Yesterday's announcement of a big modern Medal of Honor reboot was rather shocking, and not just because it will be set in Afghanistan. The real shocker was the almighty beard on the face of the dude in the promo image, and it's been discovered that he's a real person!
No, he's not a reject from ZZ Top. He calls himself Cowboy and he's a legitimate US special forces officer. Cowboy was last seen on the cover of Time Magazine during a story about US troops stationed in Afghanistan. He's clearly qualified to be the hairy face of the new Medal of Honor.
I would love nothing more than to be this guy's best friend.
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10:20 AM on 12.03.2009
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My money's on Cowboy.
There's no way my beard could ever match his.
He has facial hair AND he is a soldier? This is unheard of to me.
In other news: for the love of god someone please photoshop this guy's head on interesting things (Master Chief & Bulbasaur come to mind)
and i still dont understand the constant flip flopping with IW and treyarch. so stupid.
Seems like he would have the personality of Dizzy (GoW2) and Bill (L4D).
IDK. This looks good. I was super hooked on MoH up until CoD4: MW so I am super stoked!
*i need to find and save that image about eating kevlar and growing face armour.*
Sometimes soldiers (especially special forces) are allowed to grow beards in combat zones. It makes a lot of sense in the Middle East, because usually stick out a little less.
It is bioengineered
By little men
Count to ten
In Japan they pay with Yen
All the girls in the world
Want to see my beard unfurl
Do you want to touch my beard?
You want to touch my beard.
Seriously.
But you know in your heart you can never be badass enough.
You just made my day. His face fits the statuesque frame of Master Chief quite nicely.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24478506
Facebeard:
http://pictures.mastermarf.com/blog/2009/090427-combat-beard.jpg
Unfortunately... sounds like this stopped years ago for the most part.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/us/vigilance-memory-kandahar-pentagon-tells-troops-afghanistan-shape-up-dress-right.html?pagewanted=all
Funny story I heard years ago was that when the brass required that one such "A-Team" send time-lapsed photographs (each with the latest communication frequency) back to shown compliance, they'd simply reuse the first and only picture of themselves clean-shaven with the new frequency Photoshopped in.
P.S. @ Jim, why no cred for my ZZ TOP joke from the previous MOH post? That one was free, next time you owe me a six-pack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
VIVA MEDAL OF HONOR
MOH, time to come in and sweep saturated COD gamers off their feet.
Yippieee!!!