gijoe files abernathy to zullo

8/9/2019 GIJOE Files Abernathy to Zullo

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COMMAND OPERATIONS OFFICERFile Name: Abernathy, Clayton M. Pay Grade: O-5Call-Sign: HawkBirthplace: Denver, Colorado, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: SFOD-C (Command and Control), 3 rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Military Art and Science (United States Military Academy), MS in Military Arts and Sciences (US Army School of Advanced Military Studies); Master o f

Professional Studies, Strategic Leadership concentration (Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell)

Relevant Training (partial list): Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course; Short-Range, Hawk Missile, and Patriot Missile Air Defense Artillery Resident Training; Air& Missile Defense Captains Career Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School, SF Unit Officer Qualification Course, SFQC Individual SkillsPhase, SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, Command & GeneralStaff School, Joint Special Operations Irregular Warfare Advanced Course, Combined/Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander's Course, Army

Red Team Leaders Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical ExploitationOperations Course, CJFSOCC Staff Officer Course, CJFSOCC Planning Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Born into a prominent military family, father a highly decorated Army colonel, grandfather a sergeant major with the American ExpeditionaryForces. Graduated 1991 from West Point at the top of his class. Went on several rotational deployments with ARCENT-SA's PATRIOT Task Force in Saudi Arabiabefore going Special Forces in 1995. Took part in numerous missions in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008 as a member of the 5 th Special Forces Group.Served on part-time cadre at the University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, overseeing Red Team Leader exercises between 2006and 2008. A widower (wife succumbed to acute myeloid leukemia in 2007) with a son, Scott, born in 2001. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, andIraqi), Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki dialects), and Russian; conversant in French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Recently rated as being in the 99 th percentile amongall active-duty Department of Defense field grade officers in conventional, analytical, creative, and practical intelligence measures. Has a talent for intentionallyobscuring, and even willfully misrepresenting his dispositional affect, making him a preeminent negotiator and controller.

Educational Requirements: Military applicants must have at minimum an associate's degree from a recognized post-secondary

educational institution (or an equivalent number of college credits; conversion of military experience to college credit accepted). Civilianapplicants must have a bachelor's degree from a recognized post-secondary educational institution.

Training: All selected applicants for potential entry into the agency will have been chosen for the training and experience they alreadypossess prior to application, thus significantly reducing agency training costs. Civilian applicants with no prior military or law enforcementsmall arms and personal defense training must pass a comprehensive three week long firearms familiarization and self-defense courseprior to attending the Skills Training/Expert Learning (STEEL) Program at Fort Wadsworth. All selected military and civilian applicants arerequired to pass the six month-long STEEL Program for acceptance into GIJOE (no waivers). The program consists of intensivetheoretical and practical coursework in information operations topics as well as a comprehensive resilience training regimen. Applicantsfor positions in the Command & Control, Analysis & Control, Multi-disciplinary Intel Collection, and Reconnaissance Elements must alsosuccessfully pass SERE Level-C and Individual Terrorism Awareness training at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School.The STEEL Program has a 97% attrition rate, with most program withdrawals occurring within the first three months of training. Failedapplicants are allowed one opportunity to re-try for the agency, which they must exercise within two years of their first application.

G.I.J.O.E. RECRUITMENT & MEMBERSHIP

Recruitment & Eligibility: Positions in GIJOE are open to any member of the five armed services in the pay-grade of E-4 or above, provided they fulfill the job-specific requirements foravailable positions in the agency and are eligible for TOP SECRET security clearance (waiverable to SECRET security clearance at the discretion of the agency director). Selectedapplicants are seconded from their parent units with the joint approval of the President and the secretary of the respective service. Successful military applicants incur a three-yearobligatory term of service with the agency. Applications for an extension of the term of service can be submitted to the office of the director six months prior to the term's expiration.Civilian employees are drawn from other federal government departments and agencies and in rare cases, from regional and local government agencies and the private sector.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (H.AL.O./H.A.H.O. RECON TEAM)File Name: Arndt, Philip W. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Free FallBirthplace: Downers Grove, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Philosophy (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale), MA in Comparative East-West Philosophy (University of Hawaii-Mnoa)

Relevant Training (partial list): Aviation Operations Specialist AIT, Joint Air Tasking Order Process Course, Joint Firepower Course, Infantryman AIT, Basic AirborneSchool, Ranger School, Air Assault School, Ranger Assessment & Selection Program, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, BasicMilitary Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Static-Line Jumpmaster Course,

Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Ranger School, Tactical InformationOperations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Army in 1996 after graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.Started his military career as an aviation operations specialist with the 82nd Combat Aviation Regiment, deploying to Bosnia with the 2 nd Battalion in support ofOperation Joint Guard (1997). After fulfilling his term of service, went back to school to earn his master's degree in comparative east-west philosophy. Re-enlistedin 2004 and re-trained as an infantryman, eventually joining the 75 th Ranger Regiment in 2005. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006 through 2008, where he wouldparticipate in numerous special operations in the country's southeastern provinces support of CJSOTF-A and ISAF objectives. Fluent in Mandarin (Standarddialect), conversant in Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect) and Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects). Highly intelligent and strongly motivated individual, never short onself-confidence. Conducts himself with a swagger that borders on arrogance, but GIJOE teammates know that he has the knowledge, skills, and experience toback it up.

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE CLEARANCE AGENT (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM TWO)File Name: Ayvazyan, Varujan Pay Grade: GS-09Call-Sign: TaurusBirthplace: Sultanbeyli, Istanbul Province, TurkeyEmployer prior to GIJOE selection: Terrorism and Violent Crimes Division, United States National Central Bureau of INTERPOLPost-Secondary Education: BA in Security Sciences (Gvenlik Bilimleri Enstits-Polis Akademisi Bakanl), AAS in Chemical Technology (Essex County College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Pre-Undergraduate Police Training Program (Polis Akademisi Glba), Basic Police Special Operations Course (zel HarekatPolis Okulu), INTERPOL International Police Training Program, ISSEE Search and Security Foundation Course, ISSEE Search and Security AdvancedSearcher Course, ISSEE High Risk Search Course, ISSEE EOD Level 1 Course, ISSEE EOD Level 2 Course, ISSEE EOD Level 3 Course, ISSEE IEDAwareness Course, ISSEE IED Technician Course, ISSEE Booby Traps Course, Program in American Language Studies (Rutgers University-Newark), English

for Academic Purposes Course (Rutgers University-Newark)

Miscellaneous Notes: Born and raised in Istanbul Province to Turkish-Armenian parents. Overcame cultural and racial barriers to become a ranking policeofficer with the Istanbul Police Department's Special Security office. Served with distinction in numerous police special operations against the PKK and otherradical paramilitary organizations. Received extensive explosive ordnance disposal training at the International School for Security and Explosives Education.Hired by INTERPOL as a dangerous devices technician in 2000, immigrated to the United States on a National Interest Waiver visa in 2001. Worked as aweapons intelligence analyst with INTERPOL's American bureau before being recruited to join a fledgling GIJOE in 2009. Fluent in Armenian (Eastern andWestern dialects), Turkish, and Kurdish; conversant in Arabic (Iraqi) and Georgian. Acquired American citizenship in 2007. Avid practitioner and promoter ofkl kalkan (traditional Turkish fencing) and has performed public demonstrations of the martial art as part of the Turkish Cultural Center in New York'sPerforming Arts at the Terminal show.


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COMBAT OBSERVATION/LASING TEAM LEADERFile Name: Barney, James J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Grand SlamBirthplace: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Physics (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Relevant Training (partial list): Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Maintenance Support Specialist AIT; Fire Support Specialist AIT,Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Transition Course, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Joint Fires Observer Course, TacticalInformation Operations Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope &

Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Was a star quarterback for his high school football team, leading them to a state championship game appearance. Injuries prevented asimilarly successful college football career, joined the Army almost immediately after graduation. Served as a TDME Maintenance Support Specialist assignedto the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service before switching to a career in the artillery. Went on three deployments to Iraq between 2003 and 2005 as amember of the 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), where his natural aptitude for judging distances served him well in his role as a fire support specialist.Soft-spoken and calm but firm, well-liked by peers and superiors alike. Owns an extensive collection of vintage comic books and science fiction paperbacksand magazines dating back to the 1930s.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Blais, Robert M. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Cross-CountryBirthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Troop, 1st Squadron (RSTA-Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology (Guilford Technical Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Cargo Specialist AIT, Rough Terrain Container Handling and Operation Course, Defense Packing of Hazardous Materials forTransportation Course, USTRANSCOM Global Transportation Network training, Cavalry Scout AIT, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Air Assault School,Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, BasicMilitary Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Both parents career construction and asphalt equipment operators. Declined stewardship of the family business and joined the Army in2002. Served as a cargo specialist with the 7th Transportation Battalion, deploying on two tours in Southwest Asia before re-classing as a cavalry scout andtransferring to the 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne). Sent to Afghanistan in 2007 as part of ISAF's American contingent. Has excellent driving instincts and anatural mechanical aptitude honed through a lifetime in and around heavy machinery and diesel-powered vehicles. Openly and intensely proud of his family'sConfederate heritage, to the occasional chagrin of some of his more sensitive and politic GIJOE teammates. Sentimental political differences aside, teammatesknow that he can be trusted to perform his duties to the letter, with the utmost efficiency and professionalism.


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COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TEAM)File Name: Bowman, Thomas S. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: MaceBirthplace: Denver, Colorado, United, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Expeditionary Support Branch, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Criminal Justice and Criminology (Metropolitan State College of Denver), AA in Arabic (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Basic Recruit Training (Denver Police Academy), Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Qualification, MAGTFIntelligence Specialist Entry Course, Intelligence in Combating Terrorism Course, MAGTF Counterintelligence/HUMINT Course, Technical SurveillanceCountermeasures Fundamentals Course, Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Course, Advanced Personnel Administration Course, Defense Strategic

Debriefing & Interrogation Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course, Introduction to Networks & Computer Hardware Course,Counterintelligence in Cyber Space Course, NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Advanced IntelCourse

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked for five years as a Denver police officer before joining the Marines in 1997. Opted for a career in the intelligence field, spenthis initial term of service as an intelligence specialist with the 2nd Marine Division. Re-trained as a counterintelligence special agent in 2002. As an agent forthe MCIA's Expeditionary Support Branch, has served on numerous missions abroad, most recently in Afghanistan in support of Operation EnduringFreedom. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Iraqi) and Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), conversant in Spanish.

U.A.V. PILOT (GROUND CONTROL STATION)File Name: Boyajian, Gregory S. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: SlipstreamBirthplace: Provo, Utah, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 3 rd Special Operations Squadron, 27th Special Operations Wing, 27th Special Operations Group (USAF)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Computer Engineering (University of Utah), MS in Computer Engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): AFROTC General Military and Professional Officer Courses, Air & Space Basic Course, Initial Flight Screening, USAF SpecializedUndergraduate Training, Transitional and Operational Flight Training (F-16C/D), USAF Weapons School (F-16C/D), Air Liaison Officer Qualification Course, FlightCommander Course, Organizational Leadership Course, Introduction to Special Operations Course, USAF Weapons School (Unmanned Aircraft Systems),Expeditionary Leadership Course, Squadron Officer School, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification

Miscellaneous Notes: An avid video game player and computer enthusiast before discovering recreational flying in his mid-teens. Joined the Civil Air Patrol as acadet at the age of 16, eventually going to the University of Utah on an AFROTC scholarship. Flew numerous sorties over Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 and2005 as a member of the 421 st Fighter Squadron. Began UAV pilot training in 2006, assigned to the 27 th Special Operations Wing's 3rd Special OperationsSquadron in the summer of 2007. Operated MQ-9 Reaper UAVs on armed reconnaissance missions over Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008. Has a reputation amongGIJOE teammates as an unrepentant joker and mimic, and is the acknowledged base Mario Kart (video game) champion. Fluent in Armenian (Eastern andWestern dialects), French, and Greek.


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COMBAT OBSERVER (COMBAT OBSERVATION/LASING TEAM)File Name: Breckenridge, Matthew H. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: ThunderBirthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Music, General (Jefferson Community and Technical College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Army Bandsperson (Percussion) AIT, Air Assault School, Fire Support Specialist AIT, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical DataSystem (AFATDS) Transition Course, Basic Airborne School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Joint Fires ObserverCourse, Ranger School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,

Rappel Master Course, Tactical Information Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Played drums for various Lousville-area heavy metal bands throughout high school and college. Joined the army as a bandsperson in2001. Played percussion with the 101st Airborne Division Band (Pride of the Eagle) for two years before making the somewhat unusual decision to re-classinto a combat arms branch. Deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003) as a member of the 320 th Field Artillery Regiment's 2nd Battalion. Conductedstability operations in Ninawa governorate through 2004. Returned to Iraq in 2007 for a 15 month long deployment, participating in missions with the 101 stAirborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team in Salah ad Din governorate. An import racer scene enthusiast in his spare time, owns a heavily modified andextensively tuned 1995 Nissan Skyline GT-R coupe.

OPERATIONS CHIEF (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Burns, Matthew Pay Grade: E-8 (MSgt)Call-Sign: Sgt. SlaughterBirthplace: Parris Island, South Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Special Operations Training Group-MEU(SOC) Training Branch, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Psychology (University of South Carolina)

Relevant Training (partial list): Marine Rifleman Course, Basic Reconnaissance Course, Combatant Diver Course, Basic Airborne School, Infantry SquadLeaders Course, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Training, Fast Rope Suspension Technician Certification & Helicopter Rope Suspension Training MasterCourse, Drill Instructor School, Water Safety/Survival Instructor Course, Advanced Personnel Administration Course, Tactical Information Operations Course,Marksmanship Coach Course, Martial Arts Instructor Course, Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF SeniorNCO Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Comes from a Marine family, father a retired infantry gunnery sergeant, mother a former air traffic controller. Reputation as a marine anddrill instructor has reached near-mythic proportions in 18 years in the Corps, something he has been more than willing to cultivate and perpetuate by playingthe part of the hulking and unfeeling drill instructor to the hilt in public appearances. Behind all his outward bluster and theatrics, possesses a brilliant tacticalmind that he has put to use as a member of the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, participating in missions on four continents. Transferred to the II MarineExpeditionary Force Headquarters Group's Special Operations Training Group-MEU(SOC) Training Branch in 2004. Conversant in French and Spanish.


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DEPUTY DIRECTORFile Name: Colby, Everett P. Pay Grade: O-6Call-Sign: KeelhaulBirthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron TWO (USN)

Post-Secondary Education: BS in Electrical Engineering (USNA), , BS in Intelligence (National Defense Intelligence College), MS in Information Operations-Joint Information OperationsCurriculum (Naval Postgraduate School)

Relevant Training (partial list): Flight Screening, Aviation Preflight Indoctrination, Primary Flight Training, Intermediate and Advanced Flight Training (Land-BasedSyllabus, P-3/EP-3 Maritime Pipeline), SERE Level-C Training, Command and Staff Officer Program, Introduction to Special Operations Course, IndividualTerrorism Awareness Course, Joint Maritime Operations Course, Strategy & War Course, National Security Decision-Making Course, Maritime Staff Operators

Course, NATO Air Integration and Planning Course, Special Operations Combating Terrorism Course, Combating Terrorist Networks Seminar, NATO SOF IntelCourse, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course, NATO Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Intelligence LeadersOrientation Seminar

Miscellaneous Notes: As a member of FAIRECONRONTWO, flew reconnaissance airc raft in support of airstrike and air patrol missions during Operation El DoradoCanyon (1986), Operation Desert Storm(1991), Operation Deny Flight (1993) and Operation Joint Endeavor (1995). Awarded the Air Medal for his actions inAlbania during Operation Silver Wake (1997), using his EP-3E in an emergency evacuation of American citizens, non-combatants, and designated third-countrynationals while under heavy anti-aircraft fire. Served as a FAIRECONRONTWO operational detachment commander in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2004. Fluent inRussian, conversant in French, German, and Spanish. A nationally ranked amateur chess player (USCF rating of 2100), placed third in the under 2200 categoryduring the 2007 USCF National Open Chess Championship. Plays the clarinet as a hobby.

DIRECTORFile Name: Colton, Joseph B. Pay Grade: ES Level VCall-Sign: Eagle-EyeBirthplace: Central Falls, Rhode Island, USAEmployer prior to GIJOE selection: Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPost-Secondary Education: BS in Foreign Area Studies, Eurasia concentration (United States Military Academy), MS in Military Arts and Sciences (US Army School of Advanced Military

Studies), PhD in International Relations, Strategic Studies concentration (Johns Hopk ins University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, AirAssault School, Ranger School, Infantry Mortar Platoon Leaders Course, Sniper Employment Leaders Course, SF Unit Officer Qualification Course, SFQC IndividualSkills Phase, SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, NATO I-LRRP School Patrol Course, US Army Red Team Leaders Course,Contemporary Insurgent Warfare Course; Joint, Interagency, & Multinational Planner's Course; Security Cooperation Management Overseas Course, Command &General Staff School, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, General

Officer/Senior Executive Service Force Integration Course, Combating Terrorism Executive Interagency Seminar, Joint Special Operations Staff Officer Course,CJFSOCC Planners Course, CJFSOCC Joint Operations Center Course, CJFSOCC Commanders Course, Defense Security Assistance Management OverseasCourse

Miscellaneous Notes: Started his career as a promising young lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division. Made the move to SF in 1983, assigned to the 2nd Battalion,10th SFG. Helped train Lebanese soldiers in 1985 and Nigerian paratroopers in 1986. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle ofKhafji (1991). Served as a member of a Coalition Support Team assisting the 1 st Belgian Para-Commando Battalion during Operation Restore Hope (1993). Retiredfrom the Army with the rank of colonel in 2000. Started working towards his PhD in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University that same year. His doctoralthesis, entitled "Modeling Adaptive Organizations in the Current Irregular Warfare Context", is considered a modern classic in military science. Was an associateprofessor in MIT's Political Science Department before being tapped to head GIJOE in 2008. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Levantine), French,Russian, and Turkish; conversant in German, Spanish, Swahili, and Uzbek. Married future GIJOE Command C-E Officer Jane A. Martell (call-sign: GI Jane) in 1983,divorced in 2004. Couple had one son, Joseph, Jr., killed during the Battle of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2003 while serving as a soldier in the Army's 3rd Infantry Division.


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O.S.V. EXPERT OPERATOR (ARCTIC RECON TEAM)File Name: Costello, Ian F. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: AvalancheBirthplace: Madawaska, Maine, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: D Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division (USMC/MARFORRES)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Automotive Technology (Northern Maine Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Basic Logistics/Embarkation Specialist Course, Marine Rifleman Course, USMC Designated Marksman School, BasicReconnaissance Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Mountain Survival Course, Animal PackersCourse, Scout Skier Training, MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Basic Airborne School, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF

Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Parents and older siblings involved in the cross-border smuggling trade, primarily bringing in cigarettes into New Brunswick province inCanada while ferrying cheap medicines into Maine. Somehow managed to steer clear of any significant legal trouble despite growing up around variouscriminal influences. Sent by state social services to live with relatives in Presque Isle at the age of 15. Worked briefly as an automobile mechanic before joiningthe Marines in 2003. Deployed to Afghanistan's Orzgn province as a member of 1 st Battalion, 6th Marines in 2004. Sent to Al Anbar province in Iraq thefollowing year, taking part in full-spectrum combat and nation-building operations. Assigned to an active-duty instructor-inspector staff post with theMARFORRES Anti-Terrorism Battalion's Anchorage, Alaska-based D Company in 2007. An excellent marksman and an even better over-snow vehicle operator.Fluent in French (Acadian dialect).

DECEPTION OPERATIONS SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISERFile Name: Craig, Judith F. Pay Grade: E-8 (MSG)Call-Sign: ShooterBirthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Defense Counterintelligence and HUMINT Center, Defense Intelligence Agency (US Department of Defense)

Post-Secondary Education: BA in History, minor in Religion (Montclair State University), BS in Intelligence (National Defense Intelligence College), AA in Arabic (Defense Language

Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Chaplain Assistant AIT, Emergency Medical Ministry Course, Chapel Tithe and Offering Clerk Course, CounterintelligenceSpecial Agent Course, Intelligence in Combating Terrorism Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Defense Strategic Debriefing & InterrogationCourse, Defense Against Sound Equipment Course, USAF Countersniper School, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF Intel Course, NATOSOF Advanced Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Army in 1996 after graduating from Montclair State. Started her military career as a chaplain assistant assigned to the743rd Military Intelligence Battalion. Re-classed as a counterintelligence agent in 2002, inspired to take a more pro-active role in the fight against terrorism afterthe New York terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Assigned to the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, deployed to Afghanistan in 2002 as a member of TaskForce Rakkasan. Sent to Iraq in 2003, participated in counterintelligence and strategic debriefing operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Joined theDefense Intelligence Agency in 2006. Since then, has participated in numerous clandestine counterintelligence operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn ofAfrica, and Turkey. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Iraqi, and Levantine), French, Hebrew, and Spanish; conversant in Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects),Swahili, and Turkish. Wholly dedicated to the force protection mission, relentless and uncompromising in her pursuit of assigned operational objectives, evenat the risk of great personal cost.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (AMPHIBIOUS RECON TEAM)/UNDERWATER COMBAT DEMOLITIONISTFile Name: Delgado, Hector Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: ShipwreckBirthplace: Chula Vista, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: SEAL Team 4, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO (USN)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Structural Engineering (University of California-San Diego)

Relevant Training (partial list): Gunner's Mate "A" School, 5/54-Caliber MK 45 MOD 2 Gun Mount Maintenance Course, Crew-Served Weapons Instructor Course,Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL training, SEAL Qualification Training, SEAL Professional Development Phase Training, SEAL Unit Level Training, SEALSquadron Integration Training, Basic Airborne School, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Desert Environmental Survival Course, Camp Michael Monsoor

Mountain Warfare Training, Camp Michael Monsoor Special Reconnaissance Training, Air Assault School, Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certification &Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, Riverine Combat Skills Course, Riverine Crewman Course, Riverine Unit-Level Leaders Course, RiverineSecurity Team Trainer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO OperationsCourse

Miscellaneous Notes: Spent his teens working odd jobs in the San Diego docks. Joined the Navy immediately out of high school, served on the USS Yorktown(CG-48) as a gunner's mate, participating in counter-drug operations in the Caribbean during the early 1990s and was part of the crew that scored a then-record101 during the ship's 1994 Naval Gun Fire Support qualification exercise. Separated from the Navy long enough to earn his engineering degree from UCSD. Re-enlisted in 1999, joined NAVSPECWAR in 2000. Took part in joint UNITAS security and counter-terrorism exercises in 2001 and 2002. Participated in numerousspecial operations in Iraq, most notably the capture of the Al Basrah and Khawr Al Amaya oil terminals and special security patrols in the the area of the Mukarayindam in 2003. Operated in-country through 2004. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 through to 2008, performed armed reconnaissance patrols along the country'sArghandab, Helmand, and Amu Darya rivers in support of CJSOTF-A and ISAF elements, engaging armed smugglers and Taliban forces in combat on severaloccasions. Fluent in Spanish. Humorously obstreperous and self-aggrandizing and decidedly idiosyncratic (his keeping of a trained Cuban Amazon companionparrot is only one of his many personal quirks). Is an otherwise peerless professional in the field, skilled in all aspects of naval special warfare.

COMMAND SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISERFile Name: Divljak, Robert S. Pay Grade: E-9 (CSM)Call-Sign: Sgt. SavageBirthplace: Albany, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: F Company (Pathfinder), 4th Battalion (Assault), 101st Aviation Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Public Management, minor in Decision Sciences (Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell), AA in Arabic (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language

Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fort Sherman JOTCJungle Warfare Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, NATO I-LRRP School Patrol Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, IrregularWarfare Course, Joint Special Operations Collaborative Planning Course, Joint Special Operations Advanced Planning Applications Course, ISAF SOFOperations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Eldest son of immigrant parents from the former Yugoslavia. Enlisted in the Army in 1987, saw action in Operations Desert Shield andDesert Storm as an infantryman with the 505th Infantry Battalion (Airborne). Re-assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment (Light), deployed to Somaliafor Operation Gothic Serpent (1993), served as part of the task force charged with rescuing members of Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu. Served a tour in theSinai peninsula as part of the USBATT Contingent of the MFO in 1995 and again in 1996. Took part in joint security operations in Panama in 1997. Served as amember of the NATO peacekeeping SFOR in Bosnia in 1998. Attached to the 2 nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment for a three-month stint in early 2000 ascultural liaison/translator during Operation Joint Guardian. Joined the 311 th Military Intelligence Battalion's Long Range Surveillance Detachment in 2001. Ledsurveillance operations in support of Task Force Rakkasan in Afghanistan in 2002 and deployed into Iraq with elements of the 101 st Airborne Division in 2003.Re-assigned to the 101st Aviation Regiment's Pathfinder Company along with other members of the LRSD after the 311 th Military Intelligence Battalion'sinactivation in 2006. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi), Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish; conversant in Macedonian, Polish, and Russian. Brings awealth of tactical experience to the GIJOE command team.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FOUR)/COVER MANFile Name: Duggleby, Wilmer S. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: HardballBirthplace: Cooperstown, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Therapeutic Recreation (Ithaca College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training,Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military MountaineerSummer Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Played outfielder and was a recognized power-hitter in college, helping lead the Ithaca Bombers baseball team to the second round ofthe 2001 New York Regional NCAA playoffs and an Empire Athletics Association title. Was drafted as a junior by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20 th round of the2000 MLB Draft but never played a single game in the majors. Spent his first two years as a professional baseball player playing on a Blue Jays minor leagueaffiliate, the Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League. Enlisted in the Army in 2004, assigned to 504th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion after graduatingfrom infantryman AIT. Participated in full-spectrum operations in Northern Iraq from late 2005 to 2006. Deployed to Baghdad governorate in 2007 for a 15-month long deployment, conducting numerous air assault, security, and weapons cache search operations.

RECON TEAM LEADER (H.A.L.O./H.A.H.O. RECON TEAM)File Name: Faireborn, Dashiell R. Pay Grade: W-2Call-Sign: FlintBirthplace: Wichita, Kansas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Comparative Literature (Princeton University), MSt in English (University of Oxford)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS QualificationPhase (SF Weapons Sergeant), SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, SF Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,Operations andIntelligence Course, Advanced Special Operations Techniques Training, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military MountaineerSummer Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, SF Warrant Officer BasicCourse, SF Warrant Technical and Tactical Certification Course, Joint Special Operations Irregular Warfare Advanced Course, Joint Special Operations WarfighterCertification, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A Rhodes Scholar, spent two years at Oxford doing post-graduate work in English Language and Literature. Returned to the United Statessomewhat disillusioned with the professional academic's life and role in society. Joined the army as an infantryman in 1993. Participated in numerous patrol actions inthe Korean Demilitarized Zone as a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry Regiment between 1994 and 1997, serving alongside future GIJOEoperatives Conrad Hauser (call-sign: Duke) and Marvin Hinton (call-sign: Roadblock). Went Special Forces in 1998. Participated in clandestine operations in Albania,Kosovo, and Macedonia, 1999 to 2001. Deployed to Afghanistan as a member of a joint CIA/10 th Special Forces Group task unit in 2003. Appointed warrant officer in2004. Served as a technical officer during FID operations and JCET exercises in Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal from 2006 to 2008. Fluent in French, German, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish; conversant in Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Russian.


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EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Falcone, Vincent R. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: FalconBirthplace: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Linguistics (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill); Master of Professional Studies, Strategic Leadership concentration (Austin Peay Center-Fort

Campbell); AA in Farsi (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): ROTC Basic Course, ROTC Leaders Training Course, ROTC Advanced Course, ROTC Leader Development and AssessmentCourse, Infantry Officer Basic Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Maneuver Captains Career Course, Basic InstructorCourse, Systems Approach to Training Course, Infantry Mortar Platoon Leaders Course, Sniper Employment Leaders Course, SF Unit Officer Qualification

Course, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Advanced Special Operations Techniques Training,Air Assault School; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course; Rappel Master Course, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Joint SpecialOperations Warfighter Certification, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A second generation Green Beret, father having served with the 10 th Special Forces Group. Served as executive officer, B Company, 2ndBattalion, 504th Infantry Regiment (Airborne) from 2003 to 2005, seeing action in two deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Went Special Forces in 2006. Participated in numerous FID operations and JCET exercises in the Horn of Africa region in 2007 and 2008. Fluent in Arabic(Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Yemeni), Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), French, and Spanish; conversant in Somali (North-Central dialect) and Swahili.Possesses a natural aptitude for picking up the colloquial and culture-specific nuances of foreign languages, honed through extensive training and fieldimmersion.

SCOUT-SNIPER/SPOTTER (S.T.A. SNIPER TEAM)File Name: Fardie, Donovan G. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: CrosshairBirthplace: Brockton, Massachusetts, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Business Management (Palomar College-Camp Pendleton)

Relevant Training (partial list): Marine Rifleman Course, Designated Marksman School, Scout/Sniper Basic Course, Urban Sniper Course, MountainousScout/Sniper Course, Basic Reconnaissance Course, Basic Airborne School, Combatant Diver Course, Marksmanship Coach Course, MarksmanshipInstructor Course, Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certification & Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, MEU(SOC) Certification JointTraining, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Marines out of high school in 2001. Initially assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, participated in military operations inIraq ousting Saddam Hussein in 2003. Returned to Iraq in 2004, taking part in security operations in Al Anbar governorate. Joined the 1 st ReconnaissanceBattalion in late 2004. Entered scout-sniper training in 2005. Scored 35 of 35 rounds in the black during the Known Distance portion of the Scout SniperSchool marksmanship training phase. Visual acuity in both eyes, as tested by Navy opticians, is listed at 20/10 (LogMAR of -0.30), the generally acknowledgedmaximum for the unaided human eye. Participated in Operation Green Trident in Iraq in 2006. Returned to Iraq for a six-month deployment in 2007 and againin 2008.


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PHYSICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (PHYSICAL SECURITY TEAM ONE)File Name: Faria, Jason A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: ShockwaveBirthplace: Dearborn, Michigan, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 65 th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Criminal Justice (Oakland Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Basic Police Training (Oakland Police Academy), NTOA Urban Rifle for Patrol Officers Course, NTOA Patrol Counterambush Tacticsand Techniques, NTOA Basic SWAT Training, NTOA Response to Barricade Extremist/Terrorist Incidents Course, NTOA Booby Trap and Explosives RecognitionCourse, NTOA Tactical Rappel & Beginning Lead Climber Course, NTOA Intermediate/Advanced SWAT Training, NTOA High Risk Warrant Service Course, NTOA

Resolution of Barricaded Suspect and Hostage Rescue Course, NTOA Hostage Rescue Linear Interventions Course, Military Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, AirAssault School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Military Police Investigator Course, Conventional PhysicalSecurity Course, SRT Phase I Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, SRT Phase II (Marksman/Observer) Course, Protective Service Training Course, High RiskPersonnel Security Course, FLETC Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program, FLETC Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program, SERE Level-CTraining, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A five-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department's SRT (Special Response Team), where he specialized in mechanical and explosivebreaching and tactical entry techniques. Joined the Army in 2002. Deployed to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan with elements of the 16 th Military Police Brigade(Airborne) in 2003, served as a driver and protective services specialist at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility until 2005. Conversant in Spanish. Volunteers asa choir-member (tenor) at St. Mary's Church near Fort Wadsworth in his spare time.

SMALL CRAFT EXPERT OPERATOR (AMPHIBIOUS RECON TEAM)/COVER MANFile Name: Felix, Dwayne A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: RampartBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Special Boat Team 22, Naval Special Warfare Group FOUR (USN)Post-Secondary Education: AS in Mechanical Engineering Technology (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Gunner's Mate "A" School, 5/62-Caliber MK 45 MOD 4 Gun Mount Maintenance Course, Stinger Anti-terrorist Weapon Operationsand Maintenance Training, Crew-Served Weapons Instructor Course, Riverine Combat Skills Course, Riverine Crewman Course, SWCC Basic Crewman Training,NSW Crewman Qualification Training, Basic Tactical Swimmer Course, Basic Airborne School, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Air Assault School, PatrolCraft Operations in a Riverine Environment Course, Patrol Craft Weapons Maintenance Course, Camp Michael Monsoor Mountain Warfare Training, CampMichael Monsoor Special Reconnaissance Training, Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certification & Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course,SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Advanced Tactical Swimmer Course, SCUBA Diver Qualification

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked in downtown New York's Chinatown Fair Video Arcade (the former home of the World Famous Dancing and Tic-Tac-Toe Chickens)before joining the Navy in 2000. Served as a gunner's mate on the USS Essex(LHD-2), taking part in humanitarian support operations in East Timor in 2001 andNorth Korea in 2002. Participated in riverine security operations on the Euphrates river as part of a patrol boat escort accompanying elements of the 31 st MarineExpeditionary Unit in the lead-up to the Battle of Fallujah in 2004. Returned to the Essex in time to take part in humanitarian aid operations in Indonesia after the2004 St. Stephen's Day tsunami. Joined NAVSPECWAR as a SWCC in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, sent on various assignments in Indonesia and thePhilippines in support of SOCPAC (Special Operations Command Pacific) operations. Participated in joint training exercises with the Kenyan Navy in 2009.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FIVE)File Name: Felton, Joseph Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: RecoilBirthplace: Vashon, Washington, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Environmental Health (University of Washington)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: An amateur triathlete and recreational weightlifter, his team finished the week-long Raid Gauloises adventure race held in Nepal and Tibet in2000 among the top 10. Joined the Army in 2001. Served briefly with the now-inactive F Company, 51st Infantry (Long Range Surveillance), participated in variouslong range surveillance operations in northwestern Iraq in 2004 and 2005. Assigned to the 504 th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's Long Range Surveillance Troopin 2007, deployed back to Iraq in 2008. In terms of sheer physical stamina, endurance, and pain tolerance, has few peers within the GIJOE team.

PLATOON CHIEF (PHYSICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS PLATOON)File Name: Ferreira, Stephen A. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: BullhornBirthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 21 st Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Chemical Dependency/Addiction Studies (Rhode Island College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Basic Recruit Training Course (State of Rhode Island Department of Public Safety Municipal Police Academy), Uniformed PoliceTraining Program, FBI Police Officer Training, FBI Academy LETSS Program, Military Police Investigator Course, Conventional Physical Security Course, SRTPhase I Course, SRT Phase II (Marksman/Observer) Course, Protective Service Training Course, IPTM Crisis-Hostage Negotiations-Level I Course, IPTM Crisis-Hostage Negotiations-Level II Course, IPTM Crisis-Hostage Negotiations-Level III Course, Law Enforcement Advanced Interviewing Training Program, Military

Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, High Risk PersonnelSecurity Course, FLETC Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program, FLETC Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program, FLETC Law EnforcementSupervisor Leadership Training Program, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCO Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Spent 3 years as a police officer with the Providence Police Department. Joined the FBI Police in 1990, assigned to their New Haven fieldoffice, eventually joining the FBI Police SWAT team as a cover team marksman. Joined the Army in 1995. As a member of the 21 st Military Police Company,deployed to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Guard (1997-1998). Participated in security operations supporting Task Force Falcon in Kosovo, 1999. Deployedto Iraq in 2004 and again in 2006. Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. A competitive handgun shooter in his spare time, placed third overall in the US PracticalShooting Association's 2002 Infinity US Open event and fourth overall during the 2003 Pan Am Championship. Has taught as a guest instructor for the FederalLaw Enforcement Training Center's Tactics For Flying Armed Training Program and Law Enforcement Control Tactics Instructor Training Program.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/NON-LETHAL D.E.W. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Fine, Seymour P. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Sci-FiBirthplace: Geraldine, Montana, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Computer Electronics (Central Texas College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Fire Control Repairer AIT, Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Squad Designated Marksman Course, PathfinderSchool, Ranger School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer SummerCourse, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Inter-service Non-lethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course, NATO SOF

Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Started his military career in 2003 as a fire control repairer assigned to the 602nd Forward Support Company. Switched careertracks in 2005, electing to go infantry. Served with the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment (Light) in Iraq before joining the 504 th Battlefield SurveillanceBrigade's Long Range Surveillance Troop (B Troop, 2-38 Cav) in 2007. Saw action in Ninawa governorate, northern Iraq in the fall of 2008 as part of a

joint US-Iraqi reconnaissance patrol. Has received extensive specialized training in the use of non-lethal individual weapons, and is particularlyproficient in the use of man-portable non-lethal directed energy (dazzler) devices. His consistently relaxed demeanor can sometimes be mistaken forindifference, but his calm and collected d isposition in the face of potential harm has served him and his teammates well in the field time and again.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (AMPHIBIOUS RECON TEAM)/UNDERWATER COMBAT DEMOLITIONISTFile Name: Forrest, Brian M. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Wet-SuitBirthplace: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: SEAL Team 8, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO (USN)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Marine Science (University of South Carolina-Columbia)

Relevant Training (partial list): Sonar Technician (Surface) "A" School, Sonar Auxiliary Maintenance and Operations Repairman Training, Basic Acoustic AnalystTraining, Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL training, SEAL Qualification Training, SEAL Professional Development Phase Training, SEAL Unit Level Training,SEAL Squadron Integration Training, Basic Airborne School, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Desert Environmental Survival Course, Camp Michael MonsoorMountain Warfare Training, Camp Michael Monsoor Special Reconnaissance Training, Air Assault School, Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certification &Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOFTechnical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Served as a sonar technician aboard the USS Avenger(MCM-1), taking part in various joint exercises in the Pacific in late 2001. JoinedNAVSPECWAR in 2003. Participated in numerous counter-terrorist actions in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2008. Engaged Somali pirates in a successful andhighly-publicized high-seas hostage rescue mission in the Gulf of Aden in early 2009. Neither polite nor politic except in the most perfunctory of fashions and isconsidered by most teammates to be somewhat lacking in social graces, but is an astute and dedicated student of the military sciences, being well-read in boththe classics and contemporary texts.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM ONE)/COMMANDO MORTAR EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Freistadt, Eric W. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Short-FuzeBirthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics emphasis, minor in Physics (Northern Illinois University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Fire Support Specialist AIT, Air Assault School, Joint Fires Observer Course, Indirect Fire Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School,Infantry Mortar Leaders Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical

Exploitation Operations Course, Observer/Controller (O/C) Training Program

Miscellaneous Notes: Comes from a military family, father and grandfather both career first sergeants in the Army. Served as a fire support specialist for the 320thField Artillery Regiment (Air Assault), seeing action as a member of an M119 howitzer battery in Iraq during the opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom in2003. Re-classed as an indirect fire infantryman in 2004. Joined the 504 th Infantry Regiment (Airborne) in 2005, deployed to Afghanistan that year with the 2 ndBattalion. Received extensive informal instruction in the use and maintenance of the M6C-210 60mm lightweight commando mortar from European users in theISAF and has honed his skills with it to a remarkable degree on joint operations with the Greek and Bulgarian contingents, operating the weapon with exceptionalspeed and accuracy. Assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment in 2008, where he put his experience with the commando mortar to practicaluse in JRTC OPFOR exercises as a member of the former Eastern Bloc-modeled Republic of Acadia Army. Has gained some notoriety for being a somewhatirascible perfectionist, no doubt a result of his stern military family upbringing, although not to the extent that his behavioral quirks become operational orinterpersonal detriments.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/NON-LETHAL D.E.W. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Gambello, Anthony S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: FlashBirthplace: Lodi, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd Battalion (Assault), 10th Aviation Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Electrical/Electronics Engineering (California State University-Chico)

Relevant Training (partial list): CBRN Specialist AIT; Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Reconnaissance Course; Technical Escort Course, InfantrymanAIT, Basic Airborne School, Squad Designated Marksman Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope& Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Inter-service Non-lethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Served his initial term of service in the Army as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) specialist with the 44 thChemical Company. Conducted CBRN reconnaissance operations as part of the 2nd Chemical Battalion's contribution to the V Corps contingent during the startof Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Re-classed as an infantryman in 2004, participating in combat action in Iraq as a member of the 1 st Battalion, 87th InfantryRegiment (Light) in late 2006. Assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's provisional Pathfinder Company in 2007. In 2008, participated in counter-smugglingoperations in Diyala governorate near the Iraq-Iran border as part of Task Force Minuteman. Trained extensively in the use of non-lethal individual weapons,and is schooled in the basic mechanisms and the use of man-portable non-lethal directed energy (dazzler) devices. Methodical and persistent, has an innateand unshakeable faith in the order of the universe.


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DECEPTION OPERATIONS CHIEF (ENGINEERING)File Name: Goren, Charles Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: TollboothBirthplace: Boise, Idaho, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): Bridge Crewmember AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Sapper Leader Course, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOSQualification Phase (SF Engineer Sergeant), SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, SFMilitary Free Fall Parachutist Course; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course; SF Operations and Intelligence Course,

Advanced Special Operations Techniques Training, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/ExtractionMaster Course, Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Course, Special Operations Forces InteragencyCollaboration Course, Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,Tactical Information Operations Course , ISAF SOF Operations Course,NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Was an M60A1 AVLB (Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge) operator with the 1st Armored Division's Engineer Brigade (Iron Sappers),performing humanitarian demining and proofing missions, construction work, and route reconnaissance in Bosnia during the late 1990s as a member of the now-inactive 40th Engineer Battalion. Participated in route and bridge reconnaissance operations in Albania in 1999 and was part of a supporting engineer contingent thataccompanied Task Force Falcon in Kosovo later that year. Went Special Forces in 2001. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2003 as a member of the 10 th Special ForcesGroup. Participated in FID operations in Western Africa in 2006. Served on cadre, SF Engineer Sergeant School, 2007 to 2009. Fluent in Serbo-Croatian , Polish, andRussian; conversant in Czech, French, German, and Spanish.

LONG-RANGE SURVEILLANCE TEAM LEADER (L.R.S. TEAM ONE)File Name: Graves, Robert W. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: GruntBirthplace: Columbus, Ohio, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Industrial Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): Fire Support Specialist AIT, Air Assault School, Airborne School, Joint Fires Observer Course, Infantryman AIT, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Summer Course, Light Leaders Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, RappelMaster Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders Course, Military Free Fall ParachutistCourse, Battle Staff NCO Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Began his military career as a fire support specialist with a M119 howitzer battery in the 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne). Foughtalongside elements of the 6e Division Lgre Blinde (the French Army's 6th Light Armored Division) in their push into Iraq during Operation Desert Storm/OprationDaguet. Separated from the Army in 1993 to get his engineering degree from Georgia Tech. Re-enlisted as an infantryman in 2000, assigned to the 10 th MountainDivision's 87th Infantry Regiment. Participated in missions supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan on two deployments between 2001to 2004. Awarded the Army Achievement Medal (with Valor device) for his actions during Operation Anaconda (2002). Transferred to the 504 th Battlefield SurveillanceBrigade's LRS Troop in 2006. Led a joint US/Iraqi long range surveillance patrol in northern Iraq in 2008. Conversant in French and Spanish. Married to the formerDolores Lola Marquez, an erstwhile US Army helicopter mechanic. Couple have one daughter, born in 1998.


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EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIANFile Name: Greer, Carl W. Pay Grade: O-4Call-Sign: DocBirthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 772nd Forward Surgical Team, 86th Combat Support Hospital, 44th Medical Command (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences (State University of New York at Buffalo), Doctor of Medicine (Harvard Medical School), Residency in Emergency Medicine

(Johns Hopkins Hospital), Emergency Medicine Service Fellowship (Brooke Army Medical Center/University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio)

Relevant Training (partial list): Direct Commissioned Officer Course, Officer Basic Leadership Course, AMEDD Officer Basic Leadership Course, FieldManagement of Chemical & Biological Casualties Course, Medical NBC Readiness Workshop, Joint Special Operations Medical Officer's Orientation Course,Advanced Topics on Medical Defense Against Biological and Chemical Agents Course, Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course, AMEDD Captains Career

Course, Joint Special Operations Medical Officer's Orientation Course, Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, Basic Airborne School, Basic Military MountaineerSummer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Entered the Army in 1996 after completing his residency in emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Deployed to Kosovo as amember of the 86th Combat Support Hospital's contribution to Task Force Medical Falcon in 2001. Spent time as an assistant medical director for the US ArmyEMS and a Health Care Specialist AIT instructor as part of his emergency medicine service fellowship training at the Brooke Army Medical Center. Served as anemergency physician at the LSA Adder Level III hospital facility in Iraq from 2004 to 2006. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2008 as a member of a field surgical teamassigned to Forward Operating Base Fenty. Conversant in French, Spanish, Swahili, and Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects). Research interests include disastermedicine, trauma informatics, and damage control resuscitation.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FOUR)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Guderian, Sherman R. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Heavy MetalBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop, 1st Squadron (RSTA) (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Accounting (Borough of Manhattan Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Financial Management Technician AIT, Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course, Basic Airborne School, Anti-Armor LeadersCourse, Bradley Master Gunner Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Air Assault School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Anti-terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Spent his formative years living in the Gowanus low-income housing housing projects in Brooklyn, the son of Polish immigrants, father aroofer, mother a garment industry factory worker. Raised to aspire to more than the hardscrabble working-class existence of his parents, originally viewed the Armyas a route by which he could reach his ultimate goal to become a CPA. Started his military career as a financial management technician, but transferred to acavalry scout career path three years into his first term of service. Served as a Bradley M2A3 crewman as a member of the 7 th Cavalry Regiment's 1st Squadronduring the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Brigade Combat Team's deployment to Iraq in 2004, seeing heavy fighting in and around Baghdad. Re-assigned to 1st Squadron(RSTA-Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment in 2006. Participated in route reconnaissance and security missions in support of 173 rd Airborne Brigade Combat Teamoperations in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008.


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TACTICAL ENTRY SPECIALIST (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM ONE)File Name: Hanrahan, Timothy P. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: BlowtorchBirthplace: Tampa, Florida, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 814 th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge), 46 th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Heavy) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Industrial Management Technology (Palm Beach Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Welding Technology Certification (Palm Beach Community College), Metal Worker AIT, Basic Military MountaineerSummer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course,Combat Lifesaver Course, Sapper Leader Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A professional metal worker before joining the Army, established himself in the Florida custom motorcycle community as one of itspreeminent fabricators, having had a hand in the design and construction of various Daytona Beach Bike Week custom motorcycle competition winnersduring the late 1990s. Enlisted in the Army in 2001 at the height of his status as something of regional motorcycle culture celebrity, a move thatsurprised more than a few peers and fans. Deployed to Iraq in 2004 as a member of the 814 th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge). Took part in theBattle of Al Qa'im (2005) in Al Anbar governorate near the Iraqi-Syrian border, fighting alongside elements of the 25 th Marine Regiment againstFedayeen Saddam irregulars and associated insurgents. Participated in construction and engineer support operations in and around Camp Ramadithroughout 2007 and 2008.

AIR LIAISON OFFICERFile Name: Hardy, William S. Pay Grade: W-3Call-Sign: Wild BillBirthplace: Brady, Texas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering (Texas Tech University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Pathfinder School, SERE Level-C Training, Helicopter Ditching andDunker Training, Warrant Officer Flight Training Program, OH-58D Pilot Qualification, UH-60A/L/M Pilot Qualification, Aircraft Survivability Equipment/ElectronicWarfare Officer Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Aviation Warrant Officer Advanced Course, C-23 Pilot Qualification, AirOperations Staff Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Air Liaison Officer Qualification Course, NATO Air Integration and Planning Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Started his military career as an infantryman with the 87 th Infantry Battalion (Light), seeing action in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia andOperation Uphold Democracy in Haiti. Served a tour in the Sinai peninsula as part of the USBATT Contingent of the MFO in 1995. Separated from the service in1996 and went on to earn his engineering degree from Texas Tech. Re-enlisted and entered Warrant Office Candidate School, 2001. Flew OH-58D Kiowa Warriorobservation/scout helicopters on armed reconnaissance missions over Salah ad-Din governorate in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004 to 2007. Conversantin Spanish. Amiable and slow-talking, fancies himself a country-western singer. As a somewhat curious affectation, carries a pearl-handled, vintage, single-actionColt revolver as a personal sidearm; not beyond spinning a tall tale or two for the amusement of his comrades.


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HUMAN (RESOURCES) INTELLIGENCE TECHNICAL OFFICER (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Hart-Burnett, Alison R. Pay Grade: W-2Call-Sign: Lady JayeBirthplace: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Linguistics (Bryn Mawr College), P.Grad.Dip. in Speech and Language Processing (Trinity College-Dublin), AA in Dari (Defense Language Institute

Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Human Intelligence Collector AIT, Defense Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation Course, Basic Airborne School, Static-Line JumpmasterCourse, Air Assault School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, HUMINT Technician Warrant OfficerBasic Course, Responsible Officers Course/Level II Anti-terrorism Officer Training, NATO Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATOAdvanced Intel Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Studied linguistics at Bryn Mawr and did postgraduate studies in speech and language processing at Trinity College in Dublin. Enlisted in theArmy in 1999. Initially assigned to the 201 st Military Intelligence Battalion, participated in HUMINT operations in Afghanistan and Iraq between 2001 and 2003.Received her warrant officer's appointment in 2005. Assigned to the 504 th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion in 2007, sent to Iraq ona twelve month deployment in 2008. An accomplished actor before joining the military, credits include roles in off-Broadway stage productions and voice work forvarious cartoons and video games. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, Iraqi, and Levantine), French, German, Hebrew, Irish (Gaeilge), Persian (Dari andFarsi dialects), and Spanish; conversant in Portuguese. Can easily pass for a native in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, France, Germany, and any number ofSpanish-speaking countries.

SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISER (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Hauser, Conrad G. Pay Grade: E-8 (1SG)Call-Sign: DukeBirthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Psychology, minor in Asian Studies (University of Maryland University College Asia-Camp Casey)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Air Assault School, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS QualificationPhase (SF Weapons Sergeant), SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, SF Military FreeFall Parachutist Course, Combat Diver Qualification Course; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course; SF Operations andIntelligence Course, Advanced Special Operations Techniques Training, Camp Gonsalves JWTC Jungle Skills Course, SERE Level-C Training, IndividualTerrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Special Operations

Forces Senior Enlisted Course, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification, ISAF SOFOperations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Already fluent in French and German when he joined the Army in 1990, father originally from Brandenburg state in Germany, mother aFrench expatriate. Stationed in South Korea as a soldier in the 173 rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry Regiment from 1992 to 1997, participated in numerousoperations in the Korean Demilitarized Zone alongside future GIJOE operatives Dashiell Fairborn (call-sign: Flint) and Marvin Hinton (call-sign: Roadblock). WentSpecial Forces in 1998. Took part in demining operations in Cambodia and Vietnam in 1999. Helped in evacuation and relief efforts in the Philippines after the2000 Mt. Mayon volcanic eruption. Led a Combat Advisory Team in support of JSOTF-P operations targeting theAbu Sayyafparamilitary organization and variousorganized bandit groups in the Bangsamoro region between 2002 and 2007. Went on a six-month rotational deployment to Afghanistan in 2008. Besides Frenchand German, also fluent in Korean, Malay/Indonesian, and Tagalog; conversant in Japanese, Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect), Khmer (Phnom Penh dialect),Tausg, and Vietnamese. A quintessential first shirt, a firm believer in martial discipline but is not beyond displaying empathy when a situation calls for it.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)/COVER MANFile Name: Hinton, Marvin F. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: RoadblockBirthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Business and Management (University of Maryland University College Asia-Camp Casey), Superior Diploma (Ecole Ritz Escoffier)

Relevant Training (partial list): Food Service Operations Specialist AIT, Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Anti-Armor LeadersCourse, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Ranger School, Ranger Assessment & Selection Program, ISAF SOF Operations Course,NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Was working as a nightclub bouncer and short-order cook to raise money to attend the Ritz Escoffierculinary school in France whena recruiter convinced him that the Army could train him just as well to be a professional chef. Joined the service in 1994 as a food service operationsspecialist but transferred to the infantry after finding Army menus and preparation techniques too appalling. Re-assigned to the 173 rd Airborne Brigade's503rd Infantry Regiment in 1995, served briefly alongside future GIJOE operatives Dashiell Fairborn (call-sign: Flint) and Conrad Hauser (call-sign: Duke) inthe Korean Demilitarized Zone. Separated from the service in 1998 and was finally able to attend Ecole Ritz Escoffiera year later. Started a restaurant inLos Angeles in 2000 but despite glowing reviews from print and TV food critics, the business struggled to establish a loyal clientele and closed after onlythree years of operation. Re-enlisted in 2003, assigned to E Company (LRS) (Airborne) of the now-inactive 313 th Military Intelligence Battalion. Deployed toIraq in 2005, taking part in operations to provide a secure environment for the country's elections. Joined the 75 th Ranger Regiment in 2006 with ECompany's inactivation, participated in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout 2007 and 2008. Fluent in French, conversant in Spanish.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)/JUNGLE SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: Iannotti, William V. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: PathfinderBirthplace: Key West, Florida, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd Battalion (Assault), 82nd Aviation Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Business and Management (University of Maryland University College Asia-Camp Casey)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Camp Gonsalves JWTC Jungle Skills Course, Camp GonsalvesJWTC Jungle Endurance Course, SERE Level-C Training, Joint Fires Observer Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Pathfinder School, CombatLifesaver Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Reconnaissance & SurveillanceLeaders Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Raised in a single-parent household, father a charter boat operator and a founding member of the Conch Republic Army. Worked part-time in high school as a tour guide. Began his military career with the 173 rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry Regiment, patrolling the Korean Demilitarized Zonefrom 2001 to 2003. Received cross-training in jungle warfare at the Camp Gonsalves Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center. Re-assigned to ECompany (LRS) (Airborne), 313th Military Intelligence Battalion in 2004. Participated in surveillance and armed reconnaissance missions in Iraq in support ofthe 82nd Airborne Division in 2005. With the 313 th Military Intelligence Battalion's inactivation in 2006, transferred to the 82 nd Aviation Regiment's PathfinderCompany along with many of his former LRS comrades. Returned to Iraq in late 2006 on a s ix-month tour. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007. Fluent in Spanish,conversant in French, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese. Inherited his father's quirky sense of humor and fierce spirit of individualism, and still celebrates theConch Republic's Independence Day every April 23.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Indiana, Elwood G. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: CrankcaseBirthplace: Lawrence, Kansas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Troop, 1st Squadron (RSTA-Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Electronics (Pinnacle Career Institute)

Relevant Training (partial list): Cavalry Scout AIT, Basic Airborne School, Anti-terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course, Ranger School, Air Assault School,Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, RappelMaster Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders Course,NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: An accomplished amateur mechanic and street racing legend by the time he graduated from high school. Toiled in the IMCA stock car racingcircuit for five years looking to break into NASCAR. With a professional racing career at a virtual standstill, sought another outlet for his competitive drive and not-inconsiderable talents. Enlisted in the Army in 2002. As a member of the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, deployed to Iraq in 2004. Participated in security andstability operations conducted from Forward Operating Base Mackenzie near the city of Ad Duluiyah. Battled alongside elements of the the 2nd Brigade, 1st InfantryDivision during operations in the city of Samarra in late 2004. With the 1-4 Cav's inactivation in 2006 and its subsequent re-flagging, re-assigned to the 1 stSquadron (RSTA-Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 as part of the US military contribution to the ISAF.

VISUAL TRACKER (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM TWO)/DESERT SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: Iron-Knife, Charles Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: SpiritBirthplace: Taos, New Mexico, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Psychology (University of New Mexico)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fort Sherman JOTC Jungle Warfare Course, Ranger School;Substance Abuse Studies Certification, Licensure Track (University of New Mexico), SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, FastRope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,Squad Designated Marksman Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance LeadersCourse, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Grew up in a low-income household in a particularly impoverished section of a town where almost a quarter of the population lives belowthe poverty line. Worked as a hunting guide throughout high school. Enlisted in the Army at the age of 18. Assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment(Airborne) in 1994. Participated in Operation Jungle Warrior (1997) in Panama. Separated from the service in 1999, earned his degree in psychology from theUniversity of New Mexico in 2003. Served as a guest lecturer and subject matter expert for the FLETC Artesia Facility's Backcountry Tactics & Tracking TrainingProgram in 2004. Worked briefly for the Taos Department of Veteran Services after receiving his substance abuse counseling license. Re-enlisted in 2006.Assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's Long Range Surveillance Troop in 2007, deployed to Iraq in 2008. Was instrumental in the successfulcapture of insurgents wanted for the deliberate contamination of Coalition water supplies in a joint US-Iraqi manhunt operation conducted in early 2009 inNinawa governorate. Fluent in Apache (Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Mescalero dialects), Hopi, Navajo, Taos, and Spanish; conversant in Jemez (Towa),Picurs, and Zuni.


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SCOUT-OBSERVER (MOUNTAIN RECON TEAM)/SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY SPECIALISTFile Name: Ito, MacArthur S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Quick-KickBirthplace: Los Angeles, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Film and Television (University of California-Los Angeles)

Relevant Training (partial list): International Stuntman School-Standard Session (United Stuntmen's Association), International Stuntman School-Aerial IntensiveSession (United Stuntmen's Association), Infantryman AIT, Bradley Fighting Vehicle Operators Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction MasterCourse, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Modern Army CombativesLevel 1 Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 2 Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 3 Instructor Course, NATO SOF TechnicalExploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: The only child of immigrant parents, Okinawa-born father and Incheon-born mother owned a convenience store in Watts. Had difficultyfinding social acceptance in both the niseiand the hangukgye migugin communities because of his mixed ancestry and the long-standing historical divide betweenthe Japanese and the Koreans. Excelled in high school basketball but was ostensibly unrecruited going into college despite displaying freakish athleticism(obtained copies of college scouting reports cite his lack of height as the overriding concern of college coaches and basketball scouts). Turned his attention to theAsian martial arts. Is an adept practitioner of Kukkiwon taekwondo, Seigokan Gj-rykarate, Ryky kobujuts, wing chun (Yip Man branch), Chow Gar schoolnn pi tng lng (Southern Praying Mantis), and Yang-style tai chi chuan. Worked briefly as a Hollywood-based stuntman, fight choreographer, and stuntcoordinator before joining the Army in 2001. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized) stationed in South Korea, where he joined the 2ndInfantry Division's Taekwondo Demonstration Team. Transferred to the 1 st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment in 2003, deployed to Iraq's Baghdadgovernorate the following year where he participated in full-spectrum operations. Has participated in numerous JRTC OPFOR exercises as a member of variousLeesville Urban Group terrorist cells and Republic of Acadia special weapons and special purpose units. Fluent in Japanese and Korean, conversant inCantonese/Yue (Standard dialect), Okinawan, and Spanish.

U.A.V. GROUND CONTROL STATION LEADER/U.A.V. PILOTFile Name: Jeffries, Jonas S. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: GhostriderBirthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 3 rd Special Operations Squadron, 27th Special Operations Wing, 27th Special Operations Group (USAF)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Aerospace Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), MS in Aeronautical Engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): AFROTC General Military and Professional Officer Courses, Air & Space Basic Course, Initial Flight Screening, USAF SpecializedUndergraduate Training, Transitional and Operational Flight Training (AC-130H Spectre/AC-130U Spooky), USAF Weapons School (AC-130H Spectre/AC-130USpooky), Air Liaison Officer Qualification Course, Flight Commander Course, Organizational Leadership Course, Expeditionary Leadership Course, Squadron OfficerSchool, Mission Commander's Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, USAF Weapons School (Unmanned Aircraft Systems), JointSpecial Operations Warfighter Certification

Miscellaneous Notes: Assigned to the 4 th Special Operations Squadron (The Ghostriders) after completing his AC-130U Spooky qualification. Flew close air support,air interdiction, and force protectio

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