File Name: Jesso, Kyle A.
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Hand-to-hand combat instructor
Birthplace: Sacramento, California
Rank: E-5
Subject accepted early retirement from the GI Joe Unit and was placed under standard surveillance. It was discovered, however, he was targeted by a former Cobra operative now working for the Lewis administration due to an existing grudge developed during a mission several years back. The agent, who is no longer employed by the U.S. government (footnote: see attached file for death record) used the opportunity to enact revenge on Jesso while separated from his Joe peers. Officially, the incident has been struck from the record; unofficially, we are in the process of fabricating documentation for the agents who did not return from that unauthorized assault. The subject has disappeared and is currently at large.
"They came for Budo in the dark, decked out in night vision goggles and armed to the teeth, but this guy wanted to hurt Kyle before he killed him, so they went in close. Budo knew they were coming, though. He had his garage door open, his pan-head Harley recently tuned up and running, some heavy metal playing as a distraction. So as these ex-Cobra goons swarmed in expecting an easy kill, Budo was there, calm as can be in his family armor, sword sharpened thinner than paper, and then, to the sounds of electric guitar and the rumble of that bike's engine, he dismantled them like lesser warriors on an ancient battlefield. There's no coming back from that, of course, and Budo knew it. He had is bags packed, his gas tank full, and he swapped his samurai mask for a biker's helmet and roared out into the night like Hiro Protagonist. He's in the wind now, a true ronin so to speak, but we're looking for him. There's no reason for him to be a lone warrior when his brothers in arms are willing to ride alongside him."
