Wet-Suit |
Tuesday, 26 February 2008 | |
![]() 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, 10) |