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What do you say about a guy who totes a 134 pound machine gun as his personal weapon, and who can whip up a mean crawdad
stew? Not much. You just stay out of his field of fire, and ask for seconds. Roadblock’s dream was to be a
gourmet chef. He was working as a bouncer to earn money to attend the Escoffier School in France when an army recruiter convinced him that the
Army could
train him to be a chef. Roadblock joined but found army menus and preparation technique to appalling. Transferred to the infantry. He remained steadfast in his goal to be a chef, but at the same time, developed a new skill-being a heavy machine gunner! He was
selected by Tiger Force in 1988 because of his ability to operate a heavy machine gun, in addition he could transform simple K-rations into gourmet delicacies.
A qualified expert with anything that weighs more than fifty pounds and has a full-auto switch on it, Roadblock prefers the M2 "ma-deuce" .50 caliber
heavy machine gun as his personal weapon. He can be totally depended on to provide all the fire suppression necessary to carry out a mission, and
anyone on the team will tell you that there is nothing more comforting than seeing Roadblock coming up behind you, laying down a steady protective
covering fire. Roadblock is a world class chef, and equally at ease with preparing a seven course gourmet dinner as he is with laying down a
staked-out field of fire for an ambush. Amiable and well-liked by his fellow team members, Roadblock does not appear to have any irritating
faults--other than a tendency to put a dash too much cayenne pepper in his famous crawfish stew.
Roadblock was originally deployed with the G.I. Joe
team in 1984 in the United States. He was redeployed to Tiger Force in
1988. In 1993, Roadblock deployed with other Battle Corps members.
After G.I. Joe's 1994 decommission, he was reassigned to the regular army,
where he spent two years. In 1996, the U.S. military reassigned him to
an unofficial Battle Corps post in India with
Psyche-Out (Sonic Fighters), Rock & Roll
(Sonic Fighters), and Sci-Fi where
Roadblock served until 2002. During this time, he has gathered combat
intelligence on the Cobra operative Big Boa,
Cobra Eel troopers,
Iron Grenadier
T.A.R.G.A.T. troopers, and
Dreadnok operatives
Ripper, Road
Pig, Zarana, and
Zartan. While in India, Roadblock
also served with well-known non-G.I. Joe and paramilitary operatives such as
Skydiver, Street Hawk, and
Super Cop.
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