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

Defense Analysis (Special Operations/Irregular Warfare)-Irregular Warfare subspecialty (Naval Postgraduate School)

Relevant Training (partial list): Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course; Short-Range, Hawk Missile, and Patriot Missile Air Defense Artillery Resident Training; Air and Missile Defense Captains Career Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School, SF Unit Officer Qualification Course, SFQC IndividualSkills Phase, SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, Command and

General Staff Officer Course, Joint Special Operations Irregular Warfare Advanced Course, Combined/Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander'sCourse, Army Red Team Leader's Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF TechnicalExploitation Operations Course, CJFSOCC Staff Officer Course, CJFSOCC Planning Course

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

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TEAM)File Name: Arashikage, Kimiko Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: JinxBirthplace: Los Angeles, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524th Military Intelligence Battalion, 501st Military Intelligence Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Economics (Bryn Mawr College), AA in Mandarin (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Financial Management Technician AIT, Counterintelligence Special Agent Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,Defense Strategic Debriefing and Interrogation Course, Defense Against Sound Equipment Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course, Fast Rope andSpecial Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF IntelCourse, Introduction to Networks and Computer Hardware Course (DCITA), Counterintelligence in Cyber Space Course (DCITA), NATO SOF Technical

Exploitation Operations 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 her clan's traditional martial art, Arashikage-ryū bujutsū . Returned to the United States after graduating at the top of her class from the SaitamaPrefectural Inagakuen Comprehensive Upper Secondary School. Joined the Army as a financial management technician after receiving her economics degreefrom 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 the524th Military Intelligence Battalion. Fluent in French, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin (Standard dialect); conversant in Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect).



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

Relevant Training (partial list): Pre-Undergraduate Police Training Program (Polis Akademisi Gölbaşı), Basic Police Special Operations Course (Özel Harekat Polis Okulu ), INTERPOL International Police Training Program, 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 (ISSEE), Program in American Language Studies (Rutgers University-Newark), English for Academic Purposes Course (Rutgers University-Newark)

Miscellaneous Notes: Born and raised in Istanbul Province to Turkish-Armenian parents. Overcame cultural and racial barriers to become a ranking policeofficer with the Istanbul Police Department's Special Security office. Served with distinction in numerous police special operations against the PKK and other radical paramilitary organizations. Hired by INTERPOL as a dangerous devices technician in 2000, immigrated to the United States on a National InterestWaiver visa in 2001. Worked as a weapons intelligence analyst with INTERPOL's American bureau before being recruited to join a fledgling GIJOE in 2009.Fluent in Armenian (Eastern and Western dialects), Turkish, and Kurdish; conversant in Arabic (Iraqi) and Georgian. Acquired American citizenship 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 TurkishCultural Center in New York's “Performing Arts at the Terminal” show.

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

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

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



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Blais, Robert M. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: Cross-CountryBirthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Troop, 1st Squadron (RSTA-Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology (Guilford Technical Community College)

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

Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Both parents career construction and asphalt equipment operators. Declined stewardship of the family business and joined the Army at theage of 20. Served as a cargo specialist with the 7 th Transportation Battalion before re-classing as a cavalry scout. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 as part of theISAF's American contingent. Has excellent driving instincts and a natural mechanical aptitude honed through a lifetime in and around heavy machinery andvehicles.

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

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

Counterintelligence in Cyber Space Course (DCITA), NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF AdvancedIntel Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked for five years as a Denver police officer before joining the Marines. As an agent for the MCIA's Expeditionary Support Branch,has served on numerous missions abroad, most recently in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Iraqi) and Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), conversant in Spanish.



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

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

Expeditionary Leadership Course, Squadron Officer School, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification (JSOU)

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

COMBAT OBSERVER (COMBAT OBSERVATION/LASING TEAM)File Name: Breckenridge, Matthew H. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Thunder Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Music (University of Louisville)

Relevant Training (partial list): Army Bandsperson (Percussion) AIT, Air Assault School, Fire Support Specialist AIT, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical DataSystem (AFATDS) Transition Course, Basic Airborne School, Ranger School, Joint Fires Observer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual TerrorismAwareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Rappel Master Course,Tactical Information Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Played as a drummer in various Lousville-area heavy metal bands throughout high school and college. Joined the army as abandsperson, made the unorthodox but not unheard of decision of re-classing into a combat arms branch a year into his service. Deployed to Iraq as amember of the 320th Field Artillery Regiment's 2nd Battalion in 2003 and 2005, participating in missions with the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade CombatTeam.



COMBAT OBSERVER (COMBAT OBSERVATION/LASING TEAM)File Name: Brewi, David Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: D-DayBirthplace: Islip, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Earth Science (Dowling College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Fire Support Specialist AIT, Air Assault School, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Transition Course, BasicAirborne School, Ranger School, Joint Fires Observer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel Master Course, Fast Ropeand Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Tactical Information Operations Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor Course, Modern Army

Combatives Level 2 Instructor Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Grew up in Bay Shore, an Islip hamlet, the youngest son of comfortably upper-middle class parents, father a shopping mall manager, mother a television station executive and member of the New York State Council on the Arts' Performing and Literary Arts Committee. Denies that bourgeois guilt was amotivating factor in his decision to join the military, although incidental records of his personal interactions with enlisted GIJOE teammates indicate a strongtendency to downplay his relatively prosperous economic background. Deployed to Iraq as a member of the 320 th Field Artillery Regiment's 2nd Battalion in 2005,where he acquitted himself with distinction as a member of a dismounted forward observer team.

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

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

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



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

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

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

Making Course (Naval War College), Maritime Staff Operators Course (Naval War College), NATO Air Integration and Planning Course, Special OperationsCombating Terrorism Course, Combating Terrorist Networks Seminar, NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course, NATO Technical ExploitationOperations Course, Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Intelligence Leaders Orientation Seminar

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

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

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

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School, Infantry Mortar Platoon Leader's Course, Sniper Employment Leader's Course, SF Unit Officer Qualification Course, SFQC IndividualSkills Phase, SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, Patrol Course (NATO I-LRRP School), US Army Red Team Leader's Course,Contemporary Insurgent Warfare Course; Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Planner's Course; Security Cooperation Management Overseas Course, Commandand General Staff Officer Course, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,General Officer/Senior Executive Service Force Integration Course, Combating Terrorism Executive Interagency Seminar, Joint Special Operations Staff Officer Course, CJFSOCC Planners Course, CJFSOCC Joint Operations Center Course, CJFSOCC Commanders Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Started his career as a promising young lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division. Made the move to SF in 1983, assigned to the 2nd Battalion,10th SFG. Helped train Lebanese soldiers in 1985 and Nigerian paratroopers in 1986. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Khafji (1991). Served as a member of a Coalition Support Team assisting the 1 st Belgian Para-Commando Battalion during Operation Restore Hope (1993). Retiredfrom the Army with the rank of colonel in 2001. Started working towards his PhD in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University that same year. His doctoralthesis, entitled "Modeling Adaptive Organizations in the Current Irregular Warfare Context", is considered a modern classic in military science. Was an associateprofessor in MIT's Political Science Department before being tapped to head GIJOE in 2008. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Levantine), French,Russian, and Turkish; conversant in German, Spanish, Swahili, and Uzbek. Married future GIJOE Command C-E Officer Jane A. Martell (call-sign: GI Jane) in 1983,divorced in 2004. Couple had one son, Joseph, Jr., killed during the Battle of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2003 while serving as a soldier in the Army's 3rd Infantry Division.



O.S.V. EXPERT OPERATOR (ARCTIC RECON TEAM)File Name: Costello, Ian F. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: AvalancheBirthplace: Madawaska, Maine, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: D Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division (USMC/MARFORRES)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Automotive Technology (Northern Maine Community College), Bachelor of Applied Science (University of Maine-Presque Isle)

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

Miscellaneous Notes: Parents and older siblings involved in the cross-border smuggling trade, primarily bringing in cigarettes into New Brunswick province inCanada while ferrying cheap medicines into Maine. Somehow managed to steer clear of any significant legal trouble despite growing up around variouscriminal influences. Sent by state social services to live with relatives in Presque Isle at the age of 15. Worked briefly as a

mobile mechanic before joining the Marines. Assigned to an active-duty instructor-inspector staff post with the MARFORRES Anti-Terrorism Battalion'sAnchorage, Alaska-based D Company in 2006. An excellent marksman and an even better over-snow vehicle operator. Fluent in French (Acadian dialect).

DECEPTION OPERATIONS SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISERFile Name: Craig, Judith F. Pay Grade: E-8 (MSG)Call-Sign: Shooter Birthplace: Montclair, New Jersey, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)

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

Institute Foreign Language Center)

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

Miscellaneous Notes: Started her career as a chaplain assistant assigned to the 743 rd Military Intelligence Battalion. Re-classed as a counterintelligence agentin 2002, inspired to take a more pro-active role in the fight against terrorism after the New York terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Since then, hasparticipated in numerous clandestine operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, Iraqi, andLevantine), French, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Spanish; conversant in Swahili.



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

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

Rope Suspension Technician Certification and Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, Riverine Combat Skills Course, Riverine Crewman Course,Riverine Unit-Level Leaders Course, Riverine Security Team Trainer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

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

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

Center)

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

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



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

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

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

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

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger School, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS QualificationPhase (SF Weapons Sergeant), SFQC Collective Training Phase, SF Functional Language Training, SF Military Free Fall Parachutist Course,Operations andIntelligence Course, Advanced Special Operations Techniques Training, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction 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 OperationsWarfighter Certification (JSOU), ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

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



EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Falcone, Vincent R. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: FalconBirthplace: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Linguistics (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Master of Systems Analysis (Naval Postgraduate School), AA in Farsi (Defense Language

Institute Foreign Language Center)

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

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

Miscellaneous Notes: A second generation Green Beret, father having served with the 10 th Special Forces Group. Served as executive officer, B Company, 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 FID operations and JCET exercises in the Horn of Africa region in 2007 and 2008. Fluent in Arabic(Modern Standard, Gulf Arabic, and Yemeni), Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), French, and Spanish; conversant in Somali and Swahili. Possesses a naturalaptitude for picking up the colloquial and culture-specific nuances of foreign languages, honed through extensive training and field immersion.

SCOUT-SNIPER/SPOTTER (S.T.A. SNIPER TEAM)File Name: Fardie, Donovan G. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: Crosshair Birthplace: Brockton, Massachusetts, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Biology (Curry College)

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

Miscellaneous Notes: 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 for the unaided human eye.Participated in Operation Green Trident in Iraq in 2006.



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

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

(NTOA), Resolution of Barricaded Suspect and Hostage Rescue Course (NTOA), Hostage Rescue Linear Interventions Course (NTOA), Military Police AIT, BasicAirborne School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction 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 TrainingCourse, High Risk Personnel Security Course, Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program (FLETC), Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program (FLETC),SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course

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

SMALL CRAFT EXPERT OPERATOR (AMPHIBIOUS RECON TEAM)/COVER MANFile Name: Felix, Dwayne A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: RampartBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Special Boat Team 22, Naval Special Warfare Group FOUR (USN)Post-Secondary Education: BS in General Studies (St. Joseph's College-New York)

Relevant Training (partial list): Management Certification (St. Joseph's College, New York), Gunner's Mate "A" School, 5”/62-Caliber MK 45 MOD 4 Gun MountMaintenance Course, Stinger Anti-terrorist Weapon Operations and Maintenance Training, Crew-Served Weapons Instructor Course, Riverine Combat SkillsCourse, Riverine Crewman Course, SWCC Basic Crewman Training, NSW Crewman Qualification Training, Basic Tactical Swimmer Course, Basic AirborneSchool, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certificationand Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Advanced Tactical Swimmer Course,SCUBA Diver Qualification

Miscellaneous Notes: Served as a gunner's mate on the USS Essex (LHD-2), taking part in humantiarian support operations in East Timor in 2001 and Korea in2002. Participated in riverine security operations on the Euphrates river as part of a patrol boat escort accompanying elements of the 31st Marine ExpeditionaryUnit in the lead-up to the Battle of Fallujah in 2004. Returned to the Essex in time to take part in humanitarian aid operations in Indonesia after the 2004 St.Stephen's Day tsunami. Joined NAVSPECWAR as a SWCC in 2005.



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

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

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

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

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

Training Program (FLETC), Military Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, RappelMaster Course, High Risk Personnel Security Course, Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program (FLETC), Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program(FLETC), Law Enforcement Supervisor Leadership Training Program (FLETC), SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCOCourse

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



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/NON-LETHAL D.E.W. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Fine, Seymour P. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: Sci-FiBirthplace: Geraldine, Montana, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Electrical Engineering (University of Montana-Bozeman)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infrared and Electro-Optical Technology Certification (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fire Control Repairer AIT,Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Squad Designated Marksman Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Fast Rope and Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction 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, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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



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

Foreign Language Center)

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

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

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

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

Course, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification (JSOU), ISAF SOF Operations Course,NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

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



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

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

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

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

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Jungle Skills Course, Jungle Endurance Course, SERE Level-CTraining, Joint Fires Observer Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Pathfinder School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope andSpecial Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course

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



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

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous Notes: Grew up in a low-income household in a particularly impoverished section of a town where almost a quarter of the population lives belowthe poverty line. Worked as a hunting guide throughout high school. Enlisted in the Army at the age of 18. Assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment(Airborne) in 1994. Participated in Operation Jungle Warrior (1997) in Panama. Separated from the service in 1999, earned his degree in psychology from theUniversity of New Mexico in 2003. Served as a guest lecturer and subject matter expert for the FLETC Artesia Facility's Backcountry Tactics and TrackingTraining Program in 2004. Worked briefly for the Taos Department of Veteran Services after receiving his substance abuse counseling license. Re-enlisted in2006. Assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's Long Range Surveillance Troop in 2007, deployed to Iraq in 2008. Was instrumental in thesuccessful capture of insurgents wanted for the deliberate contamination of Coalition water supplies in a joint US-Iraqi manhunt operation conducted in early2009 in Ninawa governorate. Fluent in Apache (Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Mescalero dialects), Hopi, Navajo, Taos, and Spanish; conversant in Jemez(Towa), Picurís, and Zuni.



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

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School , Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder School,Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor Course, Modern Army CombativesLevel 2 Instructor Course, 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 difficultyfinding social acceptance in both the nisei and the hangukgye migugin communities because of his mixed ancestry and the long-standing historical divide betweenthe Japanese and the Koreans. Excelled in high school basketball but was ostensibly unrecruited going into college despite displaying freakish athleticism(obtained copies of college scouting reports cite his lack of height as the overriding concern of college coaches and basketball scouts). Turned his attention to theAsian martial arts. Is an adept practitioner of Kukkiwon taekwondo, Seigokan Gōjū-ryū karate, Ryūkyū kobujutsū , wing chun (Yip Man branch), Chow Gar schoolnán pài táng láng (Southern Praying Mantis), and Yang-style tai chi chuan. Worked as a stuntman and motion-capture actor before joining the Army in 2001.Assigned to the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion's Long Range Surveillance Detachment in 2002. Participated in surveillance operations in Iraq in support of elements of the 101st Airborne Division throughout 2003 and into 2004. After the 311 th Military Intelligence Battalion's inactivation in 2006, transferred to the 1 st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment. Has participated in numerous JRTC OPFOR exercises as a member of various “Leesville Urban Group” terrorist cellsand “Republic of Acadia” special weapons and spec ial purpose units. Fluent in Japanese and Korean, conversant in Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect), Okinawan,and Spanish.

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

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

Miscellaneous Notes: Assigned to the 4 th Special Operations Squadron (“The Ghostriders”) after completing his AC-130U Spooky qualification. Flew close air support,air interdiction, and force protection missions over Afghanistan in 2002 and Iraq from 2003 to 2006. Entered UAV pilot training and re-assigned to the 3 rd SpecialOperations Squadron in 2007. Operated MQ-9 Reaper UAVs on armed reconnaissance missions over Iraq and Afghanistan throughout 2008. Obliging and goodhumored 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 GIJOE's UAV platoon.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (MOUNTAIN RECON TEAM)/M.A.A.W.S. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Katzenbogen, David L. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: BazookaBirthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Kinesiology, Athletic Training option (California State University-Fresno)

Relevant Training (partial list): Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Pathfinder School, Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Anti-Armor Leaders Course,Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,Rappel Master Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Was a running back in college, an athletic standout on an overachieving 2000 Fresno State Bulldogs football team that compiled arespectable 7-5 record despite injuries to key members of the roster. Went undrafted in the 2001 NFL draft. Briefly considered a career in the CFL but optedto enlist in the Army instead. Started his career as a cavalry scout with the 1 st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, serving as a Bradley Fighting Vehiclecrewman 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 Regimentafter graduating from infantryman AIT. Participated in operations in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. A decisive fast-thinker with all the instincts of a naturalsurvivor. Extremely proficient in the use o f the 84mm M3 Multi-role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS)/Ranger Anti-tank Weapon System(RAWS).

FIRE & EXPLOSION INVESTIGATOR (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Kelly, Gabriel A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: BarbecueBirthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Fire and Emergency Services Division, Directorate of Emergency Services, Fort Bragg (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AS in Fire Protection and Safety Technology (North Shore Community College), BS in Fire Science Administration (Salem State College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Firefighter AIT, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Truck Operator Certification, Pumper Operator Certification, Fire Protection ApprenticeCourse, Rescue Technician I Course, Rescue Technician II Course, Air Assault School, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, RappelMaster Course, Fire Instructor I Course, Fire Officer I Course, Fire Inspector I Course, Fire Inspector II Course, Fire Officer II Course, HAZMAT IncidentCommander Course; Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Training Program (NAFI); Advanced Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Training Program (NAFI);Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination Program (FLETC), Wildland Fire Investigation Case Development Program (FLETC), SERE Level-C Training,

Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Weapons Intelligence Team Course

Miscellaneous Notes: The seventh Kelly in his direct ancestral line to become a firefighter, although the first to be employed as a professional firefighter outside of Massachusetts (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 2002with three years of firefighting experience with the Boston Fire Department already under his belt. Served as an aircraft crash/fire/rescue specialist at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. Returned to the US in early 2006 and assigned to Fort Bragg's Directorate of Emergency Services, received Fire andExplosion Investigator National Board certification later that year. Lent his expertise to civilian fire departments in the Cumberland County area throughout hisassignment to Fort Bragg and has also served as an expert witness for the prosecution in a number of arson-related trials in the state of North Carolina. In 2007,attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st BCT's Special Weapons Exploitation Team, taking part in sensitive site exploitation operations throughout the 1/82Airborne's area of responsibility in northern Iraq.



TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS CHIEF (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Kibbey, Alvin R. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: Breaker Birthplace: Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Electrical Engineering (University of Memphis), Advanced Study Program Fellowship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Massachusetts

Institute of Technology Professional Education), AA in Farsi (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

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, SFFunctional Language Training, SF Military Free Fall Parachutist Course; Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course; SFOperations and Intelligence Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction 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, Special Operations Forces Interagency Collaboration Course, Tactical InformationOperations Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, 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 and1997 as a member of the 2nd Infantry Regiment's 2nd Battalion. Participated in operations enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1244, calling for thedemilitarization of the Kosovo Liberation Army, in 1999. Went Special Forces in 2003. Has since participated in numerous missions supporting OperationEnduring Freedom, most notably in Georgia and Uzbekistan. Efficient and self-assured, confident in his ability to turn any adverse situation into an advantagewith 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.

U.A.V. LAUNCH & RECOVERY TEAM LEADER/U.A.V. PILOTFile Name: King, James R. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: DogfightBirthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 3 rd Special Operations Squadron, 27th Special Operations Wing, 27th Special Operations Group (USAF)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Aerospace Engineering (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach), MS in Technology, Aviation Emphasis (Purdue University)

Relevant Training (partial list): AFROTC General Military and Professional Officer Courses, Air and Space Basic Course, Initial Flight Screening, USAF SpecializedUndergraduate Training, Transitional and Operational Flight Training (A-10 Thunderbolt II), USAF Weapons School (A-10 Thunderbolt II), Air Liaison Officer Qualification Course, Flight Commander Course, Organizational Leadership Course, Introduction to Special Operations Course, USAF Weapons School (UnmannedAircraft Systems), Expeditionary Leadership Course, Squadron Officer School, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification (JSOU)

Miscellaneous Notes: Received the Order of Daedalians Orville Wright Achievement Award for his outstanding performance during undergraduate pilot training.Assigned to the Germany-based 81st Fighter Squadron in 2002. Flew A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Bagram Air Base on ground attack sorties in deployments toAfghanistan in 2003, 2004, and 2006. Entered UAV pilot training and re-assigned to the 3 rd Special Operations Squadron in 2007. Operated MQ-9 Reaper UAVs onarmed reconnaissance missions over Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008 and served as a technical adviser to the Turkish Air Force's Gnat-750 and I-Gnat UAV operator training program later that year.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)File Name: King, Owen Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Sneak PeekBirthplace: Bangor, Maine, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in English (Vassar College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Ranger Assessment and Screening Program, Combat Lifesaver Course, Joint Firepower Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Patrol Course (International Special Training Centre), Rappel Master Course, Military FreeFall Parachutist Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Decided to forgo a career in popular literature and enlisted in the Army in 2002. Assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regimentstationed in Germany. Participated in numerous training exercises with American and European combat units deploying to the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistanas 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 toAfghanistan 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 75 th Ranger Regiment in 2006. Returned toAfghanistan in 2008 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) haveelevated his status to that of a legend in the 75 th Ranger Regiment's Special Troops Battalion.

WHEEL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORFile Name: Krieger, Courtney A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Cover GirlBirthplace: Peoria, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 29 th Brigade Support Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Marketing/Sales and Retail Management (Illinois Central College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Wheel Vehicle Mechanic AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Rough Terrain Container Handling and OperationCourse, Wheel Vehicle Recovery Specialist Course, Automotive Electrical Systems Repair Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, SERE Level-C Training,Individual Terrorism Awareness Course (JFKSWCS)

Miscellaneous Notes: Employed as a print and runway fashion model by the Ford Models agency's New York office prior to enlistment. A growingdisillusionment with modeling and the emotional impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center (not far from where she lived andworked) convinced her to put new direction in her life. Joined the Army in 2002. Initially assigned to the 6 th Transportation Battalion, transferred to the 525 th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's 29th Brigade Support Company in 2006. Finds that she must work against stereotypical notions about beauty to prove herself to the less progressively-minded. Compelled to learn and master conventionally “unfeminine” disciplines.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FOUR)/JUNGLE SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: LaFitte, Etienne R. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: Gung-HoBirthplace: Bayou Gauche, Louisiana, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Construction Technology (Delgado Community College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Marine Rifleman Course, Basic Reconnaissance Course, Combatant Diver Course, Basic Airborne School, Remote Sensor Operator Training, Infantry Squad Leader's Course, MEU(SOC) Certification Joint Training, RUTEX Training, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, DesertOperations Course, Fast Rope Suspension Technician Certification and Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, Jungle Skills Course, JungleEndurance Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, Advanced Personnel Administration Course, SERELevel-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Born into a large Cajun clan. Moved to New Orleans at the age of 16 where he supported himself by working in construction. Accused of multiple misdemeanor counts of assault and battery in a 1993 police investigation of unlicensed bare-knuckle boxing matches and knife fighting exhibitions held inthe city's 9th Ward, but the accusations did not proceed to formal charges or citations owing to a lack of evidence. Spent 1994 completing his GED requirementsand earning college credits. Enlisted in the Marines in 1995. Initially assigned to the 13 th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Took part in maritime interdiction operations inthe Persian Gulf supporting Operation Southern Watch (1997), was a member of a number of VBSS teams that successfully boarded merchant vessels in violationof 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 ground and amphibious reconnaissance operations in support of INTERFETunits. Deployed to Iraq with the rest of 1 st Force Recon in 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. With the 1st Force Recon's deactivation in 2006, re-assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion's Force Reconnaissance Company. Participated in counter-smuggling and counterinsurgency operations in Al Anbar governoratethroughout 2005 and 2006. Fluent in French (Cajun dialect) and Louisiana Creole, conversant in Spanish.

AMBULANCE TEAM CHIEFFile Name: Larivee, Thomas J. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: Stretcher Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Independent Duty Corpsman (USN) attached to B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (USMC)Post-Secondary Education: AS in Paramedic Studies (Capital Community College), AS in Respiratory Care (Manchester Community College), BS in Health Science (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, CBRE CliniciansCourse, Anti-terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course, Independent Duty Corpsman School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course

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 surgicalsupport to American and allied forces taking part in Operation Uphold Democracy as well as Haitian citizens in need of emergency medical and surgicalattention. Became a Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsman in 1995. Deployed to the Balkans in 1996 as an attached member of the USMC's 24thMarine Expeditionary Unit, engaged in supporting operations enforcing the conditions of the Dayton Peace Accords alongside joint NATO forces. Took part inOperation 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.



DETECTION/TRACKING DOG HANDLER (H.V.T. TRACKING TEAM ONE)File Name: Lavigne, Christopher M. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: LawBirthplace: Houston, Texas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 21 st Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement (San Jacinto College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Basic Police Training (Houston Police Academy), Basic Narcotic Detection Course LE (CBP-CETC), Passenger ProcessingCourse LE (CBP-CETC), Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program (FLETC), Backcountry Tactics and Tracking Course (FLETC), Military Police AIT, BasicAirborne School, Military Working Dog Handler Course, Combined Detector Dog Handlers Course, Air Assault School, Fast Rope & Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Military Police Investigator Course, Conventional Physical Security Course, Protective ServiceTraining Course, High Risk Personnel Security Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Commercial Vehicle Counter-terrorism Training Program (FLETC), Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program (FLETC)

Miscellaneous Notes: Walked a beat in Houston's notorious “Gulfton Ghetto” area. A veteran of numerous violent confrontations between police and gangssuch as the Southwest Cholos and the local chapter of the Mara Salvatrucha. An expert detection dog handler, has received inter-agency cross-training innarcotics detector dog handling, passenger processing passive response detector dog handling, and backcountry fugitive tracking. Enlisted in the Army in 2004in search of a more fulfilling professional law enforcement career. Deployed to Iraq in 2006 as a member of the 16 th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), servingthroughout 2007 in the Basra governorate. Fluent in Spanish.

LONG-RANGE SURVEILLANCE TEAM LEADER (L.R.S. TEAM THREE)/JUNGLE SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: LeClaire, Daniel M. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: RecondoBirthplace: Wheaton, Wisconsin, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Community and Environmental Sociology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Jungle Warfare Course (Fort Sherman JOTC), Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, BasicAirborne School, Ranger School, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, SFQC Individual Skills Phase, SFQC MOS Qualification Phase (SF WeaponsSergeant), 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 TerrorismAwareness Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Special Operations Forces

Senior Enlisted Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Senior NCO Operations Course

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 theUSBATT 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 OperationJoint 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 ForcesGroup detachment. Conducted counterinsurgency operations alongside ISAF units in 2002 and 2003. Participated in clandestine operations in Haiti in 2004. From2005 up until his GIJOE selection in 2009, deployed as a technical adviser to Colombian government forces in their counter-narcotics and counterinsurgencyoperations against the FARC-EP and other criminal paramilitary organizations, as allowed by a mutual 2004 agreement between the US and Colombian governmentswhich established a bilateral program to counter drug trafficking, terrorist activities, and other threats to the national security of Colombia. Fluent in French, HaitianCreole, Nheengatu (língua geral da Amazônia), Portuguese, and Spanish; conversant in Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), Malay/Indonesian, and Thai.



ENGINEER EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE CLEARANCE AGENT (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM ONE)File Name: Li, Nicholas Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Tunnel RatBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 57 th Engineer Company (Rough Terrain), 27th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Physics (Brooklyn College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Technical Engineering Specialist AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,Combat Engineer AIT, 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 and Special Patrol Insertion/ExtractionMaster Course, Weapons Intelligence Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Comes from a Trinidadian Chinese family, parents and siblings run a small but relatively successful Chinese Caribbean-themedeatery 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 part-time asa sewer and drainage maintenance worker to help pay for college. Joined the Army in 2002, initially trained as a technical engineering specialist, assignedto the 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne). Deployed to northern Iraq in 2003, participated in land surveys and combat patrols in support of elements of the 101st Airborne Division. Re-trained as a combat engineer in 2005. Sent to Afghanistan in 2006 on a year-long deployment to providecombat engineering support to CJSOTF-A and ISAF units. Engaged Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters and various armed smugglers in numerous operations toclear mountain dugouts and other man-made underground structures being used by insurgents and other criminal elements in the provinces of Kunar andNangarhar. Attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st BCT's Special Weapons Exploitation Team in 2007, taking part in sensitive site exploitationoperations throughout the 1/82 Airborne's area of responsibility in northern Iraq. Fluent in Cantonese/Yue (Standard dialect) and Trinidadian Creole English,conversant in Bhojpuri (Caribbean Hindustani dialect), Spanish, and Tobagonian Creole English.

RECON TEAM LEADER (AMPHIBIOUS RECON TEAM)/UNDERWATER COMBAT DEMOLITIONISTFile Name: Leialoha, Edward W. Pay Grade: W-3Call-Sign: TorpedoBirthplace: Aiea, Hawaii, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (USN)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Zoology (University of Hawaii-Manoa), AA in Indonesian (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Torpedoman's Mate "A" School, Very Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures (VSWMCM) Operator Training, Basic Swimmingand Water Survival Instructor Course, Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL training, SEAL Qualification Training, SEAL Professional Development PhaseTraining, SEAL Unit Level Training, SEAL Squadron Integration Training, Basic Airborne School, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Air Assault School,Tactical Rope Suspension Technician Certification and Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,Desert Environmental Survival Course, 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, 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 to1994. Saw action in Operations Desert Storm and Fiery Vigil in 1991. Participated in joint 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 TaskForce 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 aJSOTF-P Combat Advisory Team conducting FID 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 special operations forces. Fluent inHawaiian, Malay/Indonesian, and Tagalog; conversant in Min Nan (Hokkien dialect) and Japanese. 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.Regarded by teammates as a consummate professional, but is observed by many of his peers to be somewhat detached in his personal interactions.



VISUAL TRACKER (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM ONE)/SURREPTITIOUS ENTRY SPECIALISTFile Name: Light, Robert Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: Snake-EyesBirthplace: Springfield, Minnesota, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Regimental Reconnaissance Company, Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Ecology and Field Biology, Wildlife Biology emphasis (St. Cloud State University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Ranger Assessment and Screening Program, Ranger School, Patrol Course (NATO I-LRRP School), Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Reconnaissance and SurveillanceLeaders Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Combat Diver Qualification Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 1 Instructor Course, Modern ArmyCombatives Level 2 Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 3 Instructor Course, Modern Army Combatives Level 4 Instructor Course, NATO SOFTechnical Exploitation Operations Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Joined the Army in 1993. Assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Deployed to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, where hewould serve alongside and forge a friendship with future independent military contractor and COBRA Command affiliate Thomas 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 andfuture GIJOE member Lonzo Wilkinson (call-sign: Stalker). Deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Rhino (2001). Survived a helicopter crash that killed two fellowRangers while on standby for CSAR, but the accident left him with severe facial scarring and partially paralyzed vocal cords despite the best efforts of Army plasticsurgeons 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 ensuing period in Japan studying Arashikage-ryū bujutsū with Thomas Arashikage's clan. Returned to active duty (with assignment limitations owing to hisvocal impairment) in 2007. Sent to Afghanistan in 2008, engaging Taliban fighters in the country's northeast alongside ISAF special operations forces. Fluent inAmerican Sign Language and Japanese. Besides Arashikage-ryū bujutsū , also schooled in the Kodokan judo, Lacoste-Inosanto kali , muay thai , Seigokan Gōjū-ryū karate, and Toyama-ryū battōjutsū martial arts.

SUPPORT & SUSTAINMENT ELEMENT LEADERFile Name: Lydon, Terrence Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: Grid-IronBirthplace: Evergreen Park, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Kinesiology (United States Military Academy), Master of Business Administration (Webster University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Infantry Officer Basic Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, BasicAirborne School, Ranger School, Maneuver Captain's Career Course, Infantry Mortar Platoon Leaders Course, Sniper Employment Leaders Course, Fast Ropeand Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Cadre TrainingCourse, 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

Miscellaneous Notes: Each year about 200 qualified Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard soldiers are offered entry to the US Military Academy PreparatorySchool. Of that already small number, a select few are offered direct admission to the US Military Academy. Lydon 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, impressed with the private firstclass' initiative and leadership qualities. Played quarterback for the US Army Black Knights football team. Graduated from West Point in 2002. Assigned to 2 nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Fought alongside elements of the 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) against conventional loyalist troops andFedayeen Saddam irregulars as part of a special operations task force conducting an airborne assault on Saddam International Airport in Baghdad during theopening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003). Served as B Company executive officer from 2004 to early 2006. Saw combat action in Iraq, engaginginsurgents in Baghdad, Mosul, and Tal Afar. Re-assigned to 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment shortly after his return from his second overseas deployment.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.Has trained extensively in Greco-Roman wrestling, muay thai , American kickboxing, and Gracie Barra jiu-jitsu . Outgoing and gregarious almost to a fault.



COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS OFFICERFile Name: Martell, Jane A. Pay Grade: GS-14Call-Sign: GI JaneBirthplace: Cumberland, Rhode Island, USAEmployer prior to GIJOE selection: Command and Control Systems and Software Division, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.Post-Secondary Education: BS in Nursing (Salve Regina University), BS in Electrical Engineering (University of Denver), MS in Electrical Engineering (California Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (Partial List): Officer Indoctrination School, Security Overseas Seminar (Foreign Service Institute Transition Center), Information SecurityOrientation (DSSA), OPSEC Fundamentals Course (DSSA), Department of Defense Information Assurance Awareness Course (DSSA)

Miscellaneous Notes: Joined the Navy in 1982 after graduating from the Salve Regina University with a nursing degree. Assigned to the National Naval MedicalCenter 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 onmaternity 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 FortCarson. Found herself disinterested in a civilian nursing career and unwilling to become a full-time homemaker, enrolled in the University of Denver's electricalengineering 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 securecommunications 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's3rd Infantry Division. Divorced amicably from Colton in 2004. Left L-3 Communications in 2007 to earn her master's degree from CalTech.

LEAD SCOUT-SNIPER/SPOTTER (S.T.A. SNIPER TEAM)File Name: McBride, Cooper G. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Low-LightBirthplace: Crosby, North Dakota, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology (University of North Dakota)

Relevant Training (partial list): 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 and Screening Program, Special OperationsTarget Interdiction Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, SERE Level-C Training, IndividualTerrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course,NATO Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Despite an initial reluctance on his part, was taught at an early age by father in the rudiments of shooting. Introduced to varminthunting 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 throughouthigh school. Joined the Army after graduating from the University of North Dakota in 2002, assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment (Light).Deployed to Afghanistan's Paktika province in 2003 for Operation Enduring Freedom. Conducted combat operations against Taliban elements andhumanitarian assistance operations from forward operating bases near the towns of Gardēz, Shkin, and Orgune. Returned to the US in 2004. Joined the75th Ranger Regiment in 2005. Graduated from the Special Operations Target Inderdiction Course at the top of his class, besting much more experiencedveteran Ranger and Special Forces marksmen. On cadre with the 2nd Battalion's Ranger Training Detachment throughout most of 2006. Returned toAfghanistan in 2007, conducting surveillance and target acquisition sniper operations in support of CJSOTF-A and ISAF SOF units in the country'snortheastern provinces.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FIVE)/COVER MANFile Name: McConnell, Craig S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Rock 'n' RollBirthplace: Malibu, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Performance: Bass (Musicians Institute)

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

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Army in 2002. Spent his initial term of service with the 4 th 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-Horn of Africa. Received extensivefamiliarization 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 thesuccessful 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 in 2006. Deployed to Afghanistan with elements of the Regiment's 3rd Battalion in 2007 to engage Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents in Nangarhar province. An amateur weightlifter and semi-professional surfer before joining the military. Won a reputation as a bass virtuoso playing for local area rock bands.Perspicacious, if somewhat naive. Outwardly easygoing, but possesses an inherent and uncompromising sense of justice and fair play.

DECEPTION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (INFANTRY)File Name: McMahon, Aaron Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: AmbushBirthplace: Walnut, California, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BFA in Theatre, Design option (University of California-Los Angeles)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and SpecialPatrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Tactical Information Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Graduated from UCLA hoping to become a scenic designer. Instead, spent the next five years laboring as a freelance set carpenter.Enlisted in the Army in 2002 after the Geffen Playhouse went with a different contractor despite his two years of collaborative experience with the theater'sproduction staff. Assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, honed his combat skills in numerous JRTC OPFOR exercises in Fort Polkagainst light infantry and special operations units. Deployed to Iraq with the 1 st Battalion's B Company in 2004. Transferred to the 504th Battlefield SurveillanceBrigade's newly organized Long Range Surveillance Troop shortly after his return from overseas. Returned to Iraq in 2008, participating in various jointreconnaissance missions in Ninawa governorate.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM ONE)/M.A.A.W.S. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Melendez, Rafael J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: ZapBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Civil Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): Combat Engineer AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Javelin Gunnery Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Infantryman AIT, Anti-Armor Leaders Course, Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-CTraining, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Rappel Master Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Comes from an upper middle-class family of Puerto Rican origin with an established tradition of civic duty and volunteerism, brother aHarlem-based attorney known for his pro bono work, sister a pediatrician with Médecins Sans Frontières. Joined the Army in 2002. Initially trained as a combatengineer, assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat). Saw combat in Northern Iraq, 2003. Deployed to Afghanistan in2006, engaged Taliban and al-Qaeda forces alongside elements of the 10th Mountain Division in the eastern and southern regions of the country while alsocontributing to provincial reconstruction and humanitarian efforts. Re-classed as an infantryman in 2007 and joined the 75 th 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 thebuilt-in weaknesses in earthen bunkers and similar structures, a skill he uses to great effect with tactical explosive devices and the M3 MAAWS.

DECEPTION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (AIR & MISSILE DEFENSE)File Name: Menninger, Edward J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: BackblastBirthplace: New York City, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: I Troop (Air Defense), 1 st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Mathematics (York College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Air and Missile Defense Crewmember AIT, Basic Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Air Assault School, Stinger Fighting VehicleMaster Gunner Course Phase I, Stinger Fighting Vehicle Master Gunner Course Phase II, Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, RappelMaster Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Tactical Information OperationsCourse

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in 2002, initially assigned to 3 rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. Deployed to Kuwait in 2003 during the build-up toOperation Iraqi Freedom. With the rest of 3-4 ADA, sent to Iraq in 2006 in support of elements of the 82 nd Airborne Division. Re-assigned to the 11 th ArmoredCavalry Regiment's Air Defense Troop (I Troop/”Krazy Horse”) in 2008. Participated in various exercises as part of the Regiment's OPFOR mission, lending his air defense experience not only to I Troop, but also to the OPFOR Deception Force's missile decoy teams. Occasionally displays a sometimes unwelcome penchantfor gallows humor, but teammates know he means no offense.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)File Name: Meyers , Andrew D. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: FootlooseBirthplace: Gary, Indiana, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: 89 credit hours towards the fulfillment of the requirements for the BS in Kinesiology, major in Physical Education Teacher Education (Indiana University-

Bloomington)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope andSpecial Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Pathfinder School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, Ranger School

Miscellaneous Notes: Valedictorian of his high school class and captain of the track team. Accepted into IUB on an academic scholarship. Was 35 credithours away from earning a bachelor's degree in kinesiology when he unexpectedly left school and hitchhiked his way to the West Coast. Spent the nextthree years living in a California bohemian commune. Was selling overpriced bead necklaces to Venice Beach tourists when he heard news of theSeptember 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Enlisted in the Army not long after, his high ASVAB line scores mitigating any negativessuggested by his past personal history (his AFQT score placed him squarely in the 99 th percentile). Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment(Airborne). Spent his first deployment overseas in Iraq, conducting combat patrols in and around the city of Kirkuk through most of 2003. Deployed toAfghanistan in 2006, working alongside conventional and special ISAF forces in Zabul province. Returned to Afghanistan in early 2008 for another tour, thistime, in the country's northeast. GIJOE teammates will occasionally have their laughs at his expense, poking fun at the time he spent as a folk art-peddlingNew 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 takenby a whole 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 takena tragedy of truly horrific proportions to make him realize the frivolousness of an existence built around self-indulgent complacency, but all that reallymatters 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.

IMAGING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Michaels, Leonard Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: ScoopBirthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 55 th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 114th Signal Battalion, 21st Signal Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Electronic Publishing (Southwestern Illinois College), BFA in Photography (Columbia College Chicago)

Relevant Training (partial list): Combat Documentation/Production Specialist AIT, Information Security Orientation (DSSA), Department of Defense InformationAssurance Awareness Course (DSSA), Insider Threat Course (DSSA), Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Combat Lifesaver Course, SERE Level-CTraining, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course,Rappel Master Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Weapons Intelligence Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked for five years as a cameraman and videographer for Chicago's WMAQ-TV. Looking for a career change, joined the Army in 2004after finally tiring of network television's growing disposition towards sensationalism and scandal-mongering. Assigned to the 114 th Signal Battalion's 55th SignalCompany (Combat Camera). Spent ten weeks in Afghanistan with the 2nd 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 1 st 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 inthe use and basic maintenance of all standard DoD-issue analog and digital still and motion cameras, portable power generation equipment, and electronic andfilm based image processing, editing, and printing equipment.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FIVE)File Name: Millman, Peter R. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: SpearheadBirthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: F Company (Pathfinder), 4th Battalion (Assault), 101st Aviation Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Economics (University of Washington)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Pathfinder School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Squad Designated MarksmanCourse, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual TerrorismAwareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A highly successful insurance salesman before changing careers and enlisting in 2004. Joined the Army out of a sense of duty and responsibilitymore than anything else. Assigned to F Company (Pathfinder), 4 th Battalion (Assault), 101st Aviation Regiment in 2005. Deployed to Iraq later that year, conductedassault zone reconnaissance missions for air assault operations originating primarily from Forward Operating Base Remagen on the outskirts of Tikrit. Returned to theUS in 2007. Observant and thoughtful, eloquent and persuas ive in his speech but never insincere. A natural-born leader.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (ARCTIC RECON TEAM)/COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: Moore, Harlan W. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Snow-JobBirthplace: Rutland, Vermont, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Statistics (University of Vermont)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Arctic Light Individual Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Squad Designated Marksman Course, Sniper School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Cold Weather Leaders Course, Scout Skier Course, Ranger School, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERELevel-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, 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 2001Biathlon World Championships individual and sprint events. Feeling that he had progressed in the sport as far as he could under the national biathlonteam's guidance, enlisted in the Army in 2002 in search for a different approach to training, a development welcomed by a US Army Recruiting Commandlooking to further raise the service's public profile and a national biathlon program desperate for its first Olympic medal. Participated in OperationAvalanche, 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 USABiathlon and US Army Public Affairs, committed to extend his enlistment in 2005 and declined participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics altogether.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 bit of a prankster and practical joker.



TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (COMMUNICATIONS STATION ONE)File Name: Morelli, Giacomo S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Dial-ToneBirthplace: Eugene, Oregon, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Signal Detachment (Europe), 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion, 528th Sustainment Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Physics, Applied Physics option (Oregon State University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Pathfinder School, RadioOperator-Maintainer AIT, Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPRLS) Net Control Station Operator Course, Network Management (ENM) NCS-AEnhanced Operator Course, White House Communications Agency (WHCA) Console Control Operations Course, SERE Level-C Training, Department of DefenseInformation Assurance Awareness Course (DSSA), Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course,

Rappel Master Course, Special Forces Basic Combat Course-Support, 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 withmoney 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 a collegeeducation. Served as an infantryman with the 1 st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment (Air Assault), taking part in hurricane relief operations in El Salvador andNicaragua 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 desertwarfare training rotation at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in 2000. Separated from the service in early 2001. Received his bachelor's degree in physicsfrom 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 andnortheastern Afghanistan throughout 2008. Fluent in Italian, conversant in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

PHYSICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS PLATOON LEADERFile Name: Morris, Earl S. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: Bulletproof Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Military Police Officer (USMC) attached to the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Contingency Response Field OfficePost-Secondary Education: BS in Political Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Master of Systems Analysis (Naval Postgraduate School)

Relevant Training (partial list): US Marshals Service Basic Training Program, Protective Investigations Training, High Risk Warrant Service Course (IPTM), TacticalDrug Law Enforcement Course (IPTM), US Marshals Service Special Operations Group Qualification Course, Advanced Airborne Counterdrug Operations Training,Officer Candidates School, The Basic School, Military Police Officers Basic Course, Commercial Vehicle Counter-terrorism Training Program (FLETC), CriticalInfrastructure Protection Training Program (FLETC), Reactive Shooting Instructor Training Program (FLETC), Vehicle Ambush Countermeasures Training Program(FLETC), Survival Shooting Training Program (FLETC), Protective Detail Refresher Program (FLETC), SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness

Course, Law Enforcement Supervisor Leadership Training Program (FLETC)

Miscellaneous Notes: Started his law enforcement career as a federal marshal with the US Marshals Service in 1991. Assigned to duties with the Federal WitnessProtection Program before joining the Service's full-time Special Operations Group cadre stationed at the Marshals Service Tactical Operations Center in 1998.Participated in a number of interagency counter-narcotics operations along the US-Mexico border in 2000. Left the US Marshals Service in late 2001, enteredMarine Corps OCS in 2002, graduated at the top of his class. Attached to the NCIS Contingency Response Field Office in 2004. Conversant in French, Italian, andSpanish. Highly discerning and observant, possesses acutely honed survival instincts eminently suited to overseeing personnel protection and physical securityoperations.



COMBAT OBSERVER (COMBAT OBSERVATION/LASING TEAM)File Name: Morris, Lamont A. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: Heavy DutyBirthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Instrumental Performance (Columbia College Chicago)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School,Combat Lifesaver Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual TerrorismAwareness Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SquadDesignated Marksman Course, Sniper School, Ranger School, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Graduated cum laude from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's degree in instrumental performance, specializing in classical guitar.Worked briefly writing jingles for a Chicago-area advertising agency before embarking on a career as a studio musician, appearing on albums by local Chicago blues,hip-hop, house music, and R&B acts. Found commercial music work to be artistically unsatisfying. Enlisted in the Army in 2004. Assigned to the 2 nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry regiment (Airborne). Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, participating in combat and armed reconnaissance missions alongside ISAF and CJSOTF-A forces inZabul province. Served on a second tour of Afghanistan in early 2008. Meticulous and detail-oriented, approaches the work of a soldier with the same creative passionand single-minded dedication he exhibits in his artistic endeavors.

OPERATIONS CHIEF (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Nash, Clifton L. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: IcebergBirthplace: Brownsville, Texas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Environmental Sciences (University of Texas-Brownsville)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Stryker Transition Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Air Assault School, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Basic Airborne School, Arctic Light Individual Course, Cold Weather Leaders Course, Ranger School, FastRope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Reconnaissance and Surveillance LeadersCourse, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Joined the Army in 2002, initially assigned to the 1 st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Participated in numerous OPFORexercises 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. Deployedto Baghdad in 2005, participating in full-spectrum missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Having had his fill of living, working, and fighting in aridenvironments, went out of his way to get assigned to a co ld weather duty station upon extending his enlistment, eventually getting his wish by being sent to the1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Returned to Iraq in 2006, conducting security, direct action, and armedreconnaissance missions out of Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah. Took part in contingency operations in Al Anbar governorate in 2007. Conversant inSpanish.



RECON TEAM LEADER (ARCTIC RECON TEAM)/COLD WEATHER SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: Natale, Gregory M. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: BlizzardBirthplace: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Training Branch, Northern Warfare Training Center, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Northern Studies, minor in Arctic Skills (University of Alaska-Fairbanks), AA in Russian (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, 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, Cold Weather Leaders Course, Scout Skier Course,Ranger School, Basic Instructor Course, Small Group Instructor Training Course, Patrol Course (International Special Training Centre), Fast Rope and SpecialPatrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Battle Staff NCO Course,

NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Course

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 1 st 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 thenearby University of Alaska-Fairbanks while serving on part-time cadre at the Northern Warfare Training Center. Received his bachelor's degree in 2002. Servedon 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'sinactivation in December of 2006, assigned to the US Army Northern Warfare Training Center's Training Branch. Served as a Mobile Training Team instructor inJCET exercises with the Danish Jægerkorpset in Greenland in 2008. Fluent in Central Alaskan Yup'ik and Russian; conversant in Danish, Greenlandic (Kalaallisutand Inuktun dialects), and Nunavut (Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun dialects). Outwardly grim and sullen except in the most unguarded situations. Physically andmentally tough, totally dedicated to the craft of cold weather survival and the science of cold region warfare.

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TECHNICAL OFFICER (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TEAM)File Name: O'Hara, Shana M. Pay Grade: W-2Call-Sign: ScarlettBirthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524th Military Intelligence Battalion, 501st Military Intelligence Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Computer and Information Science, minor in Asian Studies (University of Maryland University College Asia-Camp Humphreys), AA in Arabic (Defense

Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Intelligence Analyst AIT, Enhanced Tactical User Terminal Course, Collection Management-TENCAP System Specific Module,Intelligence in Combating Terrorism Course, Counterintelligence Special Agent Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Defense Strategic Debriefingand Interrogation Course, Defense Against Sound Equipment Course, Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Course, Fast Rope and Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction 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 and Computer Hardware Course (DCITA), Counterintelligence in Cyber

Space Course (DCITA), NATO SOF Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO SOF Advanced Intel Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Father and three older brothers all martial arts instructors specializing in different styles and techniques. Began serious martial arts trainingat 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 fromhigh school. Received extensive training in the use of the Zhūgě nǔ (ancient Chinese repeating crossbow) and sunogung (medieval Korean repeating crossbow).Joined the Army as an enlisted intelligence analyst in 1997. Initially assigned to the 532 nd Military Intelligence Battalion stationed in Camp Humphreys, SouthKorea. Re-classed as a counterintelligence agent in 2001, re-assigned to A Company (CI/HUMINT), 524 th Military Intelligence Battalion. Took part in variouscounterintelligence operations near the Korean DMZ in 2002 and 2004. Conducted counterintelligence missions in Iraq in 2005 while assigned to the MNF-I JointInterrogation 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; hasmaintained a healthy sense of humor despite the high levels of stress associated with counterintelligence work.



EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL N.C.O. (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Owens, Cory R. Pay Grade: E-5Call-Sign: LightfootBirthplace: Wichita, Kansas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 744 th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Chemistry (Wichita State University)

Relevant Training (partial list): 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, IED TechnicianCourse (ISSEE), Weapons Intelligence Team Training/Joint IED Exploitation Course (ISSEE), Booby Traps Course (ISSEE), NATO SOF TechnicalExploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked as a chemist for the Kansas-based Hodgdon Powder Company for four years before enlisting in the Army in 2004. Joined theOrdnance Corps, seeing it as a natural extension of his civilian career. Deployed to Iraq in 2005, providing EOD services to units conducting securityoperations in support of the country's national elections. Sent to Afghanistan in 2007 as a member of a small EOD detachment supporting ISAF operationsin Kandahar province. Trained alongside members of the British Army's 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment at the International School for Securityand Explosives Education in Chilmark, Wiltshire, England in 2008.

INTERROGATION & STRATEGIC DEBRIEFING SUPERVISOR (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Paolino, Michelino J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: FacesBirthplace: Parma, Ohio, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Psychology (Brown University), AA in Arabic (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Intelligence Analyst AIT, Enhanced Tactical User Terminal Course, Collection Management-TENCAP System Specific Module, HumanIntelligence Collector AIT, Defense Strategic Debriefing and Interrogation Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, SERE Level-C Training, IndividualTerrorism Awareness Course, NATO Intel Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, NATO Advanced Intel Course

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 fromBrown University. Initially trained as an intelligence analyst, ass igned to the 24 th Military Intelligence Battalion. Re-classed as a HUMINT specialist in 2006, transferredto the 504th 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, Italian, and Spanish; conversant in German, Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects), and Portuguese. Cultivates an amateur stand-upcomedy act in his spare time, although his limited repertoire has yet to go beyond crude off-color humor and uncannily accurate impressions of celebrities.



CHIEF FORENSIC COMPUTER EXAMINER (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Parker, Blaine L. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: MainframeBirthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Special Technical Operator (USMC) attached to the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Southwest Field OfficePost-Secondary Education: BS in Computer Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): 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 (DSSA), Department of DefenseInformation Assurance Awareness Course (DSSA), Insider Threat Course (DSSA), USMC Network Operations Program training, Information AssuranceManager Course, Information Assurance Technician Course, Data Chief Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Information

Systems Security Professional Certificate (Naval Postgraduate School), System Administrator Certificate (Naval Postgraduate School), Certified Ethical Hacker Program (Air Force Information Operations Center), Managing Computer Investigations Course (DCITA), Advanced Log Analysis Course (DCITA), NetworkExploitation Techniques Course (DCITA), NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Joined the Army straight out of high school in 1985. Assigned to the 82 nd Airborne Division's 504th Infantry Regiment. Participated incombat operations in Honduras during Operation Golden Pheasant (1988) and in Panama during Operation Just Cause (1989). Went to MIT after fulfilling hisactive duty terms of service, graduating with a degree in computer science and engineering in 1993. Spent most of the mid-1990s working as one of the topprogrammers-for-hire in Silicon Valley. By 1997, found himself bored with the corporate grind and decided to return to the military, taking the unorthodox butnot-unheard-of option of joining the Marines as a non-Marine prior-service enlistee. Breezed through Marine combat training and data network specialisttraining. A member of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity's Cryptologic Support Battalion from 1998 to 2005. Attached to the DCIS Southwest Field Office asa Special Technical Operator in 2005. Digital forensic evidence he helped gather throughout 2007 and 2008 was instrumental in the 2009 indictment of a spycaught attempting to acquire sensitive military and NSA-encryption gear from on-line auction and shopping website eBay. Conversant in Spanish. An avid NBAfan, runs a fantasy basketball league in his spare time. Affable and genuinely humble, teammates and superiors alike are sometimes inclined to forget that hehas put in his time as an elite front-line fighter.

DETECTION/TRACKING DOG HANDLER (H.V.T. TRACKING TEAM TWO)File Name: Perlmutter, Stanley J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: MuttBirthplace: Iselin, New Jersey, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 108 th Military Police Company (Air Assault) (Airborne), 503 rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AS in Criminal Justice, Correction Administration option (Middlesex County College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Correction Administration Certification (Middlesex County College), Law Enforcement Survival Spanish TrainingProgram (FLETC), Basic Narcotic Detection Course LE (CBP-CETC), Passenger Processing Course LE (CBP-CETC), Military Police AIT, Air AssaultSchool, Basic Airborne School, Military Working Dog Handler Course, Combined Detector Dog Handlers Course, Backcountry Tactics and TrackingCourse (FLETC), Fast Rope & Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction 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, Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program (FLETC), Suicide Bomber Mitigation Training Program (FLETC), Jungle Skills Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Spent five years working as a corrections officer and sentry dog handler at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility inNorth 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, 2001attacks. Joined the Army in 2002. Deployed to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan as a member of the 65 th Military Police Company (Airborne), 503 rd Military Police Battalion 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 personnelstationed at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa in 2008. Returned to Afghanistan later that year as part of a Provincial-Police Mentor Team tasked withtraining 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.



FORENSIC COMPUTER EXAMINER (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Pidel, Martin A. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Hard DriveBirthplace: Yonkers, New York, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Office of Special Investigations Detachment 624, Kadena Air Base (USAF)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Computer Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): First Responder Certification (Massachusetts Emergency Care Training Agency), Basic Network Intelligence Analysis Course,Information Security Orientation (DSSA), Department of Defense Information Assurance Awareness Course (DSSA, Certified Ethical Hacker Program (Air ForceInformation Operations Center), Insider Threat Course (DSSA), Special Investigators Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,Advanced Log Analysis Course (DCITA), Network Exploitation Techniques Course (DCITA), 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 joboffers in the software industry after g raduating magna cum laude in 2002 and joined the Air Force as an enlisted network intelligence analyst. Joined the Air ForceOffice of Special Investigations in 2007, assigned to the Kadena Air Base OSI Detachment in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan later that same year. Fluent inPortuguese, conversant in Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and Spanish. A polymath in the classic sense, constantly seeks to increase his knowledge of the worldaround him, improve his physical abilities, and broaden his socio-cultural perspectives.

RECON TEAM LEADER (MOUNTAIN RECON TEAM)/MILITARY MOUNTAINEERING S.M.E.File Name: Pine, Albert M. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: AlpineBirthplace: Minidoka, Idaho, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Company, 1st Battalion (Light), 87th Infantry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Accounting (University of Idaho)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, Air AssaultSchool, Combat Lifesaver Course, Arctic Light Individual Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Assault Climber Winter Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Light Leaders Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Instructor Course,Ranger School, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF TechnicalExploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Took up mountaineering and rock climbing during college and continued as a recreational climber during his short tenure as anaccountant for Ballantine Books, even competing in a number of UIAA-sanctioned mountaineering and rock climbing events. Joined the Army in 2002,assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment. Deployed to Afghanistan the following year, taking part in armed reconnaissance and manhuntoperations against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in the harsh mountainous terrain of Paktika province. Transferred to the 1st Battalion (Light), 87th InfantryRegiment in 2006. Sent to Iraq in 2007 on a year-long deployment in the Kirkuk governorate performing full-spectrum operations from Forward Operating BaseWarrior and Kirkuk Air Base. Genuinely friendly and approachable, always ready with a humorous anecdote or an uplifting word.



CRIMINAL ANTI-TERRORISM INVESTIGATOR (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Provost, Philip M. Pay Grade: W-2Call-Sign: ChucklesBirthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 87 th Military Police Detachment, 10 th Military Police Battalion (CID) (Airborne), 3 rd Military Police Group (CID) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AS in Criminal Justice (Broward Community College), AA in Farsi (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center), BA in Criminology, minor in

Forensic Science (University of North Carolina-Wilmington)

Relevant Training (partial list): Military Police AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Traffic Management and Accident Investigation Course, Military PoliceInvestigator Course, Conventional Physical Security Course, Anti-terrorism Evasive Driving-Staff Driver Course, Criminal Investigation Apprentice Special AgentCourse, Domestic Violence Investigative Techniques Course, Child Abuse Prevention and Investigative Techniques Course, Interviews and Interrogations Course(IPTM), Crime Scene Reconstruction Course (IPTM), Criminal Investigative Techniques Course (IPTM), Homicide Investigation Course (IPTM), Advanced

Interviews and Interrogations Course (IPTM), Fraud Investigation Course (IPTM), Warrant Officer Candidate School, CID Warrant Officer Basic Course,Procurement Fraud Investigation Training Program (FLETC), SERE Level-C Training, Cold Case Seminar (FLETC), Individual Terrorism Awareness Course,Weapons Intelligence Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Criminal Anti-terrorism & Police Intelligence Management Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked as a freelance insurance fraud investigator in Fort Lauderdale, Florida before joining the Army in 1997. Started his military career asan MP with the 108th 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 PoliceBattalion (CID) (Airborne). In 2004, sent to Iraq to conduct investigations into various abuses 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 82nd Airborne Division's 1st BCT's SpecialWeapons Exploitation Team, taking part in sensitive site exploitation operations throughout the 1/82 Airborne's area of responsibility in northern Iraq. Received hisbachelor's degree from UNC-Wilmington in 2009. Fluent in Arabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi), Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki dialects), and Spanish; conversantin 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 belies an uncompromising dedication to seeing justice served.

RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT LEADERFile Name: Pulaski, Ralph W. Pay Grade: O-3Call-Sign: Steeler Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: B Troop (LRS) (Airborne), 2nd Battalion, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (University of Pennsylvania), Master of Systems Analysis (Naval Postgraduate School)

Relevant Training (partial list): Army ROTC Basic Course, Army ROTC Leaders Training Course, Army ROTC Advanced Course, Army ROTC Leader Development &Assessment Course, Armor Officer Basic Course, Basic Airborne School, Javelin Gunnery Course, M2/M3 Fighting Vehicle Commanders Course, Scout LeadersCourse, 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 and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Patrol Course (InternationalSpecial Training Centre), Maneuver Captain's 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, Joint Special OperationsWarfighter Certification (JSOU)

Miscellaneous Notes: Comes from a blue-collar working class background. Put himself through college on an ROTC scholarship and work as a heavy equipmentoperator. Commissioned as an Armor officer in 2001, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. Led a cavalry scout platoon during ARFOR-T's extended 800km 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 JCET exercises with elements of Germany's KSK Kommando Spezialkräfte at the International Special Training Centre (formerlyknown as the NATO I-LRRP School) in 2005. With the 1-4 Cavalry's inactivation in 2006, reassigned to the 504 th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's Long RangeSurveillance Troop. Returned to Iraq in 2008, taking part in security and deep reconnaissance operations in Ninawa governorate. Fluent in Polish, conversant inArabic (Modern Standard and Iraqi), German, and Turkish. Fiercely intelligent, intrepid, and outspoken; characteristics that have had him clashing with higher-rankingofficers 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.



SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM FIVE)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Renwick, Richard Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Dodger Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Troop, 3rd Squadron (RSTA), 71st Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Automotive Technology, Heavy Truck/Diesel concentration (Ivy Tech Community College-South Bend)

Relevant Training (partial list): Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer AIT, Track Vehicle Recovery Specialist Course, Basic Airborne School, Air AssaultSchool, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Multi-capable Maintainer Course, Cavalry Scout AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope andSpecial Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOFTechnical Exploitation Operations Course, Ranger School, Bradley Master Gunner Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A diesel engine mechanic by trade, joined the Army in 2002. Assigned to B Company (Maintenance), 407th Forward Support Battalionafter completing Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer AIT. Deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2003, supporting elements of the 82 nd Airborne Division inBaghdad during the opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Served a tour in Afghanistan in 2005. Re-classed as a cavalry scout in 2006, re-assigned tothe 3rd Squadron (RSTA), 71st Cavalry Regiment. Returned to Afghanistan in 2007, took part in armed reconnaissance and route reconnaissance operationssupporting infantry elements of the 10 th Mountain Division and ISAF forces in Logar province, engaging bandit groups and Taliban insurgents on numerousoccasions. His familiarity with the workings of all manner of standard and non-standard tactical vehicle systems makes him a valuable asset during extendedincursions into hostile territory.

MILITARY DECEPTION OFFICERFile Name: Rich, Kenneth D. Pay Grade: O-4Call-Sign: Psyche-OutBirthplace:San Francisco, California, USAEmployer Prior to GIJOE Selection: PSYOP Development Company, 8th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Psychology (University of California-Berkeley); PhD in Clinical Psychology, Military Psychology track (Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences, AA in Farsi (DLIFLC)

Relevant Training (Partial List): Officer Candidate School, 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 OperationsCollaborative Planning Course (JSOU), Joint Special Operations Advanced Planning Applications Course (JSOU), Air Assault School, Joint Special OperationsStaff Officer Course, Tactical Information Operations Course, Joint Information Warfare Staff and Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical ExploitationOperations Course, Joint Special Operations Warfighter Certification (JSOU)

Miscellaneous Notes: Rose to prominence in the academic community as an undergraduate with his groundbreaking work on the application of stochasticmodeling in the analysis and prediction of pathological criminal and terrorist behavior. Joined the Army in 1999 upon his acceptance into the UniformedServices University of the Health Sciences' Military Clinical Psychology Program. Continued to pursue his interest in the study of behavioral disorders ingraduate school, culminating in his doctoral dissertation entitled “The Incidence and Relationship of Sensory Confusion and Induced Paranoid Disorder inEnemy Combatants”. Worked briefly as an assistant professor at the school's Medical and Clinical Psychology Department. Found the the classroom and thelaboratory as insufficient proving grounds for his theories. Joined the 4 th Psychological Operations Group in 2005, assigned to the Target Audience AnalysisDetachment. Served a six-month tour in Afghanistan in 2007 as a behavioral sciences consultant at the Bagram Air Base Joint Interrogation and DebriefingCenter (JIDC). Fluent in Persian (Dari, Farsi, and Tajiki dialects), conversant in French, Russian, and Spanish.



TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (COMMUNICATIONS STATION TWO)File Name: Rossi , Thomas (III) R. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Dee-JayBirthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 268 th Network Support Company (Signals), 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AA in Fine Arts, Music Arts concentration (Quincy College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Radio Operator-Maintainer AIT, Enhanced Position LocationReporting System (EPRLS) Net Control Station Operator Course, Network Management (ENM) NCS-A Enhanced Operator Course, White HouseCommunications Agency (WHCA) Console Control Operations Course, SERE Level-C Training, Department of Defense Information Assurance AwarenessCourse (DSSA), Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master

Course, Rappel Master Course

Miscellaneous Notes: A popular Boston-area deep house and liquid funk music DJ the during the late 1990s. By mid-2001, found himself tired of the constantgrind of professional DJing 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 3 rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault). Foughtagainst 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-trainedas a radio operator-maintainer in 2006, assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade's 268th Network Support Company (Signals) in 2007.

SUPPLY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Sanders, Bradley J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Big LobBirthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Group Support Company, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Business Administration, Management and Organization concentration (University of Southern California)

Relevant Training (partial list): 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 and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Operational ContractSupport Course, Installation Logistics Management Course, Defense Distribution Management Course, SERE Level-C Training

Miscellaneous Notes: At 6'8” (203.2 cm), is easily the tallest member of the GIJOE team. A highly recruited basketball prospect during his teens, entered USC on anathletic scholarship. Played the small forward position, led the school's basketball squad in scoring and assists during his junior year, a year that saw him take theTrojans to their first NCAA tournament appearance in five years. Bypassed the 1997 NBA draft in the hopes of mounting another NCAA tournament campaign. Torehis right ACL ligament 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 (obtainedcopies of scouting reports cite concerns by NBA general managers over potential lingering effects of his knee injury despite extensive physical rehabilitation). Signedby the Vancouver Grizzlies to a series of 10-day contracts halfway through the lockout-shortened 1998-1999 NBA season. Moved to Italy in 1999 to play for Kinder Bologna. Started for a team that won the Lega Basket Serie A title, the Italian Basketball Cup, and the Euroleague championship in 2001. A growing concern with thegrowing 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 supplyspecialist AIT, took part in the Battle of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2003. Joined the 3rd SFG's Group Support Company in 2005. Assigned to the Task Force 31 FLE (ForwardLogistics Element) in 2006, taking part in combat logistics operations in support of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan. Worked alongside Canadian Forces combatlogistics elements in the Panjwaye and Zhari districts of Kandahar province during Operation Falcon Summit later that same year. Conversant in Italian and Spanish.Runs a free annual summer basketball camp in his hometown of Chicago for the children of deceased and permanently disabled veterans.



C.B.R.N. DETECTION SPECIALIST (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Schnurr, Kurt Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: AirtightBirthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 801 st Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment, US Army Special Operations Command (Airborne)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Public Health (Southern Connecticut State University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Public Health Internship (City of New Haven, Bureau of Environmental Health), CBRN Specialist AIT, Technical Escort Course, NBCReconnaissance Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Biological Integrated Detection Systems Course, Field Identification of Biological WarfareAgents Course, Master Fox Scout 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 and Biological Casualties Course, Ranger School, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Father previously worked as a security guard at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania and witnessed firsthandthe events in 1979 that came to be known as the Three Mile Island accident. Against such a backdrop, the precocious Schnurr had what could only be called apeculiar childhood. Instead of monsters under the bed and closet-dwelling ogres, the young Kurt's bedtime bogeymen were the twin specters of reactor meltdownand nuclear fallout. Enlisted in the Army in 2002 after graduating with a degree in public health from SCSU. Assigned to the 22 nd Chemical Battalion (TechnicalEscort) after completing CBRN specialist AIT. In late 2003, attached to the US-backed multinational Iraq Survey Group (ISG), conducted fact-finding and NBCreconnaissance operations throughout Iraq in search of functional Iraqi WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). Returned to his parent unit in 2005 after the ISGconcluded in its final report that “[there was no] evidence that Saddam [Hussein] possessed WMD stocks in 2003”. Joined the elite 801 st ChemicalReconnaissance Detachment in 2007. Frequently jokes that he joined the Chemical Corps largely in the interest of self-preservation, citing that Chemical Corpssoldiers have the most ready access of any person in the United States to HAZMAT suits in the event of a catastrophic CBRN incident. Analysis of incidentalrecords of his personal interactions with GIJOE teammates seem to indicate that his choice in military career was at least partially motivated by childhood anxietiesthat have been sublimated into a healthy respect for the attendant risks that come with living in a post-Atomic Age world.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (MOUNTAIN RECON TEAM)/MILITARY MOUNTAINEERING S.M.E.File Name: Scott, Brent Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: Hit 'n' RunBirthplace: Sioux City, Iowa, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (Light) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Historical Studies, Military History concentration (Empire State College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, ISAF SOF OperationsCourse, Combat Lifesaver Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/ExtractionMaster Course, Light Leaders Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Instructor Course, Ranger School, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, SERELevel-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, 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 fromthe custody of the county directly into the Army, enlisting at the age of 18 in 2002. Assigned to the 2 nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment (Airborne). Deployed toAfghanistan in 2003, participating in full-spectrum operations alongside conventional ISAF forces out of Bagram Air Base. Re-assigned to 2 nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (Light) in early 2005. Stationed in Baghdad governorate from August 2005 through the summer of 2006. Participated in numerous air assaultoperations, weapons cache search missions, Iraqi Security Forces training exercises, and humanitarian relief operations. Returned to Iraq for a second tour in2007. Managed to convert his military experience into college credit via the Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript System, enabling him to earna bachelor's degree in 2009.



LONG-RANGE SURVEILLANCE TEAM LEADER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE & ESCAPE S.M.E.File Name: Selkirk, Stuart R. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: OutbackBirthplace: Big Piney, Wyoming, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Company, 5th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management (University of Wyoming), AA in Arabic (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

Relevant Training (partial list): Infantryman AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Jungle Warfare Course (Fort Sherman JOTC), Ranger Assessment andScreening Program, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Arctic Light Individual Course, Basic Military Mountaineer Winter Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, SERE Level-CTraining, Combat Diver Qualification Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, ISAF SOF Operations

Course, SERE Instructor Qualification Course, Cold Weather Leaders Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Master Resilience Course, NATO SOFTechnical Exploitation Operations Course, Battle Staff NCO Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Army out of high school in 1992. Assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment (Air Assault). Deployed to Panama in1995 as part of the US government's response to the balseros crisis precipitated by Cuban civil unrest. Separated from the service in 1996. Went to work for theWyoming Game and Fish Department after receiving his degree in rangeland ecology from the University of Wyoming in 2000. Re-enlisted in 2002, joined the 3 rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne) in 2003. Participated in numerous clandestine direct action operations targeting Fedayeen Saddam irregulars andscattered remnants of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard in the Baghdad governorate's notorious “triangle of death” between 2003 and 2006. Conducted armedreconnaissance missions and fought alongside ISAF SOF forces against Taliban insurgents in southeastern Afghanistan throughout 2007. Re-assigned to the 5 th 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.

OPERATIONS CHIEF (RECONNAISSANCE ELEMENT)File Name: Seward, Farley S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: FrostbiteBirthplace: Galena, Alaska, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: C Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Process Technology (University of Alaska-Fairbanks/Tanana Valley Campus)

Relevant Training (partial list): Motor Transport Operator AIT, Arctic Light Individual Course, Military Standard Transportation and Movement ProceduresCourse, OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Cavalry Scout AIT, Javelin Gunnery Course, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Basic MilitaryMountaineer Winter Course, OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Cold Weather Leaders Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Ranger School, Bradley Master Gunner Course, NATOSOF 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 inarctic conditions surveying for problems like leaks and pipe shifting on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System before deciding to join the Army in 2002. Startedhis military career as a motor transport operator assigned to the 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade stationed at Fort Richardson. Re-classed as a cavalryscout 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 independentreconnaissance and security missions in support of 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division operations in Babil, Karbala, and Najaf governorates. Fought alongside New Iraqi Army elements against al-Qaeda-backed insurgents in Arab Jabour during Operation Marne Torch (2007).



MOBILITY OFFICERFile Name: Sikorski, Victor W. Pay Grade: W-2Call-Sign: Lift-TicketBirthplace: Lawton, Oklahoma, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Applied Technology (Cameron University)

Relevant Training (partial list): Payroll Accounting Clerk Training (Great Plains Technology Center), Warrant Officer Flight Training Program, UH-60A/L/M PilotQualification, CH-47D Pilot Qualification, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Officer Qualification Course, MH-47D/E/G Pilot Qualification, Rappel Master Course, Aviation Warrant Officer AdvancedCourse, Survivability Equipment/Electronic Warfare Officer Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO Air Integration and

Planning Course, Unit Movement Officer Deployment Planning Course

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 tryout 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. Tookpart in manned aerial reconnaissance and air movement operations in direct support of DEA counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean in 2005. Deployed toIraq in 2006 for a tour in support of the 82nd Airborne Division. Joined the 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (“Night Stalkers”) in 2007, where he wouldserve alongside future GIJOE treatment team chief Edwin Steen (call-sign: Lifeline). Participated in the Abu Kamal raid in Syria in 2008. Occasionally brash andbrusque in his manners but always well-intentioned. Perceptive and cagey on and off the field.

EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL SUPERVISOR (SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION TEAM)File Name: Skoog, Tormod S. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: TripwireBirthplace: Hibbing, Minnesota, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: 744 th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Occupational Studies, Construction Technology concentration (Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell)

Relevant Training (partial list): Combat Engineer AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Sapper Leader Course, EOD Specialist AdvancedIndividual Training, EOD Advanced Access & Disablement Course, EOD Advanced Management & Technology Course, Technical Escort Course, SERELevel-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Fast Rope and Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Weapons Intelligence Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Dropped out of Nile C. Kinnick High School in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan (father is career Navy). Spent two years training to be aZen Buddhist monk at the Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura before deciding to return to the United States. Joined the Army in 2002 after earning his GED,

jokingly claims to have achieved Zen insight while undergoing M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine familiarization during basic training. Assigned to the27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) after graduating from combat engineering AIT and basic airborne school. Deployed to northern Iraq in 2003,participated in engineering support operations backing up elements of the 101st 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 inKandahar province. Executed VIP protection duties while attached to an interagency protective services unit accompanying then-presidential candidateBarack Obama on his July 2008 campaign tour of American military installations in Southwest Asia and Western Europe. Fluent in Japanese.



LONG-RANGE SURVEILLANCE TEAM LEADER (L.R.S. TEAM FIVE)File Name: Sneeden, Wayne R. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: BeachheadBirthplace: Auburn, Alabama, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: A Company, 4th Ranger Training Battalion, Ranger Training Brigade (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BA in Political Science (University of Maryland University College Asia-Torii)

Relevant Training (partial list): Small Arms/Artillery Repairer AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Jungle Skills Course, Infantryman AIT, Ranger Assessment and Screening Program, Pathfinder School, Ranger School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Fast Rope and Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Basic Instructor Course, Small Group Instructor Training Course, Assault Climber Summer Course,SERE Level-C Training, Combat Diver Qualification Course, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course, ISAF

SOF Operations Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Master Resilience Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Enlisted in the Army in 1996, initially trained as a small arms/artillery repairer. Served as an armorer with the 10th Support Group in ToriiStation, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, from 1997 to 2001. Re-trained as an infantryman in 2002, joined the 75 th Ranger Regiment later that same year.Participated in a number of airborne assaults in Baghdad governorate in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2005 andagain in 2007, taking part in CJSOTF-A special reconnaissance and direct action operations targeting Taliban and al-Qaeda assets in the country'ssoutheastern provinces. Transferred to the Ranger Training Brigade in 2008, instituted training program improvements informed by his experiences inSouthwest Asia as part of the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course cadre. In 2009, briefly spent time as a resident subject matter expert for anumber of acquisition programs being evaluated at the US Army Tropic Regions Test Center facility in Panama. Conversant in Arabic (Iraqi), Persian (Dari andFarsi dialects) and Spanish. An avid recreational bowhunter. Meticulous, patient, and strong-willed. Level-headed and unperturbable, believes anger to becounterproductive, a waste of time and energy antithetical to e fficiency, sound judgment, and logic.

TREATMENT TEAM CHIEFFile Name: Steen, Edwin C. Pay Grade: E-7Call-Sign: LifelineBirthplace: Seattle, Washington, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Public Management, minor in Health (Austin Peay Center-Fort Campbell)

Relevant Training (partial list): 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 SupportTechnician 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 andBiological Casualties Course, Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course, 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Enlisted Qualification Course, SpecialOperations Combat Medic Course, Fast Rope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism AwarenessCourse, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Battle Staff NCO Course, Joint Special Operations Medical Orientation Course (JSOU)

Miscellaneous Notes: Was a paramedic with the Seattle Fire Department for five years before enlisting in the Army in 1996. Attached as a combat medic to the2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment (Light) after graduating from health care specialist AIT. Supported 10 th Mountain Division elements and participated inhumanitarian medical, surgical, and search and rescue activities in Bosnia in 1998 as part of the NATO Stabilization Force. Joined the 160 th Special OperationsAviation Regiment (“Night Stalkers”) in 2001 as a special operations combat medic/flight medic. Sent to the Philippines in 2002 as part of a 160 th SOARcontingent supporting JSOTF-P operations in the island of Mindanao. Deployed to Iraq in 2007 and 2008, taking part in numerous high-risk CASEVAC andCSAR operations in the country's western desert bordering Syria alongside future GIJOE mobility officer Victor Sikorski (call-sign: Lift-Ticket). A yūdansha(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 beenromantically linked to Van Mark Consolidated Industries heiress Britney “Bree” Van Mark, whom he first met during a stop in Dubai during his initial deploymentto Southwest Asia.

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SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM ONE)/N.S.T.V. EXPERT OPERATORFile Name: Steinberg, Lance J. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: ClutchBirthplace: Asbury Park, New Jersey, USAUnit Prior to GIJOE Selection: C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment (Light) (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Automotive Technology (Brookdale Community College)

Relevant Training (Partial List): Motor Transport Operator AIT, Basic Airborne School, Air Assault School, Passenger Travel Specialist Course, Anti-terrorism EvasiveDriving-Staff Driver Course, Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures Course, Installation Traffic Management Course, Integrated ComputerizedDeployment System Course, Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Course, OSV/Rough Terrain Driver Training, Light Leaders Course, Ranger School, FastRope and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, 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 anextensively customized Trophy Truck. Enlisted in the Army in 2002. Served as a driver with the 264th Corps Support Battalion (Airborne) before re-classing as aninfantryman in 2003. Assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 31st Infantry Regiment later that same year. Deployed to Iraq in 2004, taking part in combat operations inand around Baghdad governorate. Returned to Iraq for a 15 month deployment in the summer of 2006, took part in extensive counterinsurgency operations with thegoal of establishing a permanent MNF-I presence in the Baghdad governorate's “Sunni Triangle”. Has a reputation as being somewhat crude and his attitudes towardswomen, particularly those in the armed services, can be considered archaic at best. Nevertheless, he is considered by most GIJOE teammates to be theorganization's best road and rough terrain tactical vehicle operator. Possesses an unerring, almost preternatural sense for defensive and evasive driving.

COMMAND LOGISTICS OFFICERFile Name: Stone, Winfield A. Pay Grade: O-4Call-Sign: Cutter Birthplace: Kinsley, Kansas, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: Command Staff, Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, Deployable Operations Group (USCG)Post-Secondary Education: BS in Management (United States Coast Guard Academy), Master of Systems Analysis (Naval Postgraduate School)

Relevant Training (partial list): Port Security Unit Basic Skills Course, Crew-Served Weapon (MK-19 40mm Machine Gun) Course, Tactical Coxswain Course, BasicTactical Operations Course, Non-Compliant Vessel Pursuit Course, Advanced Tactical Operations Course, Boarding Officer Course; Ports, Waterways, and CoastalSecurity Course; Critical Infrastructure Protection Training Program (FLETC), Law Enforcement Supervisor Leadership Training Program (FLETC), Law EnforcementManager Training Program (FLETC), Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, SERE Level-C Training; Streamlining Government Through Outsourcing, Privatizationand Public-Private Partnerships Course (DRMI); Defense Resources Management Course (DRMI), Multi-Criteria Decision Making Course (DRMI), Special Operations

Forces Interagency Collaboration Course

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 StationSan 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 justas known for his alleged alcoholism and abuses towards his three wives as he was for his military accomplishments). Petitioned his district's congressman for twoyears 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 varsityathletics, was captain of the men's swimming team his senior year. Assigned to USCG Activities Europe after graduating from the Academy in 1999. Deployed toKuwait in 2004, participated in port security and maritime interdiction operations in the northern Persian Gulf in support of American military operations in Iraq throughearly 2006. Returned to the United States in 2007, briefly served as coach for the USCG Academy women's swimming team before joining the USCG DeployableOperations Group later that year. 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.

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H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM LEADER (H.V.T. TRACKER TEAM TWO)File Name: Stratton, Felix P. Pay Grade: GS-10Call-Sign: Mercer Birthplace: Spencer, West Virginia, USAEmployer prior to GIJOE selection: Veteran Infantry Personnel (VIPER) Division, Controller-Observer Regional Assistance (COBRA) Command, Inc.Post-Secondary Education: AA in Cultural Studies, Philosophy concentration (Empire State College); BS in General Studies (State University of New York Institute of Technology)

Relevant Training (partial list): Small Arms/Artillery Repairer AIT, Air Assault School, Basic Airborne School, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course,Infantryman AIT, Pathfinder School, Patrol Course (International Special Training Centre), Ranger School, Fast Rope and Special PatrolInsertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Veteran Infantry Personnel(VIPER) Division Indoctrination (COBRA Command, Inc.), Veteran Infantry Personnel (VIPER) Division Leader Training (COBRA Command, Inc.)

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 264 th Corps Support Battalion (Airborne). Re-classed as an infantryman in 1998, assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment (Light). Served a tour in the Sinai peninsula with the USBATT MFO Contingent in 1999. Deployed to Bosnia in 2001 aspart of Task Force Falcon, where he witnessed some of the worst cases of ethnic violence since the end of the Kosovo War. Participated in OperationIraqi Freedom (2003). Separated from the service in 2004. Took a high-paying position with controversial private military contracting firm Controller-Observer Regional Assistance (COBRA) Command, Inc. in 2005 to help pay for his mother's cancer treatments. Was part of a COBRA Command unitimplicated in a number of international law violations in Colombia while providing security for DEA personnel in 2007 and 2008, although he was notnamed in a lawsuit subsequently filed by Colombian citizens against COBRA Command under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim ProtectionAct. Left COBRA Command in 2009, sought out by GIJOE's administrative affairs team based on the strength of the endorsement provided by GIJOEindividual augmentee Matthew Burns (call-sign: Sgt. Slaughter), whom he had served with briefly in Iraq. Conversant in Serbo-Croatian and Spanish. Ahard-bitten warrior who has seen first-hand some of the worst things man has inflicted upon his fellow man in the name of material wealth, nationalistfervor, race, religion, and retribution. Nevertheless, he refuses to let the grind of professional soldiering wear away at his innate sense of j ustice.

SCOUT-OBSERVER (L.R.S. TEAM TWO)/DESERT SURVIVAL S.M.E.File Name: Tadur, Ronald W. Pay Grade: E-6Call-Sign: DustyBirthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, USAUnit assignment prior to GIJOE selection: F Company (Pathfinder), 2nd Battalion (Assault), 10th Aviation Regiment (US Army)Post-Secondary Education: AAS in Air Conditioning Technology (Community College of Southern Nevada), BS in Environmental and Resource Science (Nevada State College)

Relevant Training (partial list): Utilities Equipment Repairer AIT, Infantryman AIT, Basic Military Mountaineer Summer Course, Air Assault School, Fast Rope andSpecial Patrol Insertion/Extraction Master Course, Rappel Master Course, Assault Climber Summer Course, Basic Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Joint FiresObserver Course, Combat Lifesaver Course, Ranger School, SERE Level-C Training, Individual Terrorism Awareness Course, Reconnaissance and SurveillanceLeaders Course, ISAF SOF Operations Course, NATO SOF Technical Exploitation Operations Course

Miscellaneous Notes: Worked as an HVAC repairman while studying environmental science at Nevada State College. Joined the Army in 2001 after graduatingfrom college, looking to leave behind the gaudy environs and indulgent confines of Las Vegas. Stationed at Camp As Sayliyah near Doha, Qatar as a utilitiesequipment repairer assigned to Combat Equipment Battalion-Qatar from 2002 to 2004. Re-trained as an infantryman and assigned to the 2 nd Battalion, 4th InfantryRegiment (Light) in 2005. Conducted combat and nation-building operations in 2006 in Kabul and other provinces in southern Afghanistan as a member of TaskForce Warrior, a light Infantry task force assigned to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Moved to eastern Afghanistan later that same year tosupport operations being conducted by the 10 th Mountain Division as part of Combined Joint Task Force 76. Transferred to the 10 th Mountain Division's provisionalPathfinder Company in 2007. Participated in armed reconnaissance and counter-smuggling operations near Iraq's border with Iran as part of the multinational TaskForce Minuteman in 2008. Fluent in Spanish; conversant in Arabic (Gulf Arabic and Iraqi), Hebrew, and Persian (Dari and Farsi dialects). Has a genuineappreciation for the simple pleasures of austere desert living. Practiced in the proven desert survival techniques developed by the indigenous populations of theArabian, Gobi, Mojave, Sahara, and Syrian deserts.

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