GI Joe Team Organizational Divisions

[Jacklefttown]

Tankers,

In the interest of setting up my Joeverse, I have been trying to organize the different divisions of GI Joe and assign each member where they belong.

This list will also allow me to easily build proper Special Missions Teams for specific missions based on the team members Primary/Secondary/Other Military Specialties. (This is why many members will be listed twice below. Some of them wear many hats!)

(This is a WIP and I just started it, so it is not all inclusive. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME!!)

GI JOE DIVISIONS:

ADMINISTRATION:

RECON:

HEAVY WEAPONS:

SUPPLY:

INTELLIGENCE:
General Flagg: Chief Strategic Commander
General Hawk: GI Joe Leader
Scarlett: Counterintelligence
Cover Girl: Counterintelligence
Duke: Miltary Intelligence
Lady Jaye: Intelligence

ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATIONS:
Breaker: Communications
Mainframe: Computer Operations
Flash: Electronics CBR
Grand Slam: Electronic Engineer

TRANSPORT:
Clutch: Transportation Engineer
Crankcase: Motor Vehicle Driver
Bazooka: Armored Vehicle Driver
Cover Girl: Armored Vehicle Driver
Flint: Rotary Wing Aircraft Pilot

MEDIC:
Doc: Medic
Lifeline: Medic
Stalker: Medic

TRAINING:
Snake-Eyes: Hand to Hand Combat Instructor
Outback: Survival Training Instructor
Sgt. Slaughter: Drill Instructor
Sgt. Stone: Special Operations Instructor
Bench Press: Combat Specialist

ENGINEERS:
Zap: Engineer
Tunnel Rat: Engineer
Grand Slam: Electronic Engineer
Short Fuze: Infantry Engineer
Clutch: Transportation Engineer

ARMOR:
Cover Girl: Armor
Crankcase: Armor
Bazooka: Armor Defeating Weapons Systems
Heavy Duty: Heavy Anti-armor Weapons

DEMOLITIONS/EOD:
Tunnel Rat: Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Tripwire: EOD/Demolitions

COVERT OPS:
Snake-Eyes: Covert Ops
Lady Jaye: Covert Ops
Helix: Covert Ops

ARTILLERY:
General Hawk: Artillery
Grand Slam: Laser Artillery
Short Fuze: Artillery

SMALL ARMS:
Beachhead: Small Arm Armorer
Grunt: Small Arms Attack Specialist

INFANTRY:
Spirit: Tracker
Breaker: Communications
Nick Fury: Commando
Snake-Eyes: Commando
Stalker: Ranger
Beachhead: Ranger
Flint: Warrant Officer
Duke: Airborne Infantry
Grunt: Infantry
Roadblock: Heavy Machine Gunner
Zap: Ground Artillery Soldier
Flash: Laser Trooper
Heavy Duty: Heavy Ordnance Trooper
Mainframe: Computer Operations
Outback: Survivalist
Clutch: Vehicle Operator

KITCHEN STAFF:
Roadblock: Cook

SOCIAL SERVICES:
Spirit: Social Services

Never being in the military, I may have missed some and a few of them should probably be combined EXAMPLE: Should Recon & Covert Ops be under the Intelligence heading?

Any help would be appreciated. Bear in mind, I want to make this as realistic as possible! Thanks for playing, guys!!

JLT

[monstermonkey]

Wasn't Thunder or Heavy Metal in the marching band?

[SDawg]

What about SPARKS for communications?

[Lifeline 71]

It looks like you've got several Joes in more than one slot. Bazooka shoud be in heavy weapons, not transportation, even though he is qualified as an armored vehicle driver. Wild Bill and Lift Ticket should be in transportation. Under the medical section, Doc would most likely be Chief Medical Officer, and I'd replace Stalker with Stretcher.

[Magick]

What about Dial Tone for communications? Plus you have the same people in several groups. I would suggest going over file cards and divide them up into Primary military specialties to avoid having the same person in 3 divisions.

Plus you forgot environmental specialist... Cold weather, desert, jungle...

Although there are a lot more cold weather than any other environment on the joe team. LOL


Plus other than being 4th in command of the team.. Beachhead is a qualified instructor.

[Sailor_Joe]

Noticed you were hurting on your admin list:
Lady Jaye - Personnel Clerk
Airborne - Legal (although not in his MOS, his card states he's qualified)
Fast Draw - Clerk Typist
Psyche-Out - Social Services/Counselor
Hardball - Special Services
Scoop - Journalism
Heavy Metal - Finance
Dusty - A/C Repair
Alpine - Finance Clerk

[Lifeline 71]

Your admin section should contain Hawk, Joe Colton, & Col. Courage, off the top of my head. Recon should get Sneak Peek, Ambush, Recoil, Spirit, Dart, Pathfinder, & Spearhead. All the machine gunners would go in heavy weapons, plus Short Fuse and Downtown. Chuckles and Jinx can go to intel.

[RogueReSCuE]

Yeah, well if your breaking it down like a military it would look something like this.

Personnel


A group (or company) for HQ
Scouts
Maintenance- Armorer, Vehicle repair...etc
Medical- PA, medics
Admin
Commo
Mortars
Intel
Supply

Pilots would have to go into Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing
Anything Naval (SEALs or Watercraft) would be in a different unit



Fire teams (companies in an Infantry BN) - Team Leader (PL)
Team NCO (Plt Sgt)
Medic
RTO - radio
Fire team leaders (NCOs - E6s)
Riflemen (4), Grenadier(2), Automatic Riflemen (1) (Machine Gun) per fire team ( A and B )



Thats what I can remember for now.. I was in the infantry and armor...can't speak for Aviation, Engineer, Field Artillery units

[Jacklefttown]

Thanks for the start guys! Lots of work to do! I appreciate the ideas!

Yes, as I stated in the OP, I have people grouped doing double duty based on their Primary and Secondary specialties, so when there is no fighting to be done, they can be fully utilized!

JLT

[Tyroc]

This might help...a list of specialties..

Half the Battle: Indexes (http://www.halfbattle.com/listmos.html)

In terms of military staff, it depends on how big your army/collection is.

I noticed that all the figures you've listed with slots are 25th / ME. If that's the case a small company is all you need.

You'll need;

S1 Admin / Personnel
S2/S3 Intel / Ops
S4 Logistics
S6 C-E (Communications-Electronics)

[Jacklefttown]

Tyroc,

You just saved me a TON of research! Thanks for your assistance, soldier!!

JLT

[Tyroc]

Glad to help, if you're interested the File Cards thread has a TON of info on organizing joes into 'real world' semblance. Good people too :)

Also, if you want to see the most well thought out Joe verse, you should check out Zulu Delta's thread in the fan art section.