Just realized the last ten were VERY Cobra heavy, so...
Code Name: Leatherneck (Disavowed)
File Name: Metzger, Wendell A.
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Drill Sergeant
Birthplace: Stromburg, Nebraska
Rank: E-7
Subject attempted to refuse early retirement with the dissolution of the GI Joe Unit. Requesting a transfer back to a role with the Marine Corps, Metzger was investigated as a potential recruit by agents of President Lewis but their determination was simply that the subject tied too much of his identity to his life as a Marine and that he otherwise showed no inclination toward betraying his former teammates. In a way, it was somewhat pathetic - the man had no identity outside of his job. He returned home to Nebraska briefly, but within months his wife filed for divorce and Metzger left the family home. He is currently staying with fellow former Joe Ettienne LaFitte, working nights in a night club in New Orleans. In a way, Leatherneck represents the truest end result Lewis could hope for: to see every GI Joe veteran fallen from grace, abandoned by their loved ones, wasting away.
"Poor Leatherneck, man - there's a lot of guys who have built their entire world around being a soldier, but Leatherneck? All he knew how to be was a Marine. And later of course, a Marine in the Joes. In a lot of ways he never quite fit in with us, y'know? We're the rejects. We're the ones who don't fit in with military protocols, the ones who can't get our uniforms right, the ones who have trouble with orders. Not Leatherneck. Dude has a spine of iron. He made us better by being there. Which is why Gung-Ho drove up to Nebraska to pick him up and bring him back to New Orleans when his wife left him. 'We all go home or nobody goes home' isn't just about combat. It's about life. Turns out if he can't be a Marine, what Leatherneck needs is a mission. And his mission is keeping folks safe at Gung-Ho's bar. He sets the watch, he establishes the perimeter, and nobody messes with their crew. He's even got himself a sweetheart down there. Maybe that iron spine can bend a bit after all."
