CODE NAME : INDIANA JONES
FILE NAME : HENRY W. JONES JR.
RANK : O-6 (RETIRED)
     INDIANA JONES IS A RETIRED ARMY COLONEL, WHO IS NOW ONE OF THE WORLDS FOREMOST  EXPLORES AND ARCHAEOLOGIST. WHEN G.I. JOE NEEDS AN EXPERT IN UNEXPLORED LANDS, OR NEED FOR A ARCHAEOLOGIST, INDIANA JONES IS THE ONE THEY TURN TO. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS BAD LUCK FOLLOWS HIM AROUND, ALWAYS LEADING HIM INTO THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IMAGINABLE. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF TRAPS, QUICK INTELLIGENT THINKING AND TOUGH SCRAPPINESS ALWAYS PULL HIM THROUGH.
CODE NAME : SHORT ROUND
FILE NAME : WAN LI
RANK : NA
     LIVING AS A ORPHAN ON THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI, SHORT ROUND ACQUIRED SURVIVAL INSTINCTS WORKING AS A GUIDE, PICKPOCKET, AND WORKING IN OPIUM DENS. WHILE TRYING TO PICKPOCKET A AMERICAN MAN IN A FEDORA, SHORT ROUND FOUND FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED IN THE BULLWHIP OF INDIANA JONES. RATHER THEN TURN SHORT ROUND OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES, INDIANA JONES BEFRIENDED HIM. NOW THE TWO ARE VIRTUALLY INSEPARABLE AS THEY TRAVEL THE GLOB ON ADVENTURE AFTER ADVENTURE.

CODE NAME : LEHSREH
FILE NAME : LEHSREH LADELACROIX
RANK : O-4
     A MENTALIST, TACTICIAN AND MARTIAL ARTIST, LEHSREH IS A TRUE JACK OF ALL TRADES. LEHSREH IS BLACKMAILED INTO JOINING THE JOE TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS MANY CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MANY IN PLACES THAT MAKE THE JOES WONDER WHICH SIDE HE IS TRULY ON. THAT AND THE FACT THAT HE LOVES TO PLAY WITH EMOTIONS MAKE MANY JOES AVOID HIM WHEN AT ALL POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, NO ONE WILL ARGUE HIS HELPFULNESS IN A FIGHT. AND WHEN HE RESPECTS YOU, AND WANTS TO PLAY NICE, THERE IS NO ONE MORE CALMING OR ENJOYABLE TO BE AROUND. BUT HIS MOOD CHANGES LIKE NIGHT AND DAY. THIS LEADS SOME TO SAY HE IS BIPOLOR. SOMETHING PSYCH-OUT HAS BEEN TRYING TO LOOK INTO. BUT WHEN THE MIND GAMES START, IS IT UNSURE WHOM IS QUESTIONING WHOM.

SOME OF HIS ACTIONS IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE ARE QUESTIONABLE ALSO. NOT ONLY THE THINGS HE RELUCTANTLY  DOES TO ENEMIES, BUT HOW LITTLE HE SEEMS TO CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TEAM MATES HE DISLIKES. ALL OF THIS ADDED TO THE FACT THAT NO ONE TRULY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM, EVEN HIS NAME IS BELIEVED TO BE FAKE. MAKES EVERYONE WONDER, SHOULD HE BE TRUSTED? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

CODE NAME : DUSTY
FILE NAME : RONALD W. RUDAT
RANK : E-5
      BLISTERING HEAT THROUGH THE DAY, FREEZING COLD AT NIGHT, SNAKES, SCORPIONS, LIGHTNING AND SAND STORMS. THESE ARE REASONS MOST JOES HATE THE VERY THOUGHT OF THE DESERT. DUSTY SEES THE DESERT AS CLEAN, PURE AND UNFORGIVING TO THOSE WHO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. THAT IS WHY HE LOVES IT. TRACKING THROUGH THE EXTREME HEAT WITH LITTLE, OR NO WATER IS IMPROBABLE. ADD A HUNDRED POUNDS OF WEAPONS AND BATTLE GEAR TO THAT AND IT BECOMES ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT THAT IS WHAT DUSTY DOES, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. ALL THE WHILE WHISTLING A HAPPY TUNE WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

CODE NAME  : FLINT
FILE NAME : DASHIELL R. FAIREBORN
RANK : WO-3
     FLINT IS A CLASSICAL SCHOLAR AND GRADUATE OF THE AIRBORNE SCHOOL, RANGER SCHOOL, SPECIAL FORCES SCHOOL AND FLIGHT WARRANT OFFICERS SCHOOL. SIMPLY PUT, FLINT IS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND EXTREMELY TOUGH. THIS MAKES HIM ARROGANT AT TIMES, BUT IT IS A WELL DESERVED ARROGANCE. ON A TEAM WHERE ACTUAL RANK IS USUALLY THROWN OUT THE DOOR, FLINT STANDS 3RD IN COMMAND. THOSE UNDER HIS COMMAND FOLLOW HIS LEADERSHIP WITHOUT QUESTION. FLINT NEVER BARKS ORDERS, BUT INSTEAD CHARGES FIRST AHEAD OF HIS TROOPS.

CODE NAME : GRID-IRON
FILE NAME : TERRENCE LYDON
RANK : O-3
    INTELLIGENT, TOUGH AND A TRUE SOLDIER'S SOLDIER. ALL OF THESE CAN BE SAID ABOUT GRID-IRON. A WEST POINT GRADUATE, GRID-IRON'S INTELLIGENCE COULD EASILY HAVE GOTTEN HIM UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WITHOUT HAVING TO WORK HIS WAY UP THE LONG AND HARD WAY. BUT THAT IS NOT GRID-IRON. TO PROVE TO HIMSELF, AND TO HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS, HE TOOK THE HARD ROAD. HE NOT ONLY ROSE UP THE RANKS, BUT HE DID SO WITH EASE. HIS PHYSICAL ABILITIES BEING EQUAL TO, OR SURPASSING THAT OF HIS INTELLIGENCE, HE IMPRESSED NOT ONLY THE BRASS, BUT HIS TEAM MATES AS WELL. THE ONLY COMPLAINT THAT HIS TEAM MATES HAVE ABOUT HIM IS HOW HE TRIES SO HARD TO BE LIKED THAT IT SOMETIMES WORKS AGAINST HIM.

CODE NAME : CRAZYLEGS
FILE NAME : DAVID O. THOMAS
RANK : E-4
    IF NOT FOR HIS SHORT FINGERS, AND THE FACT THAT ANYTIME HE HEARS MUSIC HIS LEGS START GOING CRAZY STOMPING THE GROUND; CRAZYLEGS COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST ORGANIST IN THE WORLD. BUT THAT WAS GOOD LUCK FOR THE FREE WORLD AND G.I. JOE. NOW HIS CRAZY LEGS AND TOP NOTCH PARKOUR SKILLS SERVE HIM WELL DURING BATTLE WITH COBRA. WHEN THE BULLETS ARE FLYING, BOMBS EXPLODING AND GASES SO THICK YOU CAN BARELY SEE; YOU WILL FIND CRAZYLEGS RUNNING HEAD ON WITH A LIGHT IN HIS EYE AND HUMMING SOME CLASSICAL MUSIC. AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE OR SUICIDAL, HIS TEAM MATES DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT THEY ALL LOVE TO WATCH HIM DO CRAZY STUNTS DURING BATTLE OR AROUND THE BASE. HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO DURING DOWNTIME IS COMPETE WITH QUICK KICK TO SEE WHO CAN DO THE BEST STUNTS.

CODE NAME : CLOUDBURST
FILE NAME : CHUCK RAM
RANK : E-4
HAVING A TRUE LOVE FOR FLIGHT, CLOUDBURST BUILT HIS OWN WORKING HANG GLIDER AS A 16. AT 18 HE JOINED THE ARMY. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HIS SKILLS AND LOVE TO WORK ON GLIDERS AND ANYTHING AERONAUTIC GOT HIM NOTICED. HE HAS SINCE BEEN DEVELOPING EXPERIMENTAL GLIDERS FOR THE ARMY, AND NOW G.I. JOE. NOT BEING SATISFIED WITH CLOSE ENOUGH OR PRETTY GOOD, CLOUDBURST CONSTANTLY SEEKS IMPROVEMENT ON HIS GLIDERS AND HIMSELF. HE HAS IMPROVED AS A GLIDER PILOT, LEARNED TO FLY COPTERS AND PLANS. AND IS NOW ONE OF THE TOP GLIDER AND HELICOPTER PILOTS IN THE WORLD.

CODE NAME : WILL BILL
FILE NAME : WILLIAM S. HARDY
RANK : CW-4
    WILD BILL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST LOVED MEMBERS OF THE JOE TEAM, NOT TO MENTION THE BEST PILOT. HE HAS SAVED MORE LIVES THEN ANY OTHER JOE MEMBER, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE LIFELINE AND DOC. HE IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO BE ON THE OTHER END OF THE RADIO WHEN YOU CALL FOR AIR SUPPORT. WHEN YOU'RE STUCK BEHIND ENEMY LINES, WITH LITTLE MORE THEN 20 FEET OF CLEARANCE AND NEED A AIR LIFT, HE IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO COME GET YOU. HE WILL PUT HIS COPTER DOWN EVEN IF HE HAS TO TRIM THE TREETOPS WITH HIS ROTORS. THEN HE WILL TELL TALL TELLS OVER THE RADIO ALL THE WAY BACK TO BASE.

CODE NAME : CROSS COUNTRY
FILE NAME : ROBERT M. BLAIS
RANK : E-5
    ALTHOUGH NOT THE FOREMOST VETERAN VEHICLE DRIVER OF THE JOE TEAM, CROSS COUNTRY IS CONSIDERED BY MOST TO BE THE BEST. THIS COULD BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER DROVE BULLDOZERS AND HIS MOTHER DROVE A GRADER. SO SKILLFUL ARE HIS DRIVING SKILL THAT HE WILL DRIVE HIS HAVOC TO PLACES WHERE ONLY AN AWE STRIKER SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO, AND NEVER GET STUCK. NOT ONLY IS HE HANDY WHILE IN HIS HAVOC, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO A GOOD OL' COUNTRY FIST FIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT THE MOST SKILLFUL, HIS NATURAL TOUGHNESS AND POWERFUL HAYMAKER MAKE HIM A OPPONENT TO BE RECKONED WITH.