Tag: SMS

Serpentorslair Staff · March 28, 2024

G.I. JOE INSIDE THE FILECARDS FEATURING ‘MUTT’!

March 28, 2024March 29, 2024 Serpentorslair Staff11B, 18 series SF, 31K Working Dog Handler MOS, 3rd Special Forces Group, Barricade, Charbroil, Combat Tracker Teams, dog handler, Duke, filecard, G.I. Joe, Hama, helmet insignia, Infantry, Jungle Warfare Training School, Lifeline, M-14, Military Police Branch, military working dog handler, Mutt, PMS, Roadblock, SMS, Special Forces, Special Ops School, US Army, Vietnam War, Vietnam War veteran0 comment

Story by Staff Writer ‘Shaft’ Today we look at G.I. Joe Mutt whose PMS is “Dog Handler” and SMS is “Infantry”. Nowadays a military working dog handler in the US Army is handled by a soldier in the Military Police Branch, specifically the 31K Working Dog Handler MOS. So a modern take on Mutt is he enlisted into Infantry as an 11B before re-classing as a 31K. However during Hama’s time he may have been thinking of Mutt more as an Infantryman trained as a dog handler during the Vietnam…

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 21, 2023

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.…

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…