FILE NAME: Skip A. Stone
PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Hovercraft Captain
SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Special Services (coached the women's swim team at Annapolis)
BIRTHPLACE: Kinsley, KS
GRADE: 0-2
Cutter badgered his congressman for two years to get into Annapolis. Then realized his family lacked two essential ingredients: power and influence. Opted for the Coast Guard Academy instead. Wanted a life at sea even though hometown is as far away from either ocean as you can get (exactly 1,561 miles from San Francisco and NYC). His iron will and contrary nature, laced with a truly bizarre sense of humor, might explain why.
Found out the Joe team didn't have any Coast Guardsmen. Raised such a stink that the Coast Guard top brass had to pull every string necessary to fix it. It also gave the brass a way to get Cutter out of their hair.
CUTTER