977-present
· The use of extortion, blackmail, ransom and even pyramid schemes to amass funding for his reserves; 1977-present

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject is in command of the terrorist organization Cobra, a growing threat that has been quietly taking root across the globe over the last five years. Very little is known about Cobra Commander’s background or how his operation began, but by all accounts he is a man driven by an unquenchable thirst for absolute power, an egomaniac with a deep-seated paranoia and delusory ideals off-balanced by a probable schizoid personality disorder. His goal is nothing less than total control of the world, its people, wealth, and resources. Cobra Commander rules over his minions and sycophants without any apparent compassion, demanding total loyalty and allegiance to his every directive. It is presumed that Cobra Commander has had some sort of formal military training with possible leadership schooling, but this cannot be confirmed. As the Cobra organization continues to amass its followers, spreading their doctrine across an increasingly dissatisfied world population, Cobra Commander has recently begun supplanting his operatives from third world countries and infiltrating the governments of the most powerful leading nations in order to attain his ends, which he chooses to achieve through revolution and chaos in some form of “charismatic socialism”. Through these ends, he has accumulated a massive fortune that has enabled Cobra Commander to purchase large tracts of land in dozens of countries, and it has been rumored that he employs an unknown number of “faithful” (i.e., brain-washed) body doubles at these locations in order to retain the appearance of an all knowing, all seeing presence over his supporters. Cobra Commander has also appropriated some of the most cutting-edge technology and experimental military weapons systems in the world, most of which are still in development. In order to do so, he has recruited some of the most ruthless mercenaries available who in turn have kidnapped renowned businessmen, leading scientists and key military leaders at Cobra Commander’s behest, forcing them to reveal their top level secrets and stealing cutting-edge technology to outfit his faceless legions. It has also been reported that Cobra Commander has employed a number of unscrupulous scientists that have no moral qualms about conducting psychological and physiological experiments on human subjects, including Doctor Venom, who is wanted by the FBI and Interpol for performing unauthorized mind control trials on unwitting test subjects who became catatonic after his attempt to perfect his “responsive provocation influence” method. It is unknown how many people have fallen prey to the multitudinous schemes hatched by Cobra Commander before his return to domestic soil, but every effort must be made to capture this dangerous man and topple the Cobra organization before their twisted doctrine can take root in the US.

Notes:
“Cobra Commander is hatred and evil personified. Corrupt. A man without scruples. Probably the most dangerous man alive!”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 412-92, DD/CR 42-2097

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, PENTAGON *
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JAMES O. MCKEE
MIL SPEC CENT INTEL COM


DISTRIBUTION:
RESTRICTED – EYES ONLY

Link to original document: (pending)

[minstrelboy]

BARONESS:

soon to be completed

[minstrelboy]

COBRA OFFICER:

SPECIAL ORDERS (COLLECTION) 55-7813 24 March, 1981

SUBJECT: Suspected criminal terrorist wanted for international and domestic unlawful activities, pursuant overwatch relegated to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
THREAT MATRIX CLASSIFICATION: A-6


Name: COBRA OFFICER
Affiliation: Cobra Command
Grade Equivalent: O-1

Primary Specialty: Infantry Commanders
Secondary Specialty: Intelligence
Additional Skills: Artillery
Special Qualifications: Disguise, Espionage, Demolitions

Required Prior Training:
· Entry-level position; must have previous military, law enforcement or security experience and pass a pre-screening evaluation

Personnel Evaluation:
Subjects are the front-line leaders of Cobra’s ground attack infantry units. Candidates selected for enlistment into the Cobra Officer Corps typically have a background in military, law enforcement or security fields and receive a battery of test gauging their mental acuity, physical endurance, critical decision making skills, discipline, personal pride and allegiance to Cobra Command. As with all entrant enlisted cadets, the basic Cobra Officer must submit to a specialized form of indoctrination into the ethos of Cobra Command’s mission statement. Once entered into the ranks of the Cobra Officer Corps, the basic Cobra Officers can expect to spend at least one year as the leader of an Infantry squad before favorable reviews can allow them to be promoted to another higher level in the Cobra Command military organization. There are several fields that a Cobra Officer can advance to, including Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Transportation, Naval and Aerial branches. They also have the option of serving with other environmentally specialized units including the Night Watch, Python Patrol, Desert Assault and Arctic Assault. At the time that a basic Cobra Officer is eligible for their promotion review, they have already become qualified experts in hand-to-hand combat, demolitions, espionage and disguise, as well as field command, communications and small arms proficiency.

Notes:
“Cobra Officers are dedicated to destroying the American way of life. Beware...they are extremely dangerous enemies!”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 412-92, DD/CR 42-2097

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, PENTAGON *
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JAMES O. MCKEE
MIL SPEC CENT INTEL COM


DISTRIBUTION:
RESTRICTED – EYES ONLY

Link to original document: (pending)

[minstrelboy]

COBRA TROOPER:

SPECIAL ORDERS (COLLECTION) 55-7813 24 March, 1981

SUBJECT: Suspected criminal terrorist wanted for international and domestic unlawful activities, pursuant overwatch relegated to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
THREAT MATRIX CLASSIFICATION: B-4


Name: COBRA TROOPER
Affiliation: Cobra Command
Grade Equivalent: E-4

Primary Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Specialty: Sabotage
Additional Skills: Artillery
Special Qualifications: Explosives

Required Prior Training:
· Entry-level position; must pass a pre-screening evaluation

Personnel Evaluation:
Subjects are the most basic foot soldiers of Cobra Command’s military forces, and are all entered into the ground attack infantry units. Once accepted as a basic Cobra cadet, they must submit to a specialized form of indoctrination into the ethos of Cobra Command’s mission statement. After successfully undergoing this initial instructional block of training, the cadet undergoes a rigorous battery of tests that measure their physical endurance, discipline to follow orders, mental acuity and critical decision making skills. Next, the cadet must withstand a rigorous sequence of basic military and survival skill classes. After the effectual completion of these preparatory courses, the cadet is now a Cobra Trooper and is assigned to a basic Infantry squad where they can expect to remain for the following year. At this time, the Cobra Trooper can request a performance review that gives them several options to choose from if they meet certain requirements. They can either transfer laterally to one of the environmentally specialized units including the Night Watch, Python Patrol, Desert Assault or Arctic Assault teams, they can voluntarily enter the Cobra Air Corps as Viper Pilot, or if their scores are high enough, they can advance into the Viper Corps or the Officer Corps. At the time that a Cobra Trooper is eligible for their promotion review, they have already become qualified experts in hand-to-hand combat, sabotage, explosives and small arms proficiency.

Notes:
“Cobra Troopers swear absolute loyalty to their fanatical leader, Cobra Commander. Their goal...to conquer the world for their own evil purposes!”


FOR D.O.D. USE:
Auth: Para 412-92, DD/CR 42-2097

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* OFFICIAL *
* HQ, PENTAGON *
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JAMES O. MCKEE
MIL SPEC CENT INTEL COM


DISTRIBUTION:
RESTRICTED – EYES ONLY

Link to original document: (pending)

[minstrelboy]

DR. VENOM:

SPECIAL ORDERS (COLLECTION) 55-7813 15 October 1982

SUBJECT: Suspected criminal terrorist wanted for international and domestic unlawful activities, pursuant overwatch relegated to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
THREAT MATRIX CLASSIFICATION: B-4


Name: DOCTOR VENOM
Affiliation: Cobra Command
Grade Equivalent: O-4
Key Aliases: Victor Matisse; Henry Constance

File Name: Menov, Archibald Michel
Date of Birth: 17 March, 1931 (age: 51)
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Nationality: United States citizen
SSN: 742-99-6233

Primary Specialty: Psychology (Mind Control Research)
Secondary Specialty: Botany (Genetic Research)
Additional Skills: Technical Engineer
Special Qualifications: PhD
Additional Languages: French, German

Formal Education:
· Earned his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science, studying the Department of Biology and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences courses; August 1963
· Medical Staff at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, PA; November 1963
· Recruited by the C.I.A.’s Office of Scientific Intelligence; March 1965

Known Associates:
· Dr. Karl Dietrich
· Cobra Commander

Criminal Activities History:
· Participated in the experiments at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, PA; 1964-1965
· Banned from practicing medicine by the U.S. Government after working for the C.I.A.’s Office of Scientific Intelligence’s M.K.-Ultra experiments; August 1972
· Illegal human experimentation of local population, Argentina; 1973-1978
· Recruited by Cobra Command, whereabouts unknown; 1979-present

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science where he earned his Doctorate degree in Experimental Psychology, studying at both the Department of Biology and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. His professors saw a promising career ahead of Archibald Menov, a bright student full of wild, revolutionary ideas, but after graduation he unexpectedly took a position on the medical staff at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia. During this time, the US Army had been paying the lead staff members to perform experiments with mind-altering drugs on the prison population in an attempt to determine the minimum effective dosage required to incapacitate 50% of the population. Shortly after these unethical tests had begun, Dr. Menov was recruited by the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence and put to work on their MK-ULTRA trials. He initially impressed his superiors with results born from his radical ideas, working alongside Operation “Paperclip” scientist and ex-Nazi Dr. Karl Dietrich, but after close to a decade of untethered experimentation Dr. Menov’s tests had grown far too eccentric and outlandish, and he was banned by the US government from practicing medicine again. Dr. Menov fled to Argentina where, using connections he had made through Dr. Dietrich, he was able to set up a jungle laboratory where he could continue his research. It is believed during this period that his total emotional disconnection from humanity took hold; working in almost total isolation, free from the interfering scruples of any associates, he developed an egomaniacal God-complex as he continued his genetic experiments involving botanical toxins derived from the local fauna. He would then use the unwitting indigenous population to test out the mind control applications each serum would produce, an act that wholly went unnoticed due to the turbulent revolutionary period of Argentina at a time when thousands of people were forcibly disappeared by the government. Frustrated by the low-yield results of these serums, Dr. Monev began to develop a mechanical device that would enhance the effects of the drugs. Eventually Dr. Monev’s Nazi-backers were hunted down and captured, or began to die from old age, and it became apparent that he would require a new source of financing. It is unknown how he initially came in contact with Cobra Commander, but the two began a symbiotic relationship that enabled Dr. Menov to finish his Brainwave Scanner, a device that can forcibly extract the memories of any subject fastened into it. Other fields of experimentation Dr. Menov has been dabbling in are the genetic augmentation of carnivorous plants, biological nerve toxins, the augmentation of human physical strength and endurance as well as the genetic cross-breeding of human and animal traits. Dr. Menov is a dangerous man with a brilliant mind full of terrifying ideas that he is not at all hesitant to bring to life. With his backing by Cobra Command, there is presumably no end to his horrific crimes against humanity.

Notes:
“The proverbial mad scientist, working for one of the most dangerous men in the world; makes it difficult to fall asleep at night...”


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KWINN:

SPECIAL ORDERS (COLLECTION) 55-7813 12 August, 1982

SUBJECT: Suspected criminal terrorist wanted for international and domestic unlawful activities, pursuant overwatch relegated to Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) Special Counter-Terrorist Group DELTA (code name: “G.I. Joe”).
THREAT MATRIX CLASSIFICATION: C-2


Name: KWINN
Affiliation: Independent contractor, nonaligned
Grade Equivalent: n/a
Key Aliases: unknown

File Name: Kwinn, Jesse
Date of Birth: unknown (age: estimated mid-30’s)
Birthplace: Kotzebue, AK
Nationality: United States citizen
SSN: not on record

Primary Specialty: Freelance Special-Ops Enforcer
Secondary Specialty: Tracker
Additional Skills: Huntsman, Woodsman
Special Qualifications: Expert Marksman, Demolitions
Additional Languages: Russian, French, Finnish, German, 3 Inuit dialects

Formal Education:
· Has worked for a myriad of security agencies, including the CIA, MI-6, Mossad and the KGB

Known Associates:
· Works alone

Criminal Activities History:
· No report

Personnel Evaluation:
Subject is a dyed-in-the-wool businessman; honest to a fault and always fulfills his contractual obligations to the letter, Kwinn believes in the sanctity of a man’s word and will never divulge any information regarding current or past contracts for any reason. His resume boasts some of the most prominent agencies created by the world’s most powerful governments. And while next to nothing is known about his early history, Kwinn is highly regarded by many as the best in the business; as deadly as he is thorough and always gets results.

Notes:
“Trying to trace Kwinn’s history is like tracking a vapor trail in the dark, but the one thing you need to know about the man is that he is fair.”


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DESTRO:

soon to be completed

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MAJOR BLUDD:

soon to be completed

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COBRA H.I.S.S. DRIVER:

soon to be completed

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COBRA VIPER PILOT:

soon to be completed

[Lifeline 71]

Keep it up, man! Love the Dr. Venom bio, a bit creepy though. Where'd you get the idea for the botanical stuff? I don't remember seeing that anywhere else.

[minstrelboy]

Keep it up, man! Love the Dr. Venom bio, a bit creepy though. Where'd you get the idea for the botanical stuff? I don't remember seeing that anywhere else.

That was actually from the GI Joe Collector's Club file card for him. I thought it seemed a neat idea; there are so many holes in the character's background that could be filled with all sorts of biographical information that the sky really is the limit. It's always exciting to find out something that Hama has decided to add, like how he did with the Declassified series, even when something might not fit in exactly perfect with the original Marvel series. But so much of that was done because 'X' figure or vehicle was new and had to be forced into a story as an advert for the toy line, especially later in the series, that a lot is subject to personal preference. You could tell how much Hama hated the idea of Raptor when you re-read the Marvel series. But there always seems to be a way to make something fit in a 'cool' way.

[Sgt Major Haley]

lol, man whyd you have to give Venom the same birthday as me....lol

I like that youre gonna do the Red Shadows, you should add the Men of Evil too. The fan club made a set for the 12" line thats basicly a Cobra trooper with the MoE logo in place of the Cobra.

[minstrelboy]

lol, man whyd you have to give Venom the same birthday as me....lol

I like that youre gonna do the Red Shadows, you should add the Men of Evil too. The fan club made a set for the 12" line thats basicly a Cobra trooper with the MoE logo in place of the Cobra.

I've been picking birthdates completely at random. I know I share some pretty interesting birthdays with a variety of people, including Duke Elington and Hirohito. I have been looking at the Collector's Club Men of Evil line. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to continue this in the future as other projects are on the horizon, but hopefully I'll get the first decade of the ARAH years finished at some point.

And thanks to those that enjoy these!

[minstrelboy]

Has been a while since I've had time to make further additions, but I recently completed writing up the Cobra Officer and Cobra Trooper dossiers.