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 WET-SUIT.
The code name used by U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Brian M.
Forrest.
Growing up in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Wet-Suit knew from an early
age he wanted to join the Navy, and enlisted upon his high school
graduation.
He eventually applied for SEAL training, was accepted and completed
arguable
the military's toughest training program. Like any other SEAL, Wet-Suit
gained a reputation for being tough and mean, though many instructors
considered
him the toughest and meanest. What many overlooked was Wet-Suit's sharp
mind which was easy to miss underneath his tough and abrasive
personality.
He was also trained in underwater demolitions. Seeking even greater
challenges,
Wet-Suit signed on to the G.I. Joe team. On his first mission for the
team,
he accompanied Hawk on a mission to rescue Snake-Eyes from Cobra
Island,
which led to a fierce battle in the waters around the island. He served
on a few more missions for the Joes before the team was suspended
following
the Battle of Springfield. Wet-Suit later took part in a mission to
recover
Soviet Naval Captain Bulgakov when the high ranking officer defected to
the United States. As the other Joes distracted the October Guard,
Wet-Suit
and fellow SEAL Torpedo snuck onboard the Russian ship and helped
retrieve
Bulgakov. He later joined in a near-disastrous mission into Southeast
Asia
when the Joes were betrayed by the CIA agent who had sent them on the
mission
to capture a Soviet agent. Shortly after, Wet-Suit and Torpedo again
went
up against the October Guard, this time to investigate the Guard's
mission
on Cobra Island, contending with a Cobra BAT in beserker mode and a
hungry
crocodile. Wet-Suit was one of the few Joes who did not take part in
the
Cobra Island civil war, and went underground when much of the team was
arrested by a corrupt group of Generals, who blamed the operation's
failure
on Hawk and General Hollingsworth. Wet-Suit joined with the other
renegade
Joes to help rescue their commanders and clear their name. Wet-Suit
served
on the team for years until it was shut down in 1994. In the years that
followed, Wet-Suit was assigned to the Navy base in Pensacola, Florida,
where he met and married his wife, Belinda. She seemed to have a
calming
effect on her husband, and Wet-Suit's mean disposition softened
somewhat,
though the SEAL maintained his toughness in the field. In 2001, the Joe
team was reinstated and Wet-Suit eventually rejoined, helping track
down
a nuclear device from the crew of a Russian freighter. (GI
47, 53, 78; SM
1, 8; YB 4; GIv2 7-9, 15; BFTPB; SM:A; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) |
| WET DOWN. The code name used by
U.S. Navy
Chief Warrant Officer Daniel P. Alexander. Growing up near the naval
base
in Norfolk, virginia, Wet Down would often try to sneak inside just to
get a look at the ships. Once he graduated high school, Wet Down
immediately
enlisted in the Navy. He excelled in all aspects of his training and
went
on to become the youngest SEAL in the Navy. In addition to his military
training, Wet Down is also a martial arts intructor. The newly
reinstated
G.I. Joe team took notice of the enthusiastic young SEAL, and his first
mission with the Joes was the team's invasion of Cobra Island to battle
the forces of a revived Serpentor. (GIv2
24; Figure: 1) |
 WIDE
SCOPE. The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Larry M.
Kranseler,
from Newton, Massachusetts. A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)
specialist,
Wide Scope is known for his very calm, easy-going personality in even
the
most dangerous and frightening situation. One of the few things he can
be emotional about is his canine partner, Lamont, whose name is
sometimes
made fun of for not sounding very tough. Wide Scope joined the
reinstated G.I. Joe team shortly after the Joes' battle on Cobra Island
against the forced of a revived Serpentor. In addition to his SWAT
duties, Wide Scope saw
to the security of the new Joe headquarters along with his fellow SWAT
specialist, Shockwave. (GIv2 26; Figure: 1) |
| WILD
BILL |
 WILD
CARD. The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Eric U.
Scott.
Growing up in Northhampton, Massachusetts, Wild Card developed an
unnatural
habit of unintentionally breaking things. Fortunately for him, the Army
gave him an outlet for his destructive tendencies. After enlisting,
Wild
Card became a trained armored vehicle driver. He is also one of the few
Joes who is an actual chaplain's assistant (The first Pit was hidden
beneath
the Army's chaplains' assistants school, and the Pit III was called a
chaplains
assistants supply depot). Wild Card was assigned to drive the Mean Dog
heavy assault vehicle for the G.I. Joe team. When first assigned to the
team, Wild Card drove the Mean Dog to the Pit in Utah, traveling with
the
new Desert Fox jeep, carrying Skidmark and Windmill. The Joes
unwittingly
gave Cobra's Star Viper access to the Pit when the
electronically-enhanced
Viper snuck underneath the Desert Fox. Wild Card and the others chased
the Star Viper later that evening as he escaped with top secret
electronic
"black boxes". The Mean Dog's missiles destroyed the truck the Viper
escaped
in, but not before he could escape in his rocket plane. His escape led
to the Joes' involvement in the Cobra Island civil war. Wild Card
served
with the team on many more missions over the years, including fighting
Dreadnoks on a highway near Broca Beach, New Jersey and helped defend
the
desert around the Pit from Cobra infiltrators. Wild Card later was part
of an orbital insertion of the Mobile Battle Bunker vehicle into
Trucial
Abysmia to rescue a group of Joes ambushed by Cobra. Several Joes had
all
ready been killed. The huge operation, the Battle of Benzheen soon
followed.
Wild Card took part in many more missions, including helping to test
the
Army's new railgun prototype by driving the Monster Blaster APC
carrying
the weapon, before the Joe team was shut down in 1994. Wild Card has
yet
to have any involvement with the reinstated team. (GI
72, 73, 89, 99,
100,
109, 110, 137; Figure: 1) |
| WILD WEASEL |
| WINCHELL,
DEVLIN. An American reporter
who was arrested on espionage charges while working in the Soviet bloc
nation of Borovia. The espionage charges were trumped up by the
Borovians,
who hoped to make an example of the reporter. The Department of Defense
sent a small group of Joes (Stalker, Quick Kick, Snow Job and Outback)
to rescue Winchell and discharged them from the service for the
duration
of the mission so that the Army could deny their involvement. When the
Joes finally arrived, they discovered that the State Department had
already
made a secret deal with the Borovians to release Winchell, not even
informing
the Defense Department. Because of the mistake, Stalker, Snow Job and
Quick
Kick spent months in a Borovian gulag before Scarlett and Snake-Eyes
led
an unauthorized rescue mission to save their teammates. (GI
61, 62, 66) |
 WINDMILL.
The code name used by U.S. Army Captain Edward J. Roth from Allentown,
Pennsylvania.
A skilled pilot with years of flight experience, Windmill became a
flight
instructor at the Army Flight Warrant Officers School in Fort Rucker.
Later,
he flew experimental prototype helicopters there, for the Army Aviation
Department Test Activity. Eventually, Windmill was assigned to the G.I.
Joe team as pilot of the new, advanced Skystorm X-Wing Chopper (a
combination
fighter jet and helicopter). He became known among the Joes for his
dry,
sarcastic sense of humor. When first assigned to the team, Windmill
traveled
to the Pit with Skidmark in the new desert fox jeep. They unwittingly
gave
Cobra's Star Viper access to the Pit when the electronically-enhanced
Viper
snuck underneath the Desert Fox. Windmill and the others chased the
Star
Viper later that evening as he escaped with top secret electronic
"black
boxes". His escape led to the Joes' involvement in the Cobra Island
civil
war. Over the years, Windmill served on many missions, often as air
support
or on reconnaissance operations, until the team was shut down in 1994.
Some time after the Joe team was reinstated in 2001, Windmill served as
a pilot during the team's invasion of Cobra Island to battle the forces
of a revived Serpentor. (GI 72, 119; GIv2 24; Figure: 1) |
| WINGFIELD,
SHARY. The wife of Vance Wingfield,
leader of the para-military group known as "Strike First". Shary served
at Vance's side as he created his small army in Montana. When Shary
learned
of her husband's plan to trigger World War III with a nuclear bomb, she
realized how insane he really was and shot him in the back. (GI
4) |
| WINGFIELD,
VANCE. The
leader of the para-military group known as "Strike First".
Headquartered
at a camp in Montana, Wingfield was paranoid about the United States
government
and created a small army of followers to prepare for a war. A team of
Joes
infiltrated his camp to learn just how dangerous he was. "Commander"
Wingfield
received funding from Cobra and they eventually provided him with a
nuclear
bomb. Wingfield's insanity became obvious when he announced to his
followers
that he planned to trigger World War III between the USSR and America
by
dropping the bomb on Vladivostok or detonating it in Montana. The Joes
discovered this and had to stop the bomb from exploding. Wingfield was
killed by his wife Shary when she saw how insane her husband had
become. (GI
4) |
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