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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…

Serpentorslair Staff · December 7, 2023

G.I. JOE INSIDE THE FILECARDS FEATURING ‘BREAKER’

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Serpentorslair Staff25 series, 25C Radio Operator Maintainer, 5th Special Forces Group, Breaker, CIA, Communications Sergeant, Covert Electronics, Covert Operations, E-7, E-8, G.I.Joe, Green Beret, Hasbro, Infantry, Language Training, Military MOS, OG13, Project Gamma, Radio TelePhone Operator, RTO, Signal Corps, Signal School, Special Forces, Surveillance Electronics, Vietnam War0 comment

Breaker is interesting in that he only has a PMS listed (Infantry) and no SMS. It also indicates he went to Signal School, which is what MOS’s in the Signal Corps Branch (25 series) go to. So his Infantry PMS and Signal School are very conflicting. What is usually not known is an RTO (Radio Tele-Phone Operator) within an Infantry platoon is not from the 25 series, but rather an 11B Infantryman assigned the radio. They usually give it to someone in the lower ranks (Privates). 25 series MOS’s typically…

Serpentorslair Staff · November 17, 2023

G.I. JOE INSIDE THE FILECARDS FEATURING ‘SCARLETT’

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Serpentorslair Staff35F Intelligence Analyst, 35L, Advanced Infantry Training, Classified, Counter Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence Special Agent, Covert Ops School, entry level MOS, filecard, Hama, Infantry, Intelligence, Intelligence Branch, liberties, M-14, Marine Sniper School, MOS, OG13, PMS, Ranger School, Rock'n'Roll, Scarlett, schools, SMS, Special Air Service, trained sniper, US Army, Vietnam War veteran, women0 comment

Today i delve into the filecard of the G.I. Joe character Scarlett. She has “Intelligence” listed as her PMS and “Classified” as SMS. Her filecard also mentions “Counter Intelligence” so that helps define what MOS she would be in, which is a 35L Counter-Intelligence Special Agent. From what I read a few years ago a 35L is not an entry level MOS but reading now on the US Army’s website that has appeared to change. If you go by Scarlett enlisting years ago then she probably would have started out…

Serpentorslair Staff · April 20, 2013

Mayhem Custom’s Desolation Contest on the OG13!

April 20, 2013 Serpentorslair Staffcustoms, Mayhem Customs, OG130 comment

It’s time for Mayhem Customs to bring you the most insanely awesome contest possibly in the history of custom contests! It’s been a little over a year that we’ve been around and it’s time to hook you up! About 5 months ago the Mayhem Customs crew started working on over 20 customs with a common theme, Desolation. Tankster created the crazy world of Desolation and now we want to share in the fun with all of you! It’s civil war time in the world of Desolation and we need you…