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09-27-2019, 09:30 PM | #23111 |
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I just understood it to mean G-2, the military intelligence staff of his unit in the United States Army. That is what it would mean in the real life Army.
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09-28-2019, 02:49 PM | #23112 |
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So, Duke switched from G-5 (civil-military operations) to G-2 (intelligence)? Or does it even matter when you're Special Forces?
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09-28-2019, 04:55 PM | #23113 |
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That was a strange era for the brand, because he and the other G.I. Joes were stationed on Luna fighting Cobra (not in the cartoons, and for the most part hardly touched upon in the comics) according to what was said at the convention panels. It would have become boring watching him kick moon rocks all day, so I guess they imagined him in some sort of control room, talking to Joes on the big monitor screen or some such concept. I prefer the file cards for Duke written by Larry Hama ten years earlier.
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09-30-2019, 09:43 AM | #23114 |
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Anybody know what all the Crap is that Dial-Tone is carrying? The only thing I recognize is a camera.
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09-30-2019, 10:13 AM | #23115 |
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Version 1? On his figure you mean not the backpack?
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09-30-2019, 01:17 PM | #23116 |
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My guess is that it's mostly make believe technology stuff, not unlike that worn on his back.
Dial-tone's beret flash sort of looks like it might be a modified version of the 5th Special Forces Group before the yellow and red was later added. Maybe Hasbro lacked the ability to make that fine of a paint mask for that final detail on the flash, leaving the stripe white? Regardless, the black beret was impressive for it's time, making kids wonder if Dial-Tone was a Ranger prior to joining the G.I. Joe team. On his left shirt sleeve is the Trojan horse-in-shield emblem worn by the 10th Special Forces Group (SFG) from 1956 to 1962, which is an impressive detail. I liked how Ron Rudat would add small details like that to the characters. That emblem was later used by the 10th SFG to recognize soldierly excellence, allowing the “Best Soldier of the Year” in the 10th SFG to wear the badge on his shirt pocket for one year. I guess Dial-Tone was allowed to take it a step further, wearing it on his sleeve. |
09-30-2019, 01:32 PM | #23117 |
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I love how the Club Version 10 filecard has him listed as a "Ranger Qualified Special Forces operator."
https://www.yojoe.com/action/11/dialtone10.shtml
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10-02-2019, 08:29 AM | #23118 |
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For those doing their own fanfics how do you first present your Joe team? Are they already established or are they building their unit from scratch? Were the original Joes put through some sort of selection or were they just ordered to show up? If they went through selection who were the personnel that tested and chose them?
After reading how Delta and DETONE got stood up I am debating how to start the Joes. Delta had Beckwith and his cadre to select newbies. But how did his cadre become selected if they were the first? From what I understand about DETONE all Marine and Navy personnel were ordered to report to that unit. |
10-02-2019, 11:17 AM | #23119 |
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OMG. I just realized that Hardtop is Air Force, being associated with the space program! He's a USAF Pavements and Construction specialist!
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10-02-2019, 02:40 PM | #23120 |
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For those doing their own fanfics how do you first present your Joe team? Are they already established or are they building their unit from scratch? Were the original Joes put through some sort of selection or were they just ordered to show up? If they went through selection who were the personnel that tested and chose them?
After reading how Delta and DETONE got stood up I am debating how to start the Joes. Delta had Beckwith and his cadre to select newbies. But how did his cadre become selected if they were the first? From what I understand about DETONE all Marine and Navy personnel were ordered to report to that unit. In my Action Man fic and in Black Sword, the teams are selected by the CO and drafted. All three start with the units being set up. The latter two are set up through a combination of the Secret Intelligence Service and Director UKSF and the implication is that someone waded through a shitload of personnel files and picked candidates. Regeneration has an entire plot-line of the selection process. |
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