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Serpentorslair Staff · January 19, 2024

G.I. Joe Inside The Filecards Featuring ‘Steeler’

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Serpentorslair Staff19A MOS, Armor Officer, armor platoon, Artillery, artillery fire, Cavalry unit, CIA, combat arms branches, Covert Ops School, experimental armored fighting vehicles, filecards, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Steeler, Hama, Joes, Joint Fires Observer Course, Langley, Lieutenant, military career, O-1 rank, officer rank, OG13, PMS, Sergeant First Class, SMS, Staff Sergeants, tank, tank commander, tank platoon, tradecraft, Transportation, US Army, XAFV Project0 comment

Story by Staff Writer Shaft Today we look at G.I. Joe Steeler. His PMS is “Armor” and SMS is “Artillery” and “Transportation”. He is listed as a “Tank Commander”. A tank commander is actually a position in an armor platoon in the US Army (four tanks per platoon, four soldiers per tank). So there are four “tank commanders” per platoon, each leading their own tank. The actual platoon leader would be an officer of the rank of lieutenant and also serve as that tanks “tank commander”. The other three tank…

G.I. JOE INSIDE THE FILECARDS FEATURING ‘GRAND SLAM’!

December 21, 2023December 22, 2023 Serpentorslair Staff13 series, 13B Cannon Crewmember, 13F, 13F Fire Support Specialist, 14 series, 155mm battery, 94F Computer/Detection Systems Repairer, Air Defense Artillery, aircraft, Artillery, artillery calls, Bachelors Degree, direct fire weapon, Electronics Engineer, enlistment, Field Artillery, G.I. Joe, Grand Slam, HAL, indirect fire weapon, Joe-verse, laser, Logistics Corps, military service, military specialties, MOS, PMS, Ranger Recon teams, re-classed, SMS0 comment

Story by Staff Writer “Shaft” Today we look at G.I. Joe Grand Slam. His PMS is listed as “Artillery” and SMS is “Electronics Engineer”. So with “Artillery” he could have been nearly any enlisted MOS in the 13 series (Field Artillery). He could have been a 13B Cannon Crewmember, a 13F Fire Support Specialist or any other 13 series. His filecard states he served with a 155mm battery. However when you look at the HAL and its monitor that Grand Slam views it clearly shows an aircraft in his sites.…