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<blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 4668052" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Indeed. International personnel were typically very rare, since security clearances would make it rather hard to have non-citizens in a unit that was as classified as the Joe team*; the two I recall were Big Ben, a SAS representative, and an Oktober Guard representative whose name I can't recall (they, being the Soviet equivalent of the Joe team, were themselves occasional opposition/allies for the Joes), and both of those were from fairly late in the toy line's release. Storm Shadow, aka Tommy Arashikage, was from Fresno, CA; he was actually in the same LRRP squad as Snake-Eyes and Stalker in Vietnam.</p><p></p><p>COBRA was more international, with Major Bludd (Australian?), the Baroness (some form of Central/Eastern European nobility, sort of Red Army Faction type), Zartan (unknown, presumed European), and Destro (Scottish) all being non-American, and many of the Drednoks were Australian or British. *Technically* Serpentor might count as being an American, having been decanted in Springfield, but that would be a matter for some debate, and it's not like he's a recognized citizen. The only major COBRA villains I recall being American were Dr. Mindbender and, ironically, Cobra Commander.</p><p></p><p>Now, there was Action Force, which was a rebranded G.I. Joe that was published in England and Europe. That may be what Cergorach is thinking of.</p><p></p><p>Brad</p><p></p><p>* - At least, that'd be my justification if I were Larry Hama and coming up with backgrounds for characters. It's relatively common for British and Americans to be loaned to the other's military for cross-training, and it's sort of possible to justify a Soviet exchange member based on the character appearing about the time of glasnost and perestroika (and the relative popularity of the Oktober Guard).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cignus_pfaccari, post: 4668052, member: 14557"] Indeed. International personnel were typically very rare, since security clearances would make it rather hard to have non-citizens in a unit that was as classified as the Joe team*; the two I recall were Big Ben, a SAS representative, and an Oktober Guard representative whose name I can't recall (they, being the Soviet equivalent of the Joe team, were themselves occasional opposition/allies for the Joes), and both of those were from fairly late in the toy line's release. Storm Shadow, aka Tommy Arashikage, was from Fresno, CA; he was actually in the same LRRP squad as Snake-Eyes and Stalker in Vietnam. COBRA was more international, with Major Bludd (Australian?), the Baroness (some form of Central/Eastern European nobility, sort of Red Army Faction type), Zartan (unknown, presumed European), and Destro (Scottish) all being non-American, and many of the Drednoks were Australian or British. *Technically* Serpentor might count as being an American, having been decanted in Springfield, but that would be a matter for some debate, and it's not like he's a recognized citizen. The only major COBRA villains I recall being American were Dr. Mindbender and, ironically, Cobra Commander. Now, there was Action Force, which was a rebranded G.I. Joe that was published in England and Europe. That may be what Cergorach is thinking of. Brad * - At least, that'd be my justification if I were Larry Hama and coming up with backgrounds for characters. It's relatively common for British and Americans to be loaned to the other's military for cross-training, and it's sort of possible to justify a Soviet exchange member based on the character appearing about the time of glasnost and perestroika (and the relative popularity of the Oktober Guard). [/QUOTE]
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