Wednesday, April 20, 2016

057 Roger

Roger is a green beret. 

Here is a wikipedia nugget: 

"The United States Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets because of their distinctive service and headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism."

More than any other military outfit, the Green Berets appear in pop culture -- often because of the rogue or covert nature of the characters and their operations.   Roger could essentially relate to any of these properties: G.I. Joe, The A-Team, Rambo, Predator, Lethal Weapon, plus a bunch of Steven Segal flicks.

Of particular interest is the G.I. Joe franchise, since they are an analog of Green Berets and several key characters wear actual berets (including Flint and Lt. Falcon).

The TDD name Roger comes from the military voice procedure meaning: "I have received all of the last transmission."

Unfortunately Roger was not popular enough to ever move past the G1 phase of figures.

Roger that. 

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