I knew Larry Hamma was a Vietnam Vet. I didn’t know he was a specialist in the form of a Tunnel Rat. A Highly specialized skill back then in the service. GI Joe is soo cool. We need these type of Joes again 🇺🇸
@@skred6792 Larry Hamma was an American Vietnam Vet and Specialist. And was the inspiration and writing force for the 80’s GI-Joe Comic Books. Which also inspired the popular cartoon and successful Toy Line. We owe him much. 🇺🇸
Beachhead: "You RU-vid users will LOOOOOOOVEE this little video upload . All you gotta do is watch to the end, and click thumbs-up...but...watchout for internet trolls." Tunnel Rat: "Big deeeal...I saw tougher posts in kindergarten films." Beachhead: Cut the MAA-cho, Tunnel Rat! Now VIIIIEWWW ITTTTT!!!!"
Beachhead is one of the best GI Joes, Former Army Ranger and Delta Operator. Trained in CQB and Weapons. Been in the service for a very long time, was always the first one thur the door on raids. Duke always said he wished everyone was like beachhead. Hawk always wanted beachhead as a cadre
I was in the fifth grade then. I remember being disappointed that the toy version of Order wasn't gray, but at least it was how a GSD is supposed to look.
My grandfather was in Korea he followed orders but he also thought on his feet he was also a great cook you need discipline and creativity to be a great soldier
Drill Instructors are for the Marines and Drill Sergeant is for the Army. Beachead is an Army Drill Sergeant. All Drill Sergeants and Drill Instructors demand Excellence
Why are they bothering to train anyone else? They've got a guy who can pick up a missile, toss it at a tank and then emerge UNSCRATCHED when said missile and tank blow up a few feet away! Everyone else should just go home. :)
Chuckles in the Comics: Cool, competent spy, always 10 steps ahead of his opponents, will solve a major government conspiracy all before breakfast. Chuckles in the Movie: R I P S gun off of tank, destroying a H.I.S.S simply by throwing the gun at it
Rocket, not gun The vehicle malfunctioned and didn't shoot the projectile, so he BECAME the rocket launcher and shot it by hand. He was one combat knife away from being Brock Sampson.
"The crowd isn't the only thing goin' bananas!" - Beachead.... my brother watched it for the first time in 20yrs and said "Man.. was that racist of him to say?" I turned to him... and said "yes.. yes probably.. ." then i replayed the entire clip.
Beachhead needs to understand everyone has different ways to solve a problem. if everyone follows protocol for everything new ways wouldn't have been found to defeat cobra. Like Big Lob was a distraction in tunnel rat was side assistance at the end.
What I've read is that the makers of this movie changed Duke's fate because this movie came out just a few months after the Transformers Generation 1 movie and they were still in shock over the death of Optimus Prime.
I always figured that, and someone from the production crew said you could tell if you looked carefully. Well, of course: everyone ACTED as if he were dead, while the mitigating stuff was heard OFF-SCREEN.
@@DOI_ARTS We may disagree, but I think that the point of Duke's death in that film was to remind those of us in the audience that good soldiers like Duke pass in EVERY war (be it a major war, a minor conflict, et cetera.) and that EACH ONE's sacrifice is lamentable.
Hahahaha. Tunnel Rat's toting a sweet revolver (hand cannon), and all he has to do is crawl through a pipe, emerge, and blast the shit outta the laser-turret with one shot. Big Lob's journey to successful completion of this evolution seems a little tougher, lol. Interesting factoid: I read that actual tunnel rats in Vietnam preferred revolvers because they were more reliable in filthy, muddy, confined spaces than magazine-fed auto-type pistols. Less rounds, but more likely to work through malfunctions and the horrible conditions you'd find in a tunnel system. Love this attention to detail and this video.
There’s a difference between being a hard ass and being toxic. Besides, the point is that his cartoon characterization is not harmonious with his comic/file card persona.
Tunnel rat was my favorite GI.Joe toy. Unless you count Zandar, then Zandar was my favorite GI.Joe toy (if you don't count Rolling Thunder or 'Defiant' the Space complex, vehicles). Shout out to Duke, Nemesis Enforcer, Mercer, and Snake Eyes. RIP my un-indestructible (make-belief) brother-in-arms. I
Very good retro scope animation on the dog when he first came in. Jinx is awesome! Big Lob and Tunnel Rat were hilarious. Any army soldier that can hurl a large missile with his bare hands deserves an honorable mention .
Honestly, as much as I didn’t like the movie, this is one of the few things I loved about it. Just watching Beachhead train the new recruits is just nice to see Edit: ok I lied, this movie is bananas and I love it
Big Lob was technically the hero in all this....he was the one to crash the vehicle into that plant that held the rest of the Joe's captive later in the movie.
There are so many masked characters in GI joe, Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Beach head, Torpedo, Firefly, the Cobra Troopers and Cobra Commander. As a kid, I used to think that they were all ninjas.
Loved this as a kid. Scarlett and Lady Jaye hit the beach but popped behind a sand dune to fix a tampon before battle. I didn't understand. I was 10. Always wondered why Duke was shaking his head muttering "Periods....Sigh"
So chuckles next big idea is since he can't shoot the tank rip off a missle run at it and Chuck it at the tank? Any questions? No? Perfect! I love it when a plan comes to that lol
Ben Geiger In the comics he actually is like a undercover agent who works behin the scenes a whole lot. In the movie I'm not sure what they were going for but he's basically a strong silent type lol
Ya gotta love that this film not just had bits for the kids... but also for the adults *and* those in the Military. Beachheads line of "AND DON'T CALL ME SIR!" might seem off, given he is her (Jynx) superior... but he's _not_ an officer. He's an NCO... and he's Army as well. Army NCOs are *never* called "Sir/Ma'am". They're referred to either by the their full rank (in Beach's case, it'd be Staff Sgt), or an abbreviated version of the rank where possible. Also I love how he completely fails to notice that Chuckles did in fact try to use the weapons correctly... but they suffered a misfire. Which means that if he was trying to use the ATGMs on the side and that's the one that misfired, getting it off the tank was the correct move (since its warhead is now live)... yeeting it at the HISS may have been a bit much... but it worked.
Too bad they didn't have Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket as a GI Joe drill instructor. He would give them very colorful code names.
yea but he wants them to stick to the training regime. most drils are like that. but i think that he is secretly proud of his recruits when they pass. he is the type of guy that you hate at base but your glad he is on your side in combat.
@@xrosswilson1793 This is true. Drills are generally prepared to improve your overall health, endurance and stamina as well as prepare you for whatever you face. Them not following it kind of defeats the purpose of going through drills. On the other hand, in actual combat Beach Head is way more accepting of individual quirks since results are what matters on the field.
Y'know, when you think about it, JOES were ahead of their time. Of the five recruits you got a black guy, a Japanese woman, a Chinese American (not sure if they had made the back story for TR at this point, but whatevs) and... whatever Spanish speaking country Law came from.
He's a Sergeant Major, they are angry all the time. He was also an instructor in the Ranger Training Battalion, from what I've heard about them it's spot on.
