The Geopolitical Intelligence & Joint

Operations Executive

August 2010
Office of the Director, Geopolitical Intelligence & Joint Operations Executive

Not approved for public distribution, for internal use only

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.”

- Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

 Document Outline
● Agency Description

● Agency History

● Agency Organization

– Command & Control Element (C2E)

– Analysis & Control Element (ACE)
– Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment
– Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment
– Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment
● Agency Headquarters

● Agency Recruitment, Eligibility Requirements, Training, Uniforms, and Equipment

● Appendices

– Appendix A : GIJOE Sub-unit Composition

– Appendix B : Comparative Enlisted Pay-Grades & Ranks
– Appendix C : Comparative Warrant Officer Pay-Grades & Ranks
– Appendix D : Comparative Officer Pay-Grades & Ranks
– Appendix E : Federal Government Pay-Scales & Their Approximate Military Pay-Grade Equivalents
– Appendix F : GIJOE Insignia
– Appendix G : Acronyms & Abbreviations
– Appendix H : Partial List of GIJOE Position-Specific Duties & Responsibilities
– Appendix I : Glossary of Select Terms
– Appendix J : Sample GIJOE Personnel Files
Agency Description

The Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive (GIJOE) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with the clandestine and/or covert collection of actionable
geopolitical human-resource intelligence in foreign territory. The agency's statutory role is defined in such a way that the scope of its activities do not interfere with that of other agencies or executive
branch departments. The bulk of GIJOE operators are individual augmentees from the armed forces, with a small number of private contractors and federal employees seconded from the Department
of Defense and the Department of State rounding out the remainder of the agency's approximately 300-strong workforce. Attached military personnel are authorized a substantial hazard pay amount
that keeps compensation competitive between the normally lower-paid Armed Forces personnel and their civilian counterparts.

GIJOE's current operational focus is the gathering of actionable intelligence on the network of relationships linking established corporate entities to conventional weapons proliferation, terrorism, and
state and/or state-sponsored acts of terrorism in the United States and abroad. Of particular interest to the agency at this time are certain private military contractors and arms manufacturers
suspected of directly or indirectly providing training and matériel to militant organizations, international terrorist groups, and state sponsors of terrorism.

Agency History

Current agency director Joseph Colton, PhD, whose research in strategic studies provided much of the theoretical framework for the formation of GIJOE in 2010, cites the strategies and tactics
employed by the United Kingdom's Special Operations Executive (1940-1946) as strongly influencing the basic concepts GIJOE would be founded upon.

The idea of a small, partially autonomous, interagency counterterrorist intelligence gathering unit with limited organic combat and logistics assets was formally forwarded by Col. Colton (US Army, ret.)
in his 2004 doctoral thesis entitled "Modeling Adaptive Organizations in the Current Irregular Warfare Context." Drawing upon organization modeling theory and the real-world lessons learned from the
Intelligence Community's lapses prior to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the continued misrepresentation of intelligence by key government figures that led to the contentious invasion of Iraq
in 2003, and USSOCOM's past successes and failures in managing the growing threat of 21st century terrorism, Colton successfully argued that an independent, operationally agile formation
composed of volunteer individual military augmentees and government and private sector intelligence and security professionals would be more responsive and effective than the traditionally
organized and regimented units the CIA, USSOCOM, and Department of Homeland Security utilize in countering emergent foreign and domestic terrorist threats. This same organization would also be
more accountable for its actions and be held to higher professional military and intelligence-gathering standards than the growing number of private military contractors being hired by the
administration to handle increasingly sensitive force protection and anti-terrorism duties.

It was Dr. Colton's theories that provided the initial impetus for the joint proposal by the US House Committee on Armed Services and the US House Committee on Homeland Security for the creation
of a small, independent, government agency capable of clandestine and covert human-resource intelligence gathering and limited armed engagement of targets of opportunity. Congress authorized
the formation of the Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive (GIJOE) in April of 2009 and Dr. Colton himself was nominated by an ad hoc expert committee to head the newly-minted
agency. President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Colton as the first director of GIJOE in June of 2009. In August of the same year, President Obama issued Executive Order 12333a, amending
Executive Order 12333 and granting GIJOE limited license to conduct covert operations in support of its mandate, making it only the second government agency (after the CIA) authorized to perform
legally deniable military and paramilitary actions. Congress would later provide an authorizing resolution for the executive order the via the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. After an
initial round of recruiting, organizing, and training that stretched over several months, the agency was formally stood up on 20 June 2010 at its base of operations, the re-commissioned Fort
Wadsworth installation on New York's Staten Island.

Agency Organization

The Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive is structured as a multi-unit task force comparable in size to a small battalion.

Figure 1. GIJOE organizational structure

Command & Control Element (C2E)

The Command & Control Element (C2E) comprises GIJOE's overall command personnel and staff, both civilian and military. The triad of the C2E, the Analysis & Control Element (ACE) and the STEEL
Detachment form what could be considered GIJOE's headquarters in the traditional military organizational sense.

Figure 2. C2E organizational structure

● The Office of the Director plans and oversees GIJOE's activities and analyzes their effects. The director and deputy director are appointed by the president from a list of candidates prepared
by an independent, non-partisan, ad hoc committee composed of leading counterterrorism, intelligence, and security analysts from the public and private sector. There is no statutory
provision which specifically excludes active military personnel from being nominated for the positions, although the Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive's charter
stipulates that the director and deputy director positions cannot be simultaneously filled by active-duty military officers. Neither the candidate list nor appointments require Congressional or
Senate approval. Command staff are appointed by the director and deputy director.
● The Operations Section is the director's primary resource for for planning, coordinating, prioritizing, and synchronizing GIJOE's intelligence-gathering operations.
● The Tactical Deception Group provides deception planning support, supports GIJOE deception operations, and executes limited deception events with organic resources (such as decoys
and communications deception). It is composed of a Group HQ tasked with recommending deception objectives, developing deception plans which present deception narratives to the
adversary intelligence collection system, and monitors, via the appropriate elements, the execution of deception plan; a Plans & Operations Team that functions as a control station for the
Tactical Deception Group; a COMSEC Team in charge of deploying and employing electronic communications deception devices in support of GIJOE deception operations; a Camouflage &
Concealment Team responsible for preparing physical deception measures and organizing material and personnel to be employed in deception operations; an Electromagnetic Emanations
Security Team with the mission of establishing and maintaining the noncommunications profile of replicated units for deception operations; and an ELINT/Imagery Analysis Team that
provides electronic intelligence and imagery analysis support to the components of the Tactical Deception Group.
 ● The OPINTEL Team is responsible for providing timely and accurate intelligence analysis and products in support of the director and his staff. The team makes analytical predictions on when
and where hostile actions will occur. The team is responsible for evaluating the enemy in terms of doctrine, order of battle, high-value and or high-pay-off targets, capabilities, and
vulnerabilities. It also plans and manages surveillance and reconnaissance activities in coordination with the Office of the Director, the Operations Section, and the various element leaders.
● The Administrative Affairs Team is responsible for maintaining unit strength and conducting personnel actions. The team identifies and reports critical personnel shortages to the director and
deputy director. It ensures attached military personnel transition smoothly into and out of GIJOE and handles routine day-to-day tasks such as preparing element status and strength reports,
monitoring training qualifications, preparing personnel awards and orders, scheduling, and other administrative support as required.
● The Logistics & Mobility Team is tasked with providing logistical planning and support to GIJOE. The team supports the synchronization of intelligence collection and sustainment operations.
● The C-E Team is the primary planning resource for all command and control communication and networking operations. Command communications personnel work closely with the
Operations Section to ensure and maintain clear lines of communication during operations.
● The Legal Team serves as the legal adviser to the director and the agency as a whole. It is responsible for advising on all legal aspects of GIJOE operations and legal issues arising in
connection with agency actions. It handles lawsuits filed against the director in his role as the director and serves as the primary agency contact for the Department of Justice.
● The Public Affairs Team is tasked with managing the public relations risks and opportunities of the agency, both internally and externally. It is responsible for public communications to the
media and other government agencies. It advises and participates in decisions that may impact the ongoing reputation of the agency.

Analysis & Control Element (ACE)

The Analysis & Control Element (ACE) has the primary mission of performing collection management, producing
all-source intelligence, providing IEW technical control, and disseminating intelligence and targeting data. The
element supports the agency director in executing and planning future missions across the range of all-source
collection management and technical intelligence processing operations. It is habitually co-located with the
Command & Control Element to facilitate tasking and communications.
● The Element HQ exercises overall supervision and coordination of current and future Analysis &
Control Element operations.
● The All-Source Intelligence Platoon consists of a Platoon HQ, an Intelligence Distribution Terminal
Station, and four subordinate teams: All-Source Production, Collection Management, Target
Nomination, and Dissemination. The Platoon HQ oversees the full spectrum of the platoon's all-source
intelligence operations. Personnel assigned to the Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station are tasked
with providing the agency director, his staff, and element leaders with a comprehensive and common
view of the tactical space to aid in intelligence and targeting operations. Analysts from the four
subordinate teams are in charge of situation development, intelligence preparation of the tactical space,
battle damage assessment, all-source correlated database maintenance, target development, and
collection management.
● The Technical Control & Processing Platoon consists of a Platoon HQ and three subordinate teams:
SIGINT, HUMINT/CI, and Imagery Analysis. The Platoon HQ oversees and coordinates technical
control and processing operations. Analysts from the three subordinate teams perform discipline-
specific processing, analysis, reporting, and database management. The platoon is also responsible for
providing discipline-specific analysis support to the Source Operations & Intelligence Collection
Detachment's Intelligence & Surveillance Platoon, Collection & Jamming Platoon, and Composite Aerial
Reconnaissance Section.

Figure 3. ACE organizational structure

Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment

The Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment is responsible for providing tailored combat support and combat service support to stateside and deployed GIJOE
assets.

Figure 4. STEEL Detachment organizational structure

 ● The Detachment HQ is composed of three sub-units: the Detachment Command Team, the GIJOE Training Cadre, and the Office of the Ombudsman. The Detachment Command Team
oversees all combat support and combat service support activities. When the Detachment Command Team and the C 2E's Command Logistics Team are simultaneously deployed overseas,
they are frequently colocated to form a secondary Operations Section. The Training Cadre is responsible for developing and implementing GIJOE Professional Qualification Training, the
GIJOE Basic Small Arms Proficiency for Non-Military Personnel Course, the GIJOE Combatives for Non-Military Personnel Course, and various core skills-maintenance programs. Senior
GIJOE members not on active assignment can and do volunteer as cadre guest instructors. The Office of the Ombudsman is a dispute resolution team that provides impartial independent,
and confidential assistance to agency personnel. It is an independent organ answering directly to the agency director, but is administratively attached to the STEEL Detachment HQ.
● The Service Support Platoon provides food service, parachute rigging, and diverse mechanical and electronic/electrical maintenance support to the agency.

●
The C-E/IEW Maintenance Platoon is composed of specially trained personnel capable of meeting the agency's intermediate C 4I technology maintenance needs.
● The COMMO Platoon is composed of a Platoon HQ which provides signal personnel and equipment for the STEEL Detachment as well as four subordinate transmission teams which can be
attached to individual Element HQs or Detachment Command Teams to facilitate intra-agency communications.
● The Physical Security Platoon executes area physical security operations, conducts limited internment/resettlement operations, and performs law and order functions along with police
intelligence operations in assigned areas as required. It is composed of a Platoon HQ tasked with overseeing the platoon's activities and three subordinate five-man Physical Security Teams.
● The Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Team utilizes the agency's C-27J Spartan transport aircraft. The team operates out of the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in New York's
Suffolk County. Aircraft maintenance, unit-level supply services, as well as aviation safety and standardization activities pertaining to the team are the responsibility of non-GIJOE Air National
Guard base personnel, as per an agreement with the state government of New York. In cases where a mission's air movement requirements exceed the logistical capabilities of the team and
its aircraft, the team's senior pilot liaises with the Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the New York Air National Guard to produce air transportation solutions.

● The Medical Treatment Team provides health service support to the agency. This support includes emergency and non-emergency medical and surgical treatment for wounds, injuries, or
illnesses; advanced trauma management; and sick call services. The team is capable of performing split-based operations, with half of the team's personnel performing limited casualty
evacuation missions from the supported elements to the treatment station. The team habitually establishes the treatment station where it can best support the agency's deployed elements.

Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment

GIJOE's Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment provides it

with a multi-spectrum intelligence collection capability.
● The Detachment Command Team exercises overall supervision of current and
future intelligence collection field operations.
● The two RETRANS Teams install, operate, and maintain radio and data
distribution systems and signal support equipment and terminal devices.
● The Intelligence & Surveillance Platoon has four units: a Platoon HQ, a
Counterintelligence (CI) Team, a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) Section,
and a Special Projects Team. The Platoon HQ is tasked with administrative
and intelligence collection management duties. The CI Team protects GIJOE
assets against espionage/sabotage activities conducted on behalf of foreign
governments or domestic and international terrorist groups. The SSE Section
conducts interrogation, decryption of captured information systems, crime
scene investigations, weapons intelligence collection, and battle/collateral
damage assessment. The Special Projects Team conducts CI and HUMINT
activities that fall outside of conventional intelligence doctrine.
● The Collection & Jamming Platoon is charged with the detection, geolocation,
and exploitation of foreign communications using signals equipment. The
Platoon HQ oversees platoon operations while the Transmission Analysis
Team provides translation and analysis support to the platoon. The Voice
Intercept Team detects, locates, and identifies foreign communications. The
platoon also has three Low Level Voice Intercept (LLVI) Teams tasked with Figure 5. SONIC Detachment organizational structure
conducting voice intercept field operations using portable intercept equipment.
 ● The Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section operates the agency's manned surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft in support of the detachment's intelligence collection missions. Aerial
reconnaissance activities may also be conducted in direct support of C2E, ACE, and TIGER Detachment operations. The Platoon HQ oversees operations and is habitually co-located with
the Detachment Command Team. The Fixed-Wing Aerial ISR (for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) Team operates the agency's MC-12W Liberty aircraft. Its personnel are
responsible for piloting the craft and manipulating its surveillance and telemetry equipment. The Rotary-Wing Aeroscout Team operates the agency's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter in
support of target analysis missions. The team is also capable of conducting limited target acquisition and armed reconnaissance activities. Both teams operate out of the Francis S. Gabreski
Air National Guard Base in New York's Suffolk County. Aircraft maintenance, unit-level supply services, and aviation safety and standardization activities pertaining to the section is the
responsibility of non-GIJOE Air National Guard personnel assigned to the base, as per an agreement with the state government of New York.

Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment

The Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment is charged with the collection of human-resource intelligence through long-range special reconnaissance
and surveillance up to 160 miles forward of the front edge of the designated operational space. The detachment can operate unsupported for up to ten days using organic assets. All personnel
assigned to the TIGER Detachment are airborne-qualified and have received military mountaineering and helicopter rope suspension techniques training, as well as basic instruction in the use of
inflatable small craft and non-standard tactical vehicles and many have undergone specialized navigational skills, advanced combat leadership, or special operations/special operations-capable
training such the Pathfinder School (US Army), Sapper Leader Course (US Army), Ranger School (US Army), Special Forces Qualification (US Army), 75th Ranger Regiment Assessment and
Selection Program (US Army), Combat Control School (USAF), Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training (USAF), Basic Reconnaissance Course (USMC), BUD/SEAL Training (USN), SWCC Training
(USN), EOD Diver Training (USN).

Figure 6. TIGER Detachment organizational structure

● The Detachment HQ contains three subordinate units for the command and control of the detachment. Personnel in the Detachment Command Team plan and control the employment of the
LRS teams, coordinate insertion and extraction of the teams to include external support, and receive and report information from deployed teams. The Surveillance & Acquisition (STA)
Sniper Team provides the Detachment HQ with a close reconnaissance capability as well as a limited ability to engage targets of opportunity at range. The Combat Observation/Lasing Team
(COLT) is tasked with requesting, adjusting, and controlling surface-to-surface fires, providing targeting information in support of close air support terminal attack controls, and performing
autonomous terminal guidance operations. While administratively and operationally attached to the Detachment HQ, the COLT directly answers to the C 2E's Fire Support Coordinator.
● The detachment's two COMMO Stations maintain communication between the Detachment HQ and the deployed teams. They operate on a 24-hour basis to ensure that all message traffic
to and from teams is processed immediately.
● The TIGER Detachment has three High-Value Target (HVT) Tracker Teams, each unit consisting of six men and a highly trained detection/tracking dog. The HVT Tracker Teams' primary
responsibilities include the deliberate identification, pursuit, and capture (or when required, neutralization) of senior or otherwise important enemy combatants; reconnaissance of an area for
possible enemy activities; and locating lost or missing friendly personnel.
 ● The detachment has eight Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance (LRRS) Teams, special mission units charged with infiltrating deep into hostile territory and providing continuous
surveillance of an intelligence target for up to a week, depending on the availability of food and water supplies. These teams are capable of engaging targets of opportunity when allowed by a
mission's profile. LRRS Teams are also tasked with physically securing sensitive sites and conducting basic site assessment ahead of the agency's Sensitive Site Exploitation Section.
● The detachment's fifth LRRS team consists of personnel with extensive training and/or experience in performing their duties in especially arid and rugged terrain. All members of the team are
trained in the conduct of assault climbing operations in addition to the basic military mountaineering training common to all LRS Team personnel. LRS Team Five personnel are also
experienced in “tree jumping.”
● Personnel assigned to LRRS Team 6 are chosen for their prior experience in conducting missions in extreme cold weather environments. Members of the team have received additional
training in cold weather survival, winter navigation and mountaineering, and the use of specialist equipment such as skis, snowshoes, and OSVs (over-snow vehicles).
● LRRS Team 7 is composed of experts in High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) and High Altitude-High Opening (HAHO) free fall parachuting techniques, making them exceptionally suited for
performing operations in areas that are especially inaccessible via low or medium-altitude airborne or helicopter insertion methods.
● In addition to performing overland reconnaissance and surveillance activities, LRRS Team 8 personnel are also trained to perform hydrographic, coastal, riverine, and port & waterways
reconnaissance, small craft navigation in inclement weather, underwater combat demolition operations against targets of opportunity, and “wet jumping.”

Agency Headquarters: Fort Wadsworth

GIJOE's headquarters is located at Fort Wadsworth, in the New York City

borough of Staten Island. Originally built as a single blockhouse in the late
17th century, the building had grown into an infantry fort by 1924. By 1955, it
had been re-purposed as the headquarters of the 52nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Brigade. In 1974, it became the site of the US Army Chaplain School. Fort
Wadsworth was handed over the the US Navy in 1979, when it became the
headquarters for the New York Naval Station. Fort Wadsworth was
decommissioned as a military installation in 1994 and absorbed by the
Gateway National Recreation Area. In the mid-1990s, the US Coast Guard
became a tenant in some of the buildings and housing previously occupied
by the Navy. The fort was re-commissioned as a federal installation in July of
2009 to serve as the headquarters for the Geopolitical Intelligence & Joint
Operations Executive.

The fort's Battery Weed has been converted to house GIJOE's various
administrative offices, while the former Fort Wadsworth Lighthouse is the
location for the installation's primary communications facility. The converted
Battery Richmond, Battery Dix, Battery Ayres, and Battery Barry structures
serve as living quarters for GIJOE personnel who elect to live on-base.
Battery Hudson has been re-purposed as a repair, parking, and storage
facility for the agency's fleet of tactical and non-tactical wheeled vehicles.
The former Battery Mills, and Battery Turnbull have been re-purposed as
supply depots while Battery Duane, Battery Bacon, and Battery Upton have
been redesigned as training facilities.

While Fort Wadsworth is a self-sustaining federal installation capable of

operating independently with minimal external logistics support for extended
periods, STEEL Detachment personnel tasked with the facility's day-to-day
operations are habitually reinforced and supported by non-GIJOE US Army
Reserve and US Army National Guard garrison units from nearby Fort
Hamilton.

GIJOE's Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft, Fixed-Wing Aerial ISR, and

Plate 1. Fort Wadsworth (in dark green) area map
Rotary Wing Aeroscout teams and their aircraft are housed at and fly out of
the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, roughly 80 miles east of
Fort Wadsworth in Westhampton Beach, in New York's Suffolk County.
Agency Recruitment, Eligibility Requirements, Training, Uniforms, and Equipment

● Recruitment & Eligibility: Positions in GIJOE are open to any member of the US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, and US Navy in the pay-grade of E –4 or above,
provided they fulfill the job-specific requirements for available positions in the agency and are eligible for TOP SECRET security clearance (waiverable to SECRET security clearance at the
discretion of the agency director). A selected military applicant is seconded from his or her parent unit with the joint approval of the President and the secretary of the applicant's respective
service. Military applicants accepted into GIJOE incur a three-year obligatory 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. Select positions in GIJOE are also open to non-military personnel. Civilian GIJOE employees are drawn from other federal
government departments and agencies, regional and local government organizations, corporate organizations, and the independent private military contractor community.
● Educational Requirements: Military applicants must have, at minimum, an associate's degree or an equivalent number of college credits from an accredited post-secondary educational
institution (conversion of military experience to college credit accepted). Civilian applicants must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited post-secondary educational institution.
● Training: All selected applicants for potential entry into the agency will have been chosen for the training and experience they already possess prior to application, significantly reducing
agency training costs. Civilian applicants with no prior military or law enforcement small arms and personal defense training or ex-military and law enforcement applicants who have been out
of the services for more than five years must pass the month-long Basic Small Arms Proficiency for Non-Military Personnel Course and the three week-long Basic Combatives for Non-
Military Personnel Course prior to attending the nine month-long GIJOE Professional Qualification Training at Fort Wadsworth. All selected military and civilian applicants are required to pass
Professional Qualification Training for acceptance into GIJOE (no waivers accepted). The training consists of intensive classroom coursework and practical field exercises in the topics of
intelligence collection and management, information operations, international affairs, and cross-cultural competence. The curriculum also incorporates a very demanding physical and mental
resilience training regimen. Applicants for positions in the Command & Control Element, Analysis & Control Element, SONIC Detachment, and TIGER Detachment must also attend SERE
Level-C and Individual Terrorism Awareness training at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School if they have not done so prior to applying for GIJOE entry. Professional
Qualification Training has a 97% attrition rate, with most program withdrawals occurring within the first three months of training. Failed applicants are allowed one opportunity to re-try for the
agency, which they must exercise within two years of their first application.
● Uniforms: Military GIJOE operatives are required to wear their branch's respective service uniforms with GIJOE insignia and markings
(see Appendix F for insignia details) and must adhere to the appropriate grooming standards when in garrison and conducting their
duties in an official public capacity. Civilian operatives are required to wear business casual or international business attire when
doing the same. Service-specific combat and working/utility uniforms such as the Army Combat Uniform, Marine Corps Combat Utility
Uniform, Navy Working Uniform, Airman Battle Uniform, and Coast Guard Operational Dress Uniform are authorized for wear by
military GIJOE personnel in operational circumstances befitting their use. Civilian and military operators are also optionally issued
battle dress uniforms in the M81 Woodland and Three-Color Desert camouflage pattern as well as blue, olive drab, orange, red, and
tan coveralls for use in the appropriate working environments.

GIJOE operatives also have the option of wearing the GIJOE Professional Qualification Training uniform when working in conditions
more suitable for combat and working/utility wear. This uniform consists of a green tactical vest, non-standard COTS khaki trousers in
various cuts and styles, a midnight blue long-sleeved shirt, non-standard COTS green rough-out boots, and a proprietary design
ballistic helmet derived from the Army's Future Force Warrior program which incorporates an IFF-enabled GPS receiver, a
miniaturized combat net radio, integrated situational awareness enhancement sensors and displays, an ARMv6-architecture 32-bit
RISC microprocessor-equipped computer, and a rechargeable battery. For reasons of practicality and security, grooming and uniform
standards are suspended for operatives conducting activities in the field in order to facilitate ease of movement, concealment,
integration into local population and supported units, and other operational concerns.
● Communication Equipment and Information Systems: GIJOE is equipped with a diverse collection of Software Communications
Architecture-compliant combat net radios, secure servers, host applications, and ancillary equipment that communicate using MIL-
STD 188-220 and MIL-STD 2045-47001 network standards, as well as the open communication network standards promulgated by Plate 2. Female (L) and male (R) STEEL
the Internet Engineering Task Force, the World Wide Web Consortium, the International Organization for Standardization, and the Detachment personnel wearing
International Electrotechnical Commission. All GIJOE telecommunications equipment and information systems are continually tested the Professional Qualification
for compatibility and interoperability with current and future Joint Battle Command-Platform network systems and infrastructure. Training uniform

● Individual Weapons: GIJOE personnel are issued Heckler & Koch USP (Universale Selbstladepistole) Compact Tactical semiautomatic pistols as personal side arms. They are also given
concealed carry handgun permits valid in New York and jurisdictions that have reciprocity with the state. Select qualified personnel are also issued Heckler & Kock MP5 submachine guns,
M4 assault rifles, M249 light machine guns, M60E4 general-purpose machine guns, M24 sniper rifles, Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) grenade launchers, M67 grenades, and other
firearms and ordnance as required by their duty assignments. A discretionary fund is provided for SONIC, STEEL, and TIGER detachment personnel to enable the individual acquisition from
federal government and commercial entities any standard and non-standard firearms and firearm attachments and modifications that operatives may deem suitable for agency missions,
although personnel are advised to limit their purchases to STANAG-compliant matériel whenever possible to facilitate interoperability, maintenance, and re-supply.
● Wheeled Vehicles: GIJOE maintains a “white fleet” comprising sixty unmarked automobiles of various makes and
models, ranging in size from subcompact cars to full-sized vans and pickup trucks. These vehicles are used by
personnel for the discreet on-road transportation of passengers and cargo, with the only modifications being the
addition of IFF-enabled GPS receivers and integrated combat net radio systems. Specially-configured full-sized vans,
equipped with a full suite of satellite communications and encryption gear, also serve as mobile command posts.

The agency also maintains a “green fleet” of sixteen tactical utility vehicles primarily intended for use by TIGER
Detachment teams on deep reconnaissance missions where alternative means of insertion, movement, and
extraction are deemed impractical or too risky. Each custom vehicle, called a VAMP (for Variable Applications Mobility
Platform), is a modified Land Rover Defender XD equipped with a Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) and
powered by a 111 horsepower, four-cylinder, turbocharged diesel engine chosen for its low noise profile and inherent
resistance to electromagnetic interference. The VAMP has a top speed of 100 miles/hour and an operational range of
315 miles (which can be extended to 515 miles when carrying its full complement of four fuel canisters), although this
range is reduced to about 200 miles when the vehicle is carrying its maximum payload of 2,250 pounds. The VAMP
can fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter's cargo bay and up to two of the vehicles can be carried within the cargo
bay of the agency's C-27J Spartan medium transport plane or a comparably capacious tactical airlift aircraft such as a
C-130 Hercules. It can also be configured for Low-Velocity Air-Drop (LVAD) parachute operations. The WMIK allows
for the attachment of frontal and lateral armor, an M249 light machine gun or a general-purpose machine gun (M60 or
M240) on the front passenger pintle mount, and a general-purpose machine gun (M60 or M240), M2HB heavy
machine gun, or MK 19 automatic grenade launcher on the rear ring mount. It can seat six personnel comfortably
(including the driver, vehicle commander, and the rear gunner) but this capacity can be expanded to eight with the
Plate 3. VAMP (Variable Applications Mobility Platform)
rear ring mount weapon removed. The vehicle can also be fitted with a “periscope” engine snorkel, allowing it to be
operated fully submerged underwater as long as the snorkel's air intake remains above water. Additionally, it can be
converted to a tracked over-snow vehicle (OSV) by replacing its tires with Mattracks-brand rubber track conversion
systems, endowing it with considerable traction and maneuverability in snow and ice-covered environments
● Small Craft: Each of the TIGER Detachment's component teams is issued a modified Zodiac FC470 Evol 7 inflatable boat,
called a SHARC (for Shoreline Hazard Assessment/Raiding Craft). These versatile craft are ideally suited for performing
coastal reconnaissance as well as clandestine over-the-horizon transportation onto beaches, piers, quays, offshore platforms,
and large sea-going vessels. A SHARC can be air-dropped and inflated in a matter of minutes either manually with a foot
bellows or automatically with a fast inflation kit. The craft can be propelled by oar or with a 55 horsepower outboard engine
(capable of reaching speeds of up to 20 knots with a range of about 65 nautical miles). It can carry up to a maximum of ten
scout-observers or eight scout-observer swimmers with full SCUBA/CCUBA gear (maximum payload of 2,756 pounds).
Deflated, the craft weighs 264 pounds (minus the 280 pound outboard engine) and can fit inside a 2'6” x 4'11” container bag.
Plate 4. SHARC (Shoreline Hazard Assessment/Raiding Craft)

● Observation/Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter: The SONIC Detachment's Composite

Aerial Reconnaissance Section operates an unmarked OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter
in support of intelligence collection and target acquisition missions. Its two weapons
pylons, which can be fitted with a combination of M296 .50 caliber heavy machine guns,
7-tube Hydra 70 rocket launchers, twin AGM-114 Hellfire II laser-guided anti-tank missile
racks, or ATAL (Air-to-Air Stinger Launcher) systems, provide the vehicle with the
capability to conduct small-scale armed aerial reconnaissance operations. Nicknamed
“Dragonfly” by its two-man crew, it has a mast-mounted sight (MMS) fitted with a high-
resolution TV camera for long-range, low-light target detection; a thermal imaging sensor
for navigation and target acquisition at night or under low-visibility conditions; a laser
rangefinder for target location and armament guidance, and a boresight assembly for
sensor alignment. The MMS gives the Dragonfly the ability to operate across a range of
visibility conditions at the maximum range of its weapons with minimum exposure to
threats. The aircraft can remain concealed below the horizon or behind structures during
all but a few seconds of an air-to-air or air-to-surface engagement. The helicopter has a
Wire Strike Protection System in the form of two knife-like extensions above and below
the cockpit, which protect the aircraft from the risk of wires (such as telephone lines,
power lines, guy wires) entangling the rotor during Nap-of-the-Earth (NOE) maneuvers by
cutting the wires before they come in contact with the main rotor assembly. The helicopter Plate 5. Dragonfly observation/armed reconnaissance helicopter
has a maximum operational range of 350 miles and a service ceiling of 15,000 feet.
● Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR) Aircraft: The SONIC
Detachment's Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section also operates a modified
MC-12W Liberty (which itself is a militarized Hawker Beechcraft 350 optimized for
flying surveillance missions). The aircraft, nicknamed “Skystriker” by members of the
agency, is equipped with a cameras and sensors that can supply video and telemetry
data to scout-observers and imagery analysts on the ground. It is also fitted with and
signals equipment that can intercept enemy communications to be analyzed on-board
or transmitted to the detachment's Collection & Jamming Platoon or to the agency's
Analysis & Control Element. The Skystriker is unarmed, but carries an array of
passive and active electronic countermeasures for protection from surface and
airborne threats. The aircraft has a maximum operational range of 2,750 miles and a
service ceiling of 35,000 feet,. Plate 6. Skystriker Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft
● Medium Military Transport Aircraft: A modified C-27J Spartan medium military transport is assigned to the
STEEL Detachment. The aircraft, nicknamed “Defiant” by its four-man flight crew (pilot, co-pilot, 2 aircraft
loadmasters), is a tactical airlift transport with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability: it needs a minimum
of only 1,903 feet for a tactical takeoff ground run at maximum takeoff weight and has a landing ground roll of
1,115 feet at the maximum landing weight. The Defiant is capable of carrying a maximum payload of 25,353
pounds and can be configured as a casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) or medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)
transport (with room for 36 stretchers and a six-man treatment team), a troop transport (with room for 68
personnel and their equipment), a paratroop-carrier (with room for 46 paratroopers and their parachuting gear)
or a cargo carrier (see Plate 8 for pallet loading and vehicle load arrangement details). It has a service ceiling
of 30,000 feet, a maximum ferry range of 3,680 miles, an operational range of 2,650 miles while carrying a
13,000 pound payload, and an operational range of 1150 miles while carrying a 22,000 pound payload. The
aircraft's night-flying capabilities and low noise, emissions, and infrared signature makes it perfectly suited for
clandestine insertion, extraction, and re-supply operations.

Plate 4. “Devilfish” small craft

Plate 7. Defiant medium military transport aircraft

Plate 8. Defiant cargo pallet/vehicle loading capabilities Plate 9. Defiant operational range with payload
 APPENDIX A: GIJOE SUB-UNIT COMPOSITION
Command & Control Element (C2E) Command & Control Element (C2E, con't)
● Office of the Director ● Electromagnetic Emanations Security Team
– Director – ELINT Intercept/Analysis NCO
– Deputy Director – ELINT Interceptor/Analyst (2)
– Command Operations Officer ● ELINT/Imagery Analysis Team
– Command Intelligence Officer – ELINT Intercept/Imagery Analysis Team Leader
– Command Administration Officer – ELINT Intercept/Analysis NCO
– Command Logistics Officer – Imagery Analysis NCO
– Command Communications-Electronics Officer – ELINT Interceptor/Analyst
– Command Senior Enlisted Adviser – Imagery Analyst
– Driver (2) ● OPINTEL Team
● Operations Section – Counterintelligence Technical Officer
– Tactical Intelligence Officer – Intelligence Analysis NCO
– Operations Officer ● Administrative Affairs Team
– Fire Support Coordinator – Administrative Affairs Chief
– SIGINT Chief – Administrative Affairs Supervisor
– CBRN Chief – Administrative Affairs NCO
– Counterintelligence Agent – Paralegal NCO
– Intelligence Analysis Supervisor – Administrative Affairs Specialist (2)
– Transmission Operations NCO ● Logistics Team
– Fire Support NCO – Logistics Chief
– Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (2) – Supply Operations Specialist (2)
– Intelligence Analyst ● C-E Operations Team
● Tactical Deception Group – Senior Telecommunications Chief
● Group Headquarters – Signal Support Systems Specialist (2)
– Military Deception Officer ● Legal Team
– Deception Operations Chief-Counterintelligence – Legal Counsel
● Plans & Operations Team – Paralegal Chief
– All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer – Paralegal NCO (3)
– Deception Operations Supervisor ● Public Affairs Team
– Intelligence Analysis NCO – Public Affairs Officer
– Intelligence Analyst (2) – Public Affairs Chief
– Imagery Analyst – Public Affairs NCO
● COMSEC Team – Public Affairs Specialist (2)
– COMSEC Supervisor Analysis & Control Element (ACE)
– COMSEC NCO (2) ● Element Headquarters
● Camouflage & Concealment Team – Analysis and Control Element Leader
– Deception Operations Chief-Engineering – Analysis and Control Element Chief
– Deception Operations Supervisor-Combat Arms – Intelligence Analysis NCO
– Counterintelligence Agent ● All-Source Intelligence Platoon
– Imagery Analysis NCO ● Platoon Headquarters
● Electromagnetic Emanations Security Team – Tactical Intelligence Officer
– ELINT Intercept/Analysis NCO – All-Source Intelligence Chief
– ELINT Interceptor/Analyst (2)
 APPENDIX A: GIJOE SUB-UNIT COMPOSITION
Analysis & Control Element (ACE, con't) Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment
● All-Source Production Team ● Detachment Headquarters
– All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer ● Detachment Command Team
– SIGINT Analysis Technical Officer – Detachment Commander
– Intelligence Analysis Supervisor – Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser
– Intelligence Analysis NCO – Supply Operations NCO
– Intelligence Analyst (2) – Armorer
● Collection Management Team – Supply Operations Specialist
– SIGINT/EW Officer ● GIJOE Training Cadre
– All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer – Training Officer
– Collection Management Chief – Chief Observer/Controller-Trainer
– Intelligence Analysis NCO – Observer/Controller-Trainer (6)
– Intelligence Analyst ● Office of the Ombudsman
● Target Nomination Team – Organizational Ombudsman
– All-Source Intelligence Analysis Technical Officer – Paralegal NCO
– Intelligence Analysis NCO (2) – Administrative Affairs Specialist (2)
● Dissemination Team ● Service Support Platoon
– SIGINT Analysis Technical Officer ● Platoon Headquarters
– Intelligence Analysis NCO – Platoon Leader
– Intelligence Analyst – Platoon Chief
● Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station – Automated Logistics Specialist
– Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operations Chief – CBRN NCO
– Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Station Supervisor ● Food Service Section
– Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operations NCO (2) – Food Service Operations Chief
– Integrated Intelligence Distribution Terminal Operator (2) – Food Service Operations Supervisor
● Technical Control and Processing Platoon – Food Service Operations NCO (3)
● Platoon Headquarters – Food Service Specialist (5)
– Platoon Leader ● Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section
– SIGINT Analysis NCO (2) – Motor Vehicle Maintenance Technical Officer
– SIGINT Analyst (2) – Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section Chief
– Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (2) – Motor Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor
● SIGINT Team – Motor Vehicle Maintenance NCO (2)
– SIGINT Analysis Technical Officer – Recovery Vehicle Operator
– SIGINT Analysis Supervisor – Medium Fuel Tanker Operator
– SIGINT Analysis NCO (2) – Motor Vehicle Mechanic (4)
– ELINT Intercept/Analysis NCO ● Small Craft Maintenance Team
– SIGINT Analyst (2) – Small Craft Maintenance Supervisor
– ELINT Interceptor/Analyst – Small Craft Maintenance NCO
● HUMINT/CI Team – Small Craft Mechanic (2)
– HUMINT Collection Technical Officer ● SCUBA/CCUBA Equipment Maintenance Team
– Counterintelligence Agent (3) – SCUBA/CCUBA Maintenance Supervisor
● Imagery Analysis Team – SCUBA/CCUBA Maintainer-Repairer (2)
– Imagery Analysis Technical Officer ● Parachute Rigging Team
– Imagery Analysis NCO (2) – Parachute Rigging Supervisor
– Imagery Analyst (3) – Parachute Rigger (3)
 APPENDIX A: GIJOE SUB-UNIT COMPOSITION
Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment (con't) Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment (con't)
● Power Generation Equipment Maintenance Section ● Medical Treatment Team
– Power-Generation Equipment Repair Supervisor – Surgeon
– Power-Generation Equipment Repairer (2) – Physician Assistant
● Signal Support Systems Section – Treatment Team Chief
– Signal Support Systems Supervisor – Ambulance Team Chief
– Signal Support Systems NCO – Medical Specialist (2)
– Signal Support Systems Specialist (2) – Ambulance Aide/Driver (2)
● C-E/IEW Maintenance Platoon Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment
● Platoon Headquarters ● Detachment Command Team
– Platoon Leader – Detachment Commander
– Platoon Chief – Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser
● C-E Maintenance Section – Supply Operations Supervisor
– Network Management Technical Officer – Armorer
– C-E Maintenance Chief ● RETRANS Team One (2)
– Radio/COMSEC Systems Maintenance NCO – RETRANS Supervisor
– Automated Logistics NCO – RETRANS NCO
– Radio/COMSEC Systems Repairer (2) – RETRANS Systems Operator (2)
– Computer/Detection Systems Repairer ● Intelligence and Surveillance Platoon
● IEW Equipment Maintenance Section ● Platoon Headquarters
– IEW Systems Maintenance Technical Officer – Platoon Leader
– IEW Systems Maintenance Supervisor – Platoon Chief
– IEW Systems Maintenance NCO (2) ● Counterintelligence Team
– Automated Logistics Specialist – Counterintelligence Technical Officer
– IEW Systems Repairer (6) – Counterintelligence Agent (2)
● Transmission Operations Platoon ● Sensitive Site Exploitation Team
● Platoon Headquarters – HUMINT Collection Technical Officer
– Platoon Leader – Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator (2)
– Platoon Chief – HUMINT NCO
● Transmission Team (4) – Digital Forensics Investigator (2)
– Transmission Operations Supervisor – EOD NCO (2)
– Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer (3) – CBRN Reconnaissance Scout (2)
● Physical Security Operations Platoon – Imaging Equipment Operator
● Platoon Headquarters ● Special Projects Team
– Platoon Leader – Special Projects Team Leader
– Platoon Chief – Special Projects Technician (2)
– Driver ● Collection and Jamming Platoon
● Physical Security Team (3) ● Platoon Headquarters
– Physical Security Operations Supervisor – Platoon Leader
– Physical Security Operations Specialist (4) – Platoon Chief
● Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Team ● Transmission Analysis Team
– Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft Commander – SIGINT Analysis Supervisor
– Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot – SIGINT Analysis NCO
– Aircraft Loadmaster (2) – Voice Communications Intercept NCO
– SIGINT Analyst (2)
– Voice Communications Interceptor
 APPENDIX A: GIJOE SUB-UNIT COMPOSITION

Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment (con't) Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment (con't)
● Voice Communications Intercept Team ● Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team (4)
– Voice Communications Intercept Supervisor – LRRS Team Leader
– Voice Communications Intercept NCO (2) – Scout-Observer (5)
– Voice Communications Interceptor (3) ● Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 5-Mountain
● Low-Level Voice Communications Intercept Team (3) – LRRS Team Leader
– Voice Communications Intercept NCO – Scout-Observer (5)
– Voice Communications Interceptor ● Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 6-Cold Weather
● Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section – LRRS Team Leader
● Section Headquarters – Scout-Observer (3)
– Section Leader – OSV Expert Operator (2)
– Section Chief ● Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 7-HALO/HAHO
● Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft Team – LRRS Team Leader
– Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft Commander – Scout-Observer (5)
– Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot ● Long-Range Reconnaissance & Surveillance Team 8-NSW
– Surveillance Sensor Payload Operator – LRRS Team Leader/Reconnaissance Diver
– Voice Communications Interceptor – Scout-Observer/Reconnaissance Diver (2)
● Rotary-Wing Aeroscout Team – Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Ordnance Clearance Diver
– Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot/Aircraft Commander – Small Craft Operator (2)
– Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot
Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment
● Detachment Headquarters
● Detachment Command Team
– Detachment Commander
– Detachment Executive Officer
– Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser
– Detachment Communications Chief
– Detachment Supply Operations Supervisor
– Combat Net Radio Operator (2)
– Armorer
● Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Sniper Team
– Scout-Sniper/Spotter (2)
● Combat Observation & Lasing Team (COLT)
– COLT Leader
– Combat Observer (2)
● Communications Station (2)
– Transmission Operations Supervisor
– Transmission Operations NCO
– Combat Net Radio Operator-Maintainer
– Signal Support Systems Specialist
● High-Value Target Tracker Team (3)
– HVT Tracker Team Leader
– Visual Tracker
– Tracking Dog Handler
– Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Dynamic Building Entry Technician-
Explosives
– Security Man
– Countertracker/Rear Security Man
 APPENDIX B: COMPARATIVE ENLISTED PAY-GRADES & RANKS

Pay Grade Rank

USAF US Army USCG USMC USN

E–1 Airman Basic (AB) Private E–1 (PV1) Seaman Recruit (SR) Private (Pvt) Seaman Recruit (SR)

E–2 Airman (Amn) Private E–2 (PV2) Seaman Apprentice (SA) Private First Class (PFC) Seaman Apprentice (SA)

E–31 Airman First Class (A1C) Private First Class (PFC) Seaman (SN) Lance Corporal (LCpl) Seaman (SN)

E–4 Senior Airman (SrA) Specialist (SPC) or Corporal (CPL) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3) Corporal (Cpl) Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)

E–5 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Sergeant (SGT) Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Sergeant (Sgt) Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)

E–6 Technical Sergeant (TSgt) Staff Sergeant (SSG) Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Petty Officer First Class (PO1)

E–7 Master Sergeant (MSgt) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Chief Petty Officer (CPO)

E–8 Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) Master Sergeant (MSG) or First Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) Master Sergeant (MSgt) or First Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) or
Sergeant (1SG)4 Sergeant (1stSgt)9 Command Senior Chief Petty Officer
(CMDCS)12

E–9 Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt),
Command Chief Master Sergeant
(CCM)2, or Chief Master Sergeant of
the Air Force (SMA)3
Sergeant Major (SGM), Command
Sergeant Major (CSM)5, or Sergeant
Major of the Army (SMA)6
Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO),
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
(CMC)7, or Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Coast Guard (MCPOCG)8
Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGySgt),
Sergeant Major (SgtMaj)10, or
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
(SgtMajMarCor)11
Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO),
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
(CMDCM)13, Fleet Master Chief Petty
Officer (FLTCM)14, Force Master Chief
Petty Officer (FORCM)14, or Master
Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
(MCPON)15

1 8
USN, USMC, and USCG personnel in the E–4 pay grade are junior NCOs. In the Army, SPCs
and CPLs share the same pay grade, but only CPLs are junior NCOs and hold authority over
SPCs. Army CPLs are more likely to be found in combat units, and are either PFCs who have
been promoted to CPL or SPCs who have been laterally promoted to CPL. The rank of SPC is the
entry rank for Army recruits with baccalaureate degrees or those with demonstrated proficiency in
select technical areas.
2
CCM is considered a lateral promotion from CMSgt. The CCM promotion is awarded upon a
CMSgt's selection by Wing (or higher) leadership to serve as a senior enlisted adviser.
Additionally, senior enlisted non-commissioned officers in the pay-grades E –7 to E–9 can be
assigned the position of First Sergeant (a squadron commander's senior enlisted adviser).
3 the Marine Corps.
The SMA is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Air
Force.
4 formalize a SCPO's selection as a vessel's Chief of the Boat (the senior enlisted adviser to a
1SG is considered a lateral promotion from MSG. The 1SG promotion is awarded upon a
soldier's selection by battalion (or higher) leadership to fill available 1SG billets at the company
level.
5
CSM is considered a lateral promotion from SGM. The CSM promotion is awarded upon a
SGM's selection by battalion (or higher) leadership to fill an available CSM billet to serve as a
battalion (or higher) commander's senior enlisted adviser.
6
The SMA is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff of the
Army.
7
CMC is considered a lateral promotion from MCPO.
The MCPOCG is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Commandant of
the Coast Guard.
9
Msgt and 1stSgt represent equivalent ranks with different responsibilities. The former is a senior
leader in technical matters while the latter holds company-level command responsibilities.
10
MgySgt and SgtMaj represent equivalent ranks with different responsibilities. MgySgt is
promoted from MSgt and is a senior leader in technical matters while SgtMaj is promoted from
1Sgt and serves as a battalion (or higher) commander's senior enlisted adviser.
11
SgtMajMarCor is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Commandant of
12
CMDCS is considered a lateral promotion from SCPO. The CMDCS promotion is awarded to
vessel's commanding officer and executive officer).
13
CMDCM is considered a lateral promotion from MCPO. The CMDCM promotion is awarded
upon a MCPO's selection to serve as a unit commander's senior enlisted adviser.
14
FLTCM and FORCM are equivalent ranks and are considered lateral promotions from CMDCM.
The FLTCM/FORCM promotion is awarded upon a MCPO's selection to serve as a Naval Fleet or
Naval Force's senior enlisted adviser.
15
MCPON is a unique rank awarded to the senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff of the
Navy.
 APPENDIX C: COMPARATIVE WARRANT OFFICER1 PAY-GRADES & RANKS

Pay Grade Rank

USAF2 US Army3 USCG4 USMC7 USN8

W–1 discontinued Warrant Officer One (WO1) discontinued5 Warrant Officer One (WO–1) discontinued5

W–2 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Two (WO2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO–2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO–2) Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO–2)

W–3 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Three (WO3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CWO–3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CWO–3) Chief Warrant Officer Three (CWO–3)

W–4 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Four (WO4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO–4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO–4) Chief Warrant Officer Four (CWO–4)
6
W–5 discontinued Chief Warrant Officer Five (WO5) N/A Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO–5) Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO–5)

1
Warrant Officers are single track technical specialists, ranking above enlisted non-commissioned officers but below the conventional commissioned officer grades (O –1 and above). W –1
appointments are approved by the respective secretaries of the services, while promotion to the Chief Warrant Officer ranks requires presidential approval, similar to conventional officer commissions.
2
The USAF stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959, although the ranks are still authorized for use should the Secretary of the USAF deem them necessary.
3
Warrant officers in the US Army primarily come from two sources: the NCO ranks and the civilian population. MOS-appropriate NCOs holding the minimum grade of E –5 (E–6 for those looking to
become Special Forces Warrant Officers) and qualified civilians with demonstrated proficiency in selected technical areas can attend the Army's Warrant Officer Basic Course. After successful
graduation from the course, candidates are given the WO1 rank and continue on to further technical training depending on their specialty and qualifications.
4
Warrant officers in the USCG are drawn from the NCO ranks (minimum grade of E –6).
5
The USN and USCG discontinued the W –1 rank in 1975, as senior Navy and Coast Guard NCOs in the pay grades of E –7 to E–9 appointed to W –1 actually received a reduction in pay despite the
promotion. Navy and Coast Guard warrant officer candidates, unlike their Army and Marine Corps counterparts, are appointed directly to Chief Warrant Officer.
6
The USCG has a W –5 rank, but has not used it since its authorization.
7
Warrant officers in the USMC are drawn from the NCO ranks. Marine warrant officers are divided into two categories: non-technical warrant officers (a.k.a. Marine Gunners) and technical warrant
officers. Marine Gunners serve as a unit commander's primary adviser on infantry weapons employment and tactics. To be eligible as a Marine Gunner candidate, a Marine NCO must be qualified in
an infantry MOS and hold a minimum rank of E–7. Technical warrant officers are, as their designation implies, leaders and experts in a specific technical area. To be eligible as a technical warrant
officer candidate, a Marine NCO must be qualified in an appropriate MOS and hold a minimum rank of E –5.
8
Warrant officers in the USN are drawn from the NCO ranks (minimum grade of E –6).
 APPENDIX D: COMPARATIVE OFFICER1 PAY-GRADES & RANKS

Pay Grade Rank

USAF US Army USCG USMC5 USN5

O–1 Second Lieutenant (2d Lt) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Ensign (ENS) Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Ensign (ENS)

O–2 First Lieutenant (1st Lt) First Lieutenant (1LT) Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG) First Lieutenant (1stLt) Lieutenant, Junior Grade (LTJG)

O–3 Captain (Capt) Captain (CPT) Lieutenant (LT) Captain (Capt) Lieutenant (LT)

O–4 Major (Maj) Major (MAJ) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Major (Maj) Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)

O–5 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Commander (CDR) Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Commander (CDR)

O–6 Colonel (Col) Colonel (COL) Captain (CAPT) Colonel (Col) Captain (CAPT)

O–7 Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Brigadier General (BG) Rear Admiral, Lower Half (RDML)4 Brigadier General (BGen) Rear Admiral, Lower Half (RDML)4

O–8 Major General (Maj Gen) Major General (MG) Rear Admiral (RADM) Major General (MajGen) Rear Admiral (RADM)

O–9 Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Lieutenant General (LG) Vice Admiral (VADM) Lieutenant General (LtGen) Vice Admiral (VADM)

O–10 General (Gen) General (GEN) Admiral (ADM) General (Gen) Admiral (ADM)
2
Special General of the Air Force (GOAF) General of the Army (GA) N/A N/A Fleet Admiral of the Navy (FADM)
3
Special N/A General of the Armies N/A N/A Admiral of the Navy

1
The term "officer" is used in this case to refer to commissioned officers, that is to say, officers who are appointed by a sovereign authority such as the President of the United States. Officers in the
US Armed Forces are generally drawn from three sources: service academies (such as the US Military Academy at West Point or the US Naval Academy in Annapolis), service-specific officer
candidate schools, and service-specific ROTC programs. Credentialed civilians in certain special fields such as medical doctors, lawyers, nurses, and ordained members of the clergy who enlist in the
military are also eligible to receive direct officer commissions upon meeting service and specialty-specific requirements.
2
The special ranks of General of the Army, General of the Air Force, and Fleet Admiral of the Navy are reserved for war-time use. The Marine Corps and Coast Guard (in war-time), being subordinate
to the Department of the Navy, do not have equivalent special war-time ranks superior to General and Admiral, respectively.
3
The special ranks of General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy have been used only three times in history: Admiral George Dewey was promoted by Congress to Admiral of the Navy in 1899 for
his actions in the Battle of Manila Bay (1898); General John J. Pershing was granted the rank of General of the Armies in 1919 via an act of Congress in recognition of his performance as the
commander of the American forces in World War I, and George Washington was posthumously awarded the rank of General of the Armies by an act of Congress in 1976.
4
The USN and the USCG formerly authorized the rank of Commodore at the O –7 pay grade, equivalent to Rear Admiral, lower half. The rank was discontinued by both services in 1983. In current
Navy usage, commodore survives as a title of address for senior captains in command of destroyer, cruiser, submarine, amphibious, and riverine squadrons; coastal warfare groups, special warfare
(SEAL) groups, naval construction regiments, and air wings/air groups (with the exception of carrier air wings). The title of commodore is also occasionally used by high-ranking volunteer members of
the civilian US Coast Guard Auxiliary.
5
The USN and the USMC maintain Limited-Duty Officer programs, which allow qualified enlisted personnel and warrant officers to enter the officer ranks without going through the US Naval Academy,
NROTC, or Officer Candidate School. In the USN, senior NCOs (grades E –7 to E–9) and E–6s eligible for promotion to Chief Petty Officer with 8 to 16 years of experience and chief warrant officers
(with at least 3 years of experience as chief warrant officers and no more than 19 years of total service) are eligible to apply for the LDO program. In the USMC, active duty warrant officers with at
least 8 years of warrant officer service and less than 20 years of warrant officer service can apply to become LDOs. Limited-Duty Officers are leaders in their technical fields of expertise (similar to
warrant officers), but also hold command authority similar to their unrestricted line officer counterparts (i.e., officers who have received their commissions through traditional channels). "Limited-Duty"
in this case, does not refer to the scope of the LDO's responsibilities and authority; instead, it refers to the LDO's limitations in terms of promotion and career advancement. LDOs rarely advance
beyond O–6; many LDOs are of a relatively advanced age compared to unrestricted line officers of equivalent rank by virtue of the time-in-service requirements for acceptance into the LDO program,
and are thus closer to the mandatory retirement limits of their respective services.
 APPENDIX E: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAY-SCALES & THEIR APPROXIMATE MILITARY PAY-GRADE EQUIVALENTS 1

General Schedule Pay-Scale Executive Service Pay-Scale Approximate Military Pay-Grade Equivalent

GS–01 N/A E–1

GS–02 N/A E–2

GS–03 N/A E–3

GS–04 N/A E–4

GS–05 N/A E–5/E–6

GS–06 N/A E–7

GS–07 N/A E–8

GS–08 N/A E–9

GS–09 N/A W–1/W–2/O–1

GS–10 N/A W–2/O–1

GS–11 N/A W–3/O–2

GS–12 N/A W–4/W–5/O–3

GS–13 N/A O–4

GS–14 N/A O–5

GS–15 N/A O–6

N/A ES Level V O–7

N/A ES Level IV O–8

N/A ES Level III O–9

N/A ES Level II/Senior Executive Scale O–10

1
Note that the pay equivalencies do not convey to civilian employees rank or authority over military personnel. In cases where civilian employees and military
personnel are assigned to the same unit, the line of authority is dictated by job title and not pay-scale or pay-grade.
 APPENDIX F: GIJOE INSIGNIA

● GIJOE Distinctive Unit Insignia

● Symbolism: Ultramarine blue signifies the air and sea mission, while green denotes
ground missions. The black V-shape area refers to stealth and victory. The dagger
represents agency members drawn from the Army. The trident, a symbol of naval
prowess, symbolizes personnel drawn from the Navy. The lightning bolt denotes the
agency's Air Force contingent. The anchor represents GIJOE's Marine Corps population.
Each symbol represents the four primary services that contribute to GIJOE's individual
augmentee military force. On the scroll is the Latin phrase “Ex Scientia Victoria”, which
translates into English as “From Knowledge, Victory”.

● GIJOE Beret Flash (authorized for US Army and select USAF career-field personnel only)

● Description: On a blue shield-shaped embroidered item with a semi-circular base 21/4

inches (5.72cm) in height by 17/8 inches (4.76cm) in width overall, edged with a 1/8 inch
(0.32cm) black border, an olive green diagonal band from upper right to lower left,
fimbriated yellow, charged with a gold dagger surmounted by diagonally crossed trident
and anchor and a horizontal lighting bolt.

● GIJOE Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

● Symbolism: The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia is adapted from the GIJOE Distinctive Unit
Insignia, thus its colors and charge have the same symbolism.
Plate 10. GIJOE Distinctive Unit Insignia

Plate 11. GIJOE Beret insignia Plate 12. GIJOE Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
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Acronym/Abbreviation Definition Acronym/Abbreviation Definition

AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System DMZ Demilitarized Zone

AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology DoD (also DOD) US Department of Defense

AFROTC Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps EEOCA Engineer Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent

AIT Advanced Individual Training ELINT Electronic Intelligence

AMEDD US Army Medical Department EMT Emergency Medical Technician

ARCENT-SA United States Army Forces Central Command-Saudi Arabia EMT-B Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
ARFOR-T Army Forces Turkey EOCA Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent
ASAS All-Source Analysis Systems EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
C2 Command and Control EW Electronic Warfare
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CI Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence FAI Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
CBRE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive FEST Foreign Emergency Support Team
CBP-CETC US Customs and Border Protection Canine Enforcement Training Center FLASH Flame Assault Shoulder Weapon
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
CCUBA Closed Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus
FORECON Force Reconnaissance Company (USMC reconnaissance unit)
CGSC-SAMS Command and General Staff College School of Advanced Military Studies
GIJOE Geopolitical Intelligence and Joint Operations Executive
CFC Combined Forces Command
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
CI Counterintelligence
HF High Frequency
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
HRST Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (also Helicopter Rope Suspension
CJFSOCC Combined Joint Force Special Operations Component Command Training)

CJSOTF-A Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan HUMINT Human Intelligence

CJTF-HOA Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa HVT High-Value Target

COBRA Command Controller-Observer Regional Assistance Command, Inc. IED Improvised Explosive Device

COMMO Communications IEW Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

COMSEC Communications Security IFF Identification Friend-or-Foe

CONUS Contiguous United States INSCOM Intelligence and Security Command (US Army)

COTS Commercial Off-the-shelf INTERFET International Force for East Timor

CRRC Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

CSAR Combat Search and Rescue IO Information Operations

DEW Directed Energy Weapon IPTM Institute of Police Technology and Management

DLIFLC Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center IPW Interrogation of Prisoner of War
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Acronym/Abbreviation Definition Acronym/Abbreviation Definition

IRS Internal Revenue Service NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

ISAF International Security Assistance Force NAVSPECWAR Naval Special Warfare; alternatively acronymized as NSW

ISR Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance NAVSPECWARCOM Naval Special Warfare Command; alternatively acronymized as NAVSOC or
NSWC
ISSEE International School for Security and Explosives Education
NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
ISTC International Special Training Centre (formerly called the NATO LRRP School)
NCO Non-commissioned Officer
IW Information Warfare
NCS Net Control Station
JFCC-ISR Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance NDIC National Defense Intelligence College
JFKSWCS John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
NPS Naval Post-Graduate School
JJIF Ju-Jitsu International Federation
NROTC Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
JOTC Jungle Operations Training Center (US Army)
NSTV Non-Standard Tactical Vehicle
JSOC Joint Special Operations Command
NSW Naval Special Warfare; alternatively acronymized as NAVSPECWAR
JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force
NTOA National Tactical Officers Association
JSOTF-P Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines
NWTC Northern Warfare Training Center (US Army)
JSOU Joint Special Operations University
OCONUS Outside the Contiguous United States
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
OPFOR Opposing Force
JWTC Jungle Warfare Training Center (USMC)
OPINTEL Operational Intelligence
LAAD Low-Altitude Air Defense
OPSEC Operations Security
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
OSV Over-Snow Vehicle
LCM Landing Craft, Mechanized
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
LCU Landing Craft, Utility
PSYOP Psychological Operations
LETSS Law Enforcement Training for Safety and Survival
Recon Reconnaissance
LLVI Low-Level Voice Intercept
RETRANS Retransmission
LRRP Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
RHIB Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat
LRRS Long Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
LRS Long Range Surveillance
RSTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
MAAWS Medium Anti-Armor Weapon System

Marine Air-Ground Task Force RUTEX Realistic Urban Training Exercise

MAGTF

MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit SCUBA Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

MFO Multinational Force and Observers SEAL Sea, Air, Land (US Navy personnel qualified in special warfare)

MNF-I Multi-National Force-Iraq SERE Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape

MWTC Mountain Warfare Training Center (USMC) SF Special Forces

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Acronym/Abbreviation Definition Acronym/Abbreviation Definition

SFOD-A Special Forces Operational Detachment “A” USBATT US Infantry Battalion Contingent

SFOD-B Special Forces Operational Detachment “B” USCENTCOM United States Central Command

SFOD-C Special Forces Operational Detachment “C” USCG United States Coast Guard

SHARC Small Hydrographic/Area Reconnaissance Craft USCGA United States Coast Guard Academy

SIGINT Signals Intelligence USEUCOM United States European Command

SME Subject Matter Expert USFK US Forces-Korea

SOC Special Operations-Capable USJFCOM United States Joint Forces Command

SOCKOR Special Operations Command-Korea USMA United States Military Academy

SOCPAC Special Operations Command-Pacific USMC United States Marine Corps

SOF Special Operations Forces USN United States Navy

SONIC Source Operations & Intelligence Collection USNA United States Naval Academy

SOTAC Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller USNORTHCOM United States Northern Command

SPIE Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction USPACOM United States Pacific Command

SRT Special Reaction Team USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command

STA Surveillance and Target Acquisition USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command

STEEL Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command

SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command

TACSAT Tactical Satellite UXO Unexploded Ordnance

TC AIMS II Transportation Coordinators Automatic Information for Movement System II VAMP Variable Applications Mobility Platform

TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities VHF Very High Frequency

TIGER Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance VIPER Veteran Infantry Personnel

UFMCS University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies WIT Weapons Intelligence Team

UHF Ultra-High Frequency WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

UIAA Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme XO Executive Officer

UN United Nations Organization

UNDPKO United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission

USA United States of America; also United States Army

USAF United States Air Force

USAFRICOM United States Africa Command

USARNG United States Army National Guard

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Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot
Aircraft Commander
Aircraft Loadmaster
Ambulance Team Chief
CBRN Reconnaissance Scout
Chief Observer/Controller-Trainer
COLT Leader/Joint Fires Observer
Combat Observer/Joint Fires Observer
Command Administration Officer
Command Communications-Electronics Officer
Command Intelligence Officer
Command Logistics Officer
Command Operations Officer
Command Senior Enlisted Adviser
Commando Mortarman
Counterintelligence Agent
Counterintelligence Technical Officer
Countertracker/Rear Security Man
Cover Man
Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator
Operates aeroscout helicopter under tactical and non-tactical conditions. Performs aerial armed reconnaissance and route, zone, and/or area reconnaissance in
support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
Aircrew member designated by competent authority as being in command of an aircraft and responsible for its safe operation and accomplishment of the mission.
Performs aircraft loading and offloading functions as well as pre-flight and post-flight examination of aircraft and aircraft systems. Computes weight and balance and
other mission-specific duties. Provides for safety passengers and troops, and security of cargo and baggage during flight. Conducts cargo and personnel airdrops.
Administers emergency medical treatment to battlefield casualties, trained in aeronautical medicine and all equipment associated with patient transport and rescue by
actual or designated medical evacuation vehicles (tracked or wheeled) and rotary-wing aircraft.
Conducts sensitive site exploitation, mitigation, escort and remediation processes of CBRN devices or hazards. Performs and supervises detection, identification,
decontamination, reconnaissance, surveillance, and survey and monitor operations associated with all aspects of CBRN defense.
Senior NCO tasked with the administrative control, task performance evaluation, and the provision of constructive feedback during training. Manages the conduct of
subordinate observer/controller-trainers and advises the training officer.
Leads the COLT in its role as an independent forward observer asset tasked with surveying key or vulnerable forward areas. Serves as the primary operator of the
Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder during target ranging and designation operations. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team. Coordinates
with terminal attack controllers for close air support and with fires cells/fire support coordination cells for attack aviation and naval gun sections if needed. Trained to
call in indirect surface fires, naval surface fire support, and attack aviation close combat attacks. Must have attended the US Army or USMC Joint Fires Observer
Course or received equivalent training.
Functions as forward observer tasked with surveying key or vulnerable forward areas as a member of the COLT. Provides team security and serves as the secondary
Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder operator, combat net radio operator, and vehicle driver during target ranging and designation operations. Coordinates with
terminal attack controllers for close air support and with fires cells/fire support coordination cells for attack aviation and naval gun sections if needed. Trained to call in
indirect surface fires, naval surface fire support, and attack aviation close combat attacks. Must have attended the US Army or USMC Joint Fires Observer Course or
received equivalent training.
The principal staff officer for all matters concerning human resources support (military and civilian). Specific responsibilities include manning, personnel services,
personnel support, and headquarters management.
The principal staff officer for all matters concerning command, control, communications, and computer operations.
The principal staff officer for all matters concerning the enemy/threat, the environment as it affects the enemy/threat, intelligence, and counterintelligence. He/She is
responsible for intelligence readiness, intelligence tasks, intelligence synchronization, intelligence support, counterintelligence, and support to security programs.
The principal staff officer for logistic operations and plans, supply, maintenance, transportation, and services.
The principal staff officer for all matters concerning training, operations & plans, force development, and modernization.
The senior enlisted adviser to the director. Acts as the director’s representative in supervising aspects vital to agency operations.
Responsible for the tactical employment of the Arsenal M6C-210 60 mm commando mortar. Provides indirect covering fire in support of LRRS teams during exposed
retrograde movements.
Supervises and conducts counterintelligence surveys and investigations to detect, identify, assess, counter, exploit and neutralize adversarial, foreign intelligence
service, and terrorist threats to GIJOE activities.
Conducts investigations/operations by applying sound judgment and analytical reasoning methods to detect and prevent acts of espionage, sabotage, and terrorism
directed against GIJOE activities. Conducts and supervises both overt and covert investigations. Supervises the technical performance of subordinate military and
civilian personnel in related job skills. Develops, evaluates, and manages sources and informants of military intelligence.
Applies and advises on the use of evasion, camouflage, and deception techniques to keep an HVT Tracker Team from being detected during the conduct of manhunt,
search and rescue, and surveillance missions. Provides rear flank security for the HVT Tracker Team during team movement and withdrawal.
Responsible for the tactical employment of the M249 5.56 mm squad automatic weapon, the M60E4 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun, and the M2HB 12.7 mm
heavy machine gun. Provides direct small arms covering fire in support of LRRS teams during exposed retrograde movements.
Plans, organizes, conducts, and supervises overt and covert investigations. Examines and processes crime scenes, conducts sensitive site exploitation physical
evidence collection and preservation for scientific examination by crime laboratories and use in judicial proceedings. Obtains and executes arrest and search warrants.
Conducts raids in support of agency operations. Interviews and interrogates victims, witnesses, suspects, and subjects and obtains written statements executed under
oath. Develops, evaluates, and manages informants and other sources of criminal intelligence.
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Deception Operations Chief-Counterintelligence Provides counterintelligence threat estimates, studies, and reports. Conducts liaison with command staff for consolidation and coordination of deception tasking.

Deception Operations Chief-Engineering Produces, disseminates, and evaluates physical deception measures for supported elements. Prepares route, road, bridge, tunnel, ferry, and ford engineering reports
for deception operations. Advises supported units in camouflage and concealment techniques to increase OPSEC to support deception. Supervises, advises, and
assists in the fabrication of deception decoys, camouflage, and other activities.

Deception Operations Supervisor-Combat Arms Supervises deployment of personnel in offensive, defensive, and retrograde tactical deception operations. Evaluates terrain for deployment of deception equipment
and systems to include rocket and missile decoys and optical and electronic countermeasures. Supervises the construction of deception fortification and camouflage.

Deputy Director Assists the director in his/her duties and is authorized to exercise the director's powers in his or her absence. Synchronizes and integrates staff activities to optimize
control of agency operations.

Detachment Commander (SONIC Detachment) Manages all aspects of Source Operations & Intelligence Collection (SONIC) Detachment operations. Directs, supervises, and coordinates the planning, collection,
evaluation, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination of all-source intelligence, HUMINT, and counterintelligence. Performs multi-disciplinary collection
management and coordination of surveillance activities and advises the office of the director and fellow element leaders on enemy situations, capabilities,
vulnerabilities, and weather and terrain, and the use and employment of intelligence resources.

Detachment Commander (STEEL Detachment) Manages all aspects of Security, Training, Encampment & Expeditionary Logistics (STEEL) Detachment activities. Supports agency operational requirements at all
levels of execution as concerns mission planning, development, and execution of tailored combat support and combat service support operations.

Detachment Commander (TIGER Detachment) Manages all aspects of Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment activities. Supports agency operational and tactical
requirements at all levels of execution as concerns mission planning, development, and execution of long-range surveillance and special reconnaissance operations.

Detachment Communications Chief Oversees all Detachment communications-electronics activities. Advises the Detachment Commander on all communications-electronics matters.

Detachment Executive Officer (TIGER Detachment) Responsible for the management of the Tactical Information Gathering & Expeditionary Reconnaissance (TIGER) Detachment's day-to-day activities, such as
maintenance and logistics, freeing the detachment commander to concentrate on tactical planning and execution. Performs the commander's duties in his absence.

Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser The senior NCO within a detachment. Advises the Detachment Commander concerning the enlisted ranks. Supervises aspects vital to detachment operations as the
commander's representative. Leads contingency-based special teams composed of detachment personnel as necessary

Detachment Supply Operations Supervisor Requests, receives, issues, stores, maintains, and turns in supplies and equipment for a detachment. Coordinates requirements with the detachment's senior enlisted
adviser. Monitors the operational situation with detachment command team members.

Digital Forensics Investigator Gathers digital evidence from captured adversary information systems, to include computers systems, digital storage media (such as portable hard drives), electronic
media (such as e-mails, word processor documents, and digital photographs), mobile devices (such as PDAs and cellular phones), and computer networks.

Director The highest-ranking official within the agency. Primary duties include overseeing the day-to-day operations of the agency and serving as an adviser to the Director of
National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the President's Intelligence Advisory Board regarding time-sensitive
geopolitical intelligence matters related to counterterrorism and national security.

Driver Operates wheeled vehicles and equipment over varied terrain and roadways in support of non-reconnaissance/non-combat operations. Employs land navigation
techniques. Corrects or reports all vehicle deficiencies; supports mechanics where necessary. Prepares vehicle for shipment by air, rail, or vessel.

Dynamic Building Entry Technician-Explosives Uses and advises on the use of explosive breaching methods to give HVT Tracker Teams rapid access to barricaded targets. Provides flank security during HVT
Tracker Team movement and withdrawal.

Dynamic Building Entry Technician-Mechanical Uses and advises on the use of mechanical/brute force breaching methods to give HVT Tracker Teams rapid access to barricaded targets.

Dynamic Building Entry Technician-Thermal Uses and advises on the use of high-energy thermal cutting devices to give HVT Tracker Teams rapid access to barricaded targets.

Emergency Medicine Physician Examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes course of treatment for the initial phase of disease and injuries. A specialist in advanced cardiac life support, emergency
surgical procedures, trauma resuscitation, and management of other life-threatening situations.

Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent Investigates, detects, locates, marks, reports, and prepares protective works for foreign and domestic UXO. Performs in-place disposal of UXO; supports agency
manhunt missions, physical security activities, and intelligence gathering operations of first-seen foreign ordnance.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal NCO Locates, identifies, renders safe, and disposes of foreign and domestic conventional, biological, chemical, or nuclear ordnance and IEDs and large vehicle bombs;
conducts intelligence gathering operations of first-seen foreign ordnance; supports agency sensitive site exploitation and physical security activities.

Fire Support Coordinator Serves as a special staff officer tasked with planning for and coordinating supporting arms. Resolves conflicts regarding selection of targets and employment means.
Must be a graduate of the Joint Operational Fires & Effects Course.
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Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot Pilots fixed-wing ISR aircraft and commands its crew. Performs and supervises navigation and surveillance/reconnaissance. Directs sensor payload employment.

FLASH Gunner Responsible for the tactical employment of the M202A1 FLASH (Flame Assault Shoulder Weapon) system. Provides direct incendiary and thermobaric covering fire in
support of LRRS teams during exposed retrograde movements.

HUMINT Collection Technical Officer Conducts and supervises tactical interrogation-related duties to include source operations. Supervises the performance of subordinate personnel in related job skills.
Develops and approves interrogation and document exploitation plans and missions. Develops and manages sources and informants of military intelligence.

HVT Tracker Team Leader Supervises and conducts small-unit high-value target tracking operations. Participates in manhunt mission planning and mission outcome analysis at the detachment-
level. Oversees the security, transportation, and administration of obtained targets. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team.

Imaging Equipment Operator Operates electronic and film-based still image and video acquisition equipment in support of surveillance and intelligence/evidence gathering activities.

Interrogation & Strategic Debriefing Supervisor Conducts and supervises source operations, interrogations, and debriefings to collect information about enemy forces, strength, capabilities, vulnerabilities and
intentions, as well as potential battle areas.

LAAD System Operator Operates and performs maintenance on the 70 mm FIM-92 Stinger man-portable LAAD (Low-Altitude Air Defense) surface-to-air missile system.

Logistics Chief Coordinates, plans, conducts, and supervises agency logistics, embarkation, landing support, and encampment operations. Articulates the agency's logistics and
mobility requirements as defined by the agency director and the command logistics officer to cooperating agencies.

LRRS Team Leader Supervises and conducts mounted and dismounted reconnaissance and surveillance missions, specializing in small unit operations conducted up to 160 miles (257.5
km) forward of the front edge of the designated operational space. Serves as the team's lead battle damage assessor and collateral damage estimator. Participates in
mission planning and mission outcome analysis at the detachment-level. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team.

MAAWS Gunner Responsible for the tactical employment of the 84 mm man-portable M3 Medium Anti-Armor Weapon System. Provides direct anti-armor covering fire in support of
LRRS teams during exposed retrograde movements.

Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot Pilots medium fixed-wing utility aircraft and commands its crew. Performs, supervises, and directs navigation and payload delivery. Performs administrative and liaison
missions to transport passengers and cargo for agency purposes.

Medium Fuel Tanker Operator Responsible for the operation and maintenance of medium Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants vehicles. Performs vehicle checks and services, takes emergency
precautions affiliated with the operation of Fuel Tank Vehicles. Assists mechanics when necessary.

MGL Gunner Responsible for the tactical employment of the 40 mm Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher). Provides direct and limited indirect covering fire in support of LRRS
teams during exposed retrograde movements.

Military Deception Officer Exercises staff supervision over military deception activities. Provides expertise in, and manages information required for, the conduct of military deception operations.
Evaluates and assesses the execution of the deception plan.

Motor Vehicle Maintenance NCO Performs unit direct and general support-level maintenance and recovery operations on light and heavy wheeled vehicles, their associated trailers and material
handling equipment (MHE). Conducts battlefield damage assessment and repair. Oversees the work of subordinate mechanics.

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section Chief Advises the Service Support Platoon Leader on all issues regarding the mechanical maintenance of agency motor vehicles. Performs and supervises unit direct and
general support-level maintenance and recovery operations on light and heavy wheeled vehicles, their associated trailers and material handling equipment (MHE).
Performs battlefield damage assessment and repair. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his section.

Motor Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor Performs and supervises unit direct and general support-level maintenance and recovery operations on light and heavy wheeled vehicles, their associated trailers and
material handling equipment (MHE). Performs battlefield damage assessment and repair. Assists the section chief in his managerial duties.

Non-Lethal DEW Operator Responsible for the tactical employment of non-lethal DEW systems such as the GLARE LA-9/P Non-Lethal Visual Disruption Laser, LRAD 100X Portable Loud
Hailer, and PHASR (Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response) rifle in support of LRRS teams during exposed retrograde movements. Advises team leaders on the
use of non-lethal DEW systems. Must be a graduate of the Inter-service Non-lethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course

NSTV Driver An expert in the operation of non-standard tactical vehicles over varied terrain and roadways for support of reconnaissance and surveillance operations. Employs land
navigation techniques. Reports vehicle deficiencies; supports mechanics where necessary. Prepares vehicle for shipment by air, rail, or vessel.

Ordnance Clearance Diver Performs underwater demolition activities and underwater ordnance location, identification, and in-place disposal in support of amphibious landings and coastal,
riverine, maritime, and underwater reconnaissance and surveillance operations. Trained in combat diving tactics and "wet jumping."

OSV Driver An expert in the operation of designated OSVs in snow-covered terrain in support of reconnaissance and surveillance operations. Employs land navigation and basic
cold weather survival techniques. Reports vehicle deficiencies; supports mechanics where necessary. Prepares vehicle for shipment by air, rail, or vessel.
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Parachute Rigging Supervisor Oversees and conducts the packing and repair of cargo and personnel parachutes and the rigging of equipment and supply containers for airdrop or air delivery.

Platoon Chief (Physical Security Operations Platoon) Supervises physical security platoon operations and oversees platoon training. Specializes in the planning and interpretation of anti-terrorism/force protection
measures within agency installations. Recommends appropriate anti-terrorism/force protection plans. Serves as the Fort Wadsworth provost sergeant.

Platoon Leader (Intelligence & Surveillance Platoon) Commands the intelligence & surveillance platoon. Manages the intelligence and surveillance activities and supervises the movement control, planning, routing,
scheduling, controlling, and coordination of all units in the designated area of operations. Advises the SONIC Detachment Commander on intelligence and surveillance
as well as force protection matters.

Platoon Leader (Physical Security Operations Platoon) Commands the physical security platoon. Manages the force protection activities and supervises the movement control, planning, routing, scheduling, controlling, and
coordination of all units in the designated area of operations. Conducts synchronization and integration of logistics assets with other movement control teams in a full
spectrum of military operations. Serves as the Fort Wadsworth provost marshal.

Physical Security Operations Supervisor Supervises a five-person Physical Security Team that specializes in the planning, interpretation, and enforcement of physical security measures within installations as
well as performing personal security operations for high-ranking civilian and military personnel. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team.

Reconnaissance Diver Conducts surface and underwater area and hydrographic reconnaissance missions in coastal, riverine, maritime, and underwater environments. Trained extensively in
special operations combat diving/swimming tactics and "wet jumping."

Recovery Vehicle Operator Operates tow trucks/wreckers in the performance of vehicle recovery, lifting, and towing operations.

Scout-Observer Conducts mounted and dismounted reconnaissance and surveillance missions, specializing in small unit operations conducted to 160 miles (257.5 km) forward of the
front edge of the designated operational space.

Scout-Sniper/Spotter Conducts close reconnaissance and surveillance/target acquisition operations in support of TIGER Detachment operations. As a secondary mission, delivers long
range, precision fire on selected targets from concealed positions in support of reconnaissance operations.

Section Leader (Composite Aerial Reconnaissance) Uses aviation subject matter expertise to conduct mission planning and to identify airspace coordination requirements. Responsible for coordinating the movement and
linkup of composite aerial reconnaissance section personnel deploying into the Source Operations & Intelligence Collection Detachment's forward area.

Security Man Provides security for the HVT Tracker Team's visual tracker during team movement and withdrawal.

Small Craft Coxswain An expert in the navigation and steering of small craft in support of amphibious landings and reconnaissance and surveillance operations conducted in coastal,
riverine, maritime, and underwater environments. Trained in small unit tactics, combat casualty care, and "wet jumping" with CRRCs and RHIBs.

Small Craft Maintenance Supervisor Establishes and enforces small craft maintenance section safety practices and supervises maintenance personnel. Oversees, instructs and provides technical advice
in the maintenance of small craft engines, electrical systems, fuel systems, power and drive trains, and other associated systems. Conducts section drills and training.
Organizes the training and work of the small craft maintenance section.

Special Projects Team Leader Supervises and conducts HUMINT collection, disinformation, and counter-sabotage missions, specializing in the employment of unconventional and non-traditional
civilian and paramilitary resources and modalities. Liaises with proprietaries and key operational agents. Participates in mission planning and mission outcome
analysis at the detachment-level. Manages the logistical and administrative needs of his team.

Special Projects Technician Conducts HUMINT collection, disinformation, and counter-sabotage missions, specializing in unconventional and non-traditional civilian and paramilitary resources and
modalities.

Surreptitious Building Entry Technician Accurately identifies and swiftly and silently neutralizes mechanically and digitally actuated locks and locking devices to give HVT Tracker Teams stealthy access to
targets located in buildings and similar structures.

Tracking Dog Handler Supports high-value target tracking activities through the employment of detection/tracking dogs. Assists in the apprehension and administration of targets by using
military working dogs as psychological deterrents.

Training Officer Develops and implements GIJOE's various training programs with the advice of the command staff and the chief observer/controller-trainer.

Transmission Operations Supervisor Responsible for the supervision of forward-deployed COMMO Station personnel in the installation, operation and maintenance of single channel HF, VHF, and
TACSAT radios, JTIDS network control stations, and special communication systems. Implements COMSEC, OPSEC, and physical security policies.

Treatment Team Chief Administers emergency medical treatment to battlefield casualties. Supervises activities of the field/mobile treatment facility. Able to supervise and train all critical skills
as noted by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Visual Tracker Applies tactical tracking skills across a range of operational environments and tactical scenarios in support of manhunt, surveillance, and CSAR operations.
 APPENDIX I: GLOSSARY OF SELECT TERMS

aikido Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba that emphasizes the use of circular motions, throws, and joint trapping to redirect the force of the attacker rather than opposing it
head-on.

air assault The movement of friendly assault forces (combat, combat support, and combat service support) by rotary-wing aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key
terrain.

airborne (1) In relation to personnel, troops specially trained to effect an assault debarkation, either by parachuting or touchdown; (2) in relation to equipment, pieces of equipment that have
been especially designed for use by airborne troops during or after an assault debarkation; (3) when applied to materiel, items that form an integral part of the aircraft.

airdrop The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight.

all-source intelligence Intelligence products and/or organizations and activities that incorporate all sources of information, most frequently including human resources intelligence, imagery intelligence,
measurement and signature intelligence, signals intelligence, and open-source data in the production of finished intelligence.

anti-terrorism Defensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts, to include limited response and containment by local military and civilian forces also

Arashikage-ryū bujutsū Tokyo-based martial arts school established by the brothers Tsuyoshi and Yuu Arashikage in 1949. Both founders reputed to be graduates of the legendary Nakano School of
espionage and sabotage. Disciplines emphasized in training include hojōjutsu (the capture and restraint of prisoners using snares and advanced rope tying techniques), kenjutsu
(swordsmanship), kyūjutsu (traditional archery), jujutsu (grappling, ground fighting, and joint trapping), monomi (observation and surveillance), and shurikenjutsu (the expert use of
small, hand-thrown projectiles in combat).

armed reconnaissance A mission with the primary purpose of locating and attacking targets of opportunity, i.e., enemy materiel, personnel, and facilities, in assigned general areas or along assigned
ground communications routes, and not for the purpose of attacking specific briefed targets. See also reconnaissance

assault (1) The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting; (2) in an amphibious operation, the period of time between the arrival of the major assault forces of the
amphibious task force in the objective area and the accomplishment of the task force's mission; (3) to make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective; (4) a
phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and
consolidation of the initial airhead.

bājíquán A Northern Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range strikes. Name can be loosely translated into English as “Eight Extremes Fist.”

biathlon Term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. In most contexts, the term is usually used to refer specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country
skiing and rifle shooting.

camouflage The field of military activities, tactics and equipment dealing with the disruption of an object's outline by blending its appearance with that of its surroundings.

casualty evacuation The emergency patient evacuation of injured people from a combat zone.

clandestine operation An operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies in such a way as to assure secrecy or concealment. A clandestine operation differs from a covert
operation in that emphasis is placed on concealment of the operation rather than on concealment of the identity of the sponsor. In special operations, an activity may be both covert
and clandestine and may focus equally on operational considerations and intelligence-related activities.

close air support Air action by fixed and rotary-wing aircraft against targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of
those forces.

combat arms A collective name in a system of administrative military reference to those troops within national armed forces which participate in direct tactical land combat. In the US Armed
Forces, they include infantry, armor, cavalry, artillery, and air defense artillery units.

combat diver Personnel specially trained in the use of open and closed circuit diving apparatus in horizontal diving missions such as coastal or ship infiltration and exfiltration, reconnaissance,
and search and rescue; also called combat swimmer.

combat engineering Those engineering capabilities and activities that support the maneuver of land combat forces and that require close support to those forces.

combat search and rescue The tactics, techniques, and procedures performed by forces to effect the recovery of isolated personnel during combat.

combat service support The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels of war. Within the national and theater logistic
systems, it includes but is not limited to that support rendered by service forces in ensuring the aspects of supply, maintenance, transportation, health services, and other services
required by aviation and ground combat troops to permit those units to accomplish their missions in combat.

combat support The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary for the provision of fire support and operational assistance to combat elements. Combat support units provide
specialized support functions to combat units in the areas of chemical warfare, combat engineering, intelligence, security, and communications.

combatives The techniques and tactics useful to military personnel involved in hand-to-hand combat.
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command and control The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command and control
functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing,
coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission.

commanding officer An officer in command of a military unit, installation, garrison, or bivouac.

commissioned officer Personnel who derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.
Commissioned officers are typically the only persons, in a military environment, able to act as the commanding officer of a military unit.

communications (signals) The field of military activities, tactics and equipment dealing with the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of transferring information from one entity to another.

concealment Protective measures taken against observation and surveillance.

counter-sniper A sniper specially trained to detect and neutralize enemy snipers. See also sniper.

counterinsurgency Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and to address any core grievances.

counterintelligence Information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign
governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities.

countersurveillance All measures, active or passive, taken to counteract hostile surveillance.

counterterrorism Operations that include the offensive measures taken to prevent, deter, preempt, and respond to terrorism.

countertracking Techniques used to avoid alerting the enemy to the tracker's presence.

covering fire (1) Fire used to protect troops when they are within range of enemy small arms; (2) in amphibious usage, fire delivered prior to the landing to cover preparatory operations such as
underwater demolition or mine countermeasures.

covert operation An operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor. A covert operation differs from a clandestine operation in that
emphasis is placed on concealment of the identity of the sponsor rather than on concealment of the operation.

criminal intelligence Information gathered, analyzed, recorded/reported and disseminated by law enforcement agencies concerning types of crime, identified criminals and known or suspected criminal
groups.

deception Those measures designed to mislead the enemy by manipulation, distortion, or falsification of evidence to induce the enemy to react in a manner prejudicial to the enemy's interests.

demolition The planned and controlled destruction of structures, facilities, or material using explosive, incendiary, mechanical, or other means.

direct action Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized
military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets.

direct fire The use of weapon systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target using the target itself as a point of aim for either the weapon or the director.

electronic warfare Military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy.

enlisted rank Any rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer.

executive officer An officer responsible for the management of day-to-day activities, such as maintenance and logistics, freeing the unit commander to concentrate on tactical planning and execution.
The XO also takes charge in the absence of the commanding officer.

exfiltration The removal of personnel or units from areas under enemy control by stealth, deception, surprise, or clandestine means.

expeditionary (military force) A military unit designed for the conduct of military operations abroad on short notice in response to crises with forces tailored to achieve limited and clearly stated objectives.

explosive ordnance disposal The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of hazardous explosive devices

fire support The use of weapon systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, and special operations forces to engage enemy
forces, combat formations, and facilities in pursuit of tactical and operational objectives.

force protection Preventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Department of Defense personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and critical information. Force
protection does not include actions to defeat the enemy or protect against accidents, weather, or disease.
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forward observer An observer operating with front line troops and trained to adjust ground or naval gunfire and pass back battlefield information. In the absence of a forward air controller, the observer
may control close air support strikes.

free fall operations Airborne operations generally characterized by flight over the objective area at altitudes not normally associated with conventional parachute operations. Free fall parachuting is a
maneuver in which the parachute is manually activated at the discretion of the jumper or automatically at a preset altitude. In the HALO technique, the parachutist opens his
parachute at a low altitude after free-falling for a period of time, while in the HAHO technique, the parachutist opens his parachute at a high altitude just a few seconds after jumping
from the aircraft.

Gracie Barra jiu-jitsu Brazilian martial art founded by Carlos Gracie, Jr. that focuses on grappling and ground fighting. Derived from the Japanese martial art of Kodokan judo as taught by legendary
judoka Mitsuyo Maeda.

hand-to-hand combat An engagement between two or more persons with or without hand-held weapons such as knives, sticks, or projectile weapons within the range of physical contact.

helicopter rope suspension techniques Term for techniques and methods of rappelling, fast roping, Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) and Jacob’s Ladder operations. HRSTs were developed as a means to insert
and extract, by helicopter, ground forces (primarily reconnaissance teams) into or from rough terrain, urban areas or water, in situations where aircraft landings are impractical due to
terrain or tactical situation.

human intelligence The intelligence derived from the intelligence collection discipline that uses human beings as both sources and collectors, and where the human being is the primary collection
instrument. Also called human-resources intelligence.

imagery analysis The extraction of meaningful information from images. mainly from digital images by means of digital image processing techniques.

indirect fire The use of weapon systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.

individual augmentee A United States military member assigned to a unit for the purpose of filling in for, or augmenting, members of that unit. Individual Augmentees are differentiated from existing
members of that unit by the fact that they are assigned individually rather than as part of a traditional military organization (such as a brigade, battalion or company). Individual
Augmentees can be used to fill shortages or can be used when an individual with specialized knowledge or skill sets is required. As a result, Individual Augmentees can include
members from an entirely different branch of service.

infiltration (1) The movement through or into an area or territory occupied by either friendly or enemy troops or organizations. The movement is made, either by small groups or by individuals,
at extended or irregular intervals. When used in connection with the enemy, it implies that contact is avoided; (2) in intelligence usage, placing an agent or other person in a target
area in hostile territory. Usually involves crossing a frontier or other guarded line.

information operations The integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security, in
concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp adversarial human and automated decision making while protecting one's own.

information systems The entire infrastructure, organization, personnel, and components for the collection, processing, storage, transmission, display, dissemination, and disposition of information.

insurgency An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict. Note that there is nothing inherent in the concept of
insurgency that requires the use of terrorism.

Intelligence (military) The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially
hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such
activity.

judo Japanese martial art and combat sport developed by Kanō Jigorō in 1882 from the jujutsu (grappling) methods utilized by feudal era samurai warriors. Most prominent feature is its
competitive element, where the object is to throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to
submit by joint locking or by executing a choke. Most popular style is Kodokan judo, based on Jigorō's original teachings.

karate Okinawan martial art emphasizing punches, kicks, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as “knife-hands.” Gōjū-ryū, one the art's most popular variants, utilizes
a combination of “hard” and linear as well as “soft” and circular techniques.

Lacoste-Inosanto kali
A school of kali (term used to refer to the Filipino martial arts) established by former US Army paratrooper and Bruce Lee contemporary Dan Inosanto, Training centers on 12 areas
of focus: single stick/short sword/axe; double stick/short sword/axe; stick/short sword and dagger/shield; single dagger; double dagger; palm stick/double-ended dagger; empty hand
techniques (striking, grappling, and ground fighting); flexible weapons (flail weapons, whips, scarves, weighted ropes and chains); long weapons (polearm, long staff, oar); thrown
weapons (spears, throwing knives, throwing spikes, blinding powder); projectile weapons (archery, blowguns, slingshots); and mental/spiritual training (includes instruction in
practical Filipino folk medicine practices).

logistics Planning and executing the movement and support of forces. It includes those aspects of military operations that deal with: (1) design and development, acquisition, storage,
movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; (2) movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel; (3) acquisition or construction,
maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities; and (4) acquisition or furnishing of services.

Muay Thai Thai martial art and combat sport that emphasizes devastating strikes using the fists, elbows, knees, and feet. Also incorporates stand-up clinching and limited grappling.
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nán pài táng láng Southern Chinese martial art, name can be loosely translated to “Southern Praying Mantis.” Emphasis is placed on hand and arm techniques, and a limited use of low kicks in close
combat.

naval special warfare A designated naval warfare specialty that conducts operations in the coastal, riverine, and maritime environments. Naval special warfare emphasizes small, flexible, mobile units
operating under, on, and from the sea. These operations are characterized by stealth, speed, and precise, violent application of force.

non-commissioned officer An enlisted military member holding a position of some degree of authority who has obtained it by promotion from within the non-officer ranks.

operational intelligence Intelligence that is required for planning and conducting campaigns and major operations to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or operational areas.

operations security A process of identifying critical information and subsequently analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities to: (1) identify those actions that can be
observed by adversary intelligence systems; (2) determine indicators that adversary intelligence systems might obtain that could be interpreted or pieced together to derive critical
information in time to be useful to adversaries; and (3) select and execute measures that eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level the vulnerabilities of friendly actions to adversary
exploitation.

paramilitary forces Forces or groups distinct from the regular armed forces of any country, but resembling them in organization, equipment, training, or mission.

physical security Measures used to provide physical protection of resources against deliberate and accidental threats.

provost marshal The officer in command of a confinement facility.

provost sergeant The senior NCO of a confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.

psychological operations Planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of
foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to the
originator's objectives.

reconnaissance A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data
concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area.

retransmission Replication of a signal at a repeater/rebroadcaster/broadcast translator/booster, or relay station

retrograde movement An organized movement to the rear away from the enemy. The force executes retrogrades to accomplish one or more of the following: (1) to disengage from combat; (2) to avoid
combat under undesirable conditions; (3) to draw the enemy into an unfavorable situation; (4) to gain time without fighting a decisive engagement; (5) to place friendly forces in a
more favorable position; and (6) to permit the use of a portion of the force elsewhere.

Ryūkyū kobujutsū The traditional weapons-based martial arts of the Japanese island of Okinawa (the former Ryūkyū kingdom). Weapons emphasized include the rokushakubo (long staff), tambo
(short staff), sai (dagger-shaped truncheon), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), nunchaku (two-section flail), tekko (fist-load weapon), tinbe-rochin (shield and short spear.), surujin
(weighted rope or chain), and eku (boat oar of traditional Okinawan design).

sensitive Requiring special protection from disclosure that could cause embarrassment, compromise, or threat to the security of the sponsoring power. May be applied to an agency,
installation, person, position, document, material, or activity.

sensitive site exploitation A related series of activities inside a captured sensitive site to exploit personnel documents, electronic data, and material captured at the site, while neutralizing any threat posed by
the site or its contents.

SFOD-A The basic SF unit. Also known as the "A Detachment" or "A Team". This twelve man unit is specifically designed to organize, equip, train, advise or direct, and support indigenous
military or paramilitary forces in unconventional warfare operations.

SFOD-B The SF company headquarters, also known as "B Detachment," is a multi-purpose C2 element.

SFOD-C The "C Detachment" provides command and control, and staff planning and supervision for SF battalion operations and administration.

Shorinji Kempo Contemporary Japanese martial arts school formally established by Doshin So in 1947, adapted from various Shaolin and other temple-based martial arts from China. Emphasizes
striking but also incorporates throws and joint trapping. Training has a significant religious and spiritual component rooted in Zen Buddhism.

small arms Man-portable, individual, and crew-served weapon systems used mainly against personnel and lightly armored or unarmored equipment.

sniper A highly trained marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. In addition to marksmanship, military snipers
are also trained in camouflage, infiltration, reconnaissance and observation techniques.

source operations The techniques and procedures performed by designated personnel related to the clandestine recruitment and handling of sources with access to vital foreign intelligence; also
referred to as core collection.
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special operations Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities
for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. These operations often require covert, clandestine, or low visibility capabilities. Special operations differ from
conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed
operational intelligence and indigenous assets.

special operations forces Those Active and Reserve Component forces of the military services designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and
support special operations.

special reaction team A specialized team or element within a military police unit that has been tasked with a level response to a high risk situation within a military base or compound. See also SWAT
team.

spotter An observer stationed for the purpose of observing and reporting results of gunfire to the firing agency and who also may be employed in designating targets.

state terrorism The use of force and terror by a state government against its own people, either a particular group or minority within the state or the entire population.

subject matter expert An individual who exhibits the highest level of expertise in performing a specialized job, task, or skill within an organization.

suppressive fire The use of weapon systems on or about an enemy weapons system to degrade its performance below the level needed to fulfill the enemy's objectives.

surveillance The monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people and often in a surreptitious manner.

survival, evasion, resistance, and escape Actions performed by isolated personnel designed to ensure their health, mobility, safety, and honor in anticipation of or preparation for their return to friendly control.

SWAT team An elite tactical unit in American and some international law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations such as hostage rescues, counter-terrorism
operations, serving high risk arrest and search warrants, and engaging barricaded suspects/heavily-armed criminals.

tactical tracking The tactics, techniques, and procedures performed by forces to reestablish contact with the enemy; also called combat tracking.

taekwondo Korean martial art known for its emphasis on powerful kicking techniques. Most popular style is Kukkiwon taekwondo, which forms the basis for the Olympic Games taekwondo
event.

tai chi chuan Traditional Chinese martial art characterized by its deliberately slow, continuous, circular, well-balanced and rhythmic movements. Practiced in modern times as a means of
cultivating the qi, or chi (life-process), for perceived health benefits and spiritual insights.

target (1) An entity or object considered for possible engagement or other action; (2) in intelligence usage, a country, area, installation, agency, or person against which intelligence
operations are directed; (3) An area designated and numbered for future firing; (4) in gunfire support usage, an impact burst that hits the target.

target acquisition The detection, identification, and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit the effective employment of weapons.

targeting The process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them, taking account of operational requirements and capabilities.

Tatsumi-ryū Hyōhō kobujutsu Traditional school of Japanese martial arts founded in the early 16th century by Tatsumi Sankyo. Sub-disciplines include kenjutsu (swordsmanship), iaidō (sword-drawing), sōjutsu
(spear-fighting techniques), jujutsu (grappling, ground fighting, and joint trapping), hojōjutsu (the capture and restraint of prisoners using snares and advanced rope tying
techniques), and monomi (surveillance/observation).

terminal attack control The authority to control the maneuver of and grant weapons release clearance to attacking aircraft.

terrorism The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are
generally political, religious, or ideological.

tree jumping Low-altitude, static-line parachuting into heavily wooded and/or rough terrain environments.

unconventional warfare A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted through, with, or by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized,
trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes, but is not limited to, guerrilla warfare, subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities,
and unconventional assisted recovery.

warrant officer A highly skilled, single-track specialty officer ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the commissioned officer
grade of O–1.

wet jumping Low, medium, and high-altitude parachuting into the open sea.

wing chun Southern Chinese martial art utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in very close-range combat.
APPENDIX J: SAMPLE GIJOE PERSONNEL FILES
File Name Duty Assignment
Abernathy, Clayton M. Command Operations Officer (Office of the
Director, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1967-04-02
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3 rd
POB
Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Denver, Colorado, USA (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Hawk BS in Military Art and Science (USMA), MS in
Military Arts and Sciences (CGSC-SAMS);
Pay-Grade
Master of Professional Studies, Strategic
O–5 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
Defense Artillery Officer Advanced Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Ranger School, SF Unit Officer Qualification
Course, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC
Collective Training Phase, SF Functional
Language Training, SOF Inter-agency
Collaboration Course, Command & General
Staff School, Joint Special Operations Irregular
Warfare Advanced Course, Army Red Team
Leaders Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
CJFSOCC Staff Officer Course, CJFSOCC
Planning Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course, CJFSOCC
Commander's Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, ISAF SOF Operations
Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Born into a prominent military family, father a
highly decorated Army colonel, grandfather a
sergeant with the American Expeditionary
Forces. Graduated from West Point at the
top of his class, 1990. Went on several
rotational deployments with the ARCENT-SA
PATRIOT Task Force in Saudi Arabia before
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,
oversaw Red Team Leader exercises
between 2006 and 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, and
Iraqi), Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki
dialects), and Russian; conversant in French
(Metropolitan), Portuguese, and Spanish.
Recently rated as being in the 99 th percentile
among all active-duty Department of
Defense field grade officers in conventional,
analytical, creative, and practical intelligence
measures. Has a talent for intentionally
obscuring and willfully misrepresenting his
dispositional affect.
File Name Duty Assignment
Arashikage, Kimiko Counterintelligence Agent (Counterintelligence
Team, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1980-02-28
A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524th Military
POB
Intelligence Battalion, 501st Military Intelligence
Los Angeles, California, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Jinx BA in Economics (Bryn Mawr College), AA in
Mandarin (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Financial Management Technician AIT,
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Defense Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation
Course, Defense Against Sound Equipment
Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Introduction to Networks & Computer Hardware
Course, Counterintelligence in Cyber Space
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO SOF Intel Course
Miscellaneous Notes
At the age of 12, sent by parents to live with
relatives in Tokyo in an effort to instill
discipline and a sense of culture. While
abroad, extensively studied Arashikage-ryū
bujutsū. Returned to the United States after
graduating as the valedictorian of her high
school class at the Saitama Prefectural
Inagakuen Comprehensive Upper Secondary
School. Joined the Army as a financial
management technician after receiving her
economics degree from Bryn Mawr in 2002.
Re-classed as a counterintelligence agent in
2006, deployed to South Korea in support of
USFK/CFC operations as a member of the
524th Military Intelligence Battalion. Fluent in
French (Metropolitan), Japanese, Korean,
and Mandarin (Standard dialect); conversant
in Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect). Also
schooled in Ryūkyū kobujutsū. Spunky and
energetic, but never lets her enthusiasm get
the better of her judgment.
File Name Duty Assignment
Armbruster, Bradley J. Section Leader/Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot
(Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section,
DOB SONIC Detachment)
1971-08-22
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA Squadron, 332nd Expeditionary Operations
Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (USAF)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Ace
BS in Electrical Engineering (University of
Pay-Grade
Rhode Island); MS in Defense Analysis,
O–4 Combat Systems subspecialty (NPS)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Private Pilot Certification, Commercial Pilot
Certification, Aerobatic Proficiency Training
Certification (Tutima Academy of Aviation),
Initial Flight Screening, USAF Specialized
Undergraduate Training, Transitional and
Operational Flight Training (F-16C/D Fighting
Falcon), USAF Weapons School (F-16C/D
Fighting Falcon), SERE Level-C Training, Flight
Commander Course, Introduction to Special
Operations Course, Organizational Leadership
Course, Expeditionary Leadership Course,
Squadron Officer School, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, NATO Air Integration and
Planning Course, Mission Qualification Flight
Training (MC-12W Liberty), GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Started flying in high school, working three
jobs in order to afford lessons. After high
school, worked for a year as a bush pilot in
Alaska to earn money for college. While
enrolled in the University of Rhode Island,
spent his free time training to be an
aerobatic pilot; twice competed in the FAI
Grand Prix. Joined the USAF in 1996 after
earning his degree in electrical engineering.
As a member of the 22nd Expeditionary
Fighter Squadron, flew F-16C Fighting
Falcons on air interdiction and combat air
patrol missions over Iraq in support of
Operation Northern Watch in 1999,
distinguishing himself in encounters against
Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat fighters (recording two
kills) and numerous SA-6 surface-to-air
missile batteries. Sent to Yugoslavia later
that year for Operation Allied Force. Downed
two MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and a J-22
Orao in separate air combat incidents,
bringing his kill total to five and earning
fighter ace status. Deployed to Southwest
Asia in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, served on the same section as
future GIJOE pilot Gregory Boyajian (call-
sign: Slipstream). Seeking new aviation
challenges, volunteered for Project Liberty, a
dedicated USAF intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance initiative. Completed
MC-12W Liberty mission qualification
training in early 2009 at the top of his class.
Flew the very first MC-12W Liberty combat
sorties over Iraq in the summer of 2009. An
accomplished amateur poker player,
Armbruster has competed in numerous
poker fund-raising events for various
charities.
File Name Duty Assignment
Arndt, Philip W. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 7-HALO/HAHO,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-02-04
C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Philosophy (Southern Illinois University-
Free Fall Carbondale), MA in Comparative East-West
Philosophy (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Aviation Operations Specialist AIT, Joint Air
Tasking Order Process Course, Infantryman
AIT, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Air
Assault School, Ranger Assessment &
Selection Program, Pathfinder School, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Static-Line
Jumpmaster Course, Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course, Special Operations
Terminal Attack Controller Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course, Ranger
School, Tactical Information Operations Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
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 82 nd
Combat Aviation Regiment, deployed to
Bosnia with the 2nd Battalion in support of
Operation 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-enlisted in 2004
and re-trained as an infantryman, eventually
joined the 75th Ranger Regiment in 2005.
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006 through
2008, where he would participate in
numerous special operations in the country's
southeastern provinces in support of
CJSOTF-A and ISAF objectives. Fluent in
Mandarin (Standard dialect), conversant in
Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect) and
Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects). Highly
intelligent and strongly motivated individual,
never short on self-confidence. Conducts
himself with a swagger that borders on
arrogance, but GIJOE teammates know that
he has the knowledge, skills, and experience
to back it up.
File Name Duty Assignment
Ayvazyan, Varujan Special Projects Technician (Special Projects
Team, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Employer prior to GIJOE selection
1971-01-15
Terrorism and Violent Crimes Division, United
POB
States National Central Bureau of INTERPOL
Istanbul, Istanbul Province,
Post-Secondary Education
Turkey
BA in Security Sciences (Güvenlik Bilimleri
Call-Sign
Enstitüsü-Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı), AAS in
Taurus Chemical Technology (Essex County College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
GS–09 Pre-Undergraduate Police Training Program
(Polis Akademisi Gölbaşı), Basic Police Special
Operations Course (Özel Harekat Polis Okulu),
Komando Tugayı Military Mountaineering
training, Komando Tugayı Airborne cross-
training, INTERPOL International Police
Training Program, ISSEE Search and Security
Foundation Course, ISSEE Search and
Security Advanced Searcher Course, ISSEE
High Risk Search Course, ISSEE EOD Level 1
Course, ISSEE EOD Level 2 Course, ISSEE
EOD Level 3 Course, ISSEE IED Awareness
Course, ISSEE IED Technician Course, ISSEE
Booby Traps Course, Program in American
Language Studies (Rutgers University-Newark),
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Born and raised in Istanbul Province to
Turkish-Armenian parents. Overcame
cultural and ethnic barriers to become a
ranking police officer with the Istanbul Police
Department's Special Security office. Served
with distinction in numerous police special
operations against the PKK and other radical
designated terrorist organizations. Cross-
trained in mountaineering and parachuting
as part of an exchange program with the
Turkish Army's 1. Komando Tugayı (1st
Commando Brigade) in Kayseri province.
Received extensive EOD training at the
International School for Security and
Explosives Education. Hired by INTERPOL
in 2000, immigrated to the United States on
a National Interest Waiver visa in 2001 to
work for the organization's US Bureau as a
dangerous devices technician and weapons
intelligence analyst. Joined a fledgling
GIJOE in 2009. Fluent in Armenian (Eastern
and Western dialects), Kurdish, and Turkish;
conversant in Arabic (Iraqi) and Georgian.
Became a naturalized American citizen in
2007. Avid practitioner and promoter of kılıç
kalkan (traditional Turkish fencing) and has
performed public demonstrations of the
martial art as part of the Turkish Cultural
Center in New York's annual “Performing Arts
at the Terminal” show.
File Name Duty Assignment
Barney, James J. COLT Leader/Joint Fires Observer (Combat
Observation & Lasing Team, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1976-03-21
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
A Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Physics (University of Wisconsin-
Grand Slam Madison)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment
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, Tactical
Information Operations Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Was the star quarterback for his high school
football team, led them to back-to-back state
championship appearances. Injuries
prevented a similarly successful college
football career, joined the Army almost
immediately after graduation. Served as a
TMDE Maintenance Support Specialist
assigned to 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 a forward observer assigned to A
Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry
Regiment (Airborne), where his natural
aptitude for judging distances served him
well in his duties. Soft-spoken but firm, well-
liked by subordinates, peers, and superiors.
Never loses track of his mission's objectives
in even the most stressful of conditions. A
lifelong fan of escapist fiction, owns an
extensive collection of vintage comic books
and science fiction magazines dating back to
the early 1930s, spends his free time
scouring hobbyist shops and internet auction
sites for pieces to add to his ever-growing
assortment of fantastic literature.
File Name Duty Assignment
Blais, Robert M. Motor Vehicle Maintenance NCO (Motor
Vehicle Maintenance Section, STEEL
DOB Detachment)
1981-07-16
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
A Company, 296th Brigade Support Battalion
Greensboro, North Carolina, (US Army)
USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Heavy Equipment and Transport
Cross-Country Technology (Guilford Technical Community
College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5
Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Freight
Traffic Course, Installation Traffic Management
Course, Defense Advanced Traffic
Management Course, Passenger Travel
Specialist Course, Wheel Vehicle Mechanic
AIT, Automotive Electrical Systems Repair
Course, Wheel Vehicle Recovery Specialist
Course, Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste
Handling Course, Mechanical Maintenance
NCO Common Core Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Both parents career construction and asphalt
equipment operators. Declined stewardship
of the family business and joined the Army in
2003. Drove trucks for the 7th Transportation
Battalion, deploying on a tour of Southwest
Asia before re-classing as a wheel vehicle
mechanic in 2006. Assigned to the 296 th
Brigade Support Battalion, deployed to Iraq
in 2007 in support of the 2nd Infantry
Division's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
Has excellent driving instincts and a natural
mechanical aptitude honed through a lifetime
in and around heavy machinery and diesel-
powered vehicles. Openly proud of his
family's Confederate heritage (great-great-
great grandfather on his mother's side was a
soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia), to
the occasional chagrin of some of his more
sensitive and politic GIJOE teammates.
Sentimental political differences aside,
teammates know that he can be trusted to
perform his duties to the letter, with the
utmost efficiency and professionalism.
File Name Duty Assignment
Blanchet, John Small Craft Coxswain (LRRS Team 8-NSW,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-10-10
Special Boat Team 12, Naval Special Warfare
POB
Group FOUR (USN)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AS in Engineering (San Diego City College)
Topside
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Engineman "A" School, Caterpillar Diesel
E–6 Technician Training, MTU Diesel Technician
Training, Outboard Engine Mechanic Training,
ALCO & General Motors EMD Diesel Engine
Technician Training; Non-Compliant Boarding
Visit, Board, Search & Seizure (NCB VBSS)
Course; Fairbanks Morse & Colt Pielstick
Diesel Engine Technician Training, SWCC
Basic Crewman Training, NAVSPECWAR
Crewman Qualification Training, Basic Tactical
Swimmer Course, Basic Airborne School,
Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Air
Assault School, Camp Michael Monsoor
Special Reconnaissance Training, Tactical
Rope Suspension Technician Certification &
HRST Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Advanced Tactical Swimmer Course, SCUBA
Diver Qualification, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Grew up on a small Indiana farm where he
helped his father raise prize-winning pigs.
Quickly gained a reputation as one-half of
Fort Wayne's premier hog breeding duo after
winning numerous county fairs. Enlisted in
the Navy in 2001 in search of a different
career path, feeling that he had done all that
he wanted in the field of stockbreeding.
Assigned to the Naval Beach Group ONE's
Assault Craft Unit 1 after graduating from
Engineman “A” School. Served aboard an
LCU-8 during various joint training exercises
and humanitarian relief operations along the
South American Pacific coast in 2002.
Participated in oil-platform defense, non-
compliant vessel boarding, and amphibious
assault landing operations in the Persian
Gulf in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Took part in humanitarian and
emergency relief operations along the US
Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
in 2005. Joined NAVSPECWARCOM as a
Special-Warfare Combatant Crewman in
2006. Participated in maritime interdiction
exchange training with Philippine Navy
special operations units in Bangsamoro
waters, early 2007. Took part in relief and
rescue operations in San Diego County
during the Southern California wildfires of
2007. Possesses a knack for mechanical
improvisation and invention. Never one to
back down from a challenge, frequently
engages GIJOE teammates in one-
upmanship contests of physical strength and
toughness.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Bowman, Thomas S. Counterintelligence Agent (Counterintelligence Orphaned at the age of 12, both parents
Team, SONIC Detachment) killed in a skiing accident in Aspen. Raised
DOB by an uncle, a former Marine and Colorado
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1969-11-12 state trooper. Entered the Denver police
Expeditionary Support Branch, Marine Corps force after receiving his degree in criminal
POB justice. Worked for five years as a beat cop
Intelligence Activity (USMC)
Denver, Colorado, USA before joining the Marines in 1997. Opted for
Post-Secondary Education a career in the intelligence field, spent his
Call-Sign initial term of service as an intelligence
BA in Criminal Justice and Criminology
Mace (Metropolitan State College of Denver), AA in specialist with the 2nd Marine Division. Re-
Arabic (DLIFLC) trained as a counterintelligence special
Pay-Grade agent in 2002. As an agent for the MCIA's
Relevant Training (partial list) Expeditionary Support Branch, has served
E–7
Basic Recruit Training (Denver Police on numerous missions abroad, most recently
Academy), Colorado Peace Officer Standards in Afghanistan in support of Operation
and Training Qualification, MAGTF Intelligence Enduring Freedom. Fluent in Arabic (Modern
Specialist Entry Course, Intelligence in Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Iraqi) and Persian
Combating Terrorism Course, MAGTF (Dari and Farsi dialects), conversant in
Counterintelligence/HUMINT Course, Technical Spanish.
Surveillance Countermeasures Fundamentals
Course, Technical Surveillance Counter-
measures 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 Intel Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Boyajian, Gregory S. Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot (Composite Aerial
Reconnaissance Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-05-13
362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance
POB
Squadron, 332nd Expeditionary Operations
Provo, Utah, USA Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (USAF)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Slipstream BS in Computer Engineering (University of
Utah), MS in Computer Engineering (AFIT)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–3
Initial Flight Screening, USAF Specialized
Undergraduate Training, Transitional and
Operational Flight Training (F-16C/D Fighting
Falcon), USAF Weapons School (F-16C/D
Fighting Falcon), Flight Commander Course,
Organizational Leadership Course,
Expeditionary Leadership Course, Squadron
Officer School, Mission Qualification Flight
Training (MC-12W Liberty), GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
An avid video game player and computer
enthusiast before discovering recreational
flying in his mid-teens. Joined the Civil Air
Patrol as a cadet at the age of 16, eventually
going to the University of Utah on an
AFROTC scholarship. Flew F-16C/D Fighting
Falcons on combat air patrol missions over
Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2007 as a
member of the 332nd Air Expeditionary
Wing's 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
alongside celebrated fighter ace and future
GIJOE Composite Aerial Reconnaissance
Section Leader Bradley Armbruster (call-
sign: Ace), who would cultivate a mentor-
student relationship with the younger
Boyajian. Following Armbruster's lead,
volunteered for MC-12W Liberty mission
qualification training in early 2009. Flew the
362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance
Squadron's first MC-12W Liberty ISR aircraft
in sorties over Iraq in the summer of 2009.
Has a reputation among GIJOE teammates
as an unrepentant joker and mimic, and is
the acknowledged base “Street Fighter IV”
(video game) champion. Fluent in Armenian
(Eastern and Western dialects), French
(Metropolitan), and Greek.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Breckenridge, Matthew H. Combat Observer/Joint Fires Observer Played drums for various Lousville-area
(Combat Observation & Lasing Team, TIGER heavy metal bands throughout high school
DOB Detachment) and college. Joined the army as a
1979-08-31 bandsperson in 2001. Played percussion
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
with the 101st Airborne Division Band (“Pride
POB of the Eagle”) for four years before making
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry
Louisville, Kentucky, USA Regiment (Air Assault) (US Army) the somewhat unusual decision to re-class
into a combat arms branch. Deployed to Iraq
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education in 2007 for a 15 month long deployment,
Thunder AA in Music, General (Jefferson Community participating in missions in Salah ad Din
and Technical College) governorate as a forward observer assigned
Pay-Grade to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade
Relevant Training (partial list) Combat Team. An import racer scene
E–6
Army Bandsperson (Percussion) AIT, Air enthusiast in his spare time, owns a heavily
Assault School, Fire Support Specialist AIT, modified and extensively tuned 1995 Nissan
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System Skyline GT-R coupe.
(AFATDS) Transition Course, Basic Airborne
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Joint Fires
Observer Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope &
SPIE Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel
Master Course, Tactical Information Operations
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Brown, Eliot Explosive Ordnance Disposal NCO (SSE
Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-09-18
744th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance
POB
Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) (US
Collierville, Tennessee, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Fast Draw AAS in Accountancy (Shelby State Community
College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Multiple Launch Rocket System Crewmember
AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
EOD Specialist AIT, EOD Advanced Access &
Disablement Course, EOD Advanced
Management & Technology Course, Technical
Escort Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as a warehouse/data entry clerk at
the FedEx Corporation headquarters in
Memphis before joining the Army in 2002.
Initially trained as a multiple launch rocket
system crewman. Deployed to Iraq in 2003
for Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of
1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment.
Considered leaving the active-duty service
after fulfilling the initial terms of his active-
duty contract in 2006, but admits that
mounting financial hardships at home, where
his immediate family was hit hard by the
beginning subprime mortgage crisis, made it
easier for him to decide on re-enlisting,
choosing re-training as an EOD specialist
primarily because of the specialty's
significant signing and seasonal bonuses.
Soon found EOD work to be genuinely
fulfilling as a career choice and not simply as
a means of employment. Sent to Afghanistan
in 2008 as a member of a small EOD
detachment supporting ISAF operations in
Kandahar province. Has incredible manual
dexterity and physical endurance,
approaches the task of explosive ordnance
handling and disposal with supreme
confidence in his ability to overcome any and
all obstacles.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Burns, Matthew Chief Observer-Controller/Trainer (Training Comes from a Marine family, father a retired
Cadre, STEEL Detachment) infantry gunnery sergeant, mother a former
DOB air traffic controller. Reputation as a marine
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1970-08-27 and drill instructor has reached near-mythic
Special Operations Training Group-MEU(SOC) proportions in 18 years in the Corps,
POB something he has been more than willing to
Training Branch, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Parris Island, South Carolina, Headquarters Group (USMC) cultivate and perpetuate by playing the part
USA of the hulking and unfeeling drill instructor to
Post-Secondary Education the hilt in public appearances. Behind all his
Call-Sign outward bluster and theatrics, possesses a
BS in Psychology (University of South Carolina)
Sgt. Slaughter brilliant tactical mind that he has put to use
Relevant Training (partial list) as a member of the 2nd Reconnaissance
Pay-Grade Battalion, participating in missions on four
Marine Rifleman Course, Infantry Squad
E–8 (MSgt) Leaders Course, Basic Reconnaissance continents. Transferred to the II Marine
Course, Combatant Diver Course, Basic Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group's
Airborne School, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Special Operations Training Group-
Training, Fast Rope Suspension Technician MEU(SOC) Training Branch in 2004.
Certification & HRST Master Course, Drill Conversant in French (Metropolitan)and
Instructor School, Water Safety/Survival Spanish.
Instructor Course, Advanced Personnel
Administration Course, Tactical Information
Operations Course, RUTEX Training,
Marksmanship Coach Course, Martial Arts
Instructor Course, Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF
Senior NCO Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Colby, Everett P. Deputy Director (Office of the Director, C2E)
DOB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1962-07-24 Operations Department, Fleet Air
Reconnaissance Squadron TWO, Patrol and
POB
Reconnaissance Wing 10 (USN)
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Electrical Engineering (USNA), BS in
Keelhaul Intelligence (NDIC), MS in Information
Operations-Joint Information Operations
Pay-Grade Curriculum (NPS)
O–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Flight Screening, Aviation Preflight
Indoctrination, Primary Flight Training,
Intermediate and Advanced Flight Training
(Land-Based Syllabus, P-3/EP-3 Maritime
Pipeline), SERE Level-C Training, Command
and Staff Officer Program, Introduction to
Special Operations Course, Individual Terrorism
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 Intel
Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course,
NATO Technical Exploitation Operations
Course, Joint SOF Senior Intelligence Leaders
Orientation Seminar, Antiterrorism Evasive
Driving Course-Senior Officer, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
As a member of FAIRECONRONTWO, flew
reconnaissance aircraft in support of airstrike
and air patrol missions during Operation El
Dorado Canyon (1986), Operation Desert
Storm (1991), Operation Deny Flight (1993)
and Operation Joint Endeavor (1995).
Awarded the Air Medal for his actions in
Albania during Operation Silver Wake
(1997), using his EP-3E Aries SIGINT
reconnaissance aircraft in an emergency
evacuation of American citizens, non-
combatants, and designated third-country
nationals while under heavy small arms and
anti-aircraft fire. Served as commander for a
FAIRECONRONTWO operational
detachment in Afghanistan from 2001 to
2004. Appointed to head the squadron's
Operations Department in 2005. Fluent in
Russian, conversant in French
(Metropolitan), German, and Spanish. A
nationally ranked amateur chess player
(USCF rating of 2100), placed third in the
under 2200 category during the 2007 USCF
National Open Chess Championship. Plays
the clarinet as a hobby.
File Name Duty Assignment
Colombani, Cyril Driver (Physical Security Operations Platoon
Headquarters, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1981-05-17
89th Transportation Company (Medium Truck),
POB
6th Transportation Battalion (Truck), 7th
Los Angeles, California, USA Sustainment Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Skidmark BA in Art History (UCLA)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Freight
Traffic Course, Installation Traffic Management
Course, Defense Advanced Traffic
Management Course, Passenger Travel
Specialist Course, Anti-terrorism Evasive
Driving-Staff Driver Course, Military Standard
Transportation & Movement Procedures
Course, Battle Command Sustainment Support
System (BCS3) Training; Force XXI Battle
Command, Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2)
Software Familiarization Training; Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Camp Adder Combat
Logistical Patrol (CLP) Academy Training,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A model student throughout high school,
where he graduated as the class
salutatorian. Spent much of his free time in
college volunteering for the American Red
Cross and helping out at various homeless
shelters and abandoned pet rescue centers
in the Greater Los Angeles area. Only
blemishes in his civilian record were a
succession of speeding violations (promptly
and duly paid) compiled within twelve
months of receipt of his driver's license at the
age of sixteen. Joined the Army in 2004.
Deployed to Iraq as a member of the 6th
Transportation Battalion (Truck) in 2006 and
again in 2008. Extremely well-groomed and
courteous, even by the strictest of military
standards. A stickler for Army and GIJOE
regulations and details, quickly earned an
unflattering reputation as a “locker-room
lawyer” among teammates. Personal habits
stand in stark contrast to his behavior behind
the wheel of agency vehicles, where a
single-minded dedication to ensuring
passenger security, adhering to timetables,
and the accomplishment of the
transportation mission overrides his personal
preoccupation with decorum and propriety.
File Name Duty Assignment
Colton, Joseph B. Director (Office of the Director, C2E)
DOB Employer prior to GIJOE selection
1955-06-01 Department of Political Science, MIT
POB Post-Secondary Education
Central Falls, Rhode Island, BS in Foreign Area Studies, Eurasia
USA concentration (USMA), MS in Military Arts and
Sciences (CGSC-SAMS), PhD in International
Call-Sign
Relations, Strategic Studies concentration
Eagle-Eye (Johns Hopkins University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
ES Level IV Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer
Advanced Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Ranger School, 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; Joint, Inter-agency, &
Multinational Planner's Course; Security
Cooperation Management Overseas Course,
Command & General Staff School, SOF Inter-
agency Collaboration Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, General Officer/Senior Executive
Service Force Integration Course, Combating
Terrorism Executive Inter-agency Seminar,
Joint Special Operations Staff Officer Course,
CJFSOCC Joint Operations Center Course,
CJFSOCC Commanders Course, Defense
Security Assistance Management Overseas
Course, Antiterrorism Evasive Driving Course-
Senior Officer, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Started his career as a lieutenant with the
101st Airborne Division. Made the move to
SF in 1983, assigned to the 2 nd 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 of Khafji (1991).
Served as a member of a Coalition Support
Team assisting the 1st Belgian Para-
Commando Battalion during Operation
Restore Hope (1993). Retired from the Army
with the rank of colonel in early 2001.
Started working towards his PhD in
International Relations at Johns Hopkins that
same year. His doctoral thesis, entitled
"Modeling Adaptive Organizations in the
Current Irregular Warfare Context," is
considered a modern classic in military
science. An associate professor in MIT's
Political Science Department before being
tapped to head GIJOE in 2008. Fluent in
Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and
Levantine), French (Metropolitan), 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 with the Army's 3rd Infantry
Division.
File Name Duty Assignment
Costello, Ian F. Scout-Observer/OSV Driver (LRRS Team 6-
Cold Weather, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1981-05-14
D Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine
POB
Division (USMC/MARFORRES)
Madawaska, Maine, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Automotive Technology (Northern Maine
Avalanche Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Marine Rifleman Course, USMC Designated
Marksman School, Basic Reconnaissance
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter
Course, Fast Rope Suspension Technician
Certification & HRST Master Course, MWTC
Mountain Survival Course, MWTC Animal
Packers Course, MWTC Scout Skier Training,
MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training,
Basic Airborne School, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Parents and older siblings involved in the
cross-border smuggling trade, primarily
bringing in cigarettes into New Brunswick
province in Canada while ferrying cheap
medicines into Maine. Somehow managed to
steer clear of any significant legal trouble
despite growing up around various criminal
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 joining the Marines in 2002.
Deployed to Afghanistan's Orūzgān province
as a member of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines in
2004. Sent to Al Anbar province in Iraq the
following year, taking part in full-spectrum
combat and nation-building operations.
Assigned to an active-duty instructor-
inspector staff post with the MARFORRES
Anti-Terrorism Battalion's Alaska-based D
Company in 2007. An excellent marksman
and an even better over-snow vehicle
operator. Fluent in French (Acadian dialect).
File Name Duty Assignment
Craig, Judith F. Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser
(Detachment Command Team, SONIC
DOB Detachment)
1970-06-24
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Special Activities Division, JFCC-ISR
Montclair, New Jersey, USA (USSTRATCOM)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Shooter BA in History, minor in Religion (Montclair State
University); BS in Intelligence (NDIC), AA in
Pay-Grade Arabic (DLIFLC)
E–8 (1SG)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Chaplain Assistant AIT, Emergency Medical
Ministry Course, Chapel Tithe and Offering
Clerk Course, Counterintelligence Special
Agent Course, Intelligence in Combating
Terrorism Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Defense Strategic Debriefing &
Interrogation Course, Defense Against Sound
Equipment Course, USAF Counter-sniper
School, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF Intel
Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army in 1992 after graduating
from Montclair State. Started her military
career as a chaplain assistant assigned to
the 743rd Military Intelligence Battalion. Re-
classed as a counterintelligence agent in
1998. Assigned to the 311th Military
Intelligence Battalion, deployed to
Afghanistan in 2002 as a member of Task
Force Rakkasan. Sent to Iraq in 2003,
participated in counterintelligence and
strategic debriefing operations in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Joined the JFCC-
ISR's Special Activities Division in 2006.
Participated in numerous clandestine target
development, counterintelligence, and force
protection operations in Iraq, Afghanistan,
the Horn of Africa, and Turkey, 2007–2009.
Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Iraqi, and
Levantine), French (Metropolitan), Hebrew,
and Spanish; conversant in Persian (Dari
and Farsi dialects), Swahili, and Turkish.
Wholly dedicated to her work, relentless and
uncompromising in the pursuit of assigned
operational objectives, even at the risk of
great personal cost.
File Name Duty Assignment
Davis, Brian R. Small Craft Maintenance Supervisor (Service
Support Platoon Small Craft Maintenance
DOB Team, STEEL Detachment)
1977-04-22
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Riverine Squadron 1, Riverine Group ONE
Panama City, Florida, USA (USN)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Blaster BS in Mechanical Engineering (Florida
International University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Engineman "A" School, Caterpillar Diesel
Technician Training, MTU Diesel Technician
Training, Outboard Engine Mechanic Training,
ALCO & General Motors EMD Diesel Engine
Technician Training, Fairbanks Morse & Colt
Pielstick Diesel Engine Technician Training,
Riverine Combat Skills Course, Riverine
Crewman Course, Riverine Environment Patrol
Craft Operations Course, Patrol Craft Weapons
Maintenance Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Fascination with diesel engine mechanics
started at an early age, built a fully-
functioning diesel-powered hovercraft from a
mail-order kit at the age of thirteen.
Graduated magna cum laude with a degree
in mechanical engineering from Florida
International. Worked briefly for the Panama
City-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group
before deciding to join the Navy under the
Advanced Enlistment Program in 2003.
Initially assigned to the newly established
Riverine Group ONE after graduating from
engineman “A” School. Deployed to Iraq in
2007, took part in riverine security patrols
along the Euphrates River and associated
waterways in the vicinity of the city of
Haditha.
File Name Duty Assignment
Delgado, Hector Scout-Observer/Reconnaissance Diver (LRRS
Team 8-NSW, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-03-06
SEAL Team 4, Naval Special Warfare Group
POB
TWO (USN)
Chula Vista, California, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Structural Engineering (UCSD)
Shipwreck
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Gunner's Mate "A" School, 5”/54-Caliber MK 45
E–7 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, SEAL Squadron 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 & HRST Master
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Orphaned at an early age, raised by a
spinster aunt. 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-record 101 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 numerous special
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 Mukarayin dam in 2003.
Operated in-country through 2004. Deployed
to Afghanistan in 2007 through to 2008,
performed armed reconnaissance patrols
along the country's Arghandab, Helmand,
and Amu Darya rivers in support of CJSOTF-
A units, engaging smugglers and Taliban
forces in combat on several occasions.
Fluent in Spanish. Humorously obstreperous
and decidedly idiosyncratic (his keeping of a
trained Cuban Amazon companion parrot is
only one of his many personal quirks). Is an
otherwise peerless professional in the field,
skilled in all aspects of naval special warfare.
File Name Duty Assignment
Delisi, Samuel C. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 7-HALO/HAHO,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-01-24
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare
POB
Training Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Poteau, Oklahoma, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Social Science, History concentration
Drop Zone (Campbell University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7 Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic
Airborne School, Ranger School, SFQC
Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS
Qualification Phase (SF Weapons Sergeant),
SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional
Language Training; Advanced Reconnaissance,
Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques
Course; Operations and Intelligence Course,
Advanced Special Operations Techniques
Training, Combat Lifesaver Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, SF Military Free Fall Parachutist
Course, Basic Instructor Course, Static-Line
Jumpmaster Course, Military Free Fall
Jumpmaster Course, Rappel Master Course,
Battle Staff NCO Course, SOF Senior Enlisted
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO
SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
Weaponeering Applications Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Comes from a family with a strong military
tradition, father a Vietnam War veteran who
saw some of the conflict's most intense
fighting as a member of the the 8th Infantry
Regiment, maternal grandfather was a Navy
submariner who saw action in the Pacific
theater during World War II. Joined the Army
out of high school in 1992. Took part in
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993) in Somalia
as a member of 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry
Regiment (Light). Deployed to the Balkans in
1997 as part of a US Army/NATO
peacekeeping contingent. Went Special
Forces in 1998, assigned to the 10 th Special
Forces Group. Participated in clandestine
combat search and rescue and manhunt
operations in Albania, Kosovo, and
Macedonia in 2000 and 2001. Deployed to
Afghanistan as a member of a joint CIA/10 th
Special Forces Group task unit in 2003.
Transferred to the 1st Special Warfare
Training Group in 2006 where he served as
an instructor at the Military Free Fall School
until his selection for GIJOE. Fluent in
French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese;
conversant in Arabic (Modern Standard and
Iraqi), Czech, and Serbo-Croatian.
File Name Duty Assignment
Divljak, Robert S. Command Senior Enlisted Adviser (Office of the
Director, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1968-07-02
F Company (Pathfinder), 4th Battalion (Assault),
POB
101st Aviation Regiment (US Army)
Albany, New York, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Public Management, minor in Decision
Sgt. Savage Sciences (Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell),
AA in Arabic (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–9 (CSM)
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, JOTC Jungle Warfare
Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School,
NATO LRRP School Patrol Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
Irregular Warfare Course, Joint Special
Operations Collaborative Planning Course,
Joint Special Operations Advanced Planning
Applications Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Eldest son of immigrant parents from the
former Yugoslavia. Enlisted in the Army
straight out of high school in 1986, saw
action in Operation Just Cause (1989) in
Panama and the Persian Gulf War (1990–
1991) as an infantryman with the 505th
Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Re-assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
(Light), deployed to Somalia for 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 the Sinai peninsula as a member 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 a
member of the NATO peacekeeping Security
Force in Bosnia in 1998. Joined the 311 th
Military Intelligence Battalion's Long Range
Surveillance Detachment in 2001. Led
surveillance 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. Assigned to the
101st Aviation Regiment's newly organized
Pathfinder Company along with other
members of the LRSD after the 311 th Military
Intelligence Battalion's inactivation in 2006.
Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi),
Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish; conversant in
Macedonian, Polish, and Russian. Tough
and uncompromising as GIJOE's most
senior enlisted leader and adviser, steadfast
in his adherence to democratic ideals,
genuinely sympathetic to the plight of the
oppressed the world over.
File Name Duty Assignment
Dubé, Robert D. Motor Vehicle Maintenance NCO (Motor
Vehicle Maintenance Section, STEEL
DOB Detachment)
1982-10-17
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Motor Transportation Maintenance Company,
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics
USA Regiment 15 (USMC)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Rollbar AS in Mechanical Engineering Technology
(Community College of Rhode Island)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5
Automotive Organizational Maintenance
Course, Automotive Intermediate Maintenance
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver
Training, Logistics Vehicle Mechanic Course,
Semitrailer Refueler Operator Course,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A professional mechanic, amateur racer, and
import car “tuner” specializing in the repair,
racing, and modification of European and
Japanese “sleeper” cars (high-performance
vehicles with low-key and unassuming
exteriors) prior to enlisting in the Marines in
2004. Assigned to Combat Logistics
Regiment 15's 1st Maintenance Battalion
after completing initial MOS-producing
school training. Deployed to Afganistan's
Helmand province in 2007 as part of a
forward combat logistics detachment
supporting I Marine Expeditionary Force and
ISAF operations in the region. Approachable,
knowledgable, and cost-conscious, usually
the first person GIJOE teammates consult
when it comes to issues with their personal
motor vehicles.
File Name Duty Assignment
Duggleby, Wilmer S. Scout-Observer/MGL Gunner (LRRS Team 3,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-03-10
Force Recon Company, 1st Reconnaissance
POB
Battalion, 1st Marine Division (USMC)
Cooperstown, New York, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Therapeutic Recreation (Ithaca College)
Hardball
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Marine Rifleman Course, RUTEX Training,
E–5 Remote Sensor Operator Training, Basic
Reconnaissance Course, Basic Airborne
School, Infantry Squad Leaders Course,
MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Training, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Desert
Operations Course, Fast Rope Suspension
Technician Certification & HRST Master
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Played outfielder and was a recognized
“power-hitter” in college, led the Ithaca
Bombers baseball team to the second round
of the 2001 New York Regional NCAA
playoffs and an Empire Athletics Association
title. Was drafted as a junior by the Toronto
Blue Jays in the 20th round of the 2000 MLB
Draft. Spent his first two years as a
professional baseball player improving his
all-around game playing on a Blue Jays
minor league affiliate, the Auburn
Doubledays of the New York-Penn League.
After two seasons of waiting for a major
league call-up that never came, joined the
Marines in 2004. Participated in counter-
smuggling and counterinsurgency operations
in Iraq's Al Anbar governorate in 2005 and
2006. Genuinely modest and guileless,
qualities that might have kept him from
achieving more in the professional baseball
leagues despite his major league-level
athletic ability. Prefers to work in the
background but is an effective leader if
pressed.
File Name Duty Assignment
Faireborn, Dashiell R. HVT Tracker Team Leader (HVT Tracker Team
1, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1967-08-23
B Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces
POB
Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Comparative Literature (Princeton
Flint University), MSt in English (University of
Oxford)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
W–2
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Ranger School, SFQC
Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS
Qualification Phase (SF Weapons Sergeant),
SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional
Language Training, SF Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course,Operations and Intelligence
Course, Advanced Special Operations
Techniques Training, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, SF
Warrant Officer Basic Course, SF Warrant
Technical and Tactical Certification Course,
Joint Special Operations Irregular Warfare
Advanced Course, Joint Special Operations
Warfighter Certification, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Fort Huachaca Combat
Tracking School, Weaponeering Applications
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A Rhodes Scholar, spent two years at Oxford
doing post-graduate work in English
Language and Literature. Returned to the
United States somewhat disillusioned with
the professional academic's life and role in
society. Joined the army as an infantryman in
1993. Participated in numerous patrol
actions in the Korean DMZ as a member of
the 173rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry
Regiment between 1994 and 1997, serving
alongside future GIJOE operatives Conrad
Hauser (call-sign: Duke) and Marvin Hinton
(call-sign: Roadblock). Went Special Forces
in 1998. Took part in clandestine manhunt
operations in Albania, Kosovo, and
Macedonia, 1999 to 2001. Deployed to
Afghanistan as a member of a joint CIA/10 th
SFG task unit in 2003. Appointed warrant
officer in 2004. Served as a technical officer
during foreign internal defense operations
and Joint Combined Exchange Training
exercises in Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal
from 2006 to 2008. Fluent in French
(Metropolitan), German, Serbo-Croatian, and
Spanish; conversant in Czech, Polish,
Slovak, and Russian. Has a flair for the
dramatic, perhaps as well known among
teammates for his on-field exhibitions of
bravado as he is for his tactical prowess.
File Name Duty Assignment
Falcone, Vincent R. Detachment Executive Officer (Detachment
Command Team, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-11-30
A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces
POB
Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Fayetteville, North Carolina,
Post-Secondary Education
USA
BA in Linguistics (UNC-Chapel Hill); Master of
Call-Sign
Professional Studies, Strategic Leadership
Falcon concentration (Austin Peay Center-Fort
Campbell); AA in Farsi (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–3
Infantry Officer Basic Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School,
Infantry Captains Career 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 &
SPIE Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification,
ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
A second generation Green Beret, father
having served with the 10th Special Forces
Group. Served as executive officer, B
Company, 2nd Battalion, 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 foreign
internal defense operations and Joint
Combined Exchange Training 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 (Metropolitan/ Standard
and Maghreb dialect), and Spanish;
conversant in Somali (North-Central dialect)
and Swahili. Possesses a natural aptitude for
picking up the colloquial nuances of foreign
languages, making him a cut above many of
GIJOE's other polyglots. Uses a keen sense
of cultural awareness and a genuine
affability to reliably earn the trust and loyalty
of foreign allies.
File Name Duty Assignment
Fardie, Donovan G. Scout-Sniper/Spotter (Detachment
Headquarters STA Sniper Team, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1982-12-11
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division
(USMC)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Crosshair
AA in Business Management (Palomar College-
Pay-Grade Camp Pendleton)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Marine Rifleman Course, Designated
Marksman School, Scout/Sniper Basic Course,
Urban Sniper Course, Mountainous
Scout/Sniper Course, Basic Reconnaissance
Course, Basic Airborne School, Combatant
Diver Course, Marksmanship Coach Course,
Marksmanship Instructor Course, Tactical Rope
Suspension Technician Certification & HRST
Master Course, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint
Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Marines out of high school in
2001. Initially assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 5th
Marines, participated in military operations in
Iraq ousting Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Returned to Iraq in 2004, taking part in
security operations in Al Anbar governorate.
Joined the 1st Recon Battalion 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
Sniper School marksmanship training phase.
Visual acuity in both eyes, as tested by Navy
opticians, is listed at 20/10 (LogMAR of
-0.30), the generally acknowledged
maximum acuity 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 again in 2008. Quiet
and unassuming, spends his leisure time
camping, hiking, and hunting with family and
friends.
File Name Duty Assignment
Faria, Jason A. Physical Security Operations Supervisor
(Physical Security Team 1, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-01-25
65th Military Police Company, 503rd Military
POB
Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade
Dearborn, Michigan, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Shockwave AAS in Criminal Justice (Oakland Community
College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Basic Police Training (Oakland Police
Academy), Patrol Counterambush Tactics and
Techniques, Basic SWAT Training, Response to
Barricade Extremist/Terrorist Incidents Course,
Booby Trap and Explosives Recognition
Course, Tactical Rappel & Beginning Lead
Climber Course, Intermediate/ Advanced SWAT
Training, High Risk Warrant Service Course,
Hostage Rescue Linear Interventions Course,
Military Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Military Police
Investigator Course, Conventional Physical
Security Course, SRT Phase I Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, SRT Phase II (Marksman/
Observer) Course, Protective Service Training
Course, High Risk Personnel Security Course,
Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program,
Critical Infrastructure Protection Training
Program, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A five-year veteran of the Detroit Police
Department's SRT (Special Response
Team), where he specialized in mechanical
and explosive breaching and tactical entry
techniques. Highlights of his civilian law
enforcement career include taking part in the
successful capture of a number of high-
ranking members of the Detroit Partnership,
Chaldean mafia, and Almighty Vice Lord
Nation organized crime rings during the late
1990s. Joined the Army in 2002 in the wake
of the 9/11 attacks. 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. Conducted detainee and
convoy security operations in Iraq in 2007
through 2008. Conversant in Arabic (Modern
Standard and Iraqi), Italian and Spanish.
Volunteers as a choir-member (tenor) at St.
Mary's Church near Fort Wadsworth in his
spare time.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Felix, Dwayne A. Small Craft Coxswain (LRRS Team 8-NSW, Worked in downtown New York's Chinatown
TIGER Detachment) Fair Video Arcade (the former home of the
DOB World Famous Dancing and Tic-Tac-Toe
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-03-04 Chickens) before joining the Navy in 2000.
Special Boat Team 22, Naval Special Warfare Served as a fire controlman on the USS
POB Essex (LHD-2), taking part in humanitarian
Group FOUR (USN)
New York City, New York, USA support operations in East Timor in 2001 and
Post-Secondary Education North Korea in 2002. Participated in riverine
Call-Sign security operations on the Euphrates river as
AS in Electrical Technology (Mississippi Gulf
Rampart Coast Community College-Jefferson Davis part of a patrol boat escort accompanying
Campus) elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary
Pay-Grade Unit in the lead-up to the Battle of Fallujah in
Relevant Training (partial list) 2004. Returned to the Essex in time to take
E–6
Fire Controlman "A" School, NATO Sea part in humanitarian aid operations in
Sparrow Surface Missile System (Mk 57 Mod Indonesia after the 2004 St. Stephen's Day
2/3) Technician Training, Close-In Weapon tsunami. Joined NAVSPECWAR as a SWCC
System (Mk 15/Block 11-14) Technician in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, sent on
Training, Stinger Anti-terrorist Weapon various assignments in Indonesia and the
Operations and Maintenance Training, Philippines in support of SOCPAC
NAVSPECWAR Small Arms Organizational- operations. Participated in joint training
level Maintenance Technician Training, SWCC exercises with the Kenyan Navy in early
Basic Crewman Training, NAVSPECWAR 2009.
Crewman Qualification Training, Basic Tactical
Swimmer Course, Basic Airborne School,
Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Air
Assault School, Camp Michael Monsoor
Mountain Warfare Training, Camp Michael
Monsoor Special Reconnaissance Training,
Tactical Rope Suspension Technician
Certification & HRST Master Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Advanced Tactical
Swimmer Course, SCUBA Diver Qualification,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Felton, Joseph Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 5-Mountain,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-05-14
B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th
POB
Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Vashon, Washington, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Recoil BS in Environmental Health (University of
Washington)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Pathfinder School, Ranger
School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
An amateur triathlete and recreational
weightlifter, his team finished among the top
10 during the week-long Raid Gauloises
adventure race held in Nepal and Tibet in
2000. Joined the Army in 2001, intent on
using his physical gifts for more than the
professional pursuit of athletic achievements
and accolades. Initially assigned to the 31 st
Infantry Regiment (Light), saw action in
Afghanistan in 2003. Served briefly with the
now-inactive F Company, 51st Infantry (Long
Range Surveillance), participated in various
long range surveillance operations in
northwestern Iraq in 2004 and 2005.
Assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Brigade's Long Range Surveillance Troop in
2007, deployed back to Iraq in 2008. In
terms of sheer physical stamina, endurance,
and pain tolerance, has few peers within the
GIJOE community.
File Name Duty Assignment
Ferreira, Stephen A. Platoon Chief (Physical Security Operations
Platoon Headquarters, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1968-03-11
21st Military Police Company, 503rd Military
POB
Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade
Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Bullhorn BS in Chemical Dependency/Addiction Studies
(Rhode Island College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
Basic Recruit Training Course (Rhode Island
Department of Public Safety Municipal Police
Academy), Uniformed Police Training Program,
FBI Police Officer Training, FBI Academy
LETSS Program, Military Police AIT, Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, Military
Police Investigator Course, Conventional
Physical Security Course, SRT Phase I Course,
SRT Phase II (Marksman/Observer) Course,
Protective Service Training Course, Crisis-
Hostage Negotiations-Level I Course, Crisis-
Hostage Negotiations-Level II Course, Crisis-
Hostage Negotiations-Level III Course, Law
Enforcement Advanced Interviewing Training
Program, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, High Risk Personnel
Security Course, Suicide Bomber Mitigation
Training Program, Critical Infrastructure
Protection Training Program, Law Enforcement
Supervisor Leadership Training Program,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
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 field office, eventually joining the FBI
Police SWAT team as a cover team
marksman. Has had extensive training and
field experience in the conduct of
crisis/hostage negotiations. Joined the Army
in 1995. As a member of the 21st 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. Deployed to 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 Practical
Shooting Association's 2002 Infinity US
Open event and fourth overall during the
2003 Pan Am Championship. Has taught as
a guest instructor for the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center's Tactics For
Flying Armed Training Program and Law
Enforcement Control Tactics Instructor
Training Program.
File Name Duty Assignment
Fine, Seymour P. Scout-Observer/Non-Lethal DEW Operator
(LRRS Team 2, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1981-06-22
B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th
POB
Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Geraldine, Montana, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Sci-Fi AAS in Computer Electronics (Central Texas
College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Fire Control Repairer AIT, Infantryman AIT,
Basic Airborne School, Squad Designated
Marksman Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger
School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Inter-service Non-lethal Individual
Weapons Instructor Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Started his military career in 2001 as a fire
control repairer assigned to the 602nd
Forward Support Company. Switched career
tracks in 2005, electing to go infantry upon
re-enlistment. Served with the 2nd Battalion,
87th Infantry Regiment (Light) in Iraq before
joining the 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Brigade'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
particularly proficient in the use of man-
portable non-lethal directed energy
(“dazzler”) devices. His consistently relaxed
demeanor can sometimes be mistaken for
indifference, but his calm and collected
disposition in the face of potential harm has
served him and his teammates well in the
field time and again.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Forrest, Brian M. Scout-Observer/Reconnaissance Diver (LRRS Served as a sonar technician aboard the
Team 8-NSW, TIGER Detachment) USS Avenger (MCM-1), taking part in various
DOB
joint exercises in the Pacific in late 2001.
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-07-04 Joined NAVSPECWAR in 2004. Participated
SEAL Team 8, Naval Special Warfare Group in numerous counter-terrorist actions in
POB Afghanistan between 2005 and 2008.
TWO (USN)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Engaged Somali pirates in a successful and
Post-Secondary Education highly-publicized high-seas hostage rescue
USA
BS in Marine Science (University of South mission in the Gulf of Aden in early 2009.
Call-Sign Neither polite nor politic except in the most
Carolina-Columbia)
Wet-Suit perfunctory of fashions and is considered by
Relevant Training (partial list) most teammates to be somewhat lacking in
Pay-Grade social graces, but is an astute and dedicated
Sonar Technician (Surface) "A" School, Sonar
E–6 Auxiliary Maintenance and Operations student of the military sciences, being well-
Repairman Training, Basic Acoustic Analyst read in both the classics and contemporary
Training, Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL texts.
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
Monsoor Mountain Warfare Training, Camp
Michael Monsoor Special Reconnaissance
Training, Air Assault School, Tactical Rope
Suspension Technician Certification & HRST
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF
SOF Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
File Name Duty Assignment
Freistadt, Eric W. Scout-Observer/Commando Mortarman (LRRS
Team 1, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-03-03
B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509 th
POB
Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics
Short-Fuze emphasis, minor in Physics (Northern Illinois
University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
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 & SPIE 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, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
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 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air
Assault), seeing action as a member of an
M119 howitzer battery in Iraq during the
opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom
in 2003. 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
2nd Battalion. Received extensive informal
instruction in the use and maintenance of the
M6C-210 60mm lightweight commando
mortar from European users in the ISAF and
has honed his skills with it to a remarkable
degree on joint operations with the Greek
and Bulgarian contingents, operating the
weapon with exceptional speed and
accuracy. Assigned to the 1st Battalion
(Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment in 2008,
where he put his experience with the
commando mortar to practical use in Joint
Readiness Training Center exercises as a
commando mortarman with the “Republic of
Acadia” OPFOR unit. Has gained some
notoriety for being a somewhat irascible
perfectionist, no doubt a result of his stern
military family upbringing, although not to the
extent that his behavioral quirks become
operational or interpersonal detriments.
File Name Duty Assignment
Gambello, Anthony S. Scout-Observer/Non-Lethal DEW Operator
(LRRS Team 1, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-02-20
F Company (Provisional) (Pathfinder), 2nd
POB
Battalion (Assault), 10th Aviation Regiment (US
Lodi, California, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Flash BS in Electrical/Electronics Engineering
(California State University-Chico)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
CBRN Specialist AIT; Nuclear, Biological, and
Chemical (NBC) Reconnaissance Course;
Technical Escort Course, Infantryman AIT,
Basic Airborne School, Squad Designated
Marksman Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Inter-
service Non-lethal Individual Weapons
Instructor Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Served his initial term of service in the Army
as a CBRN specialist with the 44th Chemical
Company. Conducted CBRN reconnaissance
operations as part of the 2nd Chemical
Battalion's contribution to the V Corps
contingent during the start of Operation Iraqi
Freedom in 2003. Re-classed as an
infantryman in 2004, participating in combat
action in Iraq as a member of the 1st
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment (Light) in
late 2006. Assigned to the 10th Mountain
Division's provisional Pathfinder Company in
2007. In 2008, participated in counter-
smuggling operations 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 innate and unshakeable
faith in the order of the universe.
File Name Duty Assignment
Garcia, Alejandro Logistics Chief (Logistics Team, C2E)
DOB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-04-09 Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
7th Transportation Battalion, 82 nd Sustainment
POB
Brigade (US Army)
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Classical Civilization (UC-Davis)
Long Range
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Airborne
E–7 School, Air Assault School, Basic Freight Traffic
Course, Installation Traffic Management
Course, Defense Advanced Traffic
Management Course, Passenger Travel
Specialist Course, Military Standard
Transportation & Movement Procedures
Course, Battle Command Sustainment Support
System (BCS3) Training; Force XXI Battle
Command, Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2)
Software Familiarization Training;
Transportation Coordinators Automatic
Information for Movement System II (TC AIMS
II) Training, Automated Air Load Planning
System (AALPS) Training, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Camp
Adder Combat Logistical Patrol (CLP) Academy
Training, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Born and raised in the shadow of the iron
and steel mills of Monterrey, father an ore
processing plant manager, mother a teller at
the local Banorte bank. Family immigrated to
the United States when he was twelve,
eventually settling in Dallas, Texas. Made a
relatively smooth transition to American life.
Became a naturalized American citizen in
1990. Joined the Army almost immediately
after graduating from UC Davis in 1995.
Assigned to the pre-modular 264 th Support
Battalion after completing motor transport
operator AIT. Deployed to Panama for
Operation Jungle Warrior (1997) as part of a
forward support element supporting 505 th
Infantry Regiment (Airborne) forces.
Deployed to Iraq in 2006. Sent to
Afghanistan the following year. Fluent in
Spanish, conversant in Ancient Greek (Attic
dialect), French, German, Italian, and Latin
(Old, Classical, and Vulgar registers). A
“soldier-scholar” in the truest sense, equally
comfortable conducting mounted combat
logistical patrols as he is parsing accounts of
ancient battles.
File Name Duty Assignment
Gonsalves, Blaine M. Imagery Analysis NCO/LAAD Systems Expert
(Tactical Deception Group Camouflage &
DOB
Concealment Team, C2E)
1982-10-14
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
USNS Victorious (T-AGOS-19), Special Mission
San Francisco, California, USA Ships Program, Military Sealift Command
(USN)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Knockdown
AS in Natural Sciences (Pasadena City
Pay-Grade College)
E–5
Relevant Training (partial list)
Intelligence Specialist "A" School, Naval
Imagery Interpreter Training, Strike Planning
Applications Training, Stinger Anti-terrorist
Weapon Operations and Maintenance Training,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Youngest son of working-class Portuguese-
American parents, father a plumber, mother
a certified home health aide. Joined the
Navy in 2004. Spent the bulk of his pre-
GIJOE military career assigned to the USNS
Victorious (T-AGOS-19) ocean surveillance
ship as a naval imagery interpreter.
Participated in numerous surveillance and
surveying operations throughout the West
Pacific between 2005 and 2007. In 2008,
took part in clandestine surveillance and
surveying operations in international waters
in the Yellow Sea, just beyond Chinese and
North Korean jurisdiction. Cross-trained in
FIM-92 Stinger portable infrared homing
surface-to-air missile operations and
maintenance. Conversant in Portuguese and
Spanish. A recreational skeet shooter in his
spare time, represented Pasadena City
College in the Association of College Unions
International 2001 Clay Target
Championships.
File Name Duty Assignment
Goren, Charles Deception Operations Chief-Engineering
(Tactical Deception Group Camouflage &
DOB
Concealment Team, C2E)
1969-12-19
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
B Company, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Warfare
Boise, Idaho, USA Training Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Tollbooth BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
(MIT)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
Combat Engineer AIT, Basic Airborne School,
Air Assault School, Sapper Leader Course,
SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS
Qualification Phase (SF Engineer Sergeant),
SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional
Language Training, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, SF Military 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 & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO
Course, SOF Senior Enlisted Course, SOF
Inter-agency Collaboration 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, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
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 that accompanied 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 Forces Group. Participated in foreign
internal defense operations in Western Africa
in 2006. Served on cadre, SF Engineer
Sergeant School, 2007 to 2009. Fluent in
Serbo-Croatian, Polish, and Russian;
conversant in Czech, French (Metropolitan),
German, and Spanish. Resolute and
unyielding in the face of all odds, embodies
the dichotomous essence of the military
engineer as both maker and destroyer.
File Name Duty Assignment
Graves, Robert W. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 1, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1971-01-07
B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th
POB
Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Columbus, Ohio, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Grunt BS in Industrial Engineering (Georgia Institute
of Technology)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
Fire Support Specialist AIT, Air Assault School,
Airborne School, Joint Fires Observer Course,
Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Light Leaders Course,
Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Fast Rope
& SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, Battle Damage
Assessment Course, Collateral Damage
Estimation Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Began his military career as a fire support
specialist with an M119 howitzer battery in
the 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne).
Fought alongside elements of the French
Army's 6e Division Légère Blindée (6th Light
Armored Division) in their push into Iraq
during Operation Desert Storm/Opération
Daguet. Separated from the Army in 1993 to
get his engineering degree from Georgia
Tech. Re-enlisted as an infantryman in 2000,
assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 87th
Infantry Regiment. Participated in missions
supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in
Afghanistan and Uzbekistan on two
deployments between 2001 to 2004.
Awarded the Army Achievement Medal (with
Valor device) for his actions during Operation
Anaconda (2002). Transferred to the 504 th
Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's LRS Troop
in 2006. Led a joint US/Iraqi long range
surveillance patrol in northern Iraq in 2008.
Conversant in French (Metropolitan) and
Spanish. Married to the former Dolores
“Lola” Marquez, an erstwhile US Army
helicopter mechanic. Couple have one
daughter, born in 1998.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Greer, Carl W. Emergency Medicine Physician (Medical Entered the Army in 1996 after completing
Treatment Team, STEEL Detachment) his residency in emergency medicine at
DOB Johns Hopkins Hospital. Deployed to Kosovo
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1964-02-12 as a member of the 86th Combat Support
772nd Forward Surgical Team, 86th Combat Hospital's contribution to Task Force Medical
POB Falcon in 2001. Spent time as an assistant
Support Hospital, 44th Medical Command (US
Concord, Massachusetts, USA Army) medical director for the US Army EMS and
as a Health Care Specialist AIT instructor as
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education part of his emergency medicine service
Doc BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences (State fellowship training at the Brooke Army
University of New York at Buffalo), Doctor of Medical Center. Served as an emergency
Pay-Grade Medicine (Harvard Medical School), Residency physician at the LSA Adder Level III hospital
O–4 in Emergency Medicine (Johns Hopkins facility in Iraq from 2004 to 2006. Deployed
Hospital), Emergency Medicine Service to Afghanistan in 2008 as a member of a
Fellowship (Brooke Army Medical Center/ field surgical team assigned to Forward
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Operating Base Fenty. Conversant in French
Antonio) (Metropolitan), Spanish, Swahili, and Persian
(Dari and Farsi dialects). Research interests
Relevant Training (partial list) include disaster medicine, damage control
AMEDD Officer Basic Leadership Course, Field resuscitation, pre-hospital emergency
Management of Chemical & Biological pharmacology, and trauma informatics.
Casualties Course, Medical NBC Readiness
Workshop, Military Tropical Medicine Course,
Advanced Topics on Medical Defense Against
Biological and Chemical Agents Course,
Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course,
AMEDD Captains Career Course, Joint
Humanitarian Operations Course, Basic
Airborne School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course,Air Assault School, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Global Medicine Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training, Joint
Special Operations Medical Officer's
Orientation Course
File Name Duty Assignment
Guderian, Sherman R. Scout-Observer/NSTV Driver (LRRS Team 4,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-07-21
B Troop, 3rd Squadron (RSTA), 7th Cavalry
POB
Regiment (US Army)
New York City, New York, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Accounting (Borough of Manhattan
Heavy Metal Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Financial Management Technician AIT, Cavalry
Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course, Bradley
Master Gunner Course, Air Assault School,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Airborne
School, Pathfinder School, Ranger School,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
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 a roofer, mother a
garment industry factory worker. Raised to
aspire to more than the hardscrabble
paycheck-to-paycheck existence of his
parents. Originally viewed the Army as a
route by which he could reach his ultimate
goal to become a CPA. Joined the Army in
late 2000 after earning his associate's
degree in accounting, started his military
career as a financial management technician
assigned to the Defense Contract Audit
Agency Headquarters Complex in Fort
Belvoir. Transferred to the cavalry in 2004
upon realizing, after extensive self-
examination and much introspection, that he
didn't want to spend his professional life as a
desk jockey. Served as a Bradley M3A3
crewman during the 3-7 Cavalry's
deployment to Iraq in 2005, conducting
numerous combat patrols in hostile territory
southeast of Baghdad covering over 200
square miles. Returned to Iraq in 2007,
where he would perform security and
counterinsurgency operations well into 2008.
File Name Duty Assignment
Hanrahan, Timothy P. Security Man/Dynamic Building Entry
Technician-Thermal (HVT Tracker Team 1,
DOB TIGER Detachment)
1974-04-28
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
C Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
Tampa, Florida, USA Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Blowtorch AAS in Industrial Management Technology
(Palm Beach Community College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Welding Technology Certification (Palm Beach
Community College), Metal Worker AIT, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A professional metal worker before joining
the Army, established himself in the Florida
custom motorcycle community as one of its
preeminent fabricators, having had a hand in
the design and construction of various
Daytona Beach Bike Week custom
motorcycle competition winners during the
late 1990s. Enlisted in the Army in 2001 at
the height of his status as a regional
motorcycle culture celebrity, a move that
surprised more than a few peers and fans.
Deployed to Iraq in 2004 as a member of the
814th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge).
Took part in the Battle of Al Qa'im (2005) in
Al Anbar governorate near the Iraqi-Syrian
border, fighting alongside elements of the
25th Marine Regiment against Fedayeen
Saddam irregulars and associated
insurgents and opportunistic armed bandits.
Re-enlisted in 2006 after the expiration of his
initial contract's extension, put in for
infantryman training. Deployed to
Afghanistan in 2007 as part of an ISAF
reinforcing airborne infantry contingent from
the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
File Name Duty Assignment
Hardy, William S. Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot/Aircraft Commander
(Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section,
DOB SONIC Detachment)
1970-12-20
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
B Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment
Brady, Texas, USA (Attack Reconnaissance) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Wild Bill BS in Mechanical Engineering (Texas Tech
University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
W–3
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Warrant Officer Flight Training
Program, Advanced Helicopter Ditching and
Dunker Training, O-58D Pilot Qualification, UH-
60A/L/M Pilot Qualification, SERE Level-C
Training, Aircraft Survivability Equipment/
Electronic Warfare Officer Course, Fast Rope &
SPIE Master Course, Aviation Warrant Officer
Advanced Course, C-23 Pilot Qualification, Air
Operations Staff Course, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Air Liaison Officer
Qualification Course, NATO Air Integration and
Planning Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army at the age of 18, started his
military career as an infantryman with the
327th Infantry Regiment's 2nd Battalion (Air
Assault), seeing action in Operation Desert
Storm (1991). Separated from the service in
1993 and went on to earn his engineering
degree from Texas Tech. Entered Warrant
Office Candidate School, 1998. Flew OH-
58D Kiowa Warrior observation/ aeroscout
helicopters on armed reconnaissance
missions over Salah ad-Din governorate in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004 to
2008. Conversant in Spanish. Amiable and
slow-talking, fancies himself a country-
western singer. As a somewhat curious
affectation, carries a pearl-handled, vintage,
single-action Colt revolver as a personal
sidearm; not beyond spinning a tall tale or
two for the amusement of his comrades.
File Name Duty Assignment
Hart-Burnett, Alison R. HUMINT Collection Technical Officer (SSE
Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-01-22
Army Operations Group, INSCOM (US Army)
POB
Post-Secondary Education
Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts, USA BA in Linguistics (Bryn Mawr College),
P.Grad.Dip. in Speech and Language
Call-Sign
Processing (Trinity College-Dublin), AA in Dari
Lady Jaye (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
W–2 Human Intelligence Collector AIT, Defense
Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation Course,
Basic Airborne School, Static-Line Jumpmaster
Course, Air Assault School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School,
HUMINT Technician Warrant Officer Basic
Course, Responsible Officers Course/Level II
Anti-terrorism Officer Training, NATO Intel
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO Advanced Intel
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Studied linguistics at Bryn Mawr and spent a
year doing postgraduate studies in speech
and language processing at Trinity College in
Dublin. Enlisted in the Army in 1999. Initially
assigned to the 201st 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 INSCOM's
secretive Army Operations Group in 2006,
played an instrumental role in a number of
clandestine HUMINT activities conducted in
Southwest Asia and Western Europe. An
accomplished part-time actor before joining
the military, credits include parts in off-
Broadway stage productions, television
advertisements, and voice-over work for a
number of cartoons and video games. Fluent
in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic,
Iraqi, and Levantine), French (Metropolitan),
German, Hebrew, Irish (Gaeilge), Persian
(Dari and Farsi dialects), and Spanish;
conversant in Portuguese. Can easily pass
for a native in Afghanistan, Australia, Iran,
Iraq, Ireland, Israel, France, Saudi Arabia,
New Zealand, Qatar, Oman, Germany, the
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Belgium,
Portugal, Brazil, and any number of Spanish-
speaking countries.
File Name Duty Assignment
Scout-Observer/FLASH Gunner (LRRS Team
4, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
B Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AS in Management Studies (University of
Salvo Maryland University College Europe)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Small Arms/Artillery Repairer AIT, Basic Military
Mountaineer Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, Fire Control Repairer Course,
Armament Repairer Course, Defense
Hazardous Materials/Waste Handling Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Foreign Language Area Study
Certificate in Italian (University of Maryland
University College Europe), ISAF SOF
Operations Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Spent his formative years living with his
paternal grandparents while parents worked
to resolve their marital issues. Grandfather, a
spy for the anti-Nazi German resistance
during World War II who managed to evade
capture and fled to the US after the failure of
the July 20 Plot, inculcated in the young
David an enduring pugnacity and folkish
probity. Worked for a few years as a
warehouse laborer and construction worker
after high school, joined the Army in 2001.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry
Regiment (Airborne) as an armorer soon
after graduating from small arms/artillery
repairer AIT. Deployed to Afghanistan in
2003 and 2005. Re-classed as an
infantryman and transferred to the 173 rd
Airborne Brigade Combat Team in 2006.
Returned to Afghanistan in 2007, deploying
in support of ISAF units. Compiled extensive
experience in the use and maintenance of
the M202A1 FLASH (Flame Assault
Shoulder Weapon) man-portable incendiary
rocket launcher during his time in Southwest
Asia. Conversant in German and Italian.
File Name Duty Assignment
Hauser, Conrad G. Detachment Senior Enlisted Adviser
(Detachment Command Team, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1970-08-22
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces
St. Louis, Missouri, USA Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Duke BA in Psychology, minor in Asian Studies
(University of Maryland University College Asia)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–8 (1SG)
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Ranger
School, Air Assault School, SFQC Individual
Skills Phase, SFQC MOS Qualification Phase
(SF Weapons Sergeant), SFQC Collective
Training Phase, SF Functional Language
Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, SF Military Free Fall Parachutist
Course, Combat Diver Qualification Course;
Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis,
and Exploitation Techniques Course; SF
Operations and Intelligence Course, Advanced
Special Operations Techniques Training, British
Army Jungle LRRP Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO
Course, SOF Senior Enlisted Course, SOF
Inter-agency Collaboration Course, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification,
ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Already fluent in French (Metropolitan) and
German when he joined the Army in 1990,
father originally from Brandenburg state in
Germany, mother a Parisian expatriate.
Stationed in South Korea as a soldier in the
173rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry
Regiment from 1992 to 1997, participated in
numerous operations in the Korean DMZ
alongside future GIJOE operatives Dashiell
Fairborn (call-sign: Flint) and Marvin Hinton
(call-sign: Roadblock). Went Special Forces
in 1998. Took part in demining operations in
Cambodia and Vietnam in 1999. Attended
the British Army Jungle Warfare Training
School (Training Team Brunei) in 2001. Led
a Combat Advisory Team in support of
JSOTF-P operations targeting the Abu
Sayyaf paramilitary organization and various
armed bandit groups in the Bangsamoro
region, 2002–2007. Went on a six-month
rotational deployment to Afghanistan in
2008. Besides French and German, also
fluent in Malay/ Indonesian, Min Nan
(Hokkien dialect), and Tagalog; conversant in
Khmer (Phnom Penh dialect), Korean,
Tausūg, Thai, and Vietnamese. A
quintessential “first shirt,” a judicious adviser
to the commander, a firm but fair martial
disciplinarian; an intelligent and inspirational
leader of fighting men.
File Name Duty Assignment
Hinton, Marvin F. Scout-Observer/Cover Man (LRRS Team 2,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-11-25
Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special
POB
Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Roadblock Superior Diploma (Ecole Ritz Escoffier)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Food Service Operations Specialist AIT, Air
Assault School, Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Anti-Armor Leaders Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Ranger
School, Ranger Assessment & Selection
Program, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, 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 Escoffier culinary school in France when
a recruiter convinced him that the Army could
train him just as well to be a professional
chef. Joined the service in 1992 as a food
service operations specialist but transferred
to the infantry after finding Army menus and
preparation techniques too appalling. Re-
assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade's
503rd Infantry Regiment in 1995, served
briefly alongside future GIJOE operatives
Dashiell Fairborn (call-sign: Flint) and
Conrad Hauser (call-sign: Duke) in the
Korean DMZ. Separated from the service in
1998 and was finally able to attend Ecole
Ritz Escoffier a year later. Started a
restaurant with two partners in Los Angeles
in 2000 but despite glowing reviews from
print and TV food critics, the business
struggled to find loyal clientele in the
notoriously fickle LA restaurant scene and he
sold his stake in the concern after only three
years of operation. Re-enlisted in 2003,
assigned to E Company (LRS) (Airborne) of
the now-inactive 313th Military Intelligence
Battalion. Deployed to Iraq in 2005, taking
part in operations to provide a secure
environment for the country's elections.
Joined the 75th Ranger Regiment's
Regimental Reconnaissance Team in 2006
with E Company's inactivation, participated
in operations in Afghanistan throughout 2008
and 2009. Fluent in French (Metropolitan),
conversant in Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Holsinger, Philip M. Physical Security Operations Supervisor
(Physical Security Team 3, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1980-09-16
164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military
POB
Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade (US
Pittsburg, Kansas, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Barricade Associate of Arts, General Curriculum
(University of Maryland University College
Pay-Grade Europe)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Military Police AIT, Military Police Investigator
Course, Conventional Physical Security
Course, Protective Service Training Course,
SRT Phase I Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, SRT Phase II (Marksman/Observer)
Course, High Risk Personnel Security Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Air Assault School, Fast Rope
& SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program,
Backcountry Tactics & Tracking Course,
Commercial Vehicle Counterterrorism Training
Program, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Training Program, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Raised in a tightly-knit Sudeten German-
American extended family. Grandparents on
his father's side of the family were ethnic
Germans from Czechoslovakia's
Sudetenland region, immigrated to the
United States in the late 1940s to escape
post-World War II anti-German ethnic
violence. Father worked as a coal miner with
the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Company
before succumbing to lung cancer in the mid-
1980s, mother a baker. Excelled in sports
and academics in high school, although was
somewhat withdrawn socially. Worked as a
factory worker at Pitt Plastics, Inc. out of high
school before deciding to join the military in
2002. Assigned to the 793 rd Military Police
Battalion after graduating from military police
AIT, stationed in Germany. Deployed to Iraq
in late 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Helped secure People's Mujahedin
of Iran/Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI/MEK)
personnel at Camp Ashraf. Also participated
in military police operations in support of the
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division in their area of operation. Returned
to Iraq in 2008 where he took part in the
professionalization training of Iraqi Police
units in the Baghdad and Basra
governorates. Conversant in Czech and
German.
File Name Duty Assignment
Iannotti, William V. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 4, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-08-31
F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd Battalion (Assault),
POB
82nd Aviation Regiment (US Army)
Key West, Florida, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AA in Business and Management (University of
Pathfinder Maryland University College Asia), Bachelor of
Applied Sciences (Campbell University-Fort
Pay-Grade Bragg/Pope AFB)
E–7
Relevant Training (partial list)
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, JWTC Jungle Skills Course,
JWTC Jungle Endurance Course, JWTC
Combat Tracking Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Joint Fires Observer Course,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Pathfinder School, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Ranger School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course,
Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders
Course, Battle Damage Assessment Course,
Collateral Damage Estimation Course, Battle
Staff NCO Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
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
173rd Airborne Brigade's 503rd Infantry
Regiment, patrolling the Korean
Demilitarized Zone from 1996 to 2003.
Received cross-training in jungle warfare at
the Camp Gonsalves Jungle Warfare
Training Center. Re-assigned to the now-
inactive 313th Military Intelligence Battalion's
E Company (LRS) (Airborne) in 2004.
Participated in surveillance and armed
reconnaissance missions in Iraq in support
of the 82nd Airborne Division in 2005. With
the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion's
inactivation in 2006, transferred to the 82 nd
Aviation Regiment's Pathfinder Company
along with many of his former LRS
comrades. Returned to Iraq in late 2006 on a
six-month tour. Deployed to Afghanistan in
2007. Fluent in Spanish, conversant in
French (Metropolitan), Haitian Creole, and
Portuguese. Inherited his father's quirky
sense of humor and fierce spirit of
individualism, and still celebrates (with
tongue firmly in cheek) the Conch Republic's
Independence Day every April 23.
File Name Duty Assignment
Indiana, Elwood G. Scout-Observer/NSTV Driver (LRRS Team 2,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-09-23
A Troop, 1st Squadron (RSTA-Airborne), 91st
POB
Cavalry Regiment (US Army)
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Electronics (Pinnacle Career Institute)
Crankcase
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Cavalry Scout AIT, Basic Airborne School, Anti-
E–6 terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course,
Ranger School, Air Assault School, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, MWTC
OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Fast Rope
& SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, 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 racing circuit 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 and stability
operations conducted from Forward
Operating Base Mackenzie near the city of
Ad Duluiyah. Battled alongside elements of
the the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
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 1st Squadron (RSTA-
Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment. Deployed
to Afghanistan in 2007 as part of the US
military contribution to the ISAF.
File Name Duty Assignment
Iron-Knife, Charles Visual Tracker (HVT Tracker Team 2, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-10-06
B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th
POB
Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Taos, New Mexico, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Spirit BS in Psychology (University of New Mexico)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, JOTC Jungle Warfare Course,
Substance Abuse Studies Certification,
Licensure Track (University of New Mexico);
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, Squad
Designated Marksman Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber
Summer Course, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, JWTC Combat
Tracking Course, Fort Huachaca Combat
Tracking Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, 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 below the poverty line. Worked as a
hunting guide throughout high school.
Enlisted in the Army at the age of 18,
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry
Regiment (Airborne). Participated in
Operation Jungle Warrior (1997) in Panama.
Separated from the service in 1998, earned
his degree in psychology from the University
of New Mexico in 2003. Served as a guest
lecturer and subject matter expert for the
FLETC Artesia Facility's Backcountry Tactics
& Tracking Training Program 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
successful capture of insurgents wanted for
the deliberate contamination of Coalition
water supplies in a joint US-Iraqi manhunt
operation conducted in early 2009 in Ninawa
governorate. Fluent in Hopi, Navajo, Taos,
and Spanish; conversant in Apache
(Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Mescalero
dialects), Jemez (Towa), Picurís, and Zuni.
Serves, in an informal capacity, as the
TIGER Detachment's resident expert in
acute combat stress reaction management.
File Name Duty Assignment
Ito, MacArthur S. Security Man/Surreptitious Building Entry
Technician (HVT Tracker Team 2, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1976-05-01
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
A Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th
Los Angeles, California, USA Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Quick-Kick BA in Film and Television (UCLA)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 International Stuntman School-Standard
Session (United Stuntmen's Association),
International Stuntman School-Aerial Intensive
Session (United Stuntmen's Association),
Infantryman AIT, Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Operators Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Assault Climber Summer
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School,
Modern Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor
Course; Lock Picking, Lock Bypassing, and
Subtle Mechanical Breaching Techniques
Course; Modern Army Combatives Level 2
Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives
Level 3 Instructor Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
The only child of immigrant parents,
Okinawa-born father and Incheon-born
mother owned a convenience store in Watts.
Had difficulty finding social acceptance in
both the nisei and the hangukgye migugin
communities because of his mixed ancestry
and the long-standing historical divide
between the Japanese and the Koreans.
Excelled in high school basketball but went
unrecruited going into college despite
displaying freakish athleticism (scouting
reports cite his lack of height as the main
concern of college coaches). Turned his
attention to the martial arts. Trained in
Kukkiwon taekwondo, Seigokan Gōjū-ryū
karate, Ryūkyū kobujutsū, wing chun (Yip
Man branch), Chow Gar school nán pài táng
láng (Southern Praying Mantis), and Yang-
style tai chi chuan. Worked briefly as a
Hollywood-based stuntman and fight
choreographer before joining the Army in
2001. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th
Infantry Regiment (Mechanized) stationed in
South Korea, where he joined the 2 nd Infantry
Division's Taekwondo Demonstration Team.
Transferred to the 1st Battalion (Airborne),
509th Infantry Regiment in 2003, deployed to
Iraq the following year where he participated
in full-spectrum combat operations. Has
received specialized surreptitious building
entry training and participated in numerous
JRTC exercises as a member of various
“Leesville Urban Group” and “Republic of
Acadia” special weapons and special
purpose OPFOR units. Fluent in Japanese
and Korean; conversant in Cantonese/Yue
(Standard dialect) and Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Jeffries, Jonas S. Fixed-Wing ISR Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft
Commander
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-10-15
362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance
POB
Squadron, 332nd Expeditionary Operations
Chicago, Illinois, USA Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (USAF)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Ghostrider BS in Aerospace Engineering (University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), MS in
Pay-Grade
Aeronautical Engineering (AFIT)
O–3
Relevant Training (partial list)
Initial Flight Screening, USAF Specialized
Undergraduate Training, Transitional and
Operational Flight Training (F-117A Nighthawk),
USAF Weapons School (F-117A Nighthawk),
Flight Commander Course, Organizational
Leadership Course, Expeditionary Leadership
Course, Squadron Officer School, SERE Level-
C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Mission Qualification Flight Training
(MC-12W Liberty), GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Assigned to the 49th Fighter Wing's 8th
Fighter Squadron in 2002 after completing F-
117A Nighthawk qualification. Flew close air
support, ground attack, and air interdiction
missions over Iraq in 2003. Transferred to
the 417th Weapons Squadron in 2004. Re-
assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center
as a generalist pilot (non-flying) in 2006 with
the squadron's inactivation and the
impending retirement of the F-117A stealth
attack aircraft. Volunteered for MC-12W
Liberty mission qualification training in early
2009. Flew the 362nd Expeditionary
Reconnaissance Squadron's first MC-12W
Liberty ISR aircraft alongside future GIJOE
aviators Bradley Armbruster (call-sign: Ace)
and Gregory Boyajian (call-sign: Slipstream)
in sorties over Iraq and Afghanistan in the
summer of 2009. Obliging and good
humored in his personal interactions but
generally eschews the attention and
recognition often accorded to pilots, in sharp
contrast to his more socially inclined aviator
peers in the SONIC Detachment's
Composite Aerial Reconnaissance Section.
File Name Duty Assignment
Jesso, Kyle Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 4, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-11-23
A Company, 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry
POB
Regiment (US Army)
Sacramento California, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Exercise Science (Columbus State
Budo University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 1
Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives
Level 2 Instructor Course, Modern Army
Combatives Level 3 Instructor Course, Basic
Instructor Course, Small Group Instructor
Course, Ranger School, Modern Army
Combatives Level 4 Instructor Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Descended from one of the last true samurai
of the 19th century, his paternal great-great-
grandfather fought under the legendary
Saigō Takamori during the Satsuma
Rebellion. Great-grandfather immigrated to
the United States and labored as a railway
worker. Grandparents, both American
citizens born in California, forcibly interned at
the Manzanar War Relocation Center from
1942 to 1945. Father volunteered for three
tours of duty in Vietnam as an Army medic
during the late 1960s before embarking on a
career as an orthodontist. Studied the
Tatsumi-ryū Hyōhō disciplines of kenjutsu
(swordsmanship), iaidō (sword-drawing),
jujutsu (grappling/ground fighting/joint
trapping), and monomi (surveillance/
observation) throughout his teens and into
adulthood. Joined the Army in 2001, initially
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry
Regiment after graduating from Infantryman
AIT. Participated in joint training exercises in
Pakistan in late 2002, deployed to Iraq for
Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Returned
to Iraq in 2005, conducted combat actions
and weapons cache search missions in
support of Task Force Liberty in Diyala,
Salah ad Din, and Kirkuk governorates.
Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry
Regiment in 2007. Served as an instructor at
the US Army Combatives School in Fort
Benning from 2008 until his selection to
GIJOE. Fluent in Japanese. Spends his free
time working on his vintage 1969 Harley-
Davidson KRTT 750 Racer motorcycle and
collecting 1980s-era demo tapes from
obscure Bay Area heavy metal bands.
File Name Duty Assignment
Jivoin, Jerome T. Counterintelligence Agent (Tactical Deception
Group Camouflage & Concealment Team, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-01-17
Joint Staff, Joint Task Force Bravo
POB
(USSOUTHCOM)
Bogotá, Distrito Capital,
Post-Secondary Education
Colombia
BA in Legal Studies (University of Maryland
Call-Sign
University College-Fort Sam Houston)
Switch Gears
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course,
E–7 Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Infantryman AIT, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel
Master Course, Counterintelligence Special
Agent Course, Intelligence in Combating
Terrorism Course, Defense Strategic Debriefing
& Interrogation Course, Defense Against Sound
Equipment Course, Advanced Foreign
Counterintelligence Course, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
Master Resilience Trainer Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF Advanced
Intel Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Parents owned a small farm on the outskirts
of metropolitan Bogotá. Farm's location
made it a convenient target for far-right
paramilitary forces, Marxist-Leninist rebels,
corrupt law enforcement and military
personnel, and drug cartel enforcers looking
to restock on food and supplies. Father and
older brother shot and killed by unknown
assailants in 1982 while attempting to stop
the theft and slaughter of their remaining
livestock. Surviving family granted asylum in
the United States in 1988. Settled in
Morristown, New Jersey with mother and
younger sister. Became a naturalized
American citizen in 1993. Joined the Army in
1994 after graduating from high school,
initially trained as a cavalry scout. Helped
enforce the Dayton Peace Accords in
Bosnia-Herzegovina as an M3A3 Bradley
Cavalry Fighting Vehicle driver with the 4th
Cavalry Regiment in 1995. Re-classed as a
counterintelligence agent in 2000. Deployed
to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the 201 st
Military Intelligence Battalion. Assigned to
USSOUTHCOM's Joint Task Force-Bravo in
Honduras, 2006. Participated in various
counter-drug and force protection activities
and investigations while also serving the task
force J2 (staff intelligence office) as a
counterintelligence agent. Fluent in Arabic
(Modern Standard and Iraqi), French
(Metropolitan), Portuguese, and Spanish;
conversant in Garifuna, German, and Italian.
Extremely well-conditioned physically.
Endowed with a high threshold for pain
shaped by his life experiences and an innate
unwillingness to give up against even the
most overwhelming odds.
File Name Duty Assignment
Katzenbogen, David L. Scout-Observer/MAAWS Gunner (LRRS Team
2, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-04-16
B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Hibbing, Minnesota, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Kinesiology, Athletic Training option
Bazooka (California State University-Fresno)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer
Course, Pathfinder School, Infantryman AIT,
Basic Airborne School, Anti-Armor Leaders
Course, Ranger Assessment & Selection
Program, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger
School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel Master
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Was a running back in college, an athletic
standout on an overachieving Fresno State
Bulldogs football team that compiled a
respectable 7-5 record in 2000 despite
injuries to key members of the roster. Went
undrafted in the 2001 NFL draft. Briefly
considered a career in the CFL but opted to
enlist in the Army instead. Started his career
as a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 4th
Cavalry Regiment, served as an M3A3
Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle gunner in
Iraq throughout 2004 and into 2005. Re-
classed as an infantryman with the 1-4 Cav's
inactivation in 2006. Joined the 75 th Ranger
Regiment after graduating from infantryman
AIT. Participated in operations in Afghanistan
in 2007 and 2008. Extremely proficient in the
use of the 84mm M3 Multi-role Anti-armor
Anti-personnel Weapon System. A decisive
fast-thinker with all the instincts of a natural
survivor.
File Name Duty Assignment
Kelly, Gabriel A. Security Man/Dynamic Building Entry
Technician-Mechanical (HVT Tracker Team 3,
DOB TIGER Detachment)
1981-04-14
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
A Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry
Boston, Massachusetts, USA Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Barbecue AAS in Fire Protection Technology (Fayetteville
Technical Community College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Firefighter AIT, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting
Truck Operator Certification, Pumper Operator
Certification, Fire Protection Apprentice Course,
Rescue Technician I Course, Rescue
Technician II Course, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, Infantryman AIT, Ranger
School, ISAF SOF Operations Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
The seventh Kelly in his direct ancestral line
to become a firefighter (a Fergus Kelly is
listed as one of the founding members of the
first Boston Fire Department, formally
organized in 1859). Joined the Army in 2001,
assigned to Fort Bragg's Fire and
Emergency Services Division after
completing firefighter AIT. Served as an
aircraft crash/fire/rescue specialist at
Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan from 2003 to
2005. Re-classed as an infantryman upon
his return from Southwest Asia, assigned to
the 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) in
2006. Returned to Afghanistan in 2007. Has
earned a reputation among teammates as
something of a “party animal,” almost
excessively exuberant and enthusiastic
during the occasional off-hours social
gatherings organized by agency augmentees
and employees. Despite this, he has
managed to avoid getting into situations
necessitating disciplinary action or formal
censure from authorities or his superiors,
and the results of informal behavioral
monitoring by agency human resources
personnel and incidental observations by
teammates of his off-base socialization show
no indications of a serious potential to abuse
alcohol or other psychoactive recreational
substances. Powerfully built and
exceptionally strong and agile, gifted with
phenomenally quick reflexes.
File Name Duty Assignment
Kibbey, Alvin R. Communications Chief (Detachment Command
Team, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-01-07
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces
POB
Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Electrical Engineering (University of
Breaker Memphis), Advanced Study Program
Fellowship in Electrical Engineering and
Pay-Grade Computer Science (MIT Professional
E–7 Education), AA in Farsi (DLIFLC)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Pathfinder School, Basic Airborne School,
Ranger School, SFQC Individual Skills Phase,
SFQC MOS Qualification Phase (SF
Communications Sergeant), SFQC Collective
Training Phase, SF Functional Language
Training; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target
Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course;
SF Operations and Intelligence Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, White House
Communications Agency Console Control
Operations Course, Special Operations
Terminal Air Control Course, Battlefield
Spectrum Management Course, Battle Staff
NCO Course, SOF Inter-agency Collaboration
Course, Tactical Information Operations
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army in 1995 an outspokenly
idealistic recent college graduate. Quickly
disabused of any romanticized notions of
war after witnessing firsthand the atrocities
committed by the principal belligerents in
Bosnia while conducting security and
peacekeeping operations in 1996 and 1997
as a member of the 2nd Infantry Regiment's
2nd Battalion. Participated in operations
enforcing UN Security Council Resolution
1244, calling for the demilitarization of the
Kosovo Liberation Army, in 1999. Went
Special Forces in 2003. Has since
participated in numerous missions
supporting Operation Enduring Freedom,
most notably in Georgia and Uzbekistan.
Efficient and self-assured, confident in his
ability to turn any adverse situation into an
advantage with the proper application of
knowledge and reason. Fluent in Albanian,
Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Persian (Dari,
Farsi, and Tajiki dialects), and Uzbek;
conversant in Georgian, German, and
Macedonian.
File Name Duty Assignment
Kiley, Thomas P. Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot
(Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Team,
DOB STEEL Detachment)
1978-06-09
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
3rd Special Operations Squadron, 27th Special
Ida Grove, Iowa, USA Operations Wing, 27th Special Operations
Group (USAF)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Maverick
BS in Aeronautical Engineering (USAFA), MS in
Pay-Grade Engineering Management (AFIT)
O–3
Relevant Training (partial list)
Initial Flight Screening, USAF Specialized
Undergraduate Training, Transitional and
Operational Flight Training (AC-130H
Spectre/AC-130U Spooky), USAF Weapons
School (AC-130H Spectre/AC-130U Spooky),
Flight Commander Course, Organizational
Leadership Course, Expeditionary Leadership
Course, Squadron Officer School, Joint Special
Operations Warfighter Certification, C-27J Joint
Cargo Aircraft Schoolhouse training, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Introduced to flying at an early age, mother a
crop duster pilot who would occasionally take
the young Thomas with her to work.
Graduated from the top of his class at the
US Air Force Academy. Received the Order
of Daedalians Orville Wright Achievement
Award for his outstanding performance
during undergraduate pilot training. Assigned
to the 4th Special Operations Squadron 2002
after completing AC-130U Spooky
qualification. Flew close air support, air
interdiction, and force protection missions
over Iraq from 2003 to 2006. Sent to the L-3
Platform Integration Waco facility and Robins
Air Force Base in 2008 for C-27J Spartan
mission qualification training and to serve as
part of an expert team evaluating the C-27J
Spartan for possible adoption by the Air
Force Special Operations Command as a C-
130 platform replacement (AFSOC would
eventually decide to retain its C-130-based
special operations aircraft).
File Name Duty Assignment
King, Owen Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 4, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-02-21
Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special
POB
Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Bangor, Maine, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Sneak Peek BA in English (Vassar College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Ranger Assessment &
Selection Program, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Joint Firepower Course, Ranger School, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Patrol Course, Rappel Master Course,
Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, ISAF
SOF Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Decided to forgo a career in popular
literature and enlisted in the Army in 2001.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry
Regiment stationed in Germany. Participated
in numerous training exercises with
American and European combat units
deploying to the Balkans, Iraq, and
Afghanistan as part of the 1-4 Infantry's
OPFOR mission. Helped train Greek internal
security forces in the lead-up to the 2004
Summer Olympics in Athens. Deployed to
Afghanistan with other elements of the
Battalion to reinforce ISAF during the
country's national elections, participating in
security and force protection missions,
including an armed reconnaissance patrol
that extended into the mountainous region of
Zabul province. Joined the 75th Ranger
Regiment in 2006. Returned to Afghanistan
in 2009 as a member of the Regimental
Reconnaissance Company, conducting
special reconnaissance missions in support
of elements of Combined Joint Special
Operations Task Force Afghanistan
(CJSOTF-A). Stories of his feats of
endurance in the battlefield (both factual and
apocryphal) have elevated his status to that
of a legend in the 75th Ranger Regiment's
Special Troops Battalion.
File Name Duty Assignment
Klas, Nicholas D. Aircraft Loadmaster (Medium Fixed-Wing Utility
Aircraft Team, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-12-25
9th Special Operations Squadron, 1 st Special
POB
Operations Group, 1st Special Operations Wing
Chicago, Illinois, USA (USAF)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Hardtop AAS in Construction Management (McHenry
County College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Basic Pavements & Equipment Operator
Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Enlisted Aircrew
Undergraduate Course, Combat Survival
Training Course, Water Survival-Parachuting
Course, Basic Loadmaster Course, SERE
Level-C Training, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked in the construction industry before
enlisting in the military. Began his Air Force
career in 2000 as a pavements &
construction equipment operator with the
819th RED HORSE (for Rapid Engineer
Deployable Heavy Operational Repair
Squadron Engineers). Assigned to the
squadron's Airborne RED HORSE (ARH)
team after completing US Army airborne and
air assault training. Took part in various civil
engineering operations in Southwest Asia in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom,
2004 to 2005. Re-classed as an aircraft
loadmaster in 2006. Joined the 9 th Special
Operations Squadron that same year.
Participated in a number of missions
involving the infiltration, exfiltration, and
resupply of special operations forces as well
as PSYOP support sorties over Iraq and
Afghanistan throughout 2008. Approaches
the tasks of aircraft loading, offloading, and
load-balancing with a perfectionist's bent.
Laconic and curt in conversation. Not
unfriendly but places a high-value on
precision and efficiency in all things, even his
social interactions.
File Name Duty Assignment
Kranseler, Lawrence M. Tracking Dog Handler (HVT Tracker Team 1,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1982-09-18
13th Military Police Company, 92nd Military
POB
Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade (US
Newton, Massachusetts, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Wide Scope BS in Criminal Justice (Texas A&M University-
Central Texas)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5
Military Police AIT, Military Working Dog
Handler Course, Combined Detector Dog
Handlers Course, CBP-CETC Basic Narcotic
Detection Course LE, CBP-CETC Passenger
Processing Course LE, Suicide Bomber
Mitigation Training Program, Backcountry
Tactics & Tracking Course, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Military
Police Investigator Course, Conventional
Physical Security Course, Protective Service
Training Course, High Risk Personnel Security
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, SRT Phase I
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, SRT Phase
II (Marksman/Observer) Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army in 2002. Deployed to
Iraq in 2004, was a member of an MP
platoon sent to Afghanistan's Kandahar
province in the spring of the following year to
support a joint task force composed of
elements of the 173rd Airborne Brigade
Combat Team, the Afghan National Army,
and advisers from France's 13e Régiment de
Dragoons Parachutistes (13th Parachute
Dragoon Regiment) special forces unit in
combat operations against entrenched
insurgents. Returned to Iraq in 2006,
participated in various corrections and
security activities, as well as training local
police personnel in contemporary law
enforcement tactics and techniques. A crack
pistol shot and trained special reaction team
marksman/observer. Fiercely protective of
the military working dogs he is partnered
with, but is affable and easy-going off-duty.
File Name Duty Assignment
Krieger, Courtney A. Driver (Office of the Director, C2E)
DOB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1981-10-07 546th Transportation Company (Light-Medium
Truck), 7th Transportation Battalion, 82nd
POB
Sustainment Brigade (US Army)
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AA in Business Administration (Campbell
Cover Girl University-Fort Bragg/Pope AFB)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Freight
Traffic Course, Installation Traffic Management
Course, Passenger Travel Specialist Course,
Military Standard Transportation & Movement
Procedures Course, Battle Command
Sustainment Support System (BCS3) Training;
Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade-and-
Below (FBCB2) Software Familiarization
Training; Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Automated Air Load Planning System
(AALPS) Training, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Camp Adder
Combat Logistical Patrol (CLP) Academy
Training, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, Anti-terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff
Driver Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Employed as a print and runway fashion
model by the Ford Models agency's New
York office prior to enlistment. A growing
disillusionment with the modeling industry
convinced her to put new direction in her life.
Joined the Army in 2003. Initially assigned to
the 6th Transportation Battalion after
completing motor transport operator AIT.
Participated in Joint Logistics Over the Shore
(JLOTS) operations in Honduras and
Guatemala in 2004, deployed to Iraq later
that year. Transferred to the 82nd
Sustainment Brigade's 7th Transportation
Battalion in 2006. Stationed Iraq in 2007
through 2008, performing her duties in
support of the MNF-I in and around Baghdad
governorate. Finds that she must work
against stereotypical notions about beauty
and gender to prove herself to the less
progressively-minded. Compelled to learn
and master conventionally “unfeminine”
disciplines.
File Name Duty Assignment
Kunitz, David F. CBRN Chief (Operations Section, C2E)
DOB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-03-28 21st Chemical Company (Administrative
Control), 82nd Special Troops Battalion, 82 nd
POB
Sustainment Brigade (US Army)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Physics (Pennsylvania State University)
Ozone
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Chemical Operations Specialist AIT, Technical
E–7 Escort Course, NBC Reconnaissance Course,
Biological Integrated Detection Systems
Course, Field Identification of Biological
Warfare Agents Course, Master Fox Scout
Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Joint Biological Agent Identification and
Diagnostic System Course, Ranger School,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Field Management of Chemical & Biological
Casualties Course, Weapons Intelligence
Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Father worked as a security guard at the
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating
Station and witnessed firsthand the events in
1979 that came to be known as the Three
Mile Island Accident. Enlisted in the Army in
1995 after graduating from Penn State.
Assigned to the 2nd Chemical Battalion after
completing chemical operations specialist
(now called CBRN specialist) AIT.
Temporarily seconded to UNSCOM in 1996,
accompanied UN weapons inspectors in
their survey of the al-Hakam Special
Weapons Center in Iraq. Attached to the
multinational Iraq Survey Group (ISG) in
2003, conducted fact-finding and CBRN
intelligence operations throughout Iraq in
search of functional Iraqi WMDs (weapons of
mass destruction). Returned to his parent
unit in 2005 after the ISG concluded in its
final report that Iraq had no functional WMD
stocks in 2003. Joined the 82nd Special
Troops Battalion that same year. Deployed to
southern Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, 2006–2007. Analysis of incidental
records of his personal interactions with
GIJOE teammates seems to indicate that his
choice in military career was at least partially
motivated by childhood anxieties that have
been sublimated into a healthy respect for
the attendant risks that come with living in a
post-Atomic Age world.
File Name Duty Assignment
LaFitte, Etienne R HVT Tracker Team Leader (HVT Tracker Team
3, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-12-31
Force Recon Company, 1st Reconnaissance
POB
Battalion, 1st Marine Division (USMC)
Bayou Gauche, Louisiana, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AA in Outdoor Leadership (Palomar College)
Gung-Ho
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Marine Rifleman Course, Remote Sensor
E–7 Operator Training, Basic Reconnaissance
Course, Combatant Diver Course, Basic
Airborne School, Infantry Squad Leaders
Course, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Training,
RUTEX Training, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope Suspension
Technician Certification & HRST Master
Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
JWTC Jungle Skills Course, Advanced
Personnel Administration Course, JWTC Jungle
Endurance Course, JWTC Combat Tracking
Course, RUTEX Training, SERE Level-C
Training, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, Desert Operations Course,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO
SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Born into a large Cajun clan. Moved to New
Orleans at the age of 16, tried his luck as an
amateur boxer where he had some success,
displayed professional pugilistic potential but
was eventually dismissed by his trainer for
his continued use of roughhouse tactics in
competition. Spent the next two years
working in construction and completing his
GED requirements. Enlisted in the Marines in
1993. Initially assigned to the 13th Marine
Expeditionary Unit. Took part in maritime
interdiction operations in the Persian Gulf
supporting Operation Southern Watch
(1997), was a VBSS team member in the
successful boarding of multiple merchant
vessels in violation of UN sanctions against
Iraq. Served in operations protecting and
evacuating American and third-country
nationals caught in the Eritrean-Ethiopian
War (1998). Joined the 1st Force Recon
Company in 1999. Went to East Timor in
2000, conducted recon operations in support
of INTERFET units. Deployed to Iraq in 2003
for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Re-assigned to
the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion's Force
Recon Company after 1st Force Recon's
deactivation in 2006. Participated in
counterinsurgency operations in Al Anbar
governorate in Iraq throughout 2005 and into
2006. Fluent in Louisiana Creole and French
(Metropolitan and Louisiana Regional/Cajun
dialect), conversant in Spanish. Wields the
KA-BAR combat/utility knife with deadly
precision, favors a restored, Vietnam War-
vintage EX-41 multiple grenade launcher as
his weapon of choice on patrols.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Lane, David S. Detachment Commander (Detachment Grew up in a single-parent household in Los
Command Team, STEEL Detachment) Angeles' notoriously crime-ridden Central
DOB City East (“Skid Row”) neighborhood. Only
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1968-11-18 sibling, a sister six years his senior, died of a
37th Military Police Detachment, 10th Military heroin overdose when the younger Lane was
POB twelve. Attended Cal State on an academic
Police Battalion (CID) (Airborne), 3rd Military
Los Angeles, California, USA Police Group (CID) (US Army) scholarship. Joined the Los Angeles Police
Department after receiving his degree in
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education criminal justice. An active proponent of
Surefire BS in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement option culturally-sensitive community policing
(California State University-Los Angeles); AA in strategies throughout his six-year tenure with
Pay-Grade Arabic (DLIFLC), Master of Public the LAPD. Entered the Army's Officer
O–4 Administration (Troy University-Fort Jackson) Candidate School in 1998. Led a military
police detachment in support of Task Force
Relevant Training (partial list) Falcon elements in Kosovo in 2000 and
Basic Police Training (LAPD Police Academy), 2001. Joined the 10th Military Police Battalion
Cultural Diversity Training (LAPD Police (CID) (Airborne) in 2003. Deployed to Iraq in
Academy), Spanish Language Training (LAPD 2005 and 2007. Fluent in Arabic (Modern
Police Academy), Civil Liabilities Training Standard and Iraqi) and Spanish.
(LAPD Police Academy), Military Police Officer
Basic Course, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Ranger School, Conventional
Physical Security Course, Interviews and
Interrogations Course, Crime Scene
Reconstruction Course, Criminal Investigative
Techniques Course, Homicide Investigation
Course, Advanced Interviews and
Interrogations Course, Antiterrorism Officer
Basic Course, High Risk Personnel Security
Course, Military Police Captains Career
Course, Antiterrorism Officer Advanced Course,
Criminal Antiterrorism & Police Intelligence
Management Course, Military Police Pre-
Command Course, Law Enforcement Senior
Leaders Course, Command & General Staff
School, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Larivee, Thomas J. Ambulance Team Chief (Medical Treatment
Team, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1970-08-17
Independent Duty Corpsman (USN) attached to
POB
B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2 nd
Hartford, Connecticut, USA Marine Division (USMC)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Stretcher AS in Paramedic Studies (Capital Community
College), AS in Respiratory Care (Manchester
Pay-Grade Community College), BS in Health Science
E–7 (Goodwin College)
Relevant Training (partial list)
EMT Training (Capital Community College),
EMT-Paramedic Certification (Capital
Community College), Hospital Corpsman "A"
School, Field Medical Service Technician
Training, Search and Rescue Medical
Technician Training, Basic Reconnaissance
Course, Combatant Diver Course, Special
Operations Combat Medic Course, Special
Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman Diving
Medicine Training, Basic Airborne School,
JWTC Jungle Trauma Course, CBRE Clinicians
Course, Independent Duty Corpsman School,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Navy in 1993 after a brief stint as
a paramedic with the Hartford Hospital's
LIFE STAR Air Medical Transportation
Service. Deployed to Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba aboard the USNS
Comfort (T-AH-20) in 1994, helped provide
afloat and ashore medical and surgical
support to American and allied forces taking
part in Operation Uphold Democracy as well
as Haitian citizens in need of emergency
medical and surgical attention. Became a
Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance
Corpsman in 1995. Deployed to the Balkans
in 1996 as an attached member of the
USMC's 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
engaged in supporting operations enforcing
the conditions of the Dayton Peace Accords
alongside joint NATO forces. Took part in
Operation Dynamic Response exercises in
Kosovo (2000) and Albania (2001). Has
served on deployments to Iraq (2003, 2004,
and 2005) and Afghanistan (2008) as a Fleet
Marine Force Reconnaissance Independent
Duty Corpsman. A recreational powerlifter in
his spare time, has competed in numerous
amateur deadlift and squat events in the 90
kg weight class.
File Name Duty Assignment
Lavigne, Christopher M. Tracking Dog Handler (HVT Tracker Team 2,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-04-20
Joint Security Force, Joint Task Force-Bravo
POB
(USSOUTHCOM)
Houston, Texas, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement (San
Law Jacinto College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Basic Police Training (Houston Police
Academy), CBP-CETC Basic Narcotic
Detection Course LE, CBP-CETC Passenger
Processing Course LE, Suicide Bomber
Mitigation Training Program, Backcountry
Tactics & Tracking Course, Military Police AIT,
Basic Airborne School, Military Working Dog
Handler Course, Combined Detector Dog
Handlers Course, Air Assault School, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Military Police Investigator Course,
Conventional Physical Security Course,
Protective Service Training Course, High Risk
Personnel Security Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Commercial
Vehicle Counterterrorism Training Program,
Critical Infrastructure Protection Training
Program, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Walked a beat in Houston's notorious
“Gulfton Ghetto” area. A veteran of
numerous violent confrontations between
police and gangs such as the Southwest
Cholos and the local chapter of the Mara
Salvatrucha. An expert detection dog
handler, has received inter-agency cross-
training in narcotics detector dog handling,
passenger processing passive response
detector dog handling, and backcountry
fugitive tracking. Enlisted in the Army in 2004
in search of a more fulfilling professional law
enforcement career. Assigned to the Joint
Security Force component of Joint Task
Force-Bravo in the Honduras after
completing military police AIT. Participated in
a number of force protection, search and
rescue, and counter-drug operations in
support of USSOUTHCOM objectives,
including the successful rescue of a
kidnapped American expatriate and the
arrest of his captors in 2008. Fluent in
Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
LeClaire, Daniel M. Visual Tracker (HVT Tracker Team 3, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-07-09
A Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces
POB
Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Wheaton, Wisconsin, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Social Science, History concentration
Recondo (Campbell University-Fort Bragg/Pope AFB)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7 Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, JOTC
Jungle Warfare Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Airborne
School, Ranger School, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, SFQC Individual
Skills Phase, SFQC MOS Qualification Phase
(SF Weapons Sergeant), SFQC Collective
Training Phase, SF Functional Language
Training; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target
Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course;
Operations and Intelligence Course, Advanced
Special Operations Techniques Training,
Combat Lifesaver Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, British Army Jungle
Tracking Course, British Army Jungle LRRP
Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, SOF Senior
Enlisted Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in 1994, assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment (Light).
Served a six month tour in the Sinai
peninsula as a member of the USBATT
Contingent of the MFO in 1995, and again in
1996. Took part in joint training exercises
and security patrols in Panama in 1997.
Participated in Operation Joint Forge in the
Balkans in 1998, went Special Forces soon
thereafter. Trained Northern Alliance fighters
in Afghanistan in 2001 as a member of a 3 rd
Special Forces Group detachment.
Conducted counterinsurgency operations
alongside ISAF units in 2002 and 2003.
Participated in clandestine operations in Haiti
in 2004. From 2005 to 2007, deployed as a
technical adviser to Colombian government
forces in their counter-narcotics and
counterinsurgency operations against the
FARC-EP and other criminal paramilitary
organizations. Spent most of 2008 on
exchange at British Military Garrison Brunei,
studied the finer points of jungle
reconnaissance and combat tracking with
the Brigade of Gurkhas Training Team while
also serving as a guest instructor at the
British Army Jungle Warfare Training School.
Fluent in French (Metropolitan), Haitian
Creole, Nheengatu, Portuguese, and
Spanish; conversant in Persian (Dari and
Farsi dialects), Malay/Indonesian, and Thai.
File Name Duty Assignment
Leialoha, Edward W. LRRS Team Leader/Reconnaissance Diver
(LRRS Team 8-NSW, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1968-04-26
SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group
POB
ONE (USN)
Aiea, Hawaii, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Domestic Security Management (National
Torpedo University-Naval Base Coronado Learning
Center)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
W–3
Torpedoman's Mate "A" School, Very Shallow
Water Mine Countermeasures (VSWMCM)
Operator Training, Basic Swimming and Water
Survival Instructor Course, Surface Rescue
Swimmer Training, 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, Air Assault School, Tactical Rope
Suspension Technician Certification & HRST
Master Course, Camp Michael Monsoor
Mountain Warfare Training, Camp Michael
Monsoor Special Reconnaissance Training,
Desert Environmental Survival Course, JWTC
Jungle Skills Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Chief
Warrant Officer Program, Joint Special
Operations Irregular Warfare Advanced Course,
ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
A scuba diving instructor before joining the
Navy in 1989. Served as a torpedoman's
mate aboard the USS Curts (FFG-38) from
1990 to 1994. Saw action in Operations
Desert Storm and Fiery Vigil in 1991.
Participated in exercises with the Japanese
Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1993. Joined
NAVSPECWAR in 1995. Went on joint
training exercises with Indonesian and
Malaysian combat diver units between 1996
and 1998. Was part of Task Force K-Bar,
one of the first joint special operations teams
to enter Afghanistan in late 2001 after the
September 11 attacks on the United States.
Served on a JSOTF-P Combat Advisory
Team conducting foreign internal defense
operations targeting Abu Sayyaf insurgents
in the Southern Philippines throughout 2004
and into 2005. Received his warrant officer's
commission in 2006. Returned to
Afghanistan in 2007 to conduct missions
alongside ISAF SOF units. Fluent in
Hawaiian, conversant in Japanese,
Malay/Indonesian, Min Nan (Hokkien
dialect), and Tagalog. A thoroughly schooled
practitioner of Seigokan Gōjū-ryū karate,
Shorinji kempo, and bājíquán (Eight
Extremes Fist), and is an expert in the use of
the balisong (Filipino butterfly knife) in
combat. Strict vegetarian. Carries himself
with a somewhat detached and chilly
demeanor, but is regarded by teammates as
a consummate professional.
File Name Duty Assignment
Levin, Robert A. Scout-Observer/NSTV Driver (LRRS Team 3,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-06-19
B Company, 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 8th
POB
Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Homeland Security/Emergency
Backstop Management (Pikes Peak Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Bradley Leaders Course, Anti-Armor Leaders
Course, Ranger School, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, MWTC
OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Bradley
Master Gunner Course, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Born into a large French-Canadian clan.
Showed early flashes of athletic potential
playing AAA-league Atom/Pee Wee division
hockey. Immediate family moved to Detroit,
Michigan for economic reasons when he was
twelve. Was a Silver Gloves 106 lbs. weight
class amateur boxing champion at the age of
14. Became a naturalized American citizen in
1992. After high school, represented the
Detroit Golden Gloves Franchise in
consecutive 165 lbs. National Title fights
before embarking on a career as a
professional monster truck driver. Competed
in numerous USHRA-sanctioned events
between 1996 and 2000 with a custom-built
truck nicknamed “Persuader.” Enlisted in the
Army in 2001. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized) after
graduating from infantryman AIT. Took part in
some of the heaviest fighting against
Republican Guard forces during the opening
stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).
Returned to Iraq in 2006 and again in 2008,
performed security operations as well as
helped train elements of the newly re-
organized Iraqi Army. Fluent in French
(Metropolitan and Quebec dialect).
File Name Duty Assignment
Li, Nicholas Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Dynamic
Building Entry Technician-Explosives (HVT
DOB Tracker Team 1, TIGER Detachment)
1977-03-10
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
57th Engineer Company (Rough Terrain), 27th
New York City, New York, USA Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Engineer
Brigade (Combat) (US Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Tunnel Rat
AAS in Civil Engineering Technology (New York
Pay-Grade City College of Technology)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Combat Engineer AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Engineer Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent
Course, Assault Climber Summer Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Sapper Leader
Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel
Master Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Weapons Intelligence Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Comes from a Trinidadian Chinese family,
parents and siblings run a small but relatively
successful Chinese Caribbean-themed
eatery along Brooklyn's 8th Avenue. Grew up
hard in the streets of New York, but was
smart enough to stay out of any serious
trouble. Worked as a sewer maintenance
worker before joining the Army in 2001.
Assigned to the 27th Engineer Battalion
(Combat) (Airborne) after completing combat
engineer AIT. Deployed to northern Iraq in
2003, participated in land surveys, combat
patrols, and mobility/countermobility
operations in support of elements of the
101st Airborne Division. Sent to Afghanistan
in 2006 on a year-long deployment to
provide combat engineering support to
CJSOTF-A and ISAF units. Engaged Taliban-
backed insurgents and various armed
smugglers in operations to clear mountain
dugouts being used by enemy elements in
the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar.
Attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st
Brigade Combat Team's Special Weapons
Exploitation Team in 2007, taking part in
sensitive site exploitation operations
throughout northern Iraq. Fluent in
Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect) and
Trinidadian Creole English, conversant in
Bhojpuri (Caribbean Hindustani dialect),
Spanish, and Tobagonian Creole English.
Audacious and bold, but never to the point of
recklessness. His short stature and slight
build (Army records list his height at
5'4”/162.5 cm and weight at 130 lbs./60 kg)
belie a wiry strength and a rugged
constitution.
File Name Duty Assignment
Light, Robert Countertracker/Rear Security Man (HVT
Tracker Team 2, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-11-30
Special Activities Division, JFCC-ISR
POB
(USSTRATCOM)
Springfield, Minnesota, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Asian Studies (University of Maryland
Snake-Eyes University College Asia)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7 Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Ranger
Assessment & Selection Program, Ranger
School, NATO LRRP School Patrol Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders
Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
Combat Diver Qualification Course, Modern
Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor Course,
Modern Army Combatives Level 2 Instructor
Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 3
Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives
Level 4 Instructor Course, British Army Jungle
Tracking Course, Fort Huachaca Combat
Tracking Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army in 1993. Assigned to the 1 st
Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne).
Deployed to the Korean DMZ where he
would serve alongside and forge a friendship
with future independent military contractor
and COBRA Command consultant
Tomasiburo Arashikage (alias: Storm-
Shadow). Joined the 75th Ranger Regiment
in 1997. Deployed to Kosovo in 2000 as part
of a Regimental Reconnaissance
Detachment Team that included Arashikage
and future GIJOE member Lonzo Wilkinson
(call-sign: Stalker). Deployed to Afghanistan
for Operation Rhino (2001). Survived a
helicopter crash that killed two fellow
Rangers while on standby for a CSAR
mission, but the accident left him with severe
facial scarring and partially paralyzed vocal
cords despite the best efforts of Army plastic
surgeons and speech therapists. Placed on
the Temporary Disability Retirement List in
2002. Immediate family killed in a vehicular
accident later that same year. Spent the next
three years in Japan studying martial arts
with Arashikage, who had returned to the
ancestral family home after separating from
the service. Returned to active duty (with
assignment limitations due to his vocal
impairment) in 2006, attached to the JFCC-
ISR's Special Activities Division. Sent to
Afghanistan in 2008, conducted clandestine
ISR operations in support of USSTRATCOM
objectives. Fluent in American Sign
Language and Japanese. Besides
Arashikage-ryū bujutsū, also schooled in
Kodokan judo, Lacoste-Inosanto kali, muay
thai, and Seigokan Gōjū-ryū karate.
File Name Duty Assignment
London, Robert Platoon Leader (Intelligence & Surveillance
Platoon Headquarters, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-03-30
C Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion,
POB
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)
Seattle, Washington, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Human Geography (USMA), MA in
Rapid Fire International Relations (Saint Mary's University-
Fort Hood)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–3
Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Infantry Officer Basic Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Ranger School,
Maneuver Captains Career Course, Infantry
Mortar Platoon Leaders Course, Sniper
Employment Leaders Course, Tactical
Intelligence Familiarization Course, Military
Intelligence Officer Transition Course, Defense
Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation Course,
Defense Against Sound Equipment Course,
Military Intelligence Captains Career Course,
Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course,
Introduction to Networks & Computer Hardware
Course, Counterintelligence in Cyber Space
Course, NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF
Advanced Intel Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Each year about 200 qualified Active Duty,
Reserve, and National Guard soldiers are
offered entry to the US Military Academy
Preparatory School. Of that number, a select
few are offered direct admission to the US
Military Academy. London was offered direct
admission in his second year as an enlisted
infantryman with the 14th Infantry Regiment
(Light) on the strength of the endorsement of
his company commander. Commissioned as
an infantry officer in 2002. Served as B
Company XO, 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry
Regiment (Airborne) during the unit's 2003
deployment to Afghanistan. Returned to
Afghanistan in 2005, conducted security
operations near the Pakistan border. Made
the transition to the Military Intelligence
Corps in 2006. Assigned to the newly
organized 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Brigade's 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion
in late 2007. Deployed to Iraq in 2008. Fluent
in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi),
French (Metropolitan), and German;
conversant in Hebrew, Persian (Dari, Farsi,
and Tajiki dialects), Russian, and Spanish.
Possesses a powerful drive to succeed in all
he does that is exceeded only by his
unwavering determination to do what is best
for a given mission.
File Name Duty Assignment
Lydon, Terrence Training Officer (Training Cadre, STEEL
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-01-12
A Company, 4th Ranger Training Battalion,
POB
Ranger Training Brigade (US Army)
Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Kinesiology (USMA), Master of Public
Grid-Iron Administration, Government option (Columbus
State University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–3
Infantry Officer Basic Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Ranger School, Maneuver
Captains Career Course, Infantry Mortar
Platoon Leaders Course, Sniper Employment
Leaders Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Basic Instructor Course, Cadre
Training Course, Systems Approach to Training
Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 1
Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives
Level 2 Instructor Course, Modern Army
Combatives Level 3 Instructor Course, Modern
Army Combatives Level 4 Instructor Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Played quarterback for the US Army Black
Knights football team. Graduated from the
US Military Academy at West Point in 2002.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry
Regiment (Airborne). Fought alongside the
75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) against
loyalist troops and Fedayeen Saddam
irregulars as part of a task force conducting
an airborne assault on Saddam International
Airport in Baghdad during the opening
stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).
Joined the 75th Ranger Regiment in 2005.
Participated in counterinsurgency operations
in Afghanistan through 2007. Re-assigned to
5th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger
Training Brigade shortly after his return from
Southwest Asia. Besides serving as
company commander for the battalion's A
Company, also taught as a senior instructor
at the Fort Benning-based US Army
Combatives School. Conversant in Spanish.
Has trained extensively in Greco-Roman
wrestling, muay thai, American kickboxing,
and Gracie Barra jiu-jitsu. Outgoing and
gregarious almost to a fault.
File Name Duty Assignment
Lynton, Felix N. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 7-
HALO/HAHO, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1970-05-13
A Company, 4th Ranger Training Battalion,
POB
Ranger Training Brigade (US Army)
Pensacola, Florida, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BBA in Management (Columbus State
Skydive University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–8 (MSG) Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Ranger Assessment &
Selection Program, Pathfinder School, Ranger
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Basic Instructor
Course, Small Group Instructor Training
Course, Assault Climber Summer Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course, Static-Line Jumpmaster
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
Battle Damage Assessment Course, Master
Resilience Trainer Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army in 1991, trained as an
infantryman, assigned to the 1st Battalion,
87th Infantry Regiment (Light). Participated in
combat operations in Somalia and Haiti and
joint security activities in Saudi Arabia, 1993–
1995. Joined the 75th Ranger Regiment in
1996. Deployed to Kosovo in 2000 as part of
a 75th Ranger Regiment C2 element
supporting Operation Joint Guardian.
Conducted counterinsurgency operations in
Afghanistan, 2001. Took part in airborne
assaults in Baghdad governorate in 2003 in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Transferred to the Ranger Training Brigade
in 2004, where he would earn a reputation
as one of the toughest and most exacting
Ranger Instructors on cadre. Fluent in
Spanish, conversant in Arabic (Iraqi), French
(Metropolitan), and Persian (Dari and Farsi
dialects).
File Name Duty Assignment
Makepeace, Philo R. Scout-Observer/NSTV Driver (LRRS Team 5-
Mountain, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-07-27
B Troop, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment
POB
(US Army)
Huachuca City, Arizona, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AA in General Studies (Central Texas College)
Armadillo
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Semi-trailer, Tank Truck, and Hazardous
E–6 Materials-endorsement Commercial Driver
training; Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery
Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver
Training, Bradley Master Gunner Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Ranger School,
Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Father a retired sergeant formerly assigned
to the US Army Communications Command
based in Fort Huachaca. Exhibited a
fascination with driving and heavy vehicles at
an early age. Trained to be a commercial
long haul truck driver after high school, plied
the National Network and Primary System
roadways of the Southwest for several years
before deciding to follow in his father's
footsteps and join the military. Completed
cavalry scout AIT, 2001. Assigned to the 3 rd
Infantry Division's armored reconnaissance
squadron, the 6-8 Cavalry, in 2004.
Performed combat patrols, security
operations, and persistent manned ISR
activities in the areas south of Baghdad
throughout 2005, occasionally engaging
insurgents in heavy fighting along the once-
notorious Baghdad Airport Road (“Route
Irish”) area. Returned to Iraq in 2007, helped
train elements of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armored
Division.
File Name Duty Assignment
Mangiaratti, Thomas P. Physical Security Operations Supervisor
(Physical Security Team 2, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-01-05
40th Military Police Company, 185th Military
POB
Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade
Boulder Creek, California, USA (USARNG)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Long Arm AA in Administration of Justice (Los Angeles
City College), BS in Public Policy, Management
Pay-Grade and Planning (University of Southern California)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Basic Police Training (LAPD Police Academy),
Advanced Tactical Training (LAPD Police
Academy), Mobile Field Force Tactics Training
(LAPD Police Academy), Police Air Support
Operations (LAPD Police Academy), Spanish
Language Training (LAPD Police Academy),
Civil Liabilities Training (LAPD Police
Academy), Basic SWAT Training, Military Police
AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, Military Police Investigator
Course, Conventional Physical Security
Course, Protective Service Training Course,
SRT Phase I Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, SRT Phase II (Marksman/Observer)
Course, High Risk Personnel Security Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program,
Commercial Vehicle Counterterrorism Training
Program, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Training Program, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Los Angeles Police Department in
1995. Participated in a number of high-profile
police operations against armed urban
gangs such as the Mara Salvatrucha and the
14K Triad. Decorated for his actions during
the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout. Entered
the LAPD's Metropolitan Division in 1999,
assigned to the division's “D” Platoon
(Special Weapons and Tactics). Signed up
for Army National Guard duty in 2002, joined
the 185th Military Police Battalion.
Participated in airport security operations
across the United States in support of
Operation Noble Eagle from 2002 to 2006.
Deployed to Kosovo in 2004 in support of
NATO peacekeeping operations. Performed
and supervised evacuation security
operations during the Southern California
wildfires of 2007. Deployed to northern Iraq
in 2008, participated in Iraqi Police
professionalization training and convoy
security missions. Fluent in Italian and
Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Martell, Jane A. Command Communications-Electronics Officer
(Office of the Director, C2E)
DOB
Employer prior to GIJOE selection
1959-10-03
Command and Control Systems and Software
POB
Division, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
Cumberland, Rhode Island,
Post-Secondary Education
USA
BS in Nursing (Salve Regina University), BS in
Call-Sign
Electrical Engineering (University of Denver),
GI Jane MS in Electrical Engineering (California Institute
of Technology)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
GS–14
Officer Indoctrination School, Foreign Service
Institute Transition Center Security Overseas
Seminar, Information Security Orientation,
OPSEC Fundamentals Course, Department of
Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Course, GIJOE Basic Small Arms Proficiency
for Non-Military Personnel Course, GIJOE
Basic Combatives for Non-Military Personnel
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Navy in 1982 after graduating
from the Salve Regina University with a
nursing degree. Assigned to the National
Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,
Maryland. After a whirlwind romance,
married future GIJOE director Joseph Colton
(call sign: Eagle-Eye) in 1983, spent the rest
of the year on maternity leave. Separated
from the service in 1989 and moved with the
couple's six year-old son, Joseph, Jr., to
Denver to be close to Colton's posting at Fort
Carson. Found herself disinterested in a
civilian nursing career and unwilling to
become a full-time homemaker, enrolled in
the University of Denver's electrical
engineering program. Graduated magna cum
laude in 1995. Worked for local
telecommunications provider Diversified
Group before joining the fledgling New York-
based L-3 Communications company in
1997. Served as team lead and field test
technical adviser for a number of classified
ISR systems and secure communications
projects contracted by the Department of
Defense. Son killed during the Battle of
Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2003 while serving as a
soldier in the Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
Divorced amicably from Colton in 2004. Left
L-3 Communications in 2007 to earn her
master's degree from CalTech.
File Name Duty Assignment
McBride, Cooper G. Scout-Sniper/Spotter (Detachment
Headquarters STA Sniper Team, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1977-06-22
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger
Crosby, North Dakota, USA Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Low-Light BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology (University
of North Dakota)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Pathfinder School, Sniper
School, Basic Instructor Course, Small Group
Instructor Course, Ranger School, Ranger
Assessment & Selection Program, Special
Operations Target Interdiction Course, Military
Free Fall Parachutist Course, Reconnaissance
& Surveillance Leaders Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, NATO Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Despite an initial reluctance on his part, was
taught at an early age by father in the
rudiments of shooting. Introduced to varmint
hunting at ten years old. Brought down his
first four point buck at the age of 12.
Volunteered with the North Dakota Game
and Fish Department throughout high
school. Joined the Army after graduating
from the University of North Dakota in 2000,
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry
Regiment (Light). Participated in joint
security and training exercises in Uzbekistan,
2001. Took part in Operation Anaconda in
the mountains of Afghanistan, 2002.
Deployed to Afghanistan's Paktika province
in 2003 for Operation Enduring Freedom,
conducted humanitarian assistance and
combat operations from forward operating
bases near the towns of Gardēz, Shkin, and
Orgune. Returned to the US in 2004. Joined
the 75th Ranger Regiment in 2005.
Graduated from the Special Operations
Target Interdiction Course at the top of his
class, besting much more experienced 75 th
Ranger Regiment and Special Forces senior
marksmen. On cadre with the 2nd Battalion's
Ranger Training Detachment throughout
most of 2006. Returned to Afghanistan in
2007, conducted surveillance and target
acquisition sniper operations in support of
CJSOTF-A and ISAF units in the country's
northeastern provinces.
File Name Duty Assignment
McCarthy, David B. Motor Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor (Motor
Vehicle Maintenance Section, STEEL
DOB Detachment)
1975-12-27
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Automotive Test Division, Yuma Test Center,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA Yuma Proving Ground (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Blocker BS in Mechanical Engineering (Northern
Arizona University-Yuma)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Wheel Vehicle Mechanic AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Automotive Electrical Systems Repair
Course, Wheel Vehicle Recovery Specialist
Course, Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste
Handling Course, Air Assault School, Basic
Military Mountaineer Course, Mechanical
Maintenance NCO Common Core Course,
Support Operations Course Phase I, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Drove a taxi in Boston for three years hoping
to earn enough money to attend a top-flight
university engineering program. Joined the
Army in 2000 after a stretch where his cab
was held-up four times in as many months,
convinced that the military offered a much
more fulfilling avenue towards a higher
education. Assigned to the 782nd Main
Support Battalion as a mechanic after
graduating from wheel vehicle mechanic AIT.
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2003, provided
support to elements of the 82nd Airborne
Division during Operation Eagle Fury.
Deployed to Iraq the following year, staying
in-country through 2005. Joined the Yuma
Test Center's Automotive Test Division in
2006. Responsibilities at the Center included
maintaining various prototypes for the Joint
Light Tactical Vehicle and Future Tactical
Truck Systems programs and providing
detailed product evaluation to contractors
and system designers. Besides being a
supremely skilled automotive mechanic, is
also an excellent driver familiar with the
operation of all light and medium wheel
vehicles in the US Army inventory and their
associated systems.
File Name Duty Assignment
McConnell, Craig S. Scout-Observer/Cover Man (LRRS Team 1,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-08-11
Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special
POB
Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Malibu, California, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Rock 'n' Roll BS in Exercise Science (Columbus State
University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Light Leaders Course, Anti-
Armor Leaders Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Advanced Foreign Weapons
Familiarization Training, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, Patrol
Course, Ranger Assessment & Selection
Program, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
An amateur weightlifter and surfer before
joining the military. Won a reputation as a
bass guitar virtuoso playing for local area
rock bands. Enlisted in the Army in 2001.
Spent his initial term of service with the 4th
Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment (Light).
Deployed to the Horn of Africa region in 2003
through early 2004, taking part in joint
training exercises and combat patrols in
support of CJTF-HOA. Received extensive
familiarization training with the AK-47 assault
rifle and related weapons systems in cross-
training exercises with military personnel
from Djibouti and Ethiopia. Spent most of the
remainder of 2004 and the the first half of
2005 stationed in Baghdad, performing
combat operations and security patrols to
ensure the successful completion of Iraq's
national elections. Participated in a number
of air assault operations in the south of the
Baghdad governorate. Joined the 75 th
Ranger Regiment's Regimental
Reconnaissance Company in 2006.
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, emplaced
surveillance and tactical equipment in
Taliban-controlled areas in Nangarhar
province. Perspicacious, if somewhat naive.
Outwardly easygoing, but possesses an
inherent and uncompromising sense of
justice and fair play.
File Name Duty Assignment
McMahon, Aaron Countertracker/Rear Security Man (HVT
Tracker Team 1, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-02-14
B Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 30th
POB
Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Walnut, California, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AS in Environmental Studies (Columbia
Ambush College-Fort Stewart)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder
School, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Tactical Information Operations
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Fort Huachaca Combat
Tracking School, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Raised in a relatively affluent Los Angeles
suburb. Developed an early sense of
appreciation for the outdoors and the
importance of fieldcraft skills as a Boy Scout
(Troop 789). Worked at the Saddleback
Butte State Park Visitor Center as a staff
member and equestrian trail guide prior to
enlisting in the military in 2002. Assigned to
the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry
Regiment after completing infantryman AIT,
honed his combat skills in numerous Joint
Readiness Training Center exercises in Fort
Polk, engaging light infantry and special
operations units in comprehensive mock-
combat as a member of the OPFOR.
Deployed to Iraq with the 1 st Battalion's B
Company in 2004, taking part in numerous
counterinsurgency and security operations in
and around Baghdad. Re-assigned to the 1-
30 Infantry in 2006. Returned to Iraq in mid-
2007 for another tour of duty. An
indefatigable and quietly efficient worker,
possesses a keen eye for detail and an
unerring sense for improvisation in the field.
File Name Duty Assignment
Melendez, Rafael J. Scout-Observer/MAAWS Gunner (LRRS Team
1, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-08-23
A Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
POB
(Airborne) (US Army)
New York City, New York, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Civil Engineering (MIT)
Zap
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Combat Engineer AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
E–6 Airborne School, Javelin Gunnery Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Infantryman AIT, Anti-Armor Leaders Course,
Ranger Assessment & Selection Program,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Rappel Master Course,
ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Comes from an upper middle-class family of
Puerto Rican origin with an established
tradition of civic duty and volunteerism,
brother a Harlem-based attorney known for
his pro bono work, sister a pediatrician with
Médecins Sans Frontières. Joined the Army
in 2001. Initially trained as a combat
engineer, assigned to the 37th Engineer
Battalion (Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade
(Combat). Saw combat in Northern Iraq,
2003. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006,
engaged Taliban-backed forces alongside
elements of the 10th Mountain Division in the
eastern and southern regions of the country
while also contributing to provincial
reconstruction and humanitarian efforts. Re-
classed as an infantryman in 2007 and
joined the 75th Ranger Regiment soon
thereafter. Returned to Afghanistan in 2008
as a member of the CJSOTF-A forces
operating in Kunar province. Fluent in
Spanish. Has a knack for finding and
exploiting the built-in weaknesses in earthen
bunkers and similar structures, a skill he
uses to great effect with tactical explosive
devices and the M3 MAAWS.
File Name Duty Assignment
Menninger, Edward J. Deception Operations Supervisor-Combat
Arms/LAAD Systems Expert (Tactical
DOB Deception Group Camouflage & Concealment
1981-10-14 Team, C2E)
POB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
New York City, New York, USA I Troop (Air Defense), 1st Squadron, 11th
Armored Cavalry Regiment (US Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Backblast
AS in Natural Science/Math (Barstow
Pay-Grade Community College)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Certificate in Information Systems Management
(Barstow Community College), Air and Missile
Defense Crewmember AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Pathfinder School, Air Assault School,
Stinger Fighting Vehicle Master Gunner Course
Phase I, Stinger Fighting Vehicle Master
Gunner Course Phase II, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Tactical
Information Operations Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Family lived in an apartment in Queens just
off the Van Wyck Expressway near the JFK
International Airport. Given their home's
proximity to one of the world's busiest air
terminals and exposure to the non-stop
cacophony of jet aircraft take-offs and
landings and the intrusive flashing of landing
lights, it was perhaps not surprising that the
young Menninger developed a long-standing
aversion to flight and all manner of
commercial aircraft. Negative attitudes
towards commercial jet aircraft further
amplified in the wake of the September 11,
2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Enlisted in 2002, initially assigned to a
Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle Battery in
the 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery
Regiment. Oft-stated claim that the decision
to join the Army's Air Defense Artillery branch
was motivated by a desire to directly confront
his anxieties is made only partially in jest,
derives a strong sense of satisfaction from
the tracking and destruction of airborne
targets. Conducted air and missile defense
operations in the Korean DMZ throughout
2003 and into 2004. Re-assigned to the 11 th
Armored Cavalry Regiment's I Troop (Air
Defense) in late 2004. Deployed to Iraq's
Baghdad governorate with the rest of the
regiment's 1st Squadron in 2005. Returned to
the US the following year, participated in
various exercises at the National Training
Center in Fort Irwin as part of the Regiment's
OPFOR mission, lending his air and missile
defense experience and expertise not only to
I Troop, but also to the OPFOR Deception
Force's missile decoy teams.
File Name Duty Assignment
Metzger, Wendell A. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 2, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1971-11-01
Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced
POB
Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry
Stromsburg, Nebraska, USA (West) (USMC)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Leatherneck BA in History (California State University-San
Marcos)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–8 (MSgt)
Marine Rifleman Course, Infantry Squad
Leaders Course, Basic Reconnaissance
Course, Combatant Diver Course, Basic
Airborne School, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint
Training, NATO LRRP School Patrol Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Fast Rope Suspension Technician Certification
& HRST Master Course, Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course, JWTC Jungle Skills
Course, Desert Operations Course, Marine
Combat Instructor Course, Drill Instructor
School, Advanced Personnel Administration
Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, RUTEX Training, Battle
Damage Assessment Course, Collateral
Damage Estimation Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Marines in 1991, assigned to the
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Took part in
security missions protecting ethnic Kurds in
Northern Iraq from government reprisals in
the wake of Operation Desert Storm
throughout 1992. Deployed to the Balkans in
support of Operation Deny Flight and
Operation Provide Promise (1994).
Supported IFOR units in Bosnia throughout
1996. Joined the 2nd Force Reconnaissance
Company in 1998. Participated in joint
training programs in Germany, Egypt, and
Israel in 1998, including an extended
exercise with the Fernspählehrkompanie 200
at the NATO LRRP School in Pfullendorf.
Was a member of a Marine detachment
charged with protecting American nationals
in Albania later that same year. Deployed to
Iraq in 2003 during the beginning stages of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Returned to Iraq in
2004, and again in 2005, providing deep
reconnaissance support to conventional and
special operations forces. With 2 nd Force
Recon's deactivation in 2006, re-assigned to
the School of Infantry (West) as an instructor
in the Reconnaissance Training Company.
Conversant in German. Brutally honest,
holds no qualms about being seen as
uncouth and opinionated. Has no patience
with those he considers indecisive, lazy, and
dishonest. Not terribly popular with his
GIJOE teammates, but someone they trust
and respect on and off the field.
File Name Duty Assignment
Mewett, Clifford V. Command Intelligence Officer (Office of the
Director, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-01-28
Expeditionary Support Branch, Marine Corps
POB
Intelligence Activity (USMC)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Political Science, International Relations
Courage specialty (UCSD); MS in Information
Operations-Joint Information Operations
Pay-Grade Curriculum (NPS), AA in Arabic (DLIFLC)
O–3
Relevant Training (partial list)
Marine Rifleman Course, Machine Gunner
Course, Machine Gun Leaders Course, Infantry
Squad Leaders Course, MAGTF Intelligence
Officer Course, Counterintelligence Officer
Course, Advanced Counterintelligence Course,
Multi-Discipline Counterintelligence Analysis
Course, Counter-terrorism Analyst Course,
MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Training, Defense
Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, SOF Inter-agency
Collaboration Course, NATO SOF Intel Course,
NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the service in 1991 straight out of
high school. Started his military career as an
enlisted rifleman, assigned to the 15th Marine
Expeditionary Unit. Participated in
humanitarian relief distribution and convoy
escort missions in Somalia during Operation
Restore Hope (1992-1993) and in Rwanda
(1994). Spent most of the mid-1990s
involved in peacekeeping and security
operations throughout Eastern Africa.
Received his officer's commission in 2001
through the Marine Corps Enlisted
Commissioning Educational Program
(MECEP) after graduating from Boston
University. Served as company S-2, B
Company, 2nd Light Armored Recon Battalion
on two seven-month deployments to Iraq:
the first in 2003, the second in 2004. Re-
assigned to the Marine Corps Intelligence
Activity's Expeditionary Support Branch in
2005. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard,
Iraqi, and Yemeni). Values authenticity,
efficiency, and precision; has little tolerance
for artifice and bureaucratic double-talk.
File Name Duty Assignment
Meyers , Andrew D. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 3, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-03-17
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Gary, Indiana, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
89 credit hours towards the fulfillment of the
Footloose requirements for the BS in Kinesiology, major in
Physical Education Teacher Education (Indiana
Pay-Grade University-Bloomington)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder
School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course, ISAF
SOF Operations Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, Ranger School, Collateral Damage
Estimation Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Valedictorian of his high school class and
captain of the track team. Accepted into IUB
on an academic scholarship. Was 35 credit
hours away from earning a bachelor's
degree in kinesiology when he unexpectedly
left school and hitchhiked his way to the
West Coast. Spent the next three years
living in a California commune. Was selling
overpriced bead necklaces to Venice Beach
tourists when he heard news of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Joined
in the Army not long after, his high ASVAB
line scores mitigating any negatives
suggested by his personal history. Assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne). Spent his first deployment in Iraq,
conducting combat patrols in the city of
Kirkuk through most of 2003. Deployed to
Afghanistan in 2006 and 2008. GIJOE
teammates will occasionally have their
laughs at his expense, poking fun at the time
he spent as a folk art-peddling New Ager. But
the jokes never go beyond innocuous jabs.
They know that in many ways, Meyers'
journey is a microcosm of the one
collectively being taken by a generation of
arrested adolescents still trying to come to
terms with their place in a new world filled
with fear and uncertainty. It may have taken
a tragedy of truly horrific proportions to make
him realize the frivolousness of an existence
built around self-indulgent complacency, but
all that really matters to them now is that he's
trying to do all the right things and make his
way through the world the best that he can.
File Name Duty Assignment
Michaels, Leonard Imaging Equipment Operator (SSE Section,
SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1981-03-20
55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 114 th
POB
Signal Battalion, 21st Signal Brigade (US Army)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Electronic Publishing (Southwestern
Scoop Illinois College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Combat Documentation/Production Specialist
AIT, Information Security Orientation,
Department of Defense Information Assurance
Awareness Course, Insider Threat Course, Air
Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Weapons Intelligence
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as a “cable puller” for Chicago's
WMAQ-TV while putting himself through
college, eventually becoming a station
cameraman and videographer. Worked at
the station for three years, growing
increasingly appalled at television
journalism's growing disposition towards
sensationalism and scandal-mongering.
Joined the Army in 2004 intent on a change
in work environment. Assigned to the 114th
Signal Battalion's 55th Signal Company
(Combat Camera) after completing combat
documentation/production specialist AIT.
Spent ten weeks in Afghanistan with the 2 nd
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment (Light),
documenting the unit's initial forays into
Taliban-controlled territory in 2006, engaging
in close quarters combat on occasion.
Attached to the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry
Regiment (Airborne) in 2007, capturing for
posterity images of ISAF forces conducting
combat and humanitarian missions. Familiar
with most COTS analog and digital still and
motion cameras, trained in the use and basic
upkeep of all standard DoD-issue analog
and digital still and motion cameras, portable
power generation equipment, and electronic/
film-based image processing, editing, and
printing software and equipment.
File Name Duty Assignment
Millman, Peter R. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 5-Mountain,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-09-08
F Company (Pathfinder), 4th Battalion (Assault),
POB
101st Aviation Regiment (US Army)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Business (Tacoma Community College)
Spearhead
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
E–6 Assault School, Pathfinder School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Squad Designated
Marksman Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Ranger
School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Assault Climber
Summer Course, Collateral Damage Estimation
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Born in the Midwest, family moved to
Tacoma, Washington when he was eight. A
highly successful insurance salesman in the
Pacific Northwest before joining the military.
It was joked in Seattle metropolitan area
insurance professional circles that he “could
sell a term policy to a dead cow.” Well-liked
and trusted in the community. Enlisted in the
Army in 2002 out of a sense of duty and
responsibility more than anything else.
Assigned to F Company (Pathfinder), 4th
Battalion (Assault), 101st Aviation Regiment
in 2005. Deployed to Iraq later that year,
conducted assault zone reconnaissance
missions for air assault operations originating
primarily from Forward Operating Base
Remagen on the outskirts of Tikrit. Returned
to the United States in 2007. Eloquent and
persuasive in his speech but never insincere.
A natural-born leader, but instinctively knows
when to defer to others.
File Name Duty Assignment
Morelli, Giacomo S. Transmission Operations Supervisor
(Communications Station 1, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1977-10-01
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Signal Detachment (Europe), 112th Special
Eugene, Oregon, USA Operations Signal Battalion, 528 th Sustainment
Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Dial-Tone
BS in Physics, Applied Physics option (Oregon
Pay-Grade State University)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Pathfinder School, Radio
Operator-Maintainer AIT, Enhanced Position
Location Reporting System (EPRLS) Net
Control Station Operator Course, Network
Management (ENM) NCS-A Enhanced
Operator Course, SERE Level-C Training,
White House Communications Agency Console
Control Operations Course, Department of
Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Special Forces Basic
Combat Course-Support, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
An avid electronics hobbyist since his early
teens. Built a 386BSD-based personal
computer at the age of sixteen using parts
bought with money earned from bagging and
delivering groceries. Joined the Army out of
high school in 1996, initially seeing it as a
means to earn money for college. Served as
an infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 502nd
Infantry Regiment (Air Assault), taking part in
hurricane relief operations in El Salvador and
Nicaragua in 1998, deploying for six months
as a member of the American MFO
contingent in the Sinai Peninsula in 1999,
and serving on an OPFOR and desert
warfare training rotation at the Fort Irwin
National Training Center in 2000. Separated
from the service in early 2001. Received his
bachelor's degree in physics from Oregon
State in 2005, worked briefly as a university
laboratory assistant before re-enlisting in
2006. Joined the 112th Special Operations
Signal Battalion after graduating from Radio
Operator-Maintainer AIT, assigned to the
battalion's European detachment. Supported
ISAF and CJSOTF-A operations in eastern
and northeastern Afghanistan throughout
2008. Fluent in Italian, conversant in French
(Metropolitan), Portuguese, and Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Moreno, Dillon L. Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Dynamic
Building Entry Technician-Explosives (HVT
DOB Tracker Team 3, TIGER Detachment)
1978-01-03
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
58th Combat Engineer Company, Regimental
Los Angeles, California, USA Support Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
Regiment (US Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Wreckage
BA in Anthropology (UCLA)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Combat Engineer AIT, Basic Airborne School,
Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist
Course, Javelin Gunnery Course, Engineer
Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Sapper Leader
Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Rappel Master Course, Fast Rope &
SPIE Master Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Youngest child of comfortably middle-class
parents. Gave no indications at all that he
was interested in a career in the military
growing up, so it was a surprise to both
parents and his siblings when he joined the
Army almost immediately after graduating
from UCLA in 2002. As a member of the 20th
Engineer Brigade's 27th Engineer Battalion,
participated in combat patrols and mobility/
countermobility operations in support of the
101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq
throughout 2003. Deployed to Afghanistan in
2006, where he worked and fought Taliban-
backed insurgents alongside CJSOTF-A and
ISAF units. In 2007, transferred to the 58 th
Combat Engineer Company (“The Red
Devils”), a combat engineer unit tasked with
supporting the 11th Armored Cavalry
Regiment's OPFOR mission at the Ft. Irwin
National Training Center. Conducted
extensive self-directed studies in traditional
Soviet Sapjornaja Armija (Sapper Army) and
contemporary Russian military engineering
tactics and doctrine in preparation for his role
as a “Krasnovian” sapper. Used his
experiences in Southwest Asia to inform his
part in the “People's Parumphian Guerillas”
OPFOR unit as an insurgent specializing in
the use of IEDs and combat demolition.
Conversant in Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki
dialects), Russian, Spanish, and Tagalog. A
workhorse on and off the field, noted by
teammates to have a bizarre, almost morbid,
sense of humor.
File Name Duty Assignment
Morgan, Mark Jr. Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft Pilot/Aircraft
Commander (Medium Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft
DOB Team, STEEL Detachment)
1961-03-12
Employer prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Alenia North America, Inc.
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Aeronautical Engineering (USAFA), MS in
Payload Flight Test Engineering, Experimental Test Pilot
track (USAF Air University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
GS–15
Initial Flight Screening, USAF Specialized
Undergraduate Training, Transitional and
Operational Flight Training (A-10A Thunderbolt
II), Transitional and Operational Flight Training
(AC-130H Spectre), USAF Weapons School
(AC-130H Spectre), Mission Qualification
Training (C-27A Spartan), Flight Commander
Course, Mission Qualification Training (MC-
130H Combat Talon II), Mission Qualification
Training (AC-130U Spooky), Organizational
Leadership Course, Expeditionary Leadership
Course, Squadron Officer School, C-27J
Qualification Training (Alenia North America),
GIJOE Basic Small Arms Proficiency for Non-
Military Personnel Course, GIJOE Basic
Combatives for Non-Military Personnel Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Graduated from the Air Force Academy in
1984. Assigned to the 354 th Tactical Fighter
Wing based in Myrtle Beach. Flew A-10A
Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft during
Bright Star exercises in Egypt in 1985 and
again in 1987. Transitioned to flying the AC-
130H Spectre gunship in 1989, flew close air
support missions over Panama in support of
Operation Just Cause (1990) as a member
of the 16th Special Operations Squadron.
Participated in Operation Desert Storm,
engaged Iraqi heavy armor during the Battle
of Khafji. Provided protection for UN relief
convoys in Somalia, 1993–1994. Transferred
to the 310th Airlift Squadron in 1995, returned
to Panama, flying C-27A Spartan transports
out of Howard Air Force Base on joint
counter-narcotics and counterinsurgency
operations with the Panamanian Air Force.
Applied and was accepted into the USAF
Test Pilot School in 1998, graduated top of
his class, 1999. Assigned to the to the 412 th
Flight Test Wing, put MC-130H Combat
Talon II and AC-130U Spooky aircraft
through their paces with the 418th Flight Test
Squadron from 2000 until his retirement from
the service, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, in 2004. Hired by Alenia North
America in 2005 to serve as a consultant on
their C-27J Spartan program, then the
leading candidate for the Department of
Defense's Joint Cargo Aircraft requirement.
Worked as an instructor at the C-27J Joint
Cargo Aircraft Schoolhouse located at
Robins Air Base in early 2009.
File Name Duty Assignment
Moore, Harlan W. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 6-Cold Weather,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-10-29
C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501 st
POB
Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Rutland, Vermont, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Statistics (University of Vermont)
Snow-Job
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
E–6 Assault School, NWTC Arctic Light Individual
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Squad Designated Marksman Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Winter Course, NWTC Cold
Weather Leaders Course, MWTC Scout Skier
Course, Sniper School, Ranger School, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
An alternate on the 1998 Winter Olympic
Games US men's biathlon contingent, and a
fourth place finisher in the 2000 and 2001
Biathlon World Championships individual
and sprint events. Feeling that he had
progressed in the sport as far as he could
under the national biathlon team's guidance,
enlisted in the Army in 2001 in search of a
different approach to training, a development
welcomed by a US Army Recruiting
Command looking to further raise the
service's public profile and a national
biathlon program desperate for its first
Olympic medal. Participated in Operation
Avalanche, Operation Mountain Blizzard,
and Operation Mountain Storm in
Afghanistan's Paktika province as a member
of 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry
Regiment in 2003. Returned to Fort
Richardson, Alaska with the rest of the 1-501
Infantry in the summer of 2004. To the
consternation of USA Biathlon, re-enlisted in
2005 and declined participation in the 2006
Winter Olympics altogether. Excelled during
sniper training, due in no small part to his
Olympic-level rifle marksmanship skills.
Deployed to Iraq in 2006, conducting full-
spectrum missions out of Forward Operating
Base Iskandariyah. Took part in contingency
operations in Al Anbar governorate in 2007.
Has a well-deserved reputation among his
GIJOE comrades as a prankster and
practical joker.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Morris, Earl S. Platoon Leader (Physical Security Operations Started his law enforcement career as a
Platoon Headquarters, STEEL Detachment) federal marshal with the US Marshals
DOB Service in 1997. Assigned to duties with the
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-02-16 Federal Witness Protection Program before
Military Police Officer (USMC) attached to the joining the Service's full-time Special
POB Operations Group cadre stationed at the
US Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Chicago, Illinois, USA Contingency Response Field Office Marshals Service Tactical Operations Center
in 2000. Participated in a number of
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education interagency counter-narcotics operations
Bulletproof BS in Political Science (University of Illinois at along the US-Mexico border in 2001. Left the
Urbana-Champaign), Master of Systems US Marshals Service to enter Marine Corps
Pay-Grade Analysis (NPS) OCS in 2002, graduated at the top of his
O–3 class. Attached to the NCIS Contingency
Relevant Training (partial list) Response Field Office in 2004. Conversant
US Marshals Service Basic Training Program, in French (Metropolitan), Italian, and
US Marshals Service Protective Investigations Spanish. Highly discerning and observant,
Training, High Risk Warrant Service Course, possesses acutely honed survival instincts
Tactical Drug Law Enforcement Course, US eminently suited to overseeing personnel
Marshals Service Special Operations Group protection and physical security operations.
Qualification Course Advanced Airborne
Counterdrug Operations Training, Military
Police Officers Basic Course, Commercial
Vehicle Counterterrorism Training Program,
Critical Infrastructure Protection Training
Program, Reactive Shooting Instructor Training
Program, Vehicle Ambush Countermeasures
Training, Program Survival Shooting Training
Program, Protective Detail Refresher Program,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Law Enforcement
Supervisor Leadership Training Program,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Morris, Lamont A. Scout-Observer/Cover Man (LRRS Team 3, Graduated cum laude from Columbia
TIGER Detachment) College Chicago with a bachelor's degree in
DOB
instrumental performance, specializing in
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-05-21 classical guitar. Worked briefly writing jingles
C Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment (Anti-Tank) for a local advertising agency before
POB embarking on a career as a studio musician,
(US Army)
Chicago, Illinois, USA appearing on albums by prominent Chicago-
Post-Secondary Education based popular music acts. Found being a
Call-Sign work-for-hire musician to be unsatisfying on
BA in Instrumental Performance (Columbia
Heavy Duty College Chicago) an emotional, artistic, and economic level.
Enlisted in the Army in 2004. Assigned to the
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list) 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team's separate
E–5 Infantryman AIT, Stryker Transition Course, anti-tank company. Deployed to Iraq in 2006,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Air served on a combat outpost near Iraq's
Assault School, Combat Lifesaver Course, border with Syria in the first few months of
Basic Airborne School, Fast Rope & SPIE his 15-month tour. Would take part in
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE weapons cache raids in and around
Level-C Training, Anti-Armor Leaders Course, Baghdad during the latter portion of his
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Ranger deployment. Meticulous and detail-oriented,
School, GIJOE Professional Qualification approaches the work of a soldier with the
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation same creative passion and single-minded
Operations Course dedication he exhibits in his artistic
endeavors.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Mulholland, Brian K. Deception Operations Chief-Counterintelligence Joined the Army in 1991. Assigned to the
(Tactical Deception Group Headquarters, C2E) 524th Military Intelligence Battalion and
DOB
stationed in South Korea after graduating
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-07-02 from intelligence analyst AIT. Re-classed as
Military Intelligence Company, Special Troops a counterintelligence agent in 1997. Served
POB on a twelve-month deployment in Iraq from
Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US
New York City, New York, USA Army) 2005 to 2006 as a member of Task Force
Mongoose. Made the move to the 75 th
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education Ranger Regiment Special Troops Battalion's
Big Brawler BA in Psychology (University of Maryland Military Intelligence Company in early 2007.
University College Asia), AA in Korean Trained alongside elements of the 441 st
Pay-Grade (DLIFLC) Military intelligence Battalion (Forward
E–8 (MSG) Collection) at the Camp Gonsalves Jungle
Relevant Training (partial list) Warfare Training Center in Okinawa in 2008.
Intelligence Analyst AIT, Enhanced Tactical Fluent in Korean; conversant in Arabic
User Terminal Course, Collection Management- (Iraqi), Japanese, and Persian (Dari and
TENCAP System Specific Module, Intelligence Farsi dialects). A yi dan (second degree
in Combating Terrorism Course, Basic Airborne black belt) in Kukkiwon taekwondo, has also
School, Air Assault School, Counterintelligence received extensive training in muay thai and
Special Agent Course, Ranger Assessment & JJIF-rules Sport ju-jitsu.
Selection Program, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Defense Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation
Course, Defense Against Sound Equipment
Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence
Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, JWTC Jungle Skills Course, JWTC
Jungle Endurance Course, Introduction to
Networks & Computer Hardware Course,
Counterintelligence in Cyber Space Course,
NATO SOF Intel Course, Battle Staff NCO
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Nash, Clifton L. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 6-Cold Weather,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-07-17
B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501 st
POB
Infantry Regiment (US Army)
Brownsville, Texas, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Homeland Security and Emergency
Iceberg Management (Central Texas College-Fort
Richardson/Elmendorf AFB)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Infantryman AIT, Stryker Transition Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Air
Assault School, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course,
Basic Airborne School, NWTC Arctic Light
Individual Course, NWTC Cold Weather
Leaders Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope &
SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army in 2001, initially assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry
Regiment. Participated in numerous OPFOR
exercises with light infantry and special
operations units in the Mojave desert area as
a member of the 1st Squadron's mechanized
infantry A Troop. Deployed to Baghdad in
2005, participating in full-spectrum missions
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Having had his fill of living, working, and
fighting in arid environments, went out of his
way to get assigned to a cold weather duty
station upon extending his enlistment,
eventually getting his wish by being sent to
the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry
Regiment, stationed at Fort Richardson,
Alaska. Returned to Iraq in 2006, conducting
security, direct action, and armed
reconnaissance missions out of Forward
Operating Base Iskandariyah. Took part in
contingency operations in Al Anbar
governorate in 2007. Conversant in Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Natale, Gregory M. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 6-Cold
Weather, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-01-11
Training Branch, Northern Warfare Training
POB
Center, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, (US Army)
USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Northern Studies, minor in Arctic Skills
Blizzard (University of Alaska-Fairbanks), AA in Russian
(DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
Infantryman AIT, NWTC Arctic Light Individual
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Assault Climber Winter Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, NWTC Cold
Weather Leaders Course, MWTC Scout Skier
Course, Ranger School, Basic Instructor
Course, Small Group Instructor Training
Course, Patrol Course, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Course,
Battle Damage Assessment Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Spent the bulk of his pre-GIJOE military
career stationed in Alaska. Joined the Army
out of high school in 1993, assigned to the
1st Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (Light),
staying with the unit through its 1998 re-
flagging as the 172nd Infantry Brigade
(Separate) and posting at Fort Wainwright.
Attended the nearby University of Alaska-
Fairbanks. Received his bachelor's degree in
2002. Served on an extended 16-month
deployment in Iraq from 2005 to 2006,
seeing combat numerous times in the
greater Baghdad area. With the 172 nd
Infantry Brigade's inactivation in December
of 2006, assigned to the US Army Northern
Warfare Training Center's Training Branch.
Served as a Mobile Training Team instructor
in JCET exercises with the Denmark's elite
Jægerkorpset in Greenland in 2008. Fluent
in Central Alaskan Yup'ik and Russian;
conversant in Danish, Greenlandic
(Kalaallisut and Inuktun dialects), and
Nunavut (Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun dialects).
Outwardly grim and sullen except in the most
unguarded situations. Physically and
mentally tough, totally dedicated to the craft
of cold weather survival and the science of
cold region warfare.
File Name Duty Assignment
O'Hara, Shana M. Counterintelligence Technical Officer
(Counterintelligence Team, SONIC
DOB Detachment)
1975-11-05
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524th Military
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Intelligence Battalion, 501st Military Intelligence
Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Scarlett
BS in Computer and Information Science,
Pay-Grade minor in Asian Studies (University of Maryland
W–2 University College Asia), AA in Arabic (DLIFLC)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Intelligence Analyst AIT, Enhanced Tactical
User Terminal Course, Collection Management-
TENCAP System Specific Module, Basic
Airborne School, Counterintelligence Special
Agent Course, Intelligence in Combating
Terrorism Course, Air Assault School, Defense
Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation Course,
Defense Against Sound Equipment Course,
Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,
Warrant Officer Candidate School,
Counterintelligence Technician Warrant Officer
Basic Course, Introduction to Networks &
Computer Hardware Course, NATO SOF Intel
Course, Counterintelligence in Cyber Space
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Father and three older brothers all martial
arts instructors. Began serious martial arts
training at the age of eight, received her first
degree black belt in Kukkiwon taekwondo at
age 16. Awarded the shodan rank in
Kodokan judo shortly after graduating from
high school. Received extensive training in
the use of the Zhūgě nǔ (ancient Chinese
repeating crossbow) and sunogung
(medieval Korean repeating crossbow).
Worked as a junior instructor in her father's
martial arts studio before joining the Army as
an enlisted intelligence analyst in 1997.
Initially assigned to the 532nd Military
Intelligence Battalion stationed in Camp
Humphreys, South Korea. Re-classed as a
counterintelligence agent in 2001, re-
assigned to A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524 th
Military Intelligence Battalion. Took part in
various counterintelligence operations near
the Korean DMZ in 2002 and 2004.
Conducted counterintelligence missions in
Iraq in 2005 while assigned to the MNF-I
Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center at
Camp Cropper. Received her warrant officer
appointment in 2006. Fluent in Arabic
(Modern Standard and Iraqi), Japanese, and
Korean; conversant in Mandarin (Standard
dialect). Quick-thinking and resilient, able to
deal with fast-moving, ambiguous, and
unstructured situations; has maintained a
healthy sense of humor despite the high
levels of stress associated with
counterintelligence work.
File Name Duty Assignment
Owens, Cory R. Explosive Ordnance Disposal NCO (SSE
Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-03-28
744th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance
POB
Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) (US
Wichita, Kansas, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Lightfoot BS in Chemistry (Wichita State University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 EOD Specialist AIT, EOD Advanced Access &
Disablement Course, EOD Advanced
Management & Technology Course, Technical
Escort Course, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISSEE
IED Technician Course, ISSEE Weapons
Intelligence Team Training/Joint IED
Exploitation Course, ISSEE Booby Traps
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as a chemist for Kansas-based
smokeless small arms and artillery
ammunition propellant maker the Hodgdon
Powder Company before enlisting in the
Army in 2003. Joined the Ordnance Corps,
seeing it as a natural extension of his civilian
career. Deployed to Iraq in 2005, providing
EOD services to units conducting security
operations in support of the country's
national elections. Sent to Afghanistan in
2007 as a member of a small EOD
detachment supporting ISAF operations in
Kandahar province. Trained alongside
members of the British Army's 11 Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Regiment at the
International School for Security and
Explosives Education in Chilmark, Wiltshire,
England in 2008. An assiduous student of
the science of bomb disposal; methodical
and painstakingly precise in the execution of
his duties.
File Name Duty Assignment
Paolino, Michelino J. Interrogation & Strategic Debriefing Supervisor
(SSE Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-02-17
C Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion,
POB
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)
Parma, Ohio, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Psychology (Brown University), AA in
Faces Arabic (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Intelligence Analyst AIT, Enhanced Tactical
User Terminal Course, Collection Management-
TENCAP System Specific Module, Intelligence
in Combating Terrorism Course, Human
Intelligence Collector AIT, Defense Strategic
Debriefing & Interrogation Course, Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, NATO SOF Intel Course,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
The youngest son of Italian-American
parents; father a civil engineer, mother a
music teacher. Enlisted in the Army in 2002
after graduating from Brown University.
Initially trained as an intelligence analyst,
assigned to the 24th Military Intelligence
Battalion. Re-classed as a HUMINT collector
in 2006, transferred to the 504 th Battlefield
Surveillance Brigade's 163rd Military
Intelligence Battalion in 2007. Served on a
twelve month deployment in Iraq in 2008.
Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi),
French (Metropolitan), Italian, and Spanish;
conversant in German, Persian (Dari and
Farsi dialects), and Portuguese. Cultivates
an amateur stand-up comedy act in his
spare time, although his limited repertoire
has yet to go beyond crude off-color humor
and uncannily accurate impressions of
celebrities.
File Name Duty Assignment
Parker, Blaine L. Digital Forensics Investigator (SSE Section,
SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1968-11-10
Special Technical Operator (USMC) attached to
POB
the Defense Criminal Investigative Service
Phoenix, Arizona, USA (DCIS) Southwest Field Office
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Mainframe BS in Computer Science and Engineering (MIT)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Data Network Specialist
Course, Defense Message System Course,
Tactical Data Systems Supervisor Course,
Advanced Personnel Administration Course,
Information Security Orientation, Department of
Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Course, Insider Threat Course, USMC Network
Operations Program training, Information
Assurance Manager Course, Information
Assurance Technician Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Information Systems Security
Professional Certificate, System Administrator
Certificate, Certified Ethical Hacker Program,
Managing Computer Investigations Course,
Advanced Log Analysis Course, Network
Exploitation Techniques Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army straight out of high school in
1986. Assigned to the 82nd Airborne
Division's 504th Infantry Regiment.
Participated in combat operations in
Honduras during Operation Golden
Pheasant (1988) and in Panama during
Operation Just Cause (1989). Went to MIT
after fulfilling his active duty terms of service,
graduating with a degree in computer
science and engineering in 1994. Spent the
latter half of the 1990s working as one of the
top programmers-for-hire in Silicon Valley. By
2000, found himself bored with the corporate
grind and decided to return to the military,
taking the unorthodox but not-unheard-of
option of joining the Marines as a non-
Marine prior-service enlistee. Breezed
through Marine combat training and data
network specialist training. A member of the
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity's
Cryptologic Support Battalion from 1998 to
2005. Attached to the DCIS Southwest Field
Office as a Special Technical Operator in
2006. Digital forensic evidence he helped
gather throughout 2007 and 2008 was
instrumental in the 2009 indictment of a spy
caught attempting to acquire sensitive
military and NSA-encryption gear from on-
line auction and shopping website eBay.
Conversant in Spanish. An avid NBA fan,
runs a fantasy basketball league in his spare
time. Affable and genuinely humble,
teammates and superiors alike are
sometimes inclined to forget that he has put
in his time as an elite front-line fighter.
File Name Duty Assignment
Perlmutter, Stanley J. Tracking Dog Handler (HVT Tracker Team 3,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-09-25
108th Military Police Company (Air Assault)
POB
(Airborne), 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th
Iselin, New Jersey, USA Military Police Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Mutt AS in Criminal Justice, Correction
Administration option (Middlesex County
Pay-Grade College)
E–6
Relevant Training (partial list)
Correction Administration Certification
(Middlesex County College) Law Enforcement
Survival Spanish Training Program, CBP-CETC
Basic Narcotic Detection Course LE, CBP-
CETC Passenger Processing Course LE,
Military Police AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Military Working Dog Handler
Course, Combined Detector Dog Handlers
Course Backcountry Tactics & Tracking Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, Military Police Investigator
Course, Conventional Physical Security
Course, Protective Service Training Course,
High Risk Personnel Security Course, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Military Working Dog
Trainer/Kennel Master Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Suicide Bomber Mitigation
Training Program, JWTC Combat Tracking
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Spent five years working as a corrections
officer and sentry dog handler at the
Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility
in North Brunswick, New Jersey. Led a
volunteer K-9 team in search of survivors in
the ruins of the World Trade Center after the
September 11, 2001 attacks. Joined the
Army later that year. Deployed to Bagram Air
Base in Afghanistan as a member of the 65th
Military Police Company (Airborne) in 2003,
where he served as a military working dog
handler until 2005. Transferred to the 108 th
Military Police Company (Air Assault)
(Airborne) in 2006. Designated company
kennel master in 2007. Participated in inter-
service cross-training exercises with USMC
personnel stationed at Camp Gonsalves,
Okinawa in 2008. Returned to Afghanistan
later that year as part of a Provincial-Police
Mentor Team tasked with training Afghan
National Police units in Kandahar province.
Conversant in Persian (Dari and Farsi
dialects) and Spanish. Possesses an innate,
almost instinctive, capability for establishing
rapport with animals, so much so that
teammates sometimes think he prefers
canine company over human socialization.
File Name Duty Assignment
Pidel, Martin A. Digital Forensics Investigator (SSE Section,
SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1982-10-03
Office of Special Investigations Detachment
POB
624, Kadena Air Base (USAF)
Yonkers, New York, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Computer Science and Engineering (MIT)
Hard Drive
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
First Responder Certification (Massachusetts
E–6 Emergency Care Training Agency), Basic
Network Intelligence Analysis Course,
Information Security Orientation, Department of
Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Course, Certified Ethical Hacker Program,
Insider Threat Course, Special Investigators
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, Advanced Log
Analysis Course, Network Exploitation
Techniques Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Born in Yonkers to second-generation nipo-
brasileiro parents. Precociously articulate as
a child. Skipped two grades in elementary
school. Entered MIT at the age of 16. As a
collegiate wrestler in the 141 lbs. weight
class, won All-American honors in his senior
year. Turned down numerous lucrative job
offers in the software industry after
graduating magna cum laude in 2002 and
joined the Air Force as an enlisted network
intelligence analyst. Joined the Air Force
Office of Special Investigations in 2007,
assigned to the Kadena Air Base OSI
Detachment in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
later that same year. Fluent in Portuguese,
conversant in Japanese, Korean, Mandarin,
and Spanish. A polymath in the classic
sense, constantly seeks to increase his
knowledge of the world around him, improve
his physical abilities, and broaden his socio-
cultural perspectives.
File Name Duty Assignment
Pine, Albert M. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 5-Mountain,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-01-21
B Company, 1st Battalion (Light), 87th Infantry
POB
Regiment (US Army)
Minidoka, Idaho, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Accounting (University of Idaho)
Alpine
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Basic
E–6 Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF
SOF Operations Course, Air Assault School,
Combat Lifesaver Course, NWTC Arctic Light
Individual Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer
Course, Assault Climber Winter Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Light Leaders
Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic
Instructor Course, Ranger School,
Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Took up mountaineering and rock climbing
during college and continued as a
recreational climber during his short tenure
as an accountant for Ballantine Books, even
competing in a number of UIAA-sanctioned
mountaineering and rock climbing events.
Joined the Army in 2001, assigned to the 1st
Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment.
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2003, taking part
in armed reconnaissance and manhunt
operations against Taliban-backed forces
and armed smugglers in the harsh
mountainous terrain of Paktika province.
Transferred to the 1st Battalion (Light), 87th
Infantry Regiment in 2006. Sent to Iraq in
2007 on a year-long deployment in the
Kirkuk governorate performing full-spectrum
operations from Forward Operating Base
Warrior and Kirkuk Air Base. Holds the
unofficial Ranger School Mountain Phase
record for the fastest unassisted Yonah
Mountain ascent. Conversant in French
(Metropolitan) and German. Genuinely
friendly and approachable, always ready with
a humorous anecdote or an uplifting word.
File Name Duty Assignment
Price, Daniel W. CBRN Reconnaissance Scout (SSE Section,
SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-08-19
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
POB
Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 1st Brigade Combat Team (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Clean Sweep BS in Chemistry (Campbell University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Topographic Surveyor AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, CBRN Specialist
AIT, Technical Escort Course, NBC
Reconnaissance Course, Biological Integrated
Detection Systems Course, Field Identification
of Biological Warfare Agents Course, Joint
Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic
System Course, Master Fox Scout Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Field Management of Chemical & Biological
Casualties Course, Ranger School, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as a garbage collector for Newark's
Division of Sanitation before deciding to
enlist in the Army in 2001. Initially trained as
a topographic surveyor, assigned to the 30 th
Engineer Battalion (Topographic) (Airborne).
Deployed to Iraq in 2004, worked alongside
E Company (LRS) (Airborne) of the now-
inactive 313th Military Intelligence Battalion in
support of 82nd Airborne Division operations.
Re-classed as a CBRN specialist in 2006.
Joined the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st
Brigade Combat Team Special Troops
Battalion, where he was assigned to the
headquarters and headquarters company's
CBRN reconnaissance platoon. Returned to
Iraq in 2007, his tour extending well into
2008.
File Name Duty Assignment
Provost, Philip M. Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator (SSE
Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1970-11-29
87th Military Police Detachment, 10th Military
POB
Police Battalion (CID) (Airborne), 3rd Military
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Police Group (CID) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Chuckles AS in Criminal Justice (Broward Community
College), BA in Criminology, minor in Forensic
Pay-Grade Science (UNC-Wilmington)
W–2
Relevant Training (partial list)
Military Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Traffic Management and
Accident Investigation Course, Military Police
Investigator Course, Conventional Physical
Security Course, Criminal Investigation
Apprentice Special Agent Course, Domestic
Violence Investigative Techniques Course,
Child Abuse Prevention and Investigative
Techniques Course, Interviews & Interrogations
Course, Fraud Investigation Course, Crime
Scene Reconstruction Course, Cold Case
Seminar, Criminal Investigative Techniques
Course, Homicide Investigation Course,
Advanced Interviews and Interrogations
Course, Warrant Officer Candidate School, CID
Warrant Officer Basic Course, Procurement
Fraud Investigation Training Program, SERE
Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Weapons Intelligence
Course, Criminal Anti-terrorism & Police
Intelligence Management Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as a freelance insurance fraud
investigator in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
before joining the Army in 1997. Started his
military career as an MP with the 108 th
Military Police Company (Air Assault)
(Airborne), re-trained as a CID special agent
in 2002. Performed force protection and
criminal anti-terrorism operations in support
of Task Force Devil in Afghanistan
throughout 2003 as a member of the 87 th
Military Police Detachment, 10th Military
Police Battalion (CID) (Airborne). In 2004,
sent to Iraq to conduct investigations into
various offenses allegedly perpetrated by
American soldiers ranging from desertion,
fraud, robbery, murder, and sexual assault.
Received his warrant officer appointment in
2006. In 2007, attached to the 82 nd Airborne
Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team's Special
Weapons Exploitation Team, taking part in
sensitive site exploitation operations
throughout the 1/82 Airborne's area of
responsibility in northern Iraq. Received his
bachelor's degree from UNC-Wilmington in
2009. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and
Iraqi), Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki
dialects), and Spanish; conversant in
Hebrew, Portuguese, and Russian. A “man's
man” by most definitions of the phrase.
Confident but unpretentious, tough but
adaptable, easygoing but never heedless.
Possesses a disarmingly jocular disposition
that cloaks an uncompromising dedication to
seeing justice served.
File Name Duty Assignment
Pulaski, Ralph W. Detachment Commander (Detachment
Command Team, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-08-20
B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th
POB
Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Steeler BS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics (University of Pennsylvania); Master
Pay-Grade of Business Administration, Management
O–4 concentration (University of Mary Hardin-
Baylor)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Armor Officer Basic Course, Basic Airborne
School, Javelin Gunnery Course, M2/M3
Fighting Vehicle Commanders Course, Scout
Leaders Course, Air Assault School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Tactical Intelligence
Familiarization Course, Pathfinder School,
Ranger School, Joint Fires Observer Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, Patrol Course, Armor Captains
Career Course, Sniper Employment Leaders
Course, Tactical Information Operations
Course, Contemporary Insurgent Warfare
Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
Command & General Staff School, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification
Miscellaneous Notes
Comes from a blue-collar working class
background. Put himself through college on
an ROTC scholarship and work as a heavy
equipment operator. Commissioned as an
Armor officer in 1997, assigned to the 1 st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. Led a
cavalry scout platoon during ARFOR-T's
extended 500 mile route reconnaissance of
southeastern Turkey and the Turkey-Iraq
border in late 2002. In 2004, participated in
operations around the Iraqi city of Tikrit as
part of Task Force Danger. Took part in joint
training exercises with elements of
Germany's KSK Kommando Spezialkräfte at
the (formerly known as the NATO LRRP
School) in 2005. With the 1-4 Cavalry's
inactivation in 2006, reassigned to the 504 th
Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's Long
Range Surveillance Troop. Returned to Iraq
in 2008, taking part in security and
reconnaissance and surveillance operations
in Ninawa governorate. Fluent in Polish,
conversant in Arabic (Modern Standard and
Iraqi), German, and Turkish. Fiercely
intelligent, intrepid, and outspoken;
characteristics that have had him clashing
with higher-ranking officers on more than
one occasion. Nevertheless, his GIJOE
superiors have learned to trust his judgment
in tactical matters given his proven record in
the field.
File Name Duty Assignment
Ram, Chakradhar Parachute Rigging Supervisor (Parachute
Rigging Team, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-04-04
Rigger Detachment, Brigade Troops Battalion,
POB
528th Sustainment Brigade (Airborne) (US
San Diego, California, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Cloudburst BA in Marketing (San Diego State University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 United States Parachute Association Coach
Rating Course, United States Parachute
Association Tandem Instructor Course, United
States Parachute Association Accelerated Free
Fall Instructor Course, Parachute Rigger AIT,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
Special Forces Basic Combat Course-Support,
Static-Line Jumpmaster Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Got into skydiving and paragliding in high
school. Earned his skydiving “A” license at
the age of 18. Qualified as a USPA-certified
coach less than two years later. Continued to
engage in recreational skydiving and
paragliding while working as a junior
marketing executive for a San Diego-based
sporting goods company. Burnt out on the
corporate rat race at the age of 27, decided
to turn his passion for parachuting into a full-
time career. Enlisted in the Army to become
a parachute rigger in 2002, assigned to the
612th Quartermaster Company (Aerial
Delivery) after completing parachute rigger
AIT. Deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Would contribute
to aerial delivery humanitarian relief efforts in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina's lashing of
the Gulf Coast in 2005.Joined the 528 th
Sustainment Brigade's Rigger Detachment in
2006. Participated in a number of aerial
delivery activities supporting US Army
Special Forces elements operating in
Afghanistan, 2007–2009. Conversant in
Hindi-Urdu (Standard Hindi dialect).
File Name Duty Assignment
Renwick, Richard Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section Chief
(Motor Vehicle Maintenance Section, STEEL
DOB Detachment)
1975-04-18
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB Maintenance Troop, Regimental Support
South Bend, Indiana, USA Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (US
Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Dodger
BS in Management Studies (University of
Pay-Grade Maryland University College Europe)
E–7
Relevant Training (partial list)
Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer
AIT, Track Vehicle Recovery Specialist Course,
Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,
M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Multi-capable
Maintainer Course, Wheel Vehicle Mechanic
AIT, Automotive Electrical Systems Repair
Course, Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste
Handling Course, Mechanical Maintenance
NCO Common Core Course, Stryker Armored
Vehicle Operations/Maintenance New
Equipment/Organizational Training, Support
Operations Course Phase I, Wheel Vehicle
Recovery Specialist Course, Support
Operations Course Phase II, Mechanical
Maintenance Senior NCO Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army in 1995. Assigned to the 3 rd
Infantry Division's 3rd Forward Support
Battalion after completing Bradley Fighting
Vehicle System Maintainer AIT. Sent to Iraq
in the summer of 2003, supporting elements
of the 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad during
the opening stages of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Re-classed as a wheel vehicle
mechanic in 2006, transferred to the Vilseck,
Germany-based 2nd Stryker Cavalry
Regiment's Regimental Support Squadron.
Sent to Iraq in 2007 on a 15 month
deployment in the Baghdad and Diyala
governorates supporting the Regiment's
mechanized infantry squadrons. His
unparalleled practical expertise in the
workings of all manner of standard and non-
standard tactical vehicle systems makes him
a valuable asset during extended incursions
into foreign and/or hostile territory.
File Name Duty Assignment
Rich, Kenneth D. Military Deception Officer (Tactical Deception
Group Headquarters, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-02-05
Joint Information Operations Warfare Center
POB
(USSTRATCOM)
San Francisco, California, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Psychology (UC-Berkeley); PhD in
Psyche-Out Clinical Psychology, Military Psychology track
(Uniformed Services University of the Health
Pay-Grade Sciences); AA in Farsi (DLIFLC)
O–4
Relevant Training (partial list)
AMEDD Officer Basic Leaders Course, AMEDD
Captains Career Course, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, PSYOP Officer
Qualification Course, Tactical Information
Operations Course, Military Deception
Planner’s Course, Joint Special Operations
Collaborative Planning Course, Joint Special
Operations Advanced Planning Applications
Course, Air Assault School, Joint Special
Operations Staff Officer Course, Tactical
Information Operations Course, Joint
Information Warfare Staff and Operations
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Joint Special Operations
Warfighter Certification, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Rose to prominence in the academic
community as an undergraduate with his
groundbreaking work on the application of
stochastic modeling in the analysis and
prediction of pathological criminal and
terrorist behavior. Joined the Army in 1997
upon his acceptance into the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences'
Military Clinical Psychology Program.
Continued to pursue his interest in the study
of behavioral disorders in graduate school,
culminating in his doctoral dissertation
entitled “The Incidence and Relationship of
Audio Sensory Confusion and Induced
Paranoid Disorder in Enemy Combatants”.
Worked briefly as an assistant professor at
the school's Medical and Clinical Psychology
Department. Served as a technical
consultant with the LRAD Corporation
(formerly known as the American Technology
Corporation), provided expert opinions on
the possible military applications for their
man-portable long-range acoustic devices,
particularly in tactical psychological
operations. Found the the classroom and the
laboratory as insufficient proving grounds for
his theories. Joined the 4th PSYOP Group's
Target Audience Analysis Detachment in
2004. Transferred to USSTRATCOM's Joint
Information Operations Warfare Center in
2007. Fluent in Persian (Dari, Farsi, and
Tajiki dialects), conversant in French
(Metropolitan), Russian, and Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Riley, Thomas P. Scout-Observer/Commando Mortarman (LRRS
Team 2, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-10-07
B Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
POB
(Airborne) (US Army)
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Allied Sports Professions, Sport Manager
Downtown specialization (Cleveland State University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Indirect Fire Infantryman AIT, Air Assault
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Ranger Assessment & Selection
Program, Basic Airborne School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, Infantry
Mortar Leaders Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Excelled in athletics in high school, entered
Cleveland State University on an athletic
scholarship. Was the starting point guard for
the CSU Vikings basketball team for all four
years of his post-secondary education,
setting the school record for career free-
throw percentage and three-pointers made
and attempted. Played professional
basketball in Russia after graduating from
university, spending two seasons with the
Russian Basketball Super League's BC
Khimki Moscow Oblast team as a key
reserve. Returned to the United States after
his contract expired. Joined the Army in
2001, initially assigned to the 1 st Squadron,
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Participated
in numerous OPFOR exercises with light
infantry and special operations units in the
Mojave desert area as a member of the 1 st
Squadron's mechanized infantry A Troop.
Deployed to Baghdad in 2005, participating
in full-spectrum missions in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cross-trained with
British Army and Bulgarian Army MNF-I
personnel in the use of the 51 mm and 60
mm commando mortars. Honed his skills in
the use of the weapon as a member of the
OPFOR Hellfighter Troop's mortar platoon at
the National Training Center in Fort Irwin.
Joined the 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne)
in 2007, deployed to Afghanistan in 2008
and 2009. Conversant in Russian.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Ritchie, Michael P. Combat Observer/Joint Fires Observer Enlisted in the Army in 2002, began his
(Combat Observation & Lasing Team, TIGER military career as a fire control repairer with
DOB Detachment) the 82nd Sustainment Brigade's 659th
1983-07-23 Maintenance Company, where he
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
demonstrated a knack for repairing and
POB calibrating laser rangefinders, target
A Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Regiment (Airborne) (US Army) designators, and other associated fire control
equipment. Re-classed as a fire support
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education specialist and assigned to the 173rd Airborne
Red Spot AAS in Technical Studies, Electronic/ Brigade Combat Team as a forward observer
Instrumentation Technologies specialization in 2006. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007. An
Pay-Grade (Excelsior College-Fort Bragg) exceptionally quick study, absorbs
E–5 information in the classroom and on the field
Relevant Training (partial list) like a sponge takes up water.
Fire Control Repairer AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Fire Support
Specialist AIT, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical
Data System (AFATDS) Transition Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Joint Fires Observer
Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel
Master Course, Tactical Information Operations
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
File Name Duty Assignment
Rossi , Thomas (III) R. Transmission Operations Supervisor
(Communications Station 2, TIGER
DOB Detachment)
1974-12-23
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
268th Network Support Company (Signals),
Providence, Rhode Island, USA 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Dee-Jay AA in Fine Arts, Music Arts concentration
(Quincy College)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Radio Operator-Maintainer AIT,
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System
(EPRLS) Net Control Station Operator Course,
Network Management (ENM) NCS-A Enhanced
Operator Course, SERE Level-C Training,,
White House Communications Agency Console
Control Operations Course Department of
Defense Information Assurance Awareness
Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
A popular Boston-area deep house and
liquid funk DJ the during the late 1990s. By
mid-2001, found himself tired of the constant
grind of professional disc-jockeying and
disillusioned by the depthless frivolity of the
New England nightclub scene, a feeling
further reinforced by the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks. Joined the Army in 2002.
Initially trained as an infantryman, assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
(Air Assault). Fought against Iraqi Special
Republican Guard forces in Baghdad during
the opening stages of Operation Iraqi
Freedom in 2003. Returned to Iraq in 2005
for a year long deployment, participating in
full-spectrum missions from Forward
Operating Base Falcon and later, Forward
Operating Base Brassfield-Mora. Re-trained
as a radio operator-maintainer in 2006,
assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance
Brigade's 268th Network Support Company
(Signals) in 2007.
File Name Duty Assignment
Sanders, Bradley J. Supply Operations Supervisor (Detachment
Command Team, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-01-11
Group Support Company, 3rd Special Forces
POB
Group (Airborne) (US Army)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Business Administration, Management
Big Lob and Organization concentration (University of
Southern California)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6
Unit Supply Specialist AIT, Standard Property
Book System (SPBS) Course, Standard
Property Book System-Redesign (SPBS-R)
Course, Basic Airborne School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Air Assault School, Special
Forces Basic Combat Course-Support, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Operational Contract Support Course,
Installation Logistics Management Course,
Defense Distribution Management Course,
SERE Level-C Training, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
At 6'8” (203.2 cm), is easily the tallest
member of the GIJOE team. A highly
recruited basketball prospect coming out of
high school, entered USC on an basketball
scholarship. Led the school's basketball
squad in scoring and assists during his junior
year, taking the Trojans to their first NCAA
tournament appearance in five years.
Bypassed the 1997 NBA draft in the hopes of
mounting another NCAA tournament
campaign. Injured his knee at the beginning
of his senior year and sat out the rest of the
season after undergoing surgery. Went
undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft (scouting
reports cite concerns by NBA general
managers over potential lingering effects of
his knee injury). Signed by the Vancouver
Grizzlies to a series of 10-day contracts
halfway through the 1998-1999 NBA season.
Went to Italy in 1999 to play for Kinder
Bologna. A growing concern with the turmoil
both abroad and in the US led him to enlist in
the Army in 2002. Assigned to the 507 th
Maintenance Company after graduating from
unit supply specialist AIT, took part in the
Battle of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2003. Joined the
3rd Special Forces Group's Group Support
Company in 2005. Assigned to the Task
Force 31 Forward Logistics Element in 2006,
taking part in combat logistics operations in
support of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan.
Worked alongside Canadian Forces combat
logistics elements in Kandahar province
during Operation Falcon Summit later that
same year. Conversant in Italian and
Spanish. Runs an annual summer basketball
camp in Chicago for the children of veterans.
File Name Duty Assignment
Schnurr, Kurt CBRN Reconnaissance Scout (SSE Section,
SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-04-01
Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
POB
Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne
New Haven, Connecticut, USA Brigade Combat Team (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Airtight AS in Chemistry (Pikes Peak Community
College), BS in General Studies, Mathematics
Pay-Grade focus (University of Maryland University College
E–6 Europe)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Ammunition Specialist AIT, Defense Hazardous
Materials/Waste Handling Course, Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, CBRN
Specialist AIT, Technical Escort Course, NBC
Reconnaissance Course, Biological Integrated
Detection Systems Course, Field Identification
of Biological Warfare Agents Course, Joint
Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic
System Course, Master Fox Scout Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Pandemics and
Bioterrorism Short Course (MIT Professional
Institute), Combat Lifesaver Course, Field
Management of Chemical & Biological
Casualties Course, Ranger School, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army in 2001, initially trained
as an ammunition specialist, assigned to the
68th Corps Support Battalion's 60th Ordnance
Company (Ammunition). Deployed to Kuwait
in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Deployed to the notorious “Sunni Triangle” in
2004 to support MNF-I operations in
Baghdad governorate. Helped train local
forces in basic security, patrolling, and
logistics tasks. Re-classed as a CBRN
specialist in 2006. Joined the 173 rd Airborne
Brigade Combat Team Special Troops
Battalion, assigned to the headquarters and
headquarters company's CBRN recon
platoon. Fought Taliban-led insurgents and
performed CBRN reconnaissance activities
in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains
during Operation Rock Avalanche (2007). An
avid toy collector since childhood. Spends
much of his free time practicing his amateur
prop-based stand-up comedy act in front
(and much to the chagrin) of obliging
teammates.
File Name Duty Assignment
Scott, Brent Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 5-Mountain,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1982-02-10
A Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
POB
Regiment (Light) (US Army)
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Historical Studies, Military History
Hit 'n' Run concentration (Empire State College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault
Climber Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Light Leaders Course, Rappel
Master Course, Basic Instructor Course,
Ranger School, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Orphaned at the age of three by a drunk
driver. Grew up in a county institution from
which he escaped with alarming regularity.
Went from the custody of the county directly
into the Army, enlisting at the age of 18 in
2000. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th
Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Deployed to
Afghanistan in 2003, participating in full-
spectrum operations alongside conventional
ISAF forces out of Bagram Air Base. Re-
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment (Light) in early 2005. Stationed in
Baghdad governorate from August 2005
through the summer of 2006. Participated in
numerous air assault operations, weapons
cache search missions, Iraqi Security Forces
training exercises, and humanitarian relief
operations. Returned to Iraq for a second
tour in 2007. Managed to convert his military
experience into significant college credit via
the Army/American Council on Education
Registry Transcript System, enabling him to
earn his bachelor's degree in historical
studies in 2009 primarily through part-time
classroom instruction and distance learning
initiatives. Well-read and articulate,
circumspect in his day-to-day dealings.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Scott, Eric U. Driver (Office of the Director, C2E) Began his military career in 2003 as a
chaplain assistant assigned to the 2nd
DOB Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment. Deployed
1981-02-13 627th Transportation Detachment, 39th to Afghanistan in 2004. Re-classed as a
Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), motor transport operator in 2007, assigned
POB
16th Sustainment Brigade (US Army) to the 39th Transportation Battalion
Northampton, Massachusetts, (Movement Control). Sent to Iraq later that
Post-Secondary Education same year as a member of the 627 th
USA
AA in Business and Management (University of Transportation Detachment (Movement
Call-Sign Control Team). Plainspoken and always
Maryland College Europe)
Wild Card moves with an abrupt sense of purpose,
Relevant Training (partial list) characteristics which contribute to the
Pay-Grade mistaken perception that he is socially inept
Chaplain Assistant AIT, Basic Airborne School,
E–5 Air Assault School, Emergency Medical Ministry and occasionally blunderous.
Course, Chapel Tithe and Offering Clerk
Course, Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic
Freight Traffic Course, Installation Traffic
Management Course, Passenger Travel
Specialist Course, Camp Adder Combat
Logistical Patrol (CLP) Academy Training,
Battle Command Sustainment Support System
(BCS3) Training; Force XXI Battle Command,
Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) Software
Familiarization Training; Air Assault School,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training, Anti-
terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course
File Name Duty Assignment
Selkirk, Stuart R. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 5-Mountain,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-07-24
C Company, 5th Ranger Training Battalion,
POB
Ranger Training Brigade (US Army)
Big Piney, Wyoming, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed
Outback Management (University of Wyoming), AA in
Arabic (DLIFLC)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, JOTC Jungle Warfare Course,
Ranger Assessment & Selection Program,
Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, NWTC Arctic Light Individual Course,
Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course,
Assault Climber Summer Course, Assault
Climber Winter Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course,
NWTC Cold Weather Leaders Course, Combat
Lifesaver Course, SERE Instructor Qualification
Course, Master Resilience Trainer Course,
Battle Staff NCO Course, Battle Damage
Assessment Course, Collateral Damage
Estimation Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Army out of high school in
1990. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd
Infantry Regiment (Air Assault). Deployed to
Panama in 1995 as part of the government's
response to the balseros crisis precipitated
by Cuban civil unrest. Separated from the
service in 1996. Worked for the Wyoming
Game and Fish Department after receiving
his degree in rangeland ecology from the
University of Wyoming in 2000. Re-enlisted
in 2002, joining the 3 rd Battalion, 75th Ranger
Regiment (Airborne). Participated in
numerous clandestine operations targeting
Fedayeen Saddam irregulars and scattered
remnants of the Iraqi Special Republican
Guard in the Baghdad governorate's
notorious “triangle of death” between 2003
and 2006. Conducted armed reconnaissance
missions and fought alongside ISAF SOF
forces against Taliban insurgents in
southeastern Afghanistan throughout 2007.
Re-assigned to the 5th Ranger Training
Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade in 2008.
Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi)
and Spanish, conversant in Czech, German,
Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), and
Slovak. A staunch conservationist, resolutely
believes in being a part of his natural
environment, not its adversary.
File Name Duty Assignment
Seward, Farley S. Scout-Observer/OSV Driver (LRRS Team 6-
Cold Weather, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-05-16
C Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry
POB
Regiment (US Army)
Galena, Alaska, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Process Technology (University of
Frostbite Alaska-Fairbanks/Tanana Valley Campus)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Motor Transport Operator AIT, NWTC Arctic
Light Individual Course, Military Standard
Transportation and Movement Procedures
Course, MWTC OSV/Rough Terrain Driver
Training, Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery
Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter
Course, NWTC Cold Weather Leaders Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Ranger
School, Bradley Master Gunner Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as an oil and gas inspector for three
years, driving up and down the entire 414
mile-length of Alaska's Dalton Highway in
arctic conditions surveying for problems like
leaks and pipe shifting on the Trans-Alaska
Pipeline System before deciding to join the
Army in 2001. Started his military career as a
motor transport operator assigned to the 3 rd
Maneuver Enhancement Brigade stationed
at Fort Richardson. Re-classed as a cavalry
scout in late 2005 and joined 1st Squadron
(Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, setting
multiple record times for the 1.5 mile
snowshoe march component of the unit's
unique, cold weather-oriented Cavalry
Fitness Program. Deployed to Iraq in the fall
of 2006 for a 15 month-long tour.
Participated in independent reconnaissance
and security missions in support of 25 th
Infantry Division operations in Babil, Karbala,
and Najaf governorates. Fought alongside
reorganized Iraqi Army elements against
insurgents in Arab Jabour during Operation
Marne Torch (2007). Composed and calm in
even the most dire of situations, traits he had
to develop as a matter of course while living
and working in the harsh Alaskan wilderness.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Shannon, Carl G. Medium Fuel Tanker Operator (Motor Vehicle Worked for several years in the steel mills
Maintenance Section, STEEL Detachment) along Minnesota's Lake Superior coast after
DOB graduating from high school. Enlisted in the
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1980-10-20 Army in 2004. Assigned to the 82nd
364th Quartermaster Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Brigade after completing
POB petroleum supply specialist AIT. Deployed to
Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd
Blackduck, Minnesota, USA Sustainment Brigade (US Army) Afghanistan in 2005, where he participated
in operations supporting conventional and
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education special operations-capable ISAF units.
Charbroil AA in Business Administration (Campbell Deployed to Iraq in support of 82 nd Airborne
University) Division infantry elements, 2006–2007.
Pay-Grade Helped train Iraqi Army personnel in
Relevant Training (partial list) installation security and combat logistics
E–5
Petroleum Supply Specialist AIT, Petroleum operations throughout his tour in Iraq.
Vehicle Operator Course, Basic Airborne
School, Defense Hazardous Materials/Waste
Handling Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Camp Adder Combat
Logistical Patrol (CLP) Academy Training,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Sikorski, Victor W. Aeroscout Helicopter Pilot (Composite Aerial
Reconnaissance Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-06-29
B Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment
POB
(US Army)
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Applied Technology (Cameron
Lift-Ticket University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
W–2 Payroll Accounting Clerk Training (Great Plains
Technology Center), Warrant Officer Flight
Training Program, Advanced Helicopter
Ditching and Dunker Training, OH-58D Pilot
Qualification, UH-60A/L/M Pilot Qualification,
CH-47D Pilot Qualification, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
Survivability Equipment/Electronic Warfare
Officer Course, Aviation Warrant Officer
Advanced Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Was laboring as a payroll clerk at a
retirement home with little chance of
progressing into a higher paid position when
he got the idea to try out for the US Army's
Flight Warrant Officer Program as a way to
introduce some positive economic and social
change in his life. Scored a 99 on the AFAST
(Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection Test)
much to his (and his friends' and family's)
surprise. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 82nd
Aviation Regiment in 2004. Took part in
manned aerial reconnaissance operations in
direct support of DEA counter-narcotics
operations in the Caribbean in 2005.
Deployed to Iraq in 2006 for a tour in support
of the 82nd Airborne Division. Joined the 6th
Cavalry Regiment later that year. Returned
to Iraq in 2007 as a member of the 1 st
Infantry Division (Mechanized) Combat
Aviation Brigade (“Demon Brigade”), flew
OH-58D Kiowa Warriors out of Contingency
Operating Base Speicher on observation and
armed reconnaissance missions over
sections of Salah ad Din governorate.
Occasionally brash and brusque in his
manners but always well-intentioned.
Perceptive and cagey on and off the field.
File Name Duty Assignment
Skoog, Tormod S. Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/Dynamic
Building Entry Technician-Explosives (HVT
DOB Tracker Team 1, TIGER Detachment)
1979-12-03
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
744th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance
Hibbing, Minnesota, USA Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) (US
Army)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Tripwire
AAS in Occupational Studies, Construction
Pay-Grade Technology concentration (Austin Peay Center-
E–6 Fort Campbell)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Combat Engineer AIT, Basic Airborne School,
Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Engineer Explosive Ordnance
Clearance Agent Course, Sapper Leader
Course, EOD Specialist AIT, EOD Advanced
Access & Disablement Course, EOD Advanced
Management & Technology Course, Technical
Escort Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Dropped out of Nile C. Kinnick High School
in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan (father is
career Navy) during his senior year. Spent
two years training to be a Zen Buddhist
monk at the Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura
before deciding to return to the United
States. Joined the Army in 2000 after
earning his GED, jokingly claims to have
achieved Zen insight while undergoing
M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine
familiarization during basic training. Assigned
to the 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat)
(Airborne) after graduating from combat
engineering AIT. Deployed to northern Iraq in
2003, participated in engineering support
operations backing up elements of the 101 st
Airborne Division. Re-trained as an EOD
specialist in 2006, joined the 63 rd Ordnance
Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD). Sent
to Afghanistan in 2007 as a member of a
small EOD detachment supporting ISAF
operations in Kandahar province. Executed
VIP protection duties while attached to an
interagency protective services unit
accompanying then-presidential candidate
Barack Obama on his July 2008 campaign
tour of American military installations in
Southwest Asia and Western Europe. Fluent
in Japanese.
File Name Duty Assignment Miscellaneous Notes
Sneeden, Wayne R. LRRS Team Leader (LRRS Team 3, TIGER Enlisted in the Army in 1995, initially trained
Detachment) as a small arms/artillery repairer. Served with
DOB
the 10th Support Group in Torii Station,
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-04-15 Okinawa prefecture, Japan, from 1996 to
B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger 2000. Re-trained as an infantryman in 2001,
POB joined the 75th Ranger Regiment later that
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Auburn, Alabama, USA same year. Participated in a number of
Post-Secondary Education airborne assaults in Baghdad governorate in
Call-Sign 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
BBA in Management (Columbus State
Beachhead University) Deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 and again
in 2007, taking part in CJSOTF-A operations
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list) targeting Taliban assets in the country's
E–7 Small Arms/Artillery Repairer AIT, Air Assault southeastern provinces. Conversant in
School, Basic Airborne School, JWTC Jungle Arabic (Iraqi), Persian (Dari and Farsi
Skills Course, JWTC Jungle Endurance dialects) and Spanish. An avid recreational
Course, Infantryman AIT, Ranger Assessment & bowhunter. Meticulous, patient, and strong-
Selection Program, Pathfinder School, Ranger willed. Level-headed and unperturbable,
School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer believes anger to be counterproductive, a
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, waste of time and energy antithetical to
Rappel Master Course, Basic Instructor efficiency, sound judgment, and logic.
Course, Small Group Instructor Training
Course, Assault Climber Summer Course,
SERE Level-C Training, Combat Diver
Qualification Course, Individual Terrorism
Awareness Course, Reconnaissance &
Surveillance Leaders Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, Military Free Fall
Parachutist Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course, Battle Staff
NCO Course, Battle Damage Assessment
Course, Collateral Damage Estimation Course,
Master Resilience Trainer Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training
File Name Duty Assignment
Steel, James Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 6-Cold Weather,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-09-06
A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
POB
(Stryker) US Army)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Leisure Studies (University of Iowa)
Wind Chill
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Entrepreneurial Management Certificate
E–6 (University of Iowa), Infantryman AIT, Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, Squad
Designated Marksman Course, Fast Rope &
SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master Course,
NWTC Arctic Light Individual Course, Stryker
Transition Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Winter Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
NWTC Cold Weather Leaders Course, Ranger
School, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, SERE Level-C Training, Individual
Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Iowa Army National Guard while
still studying at the University of Iowa.
Trained “one weekend a month, two weeks a
year” with the 1-168 Infantry's C Company
while working as a sporting goods store
manager in Iowa City. Sent to Afghanistan in
2004, helped provide security for military
convoys and Provincial Reconstruction Team
sites while also engaging Taliban-backed
insurgents in combat operations. Granted a
conditional release from the Iowa Army
National Guard in late 2006 so that he could
join the Regular Army. Joined the 25 th
Infantry Division's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat
Team (“Arctic Wolves”) in 2007, assigned to
the 5th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion
stationed in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. An avid
outdoorsman and hunter, especially
proficient in winter navigation and fieldcraft.
File Name Duty Assignment
Treatment Team Chief (Medical Treatment
Team, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-04-26
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3 rd
POB
Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation
Seattle, Washington, USA Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Lifeline BS in Public Management, minor in Health
(Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–7
EMT-Basic Program (North Seattle Community
College), Intravenous Therapy Technician
Training (Harborview Medical Center-University
of Washington), Airway Management
Technician Training (Harborview Medical
Center-University of Washington), Intermediate
Life Support Technician Training (Harborview
Medical Center-University of Washington),
EMT-Paramedic Program (Harborview Medical
Center-University of Washington), Health Care
Specialist AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Flight Medic Course, Rappel
Master Course, Field Management of Chemical
& Biological Casualties Course, Medical Effects
of Ionizing Radiation Course, 160th Special
Operations Aviation Regiment Enlisted
Qualification Course, Special Operations
Combat Medic Course, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Battle
Staff NCO Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Was a paramedic with the Seattle Fire
Department for three years before enlisting
in the Army in 1996. Assigned combat medic
duties with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment (Light) after graduating from health
care specialist AIT. Supported 10th Mountain
Division elements and participated in
humanitarian medical, surgical, and search
and rescue activities in Bosnia in 1998 as
part of the NATO Stabilization Force. Joined
the 160th Special Operations Aviation
Regiment (“Night Stalkers”) in 2001 as a
flight medic. Sent to the Philippines in 2002
as part of a 160th SOAR contingent
supporting JSOTF-P operations in the island
of Mindanao. Deployed to Iraq in 2007 and
2008, taking part in numerous high-risk
CASEVAC and CSAR operations in the
country's western desert bordering Syria. A
yūdansha (ranked black belt) in Kokikai
aikido and an amateur triathlete. Well-read
and thoughtful, maintains a sincere and
profound respect for the views of others. Has
been romantically linked to Van Mark
Consolidated Industries heiress Britney
“Bree” Van Mark, whom he first met during a
stop in Dubai while on his initial deployment
to Southwest Asia.
File Name Duty Assignment
Steinberg, Lance J. Scout-Observer/NSTV Driver (LRRS Team 1,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-10-17
C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry
POB
Regiment (Light) (US Army)
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Automotive Technology (Brookdale
Clutch Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Passenger Travel
Specialist Course, Anti-terrorism Evasive
Driving-Staff Driver Course, Military Standard
Transportation and Movement Procedures
Course, Installation Traffic Management
Course, Integrated Computerized Deployment
System Course, Infantryman AIT, Basic Military
Mountaineer Course, MWTC OSV/Rough
Terrain Driver Training, Light Leaders Course,
Ranger School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as an automobile mechanic and
professional auto racer prior to enlistment.
Placed 6th at the 1999 Baja 1000 Race,
driving an extensively customized Trophy
Truck. Enlisted in the Army in 2000. Served
as a driver with the 264 th Corps Support
Battalion before re-classing as an
infantryman in 2004. Deployed to Iraq with
elements of the 10th Mountain Division's 31st
Infantry Regiment later that year, taking part
in combat operations in and around Baghdad
governorate. Returned to Iraq for a 15 month
deployment in the summer of 2006, took part
in extensive counterinsurgency operations
with the goal of establishing a permanent
MNF-I presence in the Baghdad
governorate's “Sunni Triangle.” Has a
reputation as being somewhat crude and his
attitudes towards women, particularly those
in the armed services, can be considered
archaic at best. Nevertheless, he is
considered by most GIJOE teammates to be
the organization's best road and rough
terrain tactical vehicle operator. Possesses
an unerring, almost preternatural sense for
defensive and evasive driving.
File Name Duty Assignment
Stone, Winfield A. Command Logistics Officer (Office of the
Director, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1973-08-30
Command Staff, Tactical Law Enforcement
POB
Team South, Deployable Operations Group
Kinsley, Kansas, USA (USCG)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Cutter BS in Management (USCGA), Master of
Systems Analysis (NPS)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–4
Port Security Unit Basic Skills Course, Crew-
Served Weapon (MK-19 40mm Machine Gun)
Course, Tactical Coxswain Course, Basic
Tactical Operations Course, Non-Compliant
Vessel Pursuit Course, Advanced Tactical
Operations Course, Boarding Officer Course;
Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security
Course; Critical Infrastructure Protection
Training Program, Law Enforcement Supervisor
Leadership Training Program, Law
Enforcement Manager Training Program,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, SERE
Level-C Training; Streamlining Government
Through Outsourcing, Privatization and Public-
Private Partnerships Course; Defense
Resources Management Course, Multi-Criteria
Decision Making Course, SOF Inter-agency
Collaboration Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Named by his father after Kinsley native Earl
Winfield Spencer, Jr., a pioneer naval aviator
and the first commanding officer of Naval Air
Station San Diego. Insisted on going by the
nickname “Skip” throughout high school in
an effort to distance himself from the late
Spencer (the US Navy commander was just
as known for stories of his raging alcoholism
and spousal abuse as he was for his military
accomplishments). Petitioned his district's
congressman for two years to get an
appointment to the US Naval Academy in
Annapolis to no avail. Entered the US Coast
Guard Academy instead. Excelled
academically and in varsity athletics, was
captain of the men's swimming team his
senior year. Assigned to USCG Activities
Europe after graduating from the Academy in
1998. Deployed to Kuwait in 2004,
participated in port security and maritime
interdiction operations in the northern
Persian Gulf in support of American military
operations in Iraq through early 2006.
Returned to the United States in 2007 and
took up a non-teaching administrative post at
the USCG Academy, briefly served as coach
for the academy's women's swimming team
before joining the USCG Deployable
Operations Group. Took part in extensive
interagency security exercises in the Gulf of
Mexico in 2008. Fluent in Spanish,
conversant in Arabic (Iraqi). Iron-willed and
unremitting, always finds a way to get the job
done while managing to maintain a
somewhat bizarre sense of humor. An avid
Boston Red Sox (professional baseball
team) fan since his days as a midshipman in
Connecticut.
File Name Duty Assignment
Stratton, Felix P. Special Projects Team Leader (Special Projects
Team, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Employer prior to GIJOE selection
1975-06-25
Veteran Infantry Personnel (VIPER) Division,
POB
Controller-Observer Regional Assistance
Spencer, West Virginia, USA (COBRA) Command, Inc.
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Mercer BA in History (Columbia College-Fort Drum)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
GS–10 Small Arms/Artillery Repairer AIT, Air Assault
School, Basic Airborne School, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Infantryman AIT,
Pathfinder School, Patrol Course, Ranger
School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Core
Activities Familiarization (COBRA Command,
Inc.), Veteran Infantry Personnel (VIPER)
Division Indoctrination (COBRA Command,
Inc.), GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Bussed tables throughout high school to
supplement his mother's meager earnings as
a hairdresser. Joined the Army in 1994,
began his military career as an armorer with
the 548th Corps Support Battalion. Re-
classed as an infantryman in 1998, assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment
(Light). Served a tour in the Sinai peninsula
with the USBATT MFO Contingent, 1999.
Deployed to Bosnia in 2001 as part of Task
Force Falcon. Participated in Operation Iraqi
Freedom (2003). Separated from the service
in 2005. Took a high-paying position with
controversial private military contracting firm
Controller-Observer Regional Assistance
(COBRA) Command, Inc. later that same
year to help pay for his mother's cancer
treatments. Was part of a COBRA Command
VIPER unit implicated in a number of
international law violations in Colombia while
providing security for Drug Enforcement
Agency personnel in 2007 and 2008,
although he was not named in a lawsuit
subsequently filed by Colombian citizens
against COBRA Command under the Alien
Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection
Act. Left COBRA Command in early 2009,
sought out for recruitment by GIJOE's
administrative affairs team based on the
endorsement of GIJOE operative Matthew
Burns (call-sign: Sgt. Slaughter), whom he
had served with in Iraq. Conversant in
Serbo-Croatian and Spanish. A hard-bitten
warrior, jaded and cynical, but refuses to let
the grind of professional soldiering wear
away at his innate sense of honor and
justice.
File Name Duty Assignment
Suarez, Guillermo CBRN NCO (Service Support Platoon
Headquarters, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-01-12
103rd WMD Civil Support Team (USARNG)
POB
Post-Secondary Education
Regla, Havana, Cuba
AAS in Aviation Maintenance Technology
Call-Sign
(University of Alaska-Anchorage)
Snow Storm
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Aircraft Armament/Electronic/Avionic Systems
E–6 Repairer AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne
School, CBRN Specialist AIT, Technical Escort
Course, NBC Reconnaissance Course,
Biological Integrated Detection Systems
Course, Field Identification of Biological
Warfare Agents Course, Joint Biological Agent
Identification and Diagnostic System Course,
Combat Lifesaver Course, Field Management
of Chemical & Biological Casualties Course,
Ranger School, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Father a poet, mother a midwife; both
parents subjected to persistent harassment
and intimidation by Cuban Communist Party
cells for their public criticism of Cuban
President Fidel Castro's economic policies.
Family fled Cuba and moved to the United
States when Guillermo was just three years
old, departing Cuba in a rust-eaten, jury-
rigged watercraft overloaded with refugees
during the mass defection known as the
Mariel Boatlift, arriving in Key West, Florida
in May of 1980. Parents encountered
difficulty establishing themselves
economically and socially in Miami, where
many locals viewed the Marielitos with a
combination of fear, disgust, and anger. In
1986, after much deliberation, father decided
to move the family to Alaska to put as much
distance between them and the post-exodus
negativity. Entire family became naturalized
American citizens in 1987. Joined the Alaska
Army National Guard after receiving his
associate's degree in aviation maintenance
in 2000, assigned to the 207th Aviation
Regiment after completing aircraft
powerplant repairer AIT. Accompanied
Company E, 207th Aviation Regiment on
deployments to Kuwait and Iraq, 2003–2005.
Re-trained as a CBRN specialist in 2006.
Attached to USNORTHCOM's Joint Task
Force Alaska later that year. Assigned to the
Fort Richardson-based 103rd WMD Civil
Support Team in 2008. Fluent in Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Swilley, Earl R. Criminal Anti-Terrorism Investigator (SSE
Section, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1974-12-16
Criminal Investigation Division, Internal
POB
Revenue Service
Raeford, North Carolina, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Accountancy (UNC-Wilmington)
Rumbler
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Criminal Investigator Training Program, IRS
GS–10 Criminal Investigation Training, Survival
Shooting Training Program, Law Enforcement
Rifle Training Program, Financial Forensic
Techniques Training Program, International
Banking and Money Laundering Training
Program, Money Laundering and Asset
Forfeiture Training Program, Procurement
Fraud Investigation Training Program, Vehicle
Ambush Countermeasures Training Program,
Advanced Asset Forfeiture Training Program,
Interviews and Interrogations Course, Black
Market Peso Exchange Training Program,
Product Substitution Investigations Training
Program, Fundamentals of Terrorism Training
Program, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training, SERE Level-C Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked for several years as an IRS Criminal
Investigation Special Agent prior to joining
GIJOE. Contributions to a number of related
“white-collar crime” investigations between
1999 and 2003 helped indict and eventually
convict high-ranking officials of the Bayou
Hedge Fund Group on charges of fraud. Has
also participated in a number of inter-agency
investigative and enforcement efforts
combating Colombia-based drug cartels,
North America-based financial backers of
international acts of terrorism, and Eastern
European organized crime organizations
involved in human trafficking operations and
white slavery rings in the US. Functions in an
unofficial capacity as the SONIC
Detachment's subject matter expert in
financial forensics. Relentless in his pursuit
of the criminal element wherever it can be
found, makes it his personal mission to bring
offenders to justice.
File Name Duty Assignment
Tadur, Ronald W. Visual Tracker (HVT Tracker Team 1, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1976-08-11
F Company (Provisional) (Pathfinder), 2nd
POB
Battalion (Assault), 10th Aviation Regiment (US
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Dusty AAS in Air Conditioning Technology
(Community College of Southern Nevada), BS
Pay-Grade in Environmental and Resource Science
E–6 (Nevada State College)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Utilities Equipment Repairer AIT, Infantryman
AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer
Course, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & SPIE
Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Assault
Climber Summer Course, Basic Airborne
School, Pathfinder School, Combat Lifesaver
Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO
SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course,
Fort Huachaca Combat Tracking School,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked as an HVAC repairman while
studying at Nevada State College. Joined the
Army in 2001, looking to leave behind the
gaudy environs and indulgent confines of
Las Vegas. Stationed at Camp As Sayliyah
near Doha, Qatar as a utilities equipment
repairer assigned to Combat Equipment
Battalion-Qatar, 2002–2004. Briefly attached
to the 245th Arid Environment Detachment as
a subject matter expert in the maintenance
of utilities equipment in desert conditions.
Re-trained as an infantryman and assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
(Light) in 2005. Conducted combat and
nation-building operations in 2006 in
southern Afghanistan as a member of Task
Force Warrior. Cross-trained with elements
of the Mongolian Army General Purpose
Troops' ISAF contingent in adversary
weapons familiarization and advanced arid
environment navigation and survival. Moved
to eastern Afghanistan later that same year
to support operations being conducted by
the 10th Mountain Division as part of
Combined/Joint Task Force 76. Transferred
to the 10th Mountain Division's provisional
Pathfinder Company in 2007. Participated in
armed reconnaissance and counter-
smuggling operations near Iraq's border with
Iran as part of the multinational Task Force
Minuteman in 2008. Fluent in Spanish;
conversant in Arabic (Iraqi), Mongolian
(Khalkha dialect), and Persian (Dari and
Farsi dialects). Has a genuine appreciation
for the simple pleasures of austere desert
living, but also harbors a healthy respect for
its associated perils.
File Name Duty Assignment
Tall Elk, James Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 3, TIGER
Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-05-23
F Company (Pathfinder), 4th Battalion (Assault),
POB
101st Aviation Regiment (US Army)
White Earth, Minnesota, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Geosciences, Geoarchaelogy emphasis
Dart (Minnesota State University-Moorhead)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Topographic Surveyor AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Pathfinder School,
Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,
Infantryman AIT, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Leaders Course, Battle Damage Assessment
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Worked for the White Earth Land Recovery
Project before joining the Army in 2001.
Initially trained as a topographic surveyor.
Served with the 30th Engineer Battalion
(Topographic) (Airborne) in Iraq in 2004. Re-
classed as an infantryman in late 2005,
assigned to the 101st Aviation Regiment's
pathfinder company. Took part in the
Operation Swarmer (2006), a joint Iraqi-US
air assault operation against a suspected
insurgent stronghold in Salah ad Din
governorate. Deployed to Afghanistan in
2007 for a 12 month-long deployment,
conducting airmobile counterinsurgency
operations alongside conventional and
special operations-capable ISAF units near
the country's border with Pakistan.
Possesses an unerring sense of direction
and geographical orientation honed through
years of navigating the wilds of northwestern
Minnesota. Fluent in Southwestern Ojibwe/
Chippewa; conversant in French (Métis and
Metropolitan), Michif/French Cree, and
Severn Ojibwe/Oji-Cree.
File Name Duty Assignment
Talltree, Franklin M. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 7-HALO/HAHO,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-02-18
F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd Battalion (Assault),
POB
82nd Aviation Regiment (US Army)
Ganado, Arizona, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Political Science (University of Arizona-
Airborne Tempe)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 UH-60 Helicopter Repairer AIT, Air Assault
School, Basic Airborne School, UH-60M
Transition Course, UH-60 Non-rated Crew
member Instructor Course, Infantryman AIT,
Static-Line Jumpmaster Course, Pathfinder
School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger
School, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel
Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF
SOF Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Parents are oil-rich Navajos who indulged
their eldest son with skydiving lessons as a
teenager. Graduated with a political science
degree in 2001. Surprised his parents and
professors when he opted to join the Army
instead of going on to law school. Initially
trained as a UH-60 helicopter repairer,
assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion
(Assault), 82nd Aviation Regiment. Deployed
to Afghanistan in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom in July of 2002, providing
combat support to coalition forces and
directly engaging Taliban forces as a
Blackhawk helicopter door gunner.
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom
(2003). Took part in manned aerial
reconnaissance and air movement
operations in direct support of DEA
operations in the Bahamas and Turks and
Caicos Islands in 2005, re-trained as an
infantryman later that same year. Re-
assigned to F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd
Battalion (Assault), 82nd Aviation Regiment in
2006. Returned to Iraq in late 2006 on a six-
month tour. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007
as part of the ISAF. Fluent in Navajo and
Spanish, conversant in Arabic (Modern
Standard and Iraqi). Extremely adept at
eliciting information from captured and
uncooperative hostiles, a skill he developed
while practicing cross-examination
techniques as a member of the Phi Alpha
Delta pre-law fraternity at Arizona State.
Occasionally gives “cold reading” exhibitions
for the amusement of friends and
teammates.
File Name Duty Assignment
Taputapu, David Special Projects Technician (Special Projects
Team, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Employer prior to GIJOE selection
1975-08-01
Freelance stuntman, stunt coordinator, and
POB
motion capture model affiliated with the
Pago Pago, American Samoa Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
(unincorporated territory of the
Post-Secondary Education
USA)
BA in Sport and Leisure Studies, Physical
Call-Sign
Education Teacher Education track (Ohio State
Red Dog University)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
GS–08 Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air
Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, International
Stuntman School-Standard Session (United
Stuntmen's Association), International
Stuntman School-Aerial Intensive Session
(United Stuntmen's Association), ISAF SOF
Operations Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Powerfully built even as a youth,
exceptionally quick and agile despite his
prodigious size. Attended Ohio State
University on a football scholarship. Played
offensive tackle for the Buckeyes, helped the
Big Ten Conference football team to multiple
bowl wins during the 1990s. Taken in the 5 th
round of the 1998 NFL draft by the San
Diego Chargers. Played two seasons with
the team, the highlights of his otherwise
nondescript professional football career
taking the form of spectacularly brutal
tackles that occasionally led to fines and
suspensions for unnecessary roughness.
Left the NFL in 2000 to join the Army later
that year. Served as an airborne infantryman
with the 2-504 Infantry, participated in
combat operations against Taliban-backed
insurgents during two deployments to
Afghanistan, the first in 2003, the second in
2005. Separated from the service in 2006.
Moved to Los Angeles, worked as a
stuntman and motion capture model for a
number of TV shows and video games
before being accepted into GIJOE. Fluent in
Samoan, conversant in Tongan. An avid
martial arts practitioner, schooled in
collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestling,
Kodokan judo, Limalama (“Hand of
Wisdom”), and muay thai.
File Name Duty Assignment
Therien, Jeffrey R. Scout-Observer/Cover Man (LRRS Team 4,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1969-03-22
B Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
POB
(Airborne) (US Army)
Cumberland, Rhode Island,
Post-Secondary Education
USA
BS in Elementary Education (Rhode Island
Call-Sign
College)
Repeater
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer
E–6 Summer Course, Air Assault School, JOTC
Jungle Warfare Course, Basic Airborne School,
Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Ranger
Assessment & Selection Program, Assault
Climber Summer Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, Combat Lifesaver
Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Joined the Army in 1986 as a fresh-faced
high school graduate. Trained as an
infantryman, assigned to the 2nd Battalion,
27th Infantry Regiment (Light). Saw his first
combat action during Operation Golden
Pheasant (1988), fighting Nicaraguan
Sandinista forces that had strayed over the
border into the Honduras during their military
campaign against the Resistencia
Nicaragüense. Deployed to Panama in 1989
as part of Operation Just Cause (1989).
Separated from the service in 1990.
Attended Rhode Island College on the GI
Bill, graduated with a degree in elementary
education in 1994. Taught third grade
classes at the Garvin Memorial School in his
hometown of Cumberland, Rhode Island
from 1996 to 2002. Married the school nurse
in 1999, couple have a daughter born in
2001. Re-enlisted in the Army in late 2003
after education budget cuts and school
district re-structuring rendered his position
redundant, barely making it under the
maximum enlistment age (with allowance for
previous time in-service). Joined the 75th
Ranger Regiment in 2005. Participated in
CJSOTF-A operations in northeastern
Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. Conversant
in Spanish. One of the older enlisted
individual augmentees on the GIJOE team,
although this fact is not readily apparent due
to his excellent physical conditioning. A
steady, efficient, no-nonsense professional in
the field, highly regarded by teammates for
his genuinely amiable and caring nature off
it.
File Name Duty Assignment
Thomas, David O. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 7-HALO/HAHO,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-11-24
A Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AA in Music (Iowa Central Community College)
Crazylegs
Relevant Training (partial list)
Pay-Grade
Parachute Rigger AIT, Basic Airborne School,
E–6 Air Assault School, Special Forces Basic
Combat Course-Support, Infantryman AIT,
Ranger Assessment & Selection Program,
Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic
Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast
Rope & SPIE Master Course, Rappel Master
Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,
ISAF SOF Operations Course, GIJOE
Professional Qualification Training, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course
Miscellaneous Notes
A talented organist and pianist, played for
the Iowa Central Concert Band and Iowa
Central Jazz Band in college. Enlisted in the
Army in 2001, passing up a career in music
for “the chance to jump out of perfectly good
airplanes.” Initially trained as a parachute
rigger, assigned to the 612 th Quartermaster
Company. Eminently skilled in the assembly
and maintenance of cargo and personnel
parachutes and the rigging of equipment and
supply containers for airdrop. Attached to the
Task Force 31 FLE (Forward Logistics
Element) in 2006, taking part in combat
logistics operations in support of Operation
Medusa in Afghanistan. Re-classed as an
infantryman later that year and joined the
75th Ranger Regiment. Fought Taliban forces
numerous times alongside CJSOTF-A and
Afghan National Army elements near
Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in 2008.
An active member of the Fort Bragg-based
Red Hat Chapter, Association of the
Quartermasters.
File Name Duty Assignment
Vennemeyer, David Fire Support Coordinator (Operations Section,
C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-07-27
C Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery
POB
Regiment (Airborne)
Victoria, Texas, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BS in Geography (University of Minnesota),
Barrage Master of Business Administration (Campbell
University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–3
Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Basic
Airborne School, Air Assault School, Combat
Lifesaver Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Tactical Intelligence
Familiarization Course, Ranger School, Joint
Fires Observer Course, Tactical Information
Operations Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, Field Artillery
Captains Career Course, Joint Operational
Fires & Effects Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification,
Modern Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Attended the University of Minnesota on an
ROTC scholarship. Led the Golden Gophers
wrestling team to back-to-back NCAA
Division I Wrestling Team Championships in
2000 and 2001. Graduated from field artillery
officer basic training in early 2002, found
himself in Afghanistan with the 319th Field
Artillery Regiment (Airborne) providing
supporting fires for the 82nd Airborne
Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team later that
same year. Sent to Iraq on a 15 month
deployment in 2006, operating mainly in Iraqi
Kurdistan in the north, participating in
professionalization training exercises with
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
law enforcement and military forces and
leading security missions in support of the
South Korean Army's Zaytun Division.
Observant and thoughtful on and off the
field. An imposing physical specimen at 6'6”
(198.1 cm) and 210 lbs. (95.2 kg) with 7%
body fat percentage. Conversant in Arabic
(Iraqi) and Kurdish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Verdi, Alessandro D. Command Administration Officer (Office of the
Director, C2E)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1977-09-12
Technical Programs Unit; Programs, Policy, and
POB
Budget Directorate; Office of the Coordinator
Carcare, Savona, Italy for Counterterrorism (US Department of State)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Sparks BS in Management Science, minor in Political
Science (MIT), MS in Program Management
Pay-Grade (The George Washington University), AA in
GS–14 Farsi (DLIFLC)
Relevant Training (partial list)
Foreign Service Institute Transition Center
Security Overseas Seminar, Information
Security Orientation, OPSEC Fundamentals
Course, Foreign Service Institute Transition
Center Advanced Security Overseas Seminar,
Department of Defense Information Assurance
Awareness Course, Insider Threat Course,
Defense Resources Management Course;
Budget Preparation, Execution and
Accountability Course; Multi-Criteria Decision
Making Course, George P. Shultz National
Foreign Affairs Training Center Arabic
Language Course, George P. Shultz National
Foreign Affairs Training Center Hebrew
Language Course, SOF Inter-agency
Collaboration Course, Combating Terrorist
Networks Seminar, Graduate Certificate in
International Security Policy (The George
Washington University), GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
The eldest son of a senior American
diplomat to Italy. Spent the bulk of his pre-
teen and teen years immersed in the cultural
heterogeneity of the diplomatic community,
picking up perspectives and languages from
friends and classmates from disparate
regions of the world. Family returned to the
United States when he was seventeen years
old. Entered MIT on an academic
scholarship, would enroll in a number of
courses taught by future GIJOE Director
Joseph Colton (call-sign: Eagle-Eye).
Worked as a freelance interpreter/translator
after graduating from university in 2001,
taking various assignments from the State
Department's Office of Language Services,
including a contract to serve as a seminar
interpreter for the Bureau of Diplomatic
Security's Antiterrorism Assistance Program.
Employed as a liaison officer and translator
for a contingency Foreign Emergency
Support Team (FEST) assigned to the 2006
Winter Olympic Games held in Turin, Italy.
Helped coordinate diplomatic, military, and
law enforcement efforts to ensure the
successful release of abducted American
nationals in Ecuador and Nigeria in 2007.
Joined the State Department's Office of the
Coordinator for Counterterrorism as a full-
time employee later that year. Fluent in
French (Metropolitan), Italian, Persian (Dari
and Farsi dialects), and Spanish; conversant
in Arabic (Gulf Arabic and Modern Standard),
Hebrew, Portuguese, and Romanian.
File Name Duty Assignment
Weems, Wallace A. Scout-Observer (LRRS Team 7-HALO/HAHO,
TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1979-04-09
B Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AAS in Construction Management (Columbus
Ripcord State Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–6 Combat Engineer AIT, Basic Airborne School,
Javelin Gunnery Course, Basic Military
Mountaineer Summer Course, Air Assault
School, Sapper Leader Course, Infantryman
AIT, Pathfinder School, Static-Line Jumpmaster
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger
School, Fast Rope & SPIE Master Course,
Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training,
Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Military
Free Fall Jumpmaster Course, ISAF SOF
Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Was a cadet with the Civil Air Patrol-Ohio
Wing throughout high school. Discovered
recreational and competitive skydiving in
college. Joined the military in 2001 in search
of more formidable parachuting challenges,
but quickly learned that the life of a soldier
demands more than just a sense of daring
and adventure, it also requires a mature
appreciation of civic duty and the
responsibilities that come with representing
the country as a professional fighting man in
the world's battlefields. Initially trained as a
combat engineer, assigned to the 37th
Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Engineer
Brigade (Combat). Deployed to northern Iraq
in 2003, participated in engineering
operations in support of the 101 st Airborne
Division. Re-classed as an infantryman in
2005, transferred to the 1st Battalion, 508th
Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Was a member
of the 82nd Airborne Division “All-American”
Free Fall Parachute Demonstration Team in
2006. Deployed along with other elements of
the 82nd Airborne's newly activated 4th
Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan in
2007 in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. Continued to operate in-country
through 2008. Candid in conversation, which
can sometimes be misconstrued for
rudeness or naiveté.
File Name Duty Assignment
Whitcomb, Averill B. Recovery Vehicle Operator (Motor Vehicle
Maintenance Section, STEEL Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1975-03-26
D Company (Forward Support), 173rd Support
POB
Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
Duluth, Minnesota, USA (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Steam Roller AA in Business and Management (University of
Maryland University College Europe)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5
Diploma in Diesel Mechanics/Heavy Equipment
Maintenance (Hibbing Community College),
Track Vehicle Repairer AIT, Track Vehicle
Recovery Specialist Course, Defense
Hazardous Materials/Waste Handling Course,
Wheel Vehicle Mechanic AIT, Basic Airborne
School, Air Assault School, Automotive
Electrical Systems Repair Course, Wheel
Vehicle Recovery Specialist Course,
Mechanical Maintenance NCO Common Core
Course, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
Employed for eight years as a heavy
equipment/diesel engine mechanic for
Minnesota's largest Caterpillar/AGCO dealer
before he decided to join the Army in 2002.
Assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment after graduating from track vehicle
repairer AIT, where he would apply his
mechanical skills and extensive diesel
engine experience to the upkeep and
maintenance of the regiment's fleet of M3A3
Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicles. Served a
tour in Iraq, 2003 to 2004. Re-trained as a
wheel vehicle mechanic and transferred to
the Italy-stationed 173rd Support Battalion in
2005. Deployed to Afghanistan for a year-
long deployment in 2006, assigned to a
forward support company attached to the
173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's
reconnaissance squadron. Occasionally
obstinate and stubborn, always opinionated,
but teammates have learned to trust his
instincts and experience when it comes to
vehicle recovery and mechanical
maintenance matters.
File Name Duty Assignment
Wilkinson, Lonzo R. HVT Tracker Team Leader (HVT Tracker Team
2, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1972-09-20
Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special
POB
Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Detroit, Michigan, USA (Airborne) (US Army)
Call-Sign Post-Secondary Education
Stalker AA in Serbo-Croatian (DLIFLC), BS in
Sociology (Columbus State University)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
E–8 (MSG)
Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, JOTC Jungle Warfare Course,
Pathfinder School, Ranger Assessment &
Selection Program, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer
Winter Course, Ranger School, Military Free
Fall Parachutist Course, NATO LRRP School
Patrol Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, Combat Lifesaver Course,
Reconnaissance & Surveillance Leaders
Course, Combat Diver Qualification Course,
Battle Staff NCO Course, NATO SOF Technical
Exploitation Operations Course, British Army
Jungle Tracking Course, ISAF SOF Operations
Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations
Course, SOF Senior Enlisted Course, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
The youngest in a brood of three, mother a
single-parent who worked as a short-order
cook. Lost both brothers to gang-related
violence. Affiliated himself with a gang in a
misguided attempt to escape a similar fate.
Eventually came to the realization that the
military offered him the best chance to
escape the poverty and violence of the inner
city. Enlisted in the Army out of high school in
1991. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th
Infantry Regiment (Light) after completing
infantryman AIT. Deployed to Somalia for
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993). Served
consecutive tours (1995, 1996) in the Sinai
peninsula as part of the MFO's USBATT
Contingent. Took part in joint security
operations in Panama in 1997. Served as a
peacekeeper in Bosnia in 1998. Joined the
75th Ranger Regiment in 1999. Returned to
Bosnia in 2000 as part of Regimental
Reconnaissance Detachment Team Two,
serving alongside future GIJOE member
Robert Light (call-sign: Snake-Eyes) and
future COBRA Command consultant
Tomasiburo Arashikage (alias: Storm-
Shadow). Would spend the next nine years
participating in various aboveboard and
clandestine operations in Southwest Asia
and the Horn of Africa. Trained with the
Brigade of Gurkhas Training Team at the
British Army Jungle Warfare Training School
in Brunei. Fluent in Arabic (Maghrebi),
French (Maghreb dialect), Serbo-Croatian,
Spanish, and Swahili; conversant in Somali
(Benaadir dialect). Exceptionally perceptive
and intelligent, functions especially well in
high stress situations.
File Name Duty Assignment
Williams, Ross A. Countertracker/Rear Security Man (HVT
Tracker Team 3, TIGER Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1978-06-08
B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry
POB
Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)
Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
AS in Criminal Justice (Baton Rouge
Muskrat Community College)
Pay-Grade Relevant Training (partial list)
E–5 Peace Officer Standards & Training
Certification (Louisiana Commission on Law
Enforcement), Corrections Training (Louisiana
Commission on Law Enforcement), Peace
Officer Standards & Training Firearms Course
(Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement),
Backcountry Tactics & Tracking Course,
Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic
Airborne School, Basic Military Mountaineer
Summer Course, Fast Rope & SPIE Master
Course, Rappel Master Course, ISTC Patrol
Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C
Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness
Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation
Operations Course, Fort Huachaca Combat
Tracking Course, GIJOE Professional
Qualification Training
Miscellaneous Notes
As a youth, would augment his family's
income by selling raccoon, possum, wild
boar, and even alligator carcasses from
animals that he personally hunted and
trapped in the wetlands of southeastern
Louisiana. After graduating from college,
worked as a prison guard for five years at the
Louisiana State Penitentiary (a.k.a. Angola
Maximum Security Prison), used his
extensive knowledge of the local geography
and skills in backcountry tracking time and
again to help recapture escaped convicts.
Enlisted in the Army in 2004, assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
(Airborne). Participated in joint exercises with
Germany's KSK Kommando Spezialkräfte at
the ISTC in Pfullendorf throughout 2006.
Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 as part of
Task Force Bayonet, taking part in ISAF
operations in Nuristan and Laghman
provinces through 2008. Fluent in Louisiana
Creole, conversant in French (Cajun dialect)
and Spanish.
File Name Duty Assignment
Willoughby, Malcolm R. Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent/
Ordnance Clearance Diver (LRRS Team 8-
DOB NSW, TIGER Detachment)
1976-06-03
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
POB
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile
Baltimore, Maryland, USA Unit 3, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
Group ONE (USN)
Call-Sign
Post-Secondary Education
Deep-Six
BS in Biology, Marine Biology emphasis (San
Pay-Grade Diego State University)
E–7
Relevant Training (partial list)
Aviation Ordnanceman “A” Schoo, Armament
Weapons Support Equipment Technician
Training, Surface Rescue Swimmer Training,
Air Launched Weapons Technician Training,
Armament Weapons Support Equipment
(AWSE) Maintenance Manager Training, Basic
EOD Diver Training, EOD Diver Training, EOD
Tactical Training, Basic Airborne School,
Ordnance Clearance Diver Training, Marine
Mammal Systems Operator Training, EOD
Advanced Access & Disablement Course, EOD
Advanced Management & Technology Course,
Air Assault School, Basic Swimming and Water
Survival Instructor Course, Tactical Rope
Suspension Technician Certification and HRST
Master Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist
Course, Master EOD Technician Screening,
GIJOE Professional Qualification Training,
NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations
Course
Miscellaneous Notes
Enlisted in the Navy in 1995. Initially trained
as an aviation ordnanceman. Served aboard
the USS Thorn (DD-988) destroyer from late
1995 to 2000. Participated in Maritime
Combined Operations Training (MARCOT)/
Unified Spirit joint training exercises in 1998
and 2000 alongside Canadian, British, and
French naval personnel. Re-trained as an
EOD diver in 2001, joined EOD Group
ONE's EOD Mobile Unit 3 later that same
year. Deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2003,
supported elements of the 5th Fleet by taking
out numerous anti-ship mines and
underwater booby traps in the Khawr Abd
Allah estuary as part of a MK 8 marine
mammal (bottlenose dolphin) mine-hunting
team. Sent to Al Anbar governorate in Iraq
the following year, conducted counter-IED
operations in support of the 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Force. Worked alongside
Latvian and Polish Army elements in Al-
Qādisiyyah governorate in 2006 and through
2007, conducted counter-IED missions and
trained local police bomb disposal teams in
intermediate and advanced explosive
ordnance clearance techniques. Taciturn and
often aloof, generally prefers the solitude of
the open sea over the company of his GIJOE
teammates whenever possible.
File Name Duty Assignment
Zullo, John Detachment Commander (Detachment
Command Team, SONIC Detachment)
DOB
Assignment prior to GIJOE selection
1969-10-16
Directorate of Intelligence, Special Operations
POB
Command-Korea (USFK)
Manchester, Vermont, USA
Post-Secondary Education
Call-Sign
BA in Asian and Middle East Studies, East Asia
Claymore concentration (Dartmouth College); MS in
Military Arts and Sciences (CGSC-SAMS)
Pay-Grade
Relevant Training (partial list)
O–4
Infantry Officer Basic Course, Air Assault
School, Basic Airborne School, Rappel Master
Course, Ranger School, Infantry Mortar Platoon
Leaders Course, Sniper Employment Leaders
Course, Fast Rope and SPIE Master Course,
Tactical Intelligence Familiarization Course,
Military Intelligence Officer Transition Course,
Defense Strategic Debriefing & Interrogation
Course, Defense Against Sound Equipment
Course, Military Intelligence Captains Career
Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence
Course, NATO SOF Intel Course, Introduction
to Networks & Computer Hardware Course,
Counterintelligence in Cyber Space Course,
NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course, NATO SOF
Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Joint
Special Operations Warfighter Certification,
Joint SOF Senior Intelligence Leaders
Orientation Seminar, Command & General Staff
School, GIJOE Professional Qualification
Training
Miscellaneous Notes
The scion of a moneyed New England
family, had a largely sheltered upbringing
surrounded by affluence. Spent his first few
years out of college traveling the world,
occasionally writing dispatches for The
National Geographic Magazine. Firsthand
exposure to the effects of the brutal ethnic
conflicts that characterized the socio-political
landscape of countries such as Rwanda and
the former Yugoslavia throughout the mid-
1990s had a profound effect on his outlook
on life. Entered US Army OCS in 1996.
Disputes that personal or class guilt
prompted the decision, maintains that it was
the realization of a responsibility shared by
all the world's citizens to improve worldwide
living conditions that served as his primary
motivation for joining the military. Initially
trained as an infantry officer, assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment
(Airborne). Participated in security operations
in Southwest Asia and Haiti in 1998. Made
the transition to the Military Intelligence
Corps in 2000, assigned to the 501st Military
Intelligence Brigade in South Korea. Led a
contingent of counterintelligence and
interrogation teams from the brigade's 524 th
Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq in 2005
and 2006. Transferred to SOCKOR's
Directorate of Intelligence in 2007. Fluent in
Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi), Italian,
Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin (Standard
dialect).