Breaker

One of the original 1982 set of G.I. Joe 3 3/4" action figures. He came with communications gear but no weapon. He was also one of the figures in the 1997 Stars and Stripes Forever boxed set, with a promotion to E5.

In the comic book series, Breaker began as a naïve young soldier known for constantly chewing bubble gum. He was killed in action by Cobra in the Middle East.

1982 filecard:

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Code Name: BREAKER

File Name: Kibbey, Alvin R. SN: RA757793518
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Gatlinburg, Tennessee Grade: E-4

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Breaker is familiar with all NATO and Warsaw Pact communication gear as well as most world export devices. Specialized Education: Signal School; Covert Electronics; Project Gamma. Qualified Expert: M-16; M-1911A1; MAC-10 (Ingram). (CLASSIFIED: Speaks Seven Languages).

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"He’s efficient and self-assured and has an uncanny ability to turn adverse situations to his favor."

Comic book appearances:
* G.I. JOE: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 28, 33, 35, 47, 48, 49, 50, 74, 75, 76, 90, 108, 109-died, 143 – flashback
* G.I. JOE Special Missions: #2, 7
* G.I. JOE Yearbook: #2
* G.I. JOE: Order of Battle: #1

Filecards and information from http://www.yojoe.com

Breaker is a bit of CB radio terminology from the United States that has crossed into popular culture, largely because it is commonly used by truckers. It is used to greet other users on a channel, announcing that you want to break into the conversation.

Originally the tradition was to break into a group channel with something like "break {channel number}!", receiving the reply "We have a breaker on this channel. Will the breaker please come in!" Eventually CBers became known as 'breakers', and much of the historical formality of the interchange has fallen away.

It is frequently repeated, "breaker breaker", and may be followed by naming the channel that one is entering, most commonly and famously, channel 19 (the default for general conversation, and for traffic updates when on the road), giving the familiar "breaker breaker one-nine".

"Breaker breaker" and various variations appeared throughout the 1970s and onward as pop culture references to truckers, including at least one movie (Breaker! Breaker!, 1977, an early Chuck Norris film) and various songs (Breaker-Breaker by Outlaws; Breaker, Breaker by GZA; Breaka Breaka 1-9 Arthur Young; and sundry others), and as an intro to C.W. McCall classic Convoy ("Yeah, breaker one-nine This here's the Rubber Duck").

Break"er (?), n.

1.

One who, or that which, breaks.

I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak.

2.

Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.

3. Naut.

A small water cask.

Totten.

4.

A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.

The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow.

 

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