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02-26-2010, 03:50 PM | #11901 |
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Back in the 80's there was a Jungle Warfare Training Center in Panama run by the Army. I think this is the one referred to in Recondo's, Mutt's, Muskrat's and I believe Wreckage, but that one is real late. It closed in 1999.
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02-26-2010, 05:50 PM | #11902 |
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However, I don't really put a lot into the Tiger Force card since it's all about [Recondo] being a helicopter pilot, which I never saw him as. I kind of feel that filecard was written for Wild Bill, but when Reccondo replaced him as the driver of the Tigerfly, they just changed the name. What do you guys think?
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Still, there's nothing that prevents Army personnel from training at the USMC's Camp Gonsalves for jungle warfare training. Last edited by zuludelta; 02-26-2010 at 05:53 PM.. |
02-26-2010, 05:55 PM | #11903 |
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But the Army personnel wouldn't be instructors though, So Those 4 need an update.
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02-26-2010, 06:23 PM | #11904 |
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That's certainly plausible. Towards the latter days of ARAH (post-1988), Hasbro started being more active with creative decisions regarding the filecards, sometimes throwing out the filecards written by Hama and replacing them with ones written "in-house."
Yeah, the closest thing the Army currently has to a full-time jungle-based facility would be the various Tropic Regions Test Centers (I know there's one in Hawaii and a small "rent-a-base" in Panama, can't remember where the others are located). And those aren't really for jungle warfare training, but more for testing out equipment under jungle/tropical environment conditions. Still, there's nothing that prevents Army personnel from training at the USMC's Camp Gonsalves for jungle warfare training. |
02-26-2010, 09:58 PM | #11905 |
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I'm sorry if this has been discussed before, but is Reccondo a Marine? In his first filecard they talk about him being a "Cadre Member" at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, which is a Marine base. Cadre member means instructor, right? So that would lead me to believe he was a Marine, but in his Tiger Force filecard they talk about him joining the Army. However, I don't really put a lot into the Tiger Force card since it's all about him being a helicopter pilot, which I never saw him as. I kind of feel that filecard was written for Wild Bill, but when Reccondo replaced him as the driver of the Tigerfly, they just changed the name. What do you guys think?
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02-26-2010, 10:47 PM | #11906 |
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Mutt is a jungle trooper. He attended and graduated Jungle Warfare Training (was even a teacher there). To get to Jungle Warfare Training you have to be a Ranger. So Mutt is a Ranger and as the same qualifications as Recondo. That just begs for a Tiger Force Mutt. So Mutt is much more then a Dog Handler.
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02-27-2010, 01:11 AM | #11907 |
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Hatch is Charbroil, with the head of the black hair GI Joe Trooper set. Im playing around with the idea of Santa. He is the Artic Threat Shipwreck. Right now He's a Seal Interrogator and Seal Team Squad Leader. But if I get more Cold Weather troops I could make a November Squad, Cold Weather Squad Leader. Im thinking about him being a Seal Sniper (He sees you when your sleeping he knows when your awake...) or leave him as a Navy Seal Interrogator (What do you want for Christmas?). Quote:
O.K. kewl, just send the royalty checks to Hasbro. It will fund them to produce more characters. (At least produce more bodies, heads and gear for cheap customs). Last edited by takedown; 02-27-2010 at 01:26 AM.. |
02-27-2010, 02:46 AM | #11908 |
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Cool, I like the name Hatch too...I might steal him too
Here's my VBSS team, apologies for the formatting :( and thanks to Troy for the name "Bayou" who in my 'verse is one of Gung Ho's many clansmen / cousins Anti Piracy VBSS Unit 1 Killer Whales Team / Unit Leader MCPO Shipwreck USN DEVGRU Sweep Team 1 Point Man PO2 Kayak USCG TACLET ST1 Tactical Breacher SSgt Budo US Army 7th SFG ST1 Interrogator / Assaulter CPO Charge USCG MSST Sweep Team 2 Point Man SCPO Monsoon USN Seal Team 8 ST2 Tactical Breacher PO2 Sea Watch USCG TACLET ST2 Assaulter PO2 Scuttle USCG MSST Rear Security /Team XO SCPO Guardian USCG TACLET Rear Security Sniper CPO Wind Surf USN SBT 22 Tactical Coxswain / Observer PO1 White Water USN RIVGRU1 Team / Asst Unit Leader GySgt Bayou USMC 2nd MSOB Sweep Team 1 Point Man CPO Flash Point USCG PSU ST1 Tactical Breacher GS8 Icarus DOHS BORTAC ST1 Assaulter PO2 Dockyard USN RIVGRU2 Sweep Team 2 Point Man SCPO Skip Jack USCG FAST ST2 Tactical Breacher PO2 Drift Wood USN SBT20 ST2 Assaulter PO2 High Seas USCG MSST Rear Security / Team XO MCPO Islander USN SBT22 Rear Security Sniper SCPO Port Side USCG PSU Tactical Coxswain / Observer PO2 Mooring Line USN SBT21 Last edited by Tyroc; 02-27-2010 at 03:09 AM.. |
02-27-2010, 05:38 AM | #11909 |
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Mutt is a jungle trooper. He attended and graduated Jungle Warfare Training (was even a teacher there). To get to Jungle Warfare Training you have to be a Ranger. So Mutt is a Ranger and as the same qualifications as Recondo. That just begs for a Tiger Force Mutt. So Mutt is much more then a Dog Handler.
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Cool, I like the name Hatch too...I might steal him too
Here's my VBSS team, apologies for the formatting :( Sweep Team 2 Point Man SCPO Monsoon USN Seal Team 8 ST2 Tactical Breacher PO2 Sea Watch USCG TACLET ST2 Assaulter PO2 Scuttle USCG MSST Sweep Team 2 Point Man SCPO Skip Jack USCG FAST ST2 Tactical Breacher PO2 Drift Wood USN SBT20 ST2 Assaulter PO2 High Seas USCG MSST |
02-27-2010, 06:37 AM | #11910 |
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This *must* have been mentioned somewhere in the past 1200 pages, so my apologies for bringing it up again if it has:
Both Wild Weasel's and Tomax/Xamot's file cards make mention of the "bush wars of South America and Africa." I always thought it would be cool if they were former associates and envision Wild Weasel getting his mouth injury and Xamot his scar in the same mission. WW does wear red and I thought that could be a cool nod to the Crimson Guard. (and I thought of that *before* Jerwa or the artist had him present with the CG's in his DDP Frontline arc) Of course, WW came out before the CG's or the Twins, but it's still how I see it in my Joeverse. For a bit more detail, I also like the idea of Major Bludd and the Twins, at the very least, being aware of each other when they were Legionnaires even if they didn't serve together. Now, back to your regularly scheduled, more technical, filecard discussion. ;) |
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