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05-20-2009, 11:17 AM | #5591 |
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I think they need to update it. It wasn't an overly complicated design, but it was probably one of the most practical vehicles Joe ever had. That Retaliator Helicopter was equally, if not more, awesome.
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05-20-2009, 11:30 AM | #5592 |
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The Retaliator looks like something that would fit in good with the RoC line.
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05-20-2009, 11:40 AM | #5593 |
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The Army also has separate MOSes for asphalt equipment operators, construction equipment operators and bridge crewmembers and while they can be considered as "military engineers" to some extent, they aren't combat engineers (they aren't expected to advance with the front-line infantry, and don't receive advanced infantry instruction the way combat engineers do). The term combat engineer is also sometimes used interchangeably with the term "sapper." Sapper is a colloquial term used to refer to a front-line infantry soldier trained in advanced demolitions work. In that sense, all combat engineer MOS-qualified personnel and most members of a Ranger Regiment rifle or weapons platoon can be considered informally as sappers. In the US Army though, the term sapper is reserved for graduates of the Sapper Leader Course. The Sapper Leader Course is a demanding regimen of instruction, teaching trainees advanced topics in engineering, demolitions, small unit leadership, mountaineering, mine/countermine tactics, and waterborne/airborne operations. The Sapper Leader Course generally only accepts soldiers qualified in the infantryman, combat engineer, and fire support specialist MOSes, although soldiers not qualified in any one of those those MOSes may still be accepted based on their documented real-world experience or their non-MOS related training. Graduates of SLC are qualified to wear the Sapper Tab, and is one of only three training courses where graduation merits a tab decoration (the other two being Ranger School and Special Forces Qualification). |
05-20-2009, 11:49 AM | #5594 |
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In the US Army though, the term sapper is reserved for graduates of the Sapper Leader Course. The Sapper Leader Course is a demanding regimen of instruction, teaching trainees advanced topics in engineering, demolitions, small unit leadership, mountaineering, mine/countermine tactics, and waterborne/airborne operations. The Sapper Leader Course generally only accepts soldiers qualified in the infantryman, combat engineer, and fire support specialist MOSes, although soldiers not qualified in any one of those those MOSes may still be accepted based on their documented real-world experience or their non-MOS related training. Graduates of SLC are qualified to wear the Sapper Tab, and is one of only three training courses where graduation merits a tab decoration (the other two being Ranger School and Special Forces Qualification).
I also think the other tab that's permitted to be worn is "The President's One Hundred" for marksmanship. There used to be a "Recondo" Tab for graduates of the Recondo School at Ft. Campbell. This tab replaced the Arrowhead Recondo patch from the Vietnam era (Nha Trang). The Recondo Tab was discontinued after the school at Ft. Campbell was decommissioned in the late '80s.
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05-20-2009, 11:50 AM | #5595 |
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Seriously, the Retaliator is really cool.
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05-20-2009, 11:54 AM | #5596 |
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Finished these two last night but I was having problems uploading the images and the filecards:
Flash & Grand Slam The filecards are now up in the Filecard Project album (the link to it is in my signature). One of my pet peeves as a kid was how Flash and Grand Slam looked so much alike (not just in the toys, but in the comics as well). This was my chance to finally make them look more distinct, while still retaining the whole breastplate armor look. I originally intended to remake Flash as a Combat Observer/Combat Lasing specialist but going over his original filecard, I noticed that he's also qualified as a CBRN specialist. I decided to focus on that as his purpose, since CBRN specialists are an official TOE-designated part of most any company-sized light infantry unit. To keep ties with his "laser trooper" origins, I gave him a secondary MOS as a Computer/Detection Systems Repairer (what used to be known as the Special Electronic Equipment Repairer MOS), the guys in charge of repairing, among other things, laser rangefinding/designation devices. As for Grand Slam, I didn't change anything with the character's MOSes, although I did make them more specific. I have him as a Fire Support Specialist (which is an Artillery MOS). |
05-20-2009, 12:08 PM | #5597 |
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I do have one question: what about the "Sniper" Tab that I've seen some soldiers wear? I've noticed it at Ft. Benning, particularly among members of the cadre at the Sniper School, often being worn above the rank insignia on their soft cover. Are graduates of the Sniper School permitted to wear the Sniper Tab?
There are a number of tabs/badges like that... IIRC, there are badges/ID tabs for other schools (the Northern Warfare Training Center, I think, has one) that are only for wear while serving as an instructor or a student at the insititution, but aren't cleared for wear anywhere else. |
05-20-2009, 12:21 PM | #5598 |
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Combat Engineer, strictly speaking, applies to a particular MOS in the army and the marines. What makes combat engineers different from other military engineering MOSes is that they also receive comprehensive infantry training alongside generalized engineering, mine-clearance, and demolitions instruction. Of course, no commander in his right mind would use combat engineer assets simply as infantry, the infantry training serves the purpose of allowing combat engineer units to advance with the infantry units they support without the express need for a separate security detachment to reinforce them.
The Army also has separate MOSes for asphalt equipment operators, construction equipment operators and bridge crewmembers and while they can be considered as "military engineers" to some extent, they aren't combat engineers (they aren't expected to advance with the front-line infantry, and don't receive advanced infantry instruction the way combat engineers do). The term combat engineer is also sometimes used interchangeably with the term "sapper." Sapper is a colloquial term used to refer to a front-line infantry soldier trained in advanced demolitions work. In that sense, all combat engineer MOS-qualified personnel and most members of a Ranger Regiment rifle or weapons platoon can be considered informally as sappers. In the US Army though, the term sapper is reserved for graduates of the Sapper Leader Course. The Sapper Leader Course is a demanding regimen of instruction, teaching trainees advanced topics in engineering, demolitions, small unit leadership, mountaineering, mine/countermine tactics, and waterborne/airborne operations. The Sapper Leader Course generally only accepts soldiers qualified in the infantryman, combat engineer, and fire support specialist MOSes, although soldiers not qualified in any one of those those MOSes may still be accepted based on their documented real-world experience or their non-MOS related training. Graduates of SLC are qualified to wear the Sapper Tab, and is one of only three training courses where graduation merits a tab decoration (the other two being Ranger School and Special Forces Qualification). hhhmmm... So really, Tollbooth and Hardtop would be "military engineers". I think I'll make Tollbooth a Combat Engineer.
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05-20-2009, 12:28 PM | #5599 |
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IIRC, Tollbooth's primary MOS is Combat Engineer. I always thought Hardtop was an Air Force pavements specialist, though... it's more in line with his space shuttle crawler duties.
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YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - Tollbooth I just never thought of him as a demolitions guy as much as a pure builder. Hardtop.. The Defiant doesn't exist in my Joeverse. I never saw the use/need for the Joe team to have their own space shuttle. It makes a great toy but as a practical thing.... I don't have Payload or Hardtop so they really don't exist in my Joeverse, but if I did... YOJOE.COM | Filecard Gallery - Hardtop His filecard makes him out to be a perfect heavy equipment operator. I'd like to get a version of him to use on my Military Engineer team. Payload, I'm thinking I'll take a movie Ripcord and put the head on a SRO Ace body and make a Payload. He'll head up the Joe Air Force.
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