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12-04-2008, 05:01 PM | #1221 |
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Are any of the Sky Patrol guys Air Force?
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12-04-2008, 05:05 PM | #1222 |
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12-04-2008, 05:06 PM | #1223 |
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I have always viewed Sky Patrol as Airborne Rangers equivalents.
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12-04-2008, 05:11 PM | #1224 |
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Yeah I mentioned them like 2 pages back, but they were the only two (aside from Airborne mentioned in the post I was replying to) I could think of. But maybe Dusty 2 is the real one, french dudes from Rhode Island are probably the best Desert specialists ever!
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12-04-2008, 05:14 PM | #1225 |
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I need to look back at those issues. I always got the impression all the Stalls were Airforce. family tradition or something. I think in the comics when Blackout is on trial Barrel Roll is in Airforce Dress. Plus in the Comics Barrel Roll is listed as a Lt. So I don't think the Airforce needs Snipers but does the army have Officers that are Snipers?
Black Out seems pretty clearly to be a grunt - Army or Marines. He's a sharpshooter and an Infantryman when he's introduced in the comic as a green shirt. Bomb Strike could be either an Army Forward Observer, or an Air Force Forward Observer (like Combat Controllers). Oddly, in both cases, those are male only jobs. I consider all the Stalls to be Army. Though I will certainly consent that the comic makes things weird in regards to Barrel Roll, and the Marine Corps would provide the same opportunities for all three members of the family. Though there is no evidence that they are Marines. I just go primarily by the file cards regarding the Stalls, and it seems to me that they would be Army. Captain DePace, thanks for the heads up about 2002 Dusty. I had never noticed that before.
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12-04-2008, 05:22 PM | #1226 |
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I think the Marines are great - I just don't think they're the equivalent of the Ranger Regiment. I think they are more comparable to the Army Airborne Divisions (82nd, 101st, 173rd... and maybe the 10th Mountain) and I base that opinion on the P.T. standards and length of required training.
There are around 175,000 U.S. Marines (including the Reserves) - They can't all be the equivalents of Airborne Rangers. Infantry Marines can attack by sea. Airborne Army can come in by air. They have very similar physical requirements. The Marines are tough, but they're not the Rangers. Force Recon on the other hand... those guys are something else.
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12-04-2008, 05:23 PM | #1227 |
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All Army as far as I can tell.
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12-04-2008, 05:23 PM | #1228 |
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Does the Army have combat pilots?
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12-04-2008, 05:25 PM | #1229 |
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Here's for your viewing pleasure, straight from the files of Gen Joe Colton:
"BARREL ROLL JOINED THE GI JOE TEAM WELL AFTER IT'S REINSTATEMENT, BUT QUICKLY BECAME A FAVORED TEAMMATE AMONG THE RANKS AS HE VOLUNTEERED FOR ANY MISSION HE WAS ABLE TO, AND ALWAYS PERFORMED EXCELLENTLY AT THEM. HE RARELY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE HIS QUARTERS AFTER ASSIGNMENT, AS HE WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY SENT ON ANOTHER. LIKE MANY SOLDIERS ON THE JOE TEAM, BARREL ROLL HAS QUITE A BACK STORY. HE WAS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN RAISED IN THE SUBURBS OF CINCINNATI. BARREL ROLL EXCELLED IN SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY IN MATHEMATICS, AND JOINED THE AIR FORCE A YEAR EARLER THAN THE LAW ALLOWS, JUST AS HIS FATHER HAD DONE YEARS BEFORE. SOON AFTER, HIS SISTER ALYSSA (BOMBSTRIKE) FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND ALSO ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE, WHERE SHE TOO EXCELLED. EVENTUALLY HIS BROTHER, THOMAS ALSO JOINED, PRESUMABLY AFTER MUCH PERSUASION AND PRESSURE FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE STALL FAMILY. ALL THREE OF THE STALL SIBLINGS WERE EVENTUALLY RECRUITED FOR THE GI JOE TEAM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ORIGINALLY JOINED THE MILTARY. BARREL ROLL EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS AND BECAME ONE OF THE FREQEUENTLY UTILIZED AGENTS. HOWEVER WHEN HIS BROTHER JOINED, HIS PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD WAS QUITE POOR. THOMAS' FAILURE IN THE FIELD LED TO THE DEATHS OF HIS FELLOW RECRUITS AND LED TO HIS COURT-MARTIAL. SINCE THAT TIME, BARREL ROLL HAS WORKED EVEN HARDER TO REDEEM THE STALL NAME IN THE EYES OF THE UNIT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WAHT APPEARS TO BE THOMAS' DEFECTION TO COBRA (SEE BLACKOUT). THIS TREASON BY HIS BROTHER IS ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR BARREL ROLL, WHO SPEAKS OF IT INFREQUENTLY. BARREL ROLL EXCELS AT ANYTHING INVOLVING THE SKIES. I'M TOLD THERE IS BARELY AN AIRCRAFT THAT THE MAN IS NOT AN EXPERT AT. HE IS ALSO QUITE PROFICIENT AT SUBTERFUGE AND AMBUSH TECHNIQUES, AS MOST SNIPERS ARE. HIS MATHMATICS SKILLS ARE UNPARALLELED AND OFTEN OCME IN QUITE HANDY IN MANY FORMS. CURRENTLY, BARREL ROLL HAS LEFT ACTIVE DUTY AND IS FLYING IN THE CIVILIAN SECTOR AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT. HOWEVER, HE PRACTICES HIS SHARPSHOOTING DAILY, AND DOES HALO JUMPS WEEKLY, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS SKILLS. HIS COMMUNICATION WITH THE ROCK IS CONTINUOUS, AS HE HAS GREAT HOPES OF LEARNING ANY INFORMATION OF HIS MISSING BROTHER. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHOULD THE THREAT OF COBRA RISE AGAIN--AND THOMAS STANDS AMONG THEM--BARREL ROLL WILL IMMEDIATELY BE AT THE FRONT LINES TO PREVENT ANY HARM THEY HOPE TO INFLICT." |
12-04-2008, 05:29 PM | #1230 |
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