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10-01-2015, 08:29 PM | #20091 |
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If anyone's interested, Blakely's currently appearing in a TV show over here called "Hunted" a kind of reality game show thing where people have to try to live off the grid and are hunted by ex-military, police and Intelligence types. He's one of the hunters.
Also of interest, to some, BBC 2 are coming to the end of a six week show called "Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week" in which 29 civilians (no police or ex-Army types, all 'extreme sports' or endurance athletes) are put through 12 days of SF training, 48 hours with a different SF instructor. first 2 days were with two USN SEALs, second two were an Israeli from Yaman, then 2 with a serving Lt. in Phillipino NAVSOG, two with an SASR guy, two with a Russian Spetsnaz guy and the final is two days with (natch) British SAS. People have dropped out or been kicked along the way and 6 remain for the final. Two of whom are women (five women started). I didn't know Blakeley went on to join the Regiment. That's interesting.I wonder if he plans to write more books. Also, are you planning more fan fic about your Nordic Joe team? I enjoyed that story you did on the Canuck site. |
10-02-2015, 02:16 AM | #20092 |
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Blakely joining the Regiment was mentioned in his bio in Pathfinder, and Maverick One ends with him going to Selection and signing an NDA not to discuss his sass work, so if he does more books he'll have to do what McNab and Ryan did and go the fiction route.
GI Joe Canada WILL return. Lately, I've been busy where I'm putting together a wikia site for my fan-fic, but I'm also partway through writing a story of pilot selection for the Joes. After that, my plans include: Oktober Guard VS The Coil, Z-Force VS The Berserkers (Cobra Europe's counterparts of the Dreadnoks), my version of Special Mission Brazil, Oktober Guard VS The Red Shadows in Afghanistan in 1985, my version of the Marauders and longer stories including a big one in South America and The Battle for Cobra Island, an epic in five parts which will feature both Joe teams, AF, the south Americans and the Guard ending Cobra. Those are the concrete plans. Along the way, I might do others. |
10-02-2015, 07:24 PM | #20093 |
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Thanks guys, Tank in regards to the E-8 experience, I guess I just wanted Stalker to transition from the Rangers to the Joes only because he's always been more associated with the Rangers than with SF. In the Hama verse, he was sometimes referred to as 'Ranger' which always seemed odd to me because most of them had attended Ranger School or had been part of the Regiment themselves.
The SSE angle is awesome thank you. I forgot that SF guys have to attend a SSE basic course these days (and some complete the Adv course). I was thinking maybe he enlisted as a 21B, got his sapper tab and attended the 'Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent' course. It was designed to give Combat Engineers an EOD like capability without changing career direction. I looked online and found that until recently the course was accepting Enlisted E-4 to E-7 and Officers O-1 to O-3. Stalker could have completed the course, then transitioned to the Ranger Regiment. Of course all this would mean he would have spent most of his career training and schooling instead of out there operating. Actually I think Combat Engineers are now a 12B. The US Army keeps changing their designation for some reason. I agree with the amount of training Stalker is receiving. With HALO, SCUBA, Mountain, RASP, Ranger, SF medic, language schools it makes me wonder if he would have had time for EOD or similar training. I know in my Joe-verse he is an E-8 with 18 years of experience in the US Army. Actually most of my Joes are in their 30's and at least a rank of E-6 for enlisted and O-3 for officers. |
10-02-2015, 07:51 PM | #20094 |
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You figure at 36 he's one of the older Joes. Assuming he enlisted at 18. I wonder how much longer one can stay in the service. At some point you have to either be promotable, promoted or you are out. Although I suspect Army Special Forces is different now, but I have heard stories of guys getting in trouble just to get demoted so they don't have to leave.
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10-03-2015, 01:10 AM | #20095 |
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There was a recent change to the up and out policy for enlisted. Below are the max years of service for each rank. It's usually not a factor because average promotion times are much lower. The higher the rank, the longer you can stay so getting demoted doesn't sound like a wise decision.
Rank Total years of service* PVT/PFC 5 SPC/CPL 8 SGT 14 SSG 20 SSG. (P) 26 SFC 26 SFC (P) 29 MSG 29 MSG (P) 32 SGM. 32 |
10-03-2015, 01:25 AM | #20096 |
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It used to be this:
PVT-PFC 3 CPL/SPC 10 CPL/SPC(P) 15 SGT 15 SGT(P) 20 SSG 22 SSG(P) 24 SFC. 24 SFC.(P) 26 MSG. 26 MSG (P) 30 SGM 30 |
10-03-2015, 08:10 AM | #20097 |
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I knew you would come through Tanksmasher. So it's good know Tyroc's and John Shafts Stalker has another 14 years to go. I might need to lower the perceived ages on my Joes. I always pictured my E-7s in their 30's but 28 is a feasible age to make E-7. Now I think about it, my Father made Gunny in 10 years, he just needed to re-up.
What does the (P) stand for? What do you think would be the minimum time it would take to make E-8?
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10-03-2015, 12:36 PM | #20098 |
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You figure at 36 he's one of the older Joes. Assuming he enlisted at 18. I wonder how much longer one can stay in the service. At some point you have to either be promotable, promoted or you are out. Although I suspect Army Special Forces is different now, but I have heard stories of guys getting in trouble just to get demoted so they don't have to leave.
Another factor to consider is how much longer their bodies can endure. I would imagine that someone who makes hundreds of airborne drops (both static-line and HALO/HAHO) would start to develop knee or low back issues from jumping so much. One thing I do not like with the official continuity of GI Joe is the year is set in what, 1994 or 1997 when the Joes team reassembles? Most of the Vietnam era Joes would probably have some chronic ailments. Stalker would have been in for what 30 years (provided the year is 1997) and I seriously doubt his body would be as active as it used to be. I don't think he would be jumping out of planes as much as he used to. Also the Joe officers would be using the Joe team as a stepping stone, they typically get moved around most of their careers, especially when they get promoted. I see someone like Steeler leading in the field for about a year, getting promoted and either leaving the Joe team or leading a larger unit for a while. In my Joe-verse he might start out as a Troop Commander, get promoted to Major and maybe lead a Squadron for a while then maybe leave to go take an office position in a regular Army unit. Last edited by john shaft; 10-03-2015 at 12:46 PM.. Reason: D |
10-03-2015, 02:55 PM | #20099 |
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The same could be said about the E-8s and E-9s. At some point Stalker would break down physically and he would be riding a desk. I like to think The Joes are the cream of the crop. Guys who for some reason just hold up better. They are stronger, smarter than the average person.
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10-03-2015, 04:32 PM | #20100 |
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I knew you would come through Tanksmasher. So it's good know Tyroc's and John Shafts Stalker has another 14 years to go. I might need to lower the perceived ages on my Joes. I always pictured my E-7s in their 30's but 28 is a feasible age to make E-7. Now I think about it, my Father made Gunny in 10 years, he just needed to re-up.
What does the (P) stand for? What do you think would be the minimum time it would take to make E-8? The min required TIS for Army E-8 is very low--8 years--but no one likely gets promoted then. The average TIS to make E-8 is about 17 years and around 21 for E-9. Heck it takes around 8.5 years on average just to make SSG. Of course in war time promotion rates come down quickly. Last edited by Tanksmasher; 10-03-2015 at 04:49 PM.. |
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