Just about every member of the G.I. Joe team is qualified to be a drill instructor so it takes a special brand of heavy duty honcho to keep 'em squared away. Sgt. Slaughter fits the bill the way his bullet head fits his Smokey the Bear hat. Let's face it, the man be rough and he take no guff. "They say he cut his teeth on a bogey wheel from a Patton tank and that his first words were 'Semper Fi'. They say that when the Sarge dresses down a boot in Camp LeJeune, the trainees cringe all the way to 'Pendleton. Most boots would rather dive for apples in the grease trap than cross the Sarge. They say he can blow a month's pay in one night in Thule, Greenland. Of course, 'jarheads' are prone to exaggeration. We all know it's impossible to blow a month's pay in Thule, Greenland."
Sgt Slaughter is a G.I. Joe team operative in the A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1985, with 4 distinct figure versions produced across the 1982 to 1994 vintage run.
Sgt Slaughter did not appear by name in the Sunbow or DiC cartoon series synopses. Original Hasbro file-card lore and Marvel ARAH comics appearances are the primary characterization sources.