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''He's from Georgia, and he doesn't speak the language very well."''|'''[[Tom Lehrer]]''', It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier}}
Hailing from the [[Deep South]] of the continental United States, he's a stereotypical cigar-chompin' [[Good Ol' Boy]] who thinks shootin' and [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowin' stuff up]] is nothing but fun or at least doesn't take it as seriously as others in [[The Squad]].
He speaks with a heavy drawl or accent and often peppers his speech with odd euphemisms or folksy sayings that leave others confused or at a loss for words. Should he earn a promotion to officer, this will manifest as addressing his subordinates as "Son" and "Boy".
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== Folklore ==
* [[Gender Inverted]] and Played for laughs in [http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/marines.asp this alleged letter home] from a backwoods female recruit.
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* Haggard from ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'' averts this trope to an extent. One one side, he has a southern accent, is somewhat dumb, has dated a cousin, and he's only in the army because he loves [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing things up]]. On the other, he welcomes the new guy as easily as the rest of the squad does, {{spoiler|is more trusting of the hostage than Sarge is}}, and merrily hops across a border chasing the same gold the rest of the squad has to persuade itself to chase.
* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] IV'', there's a TV show ''[[Halo]]'' parody called ''Republican Space Rangers'', in which three such characters explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and nuke them all to hell for being weird and different.
* Just about anyone with a speaking role in ''[[
* Corporal Dunn of ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'' has a southern accent, and is a bit less serious about the Rangers' situation than [[Sergeant Rock|Foley]], at least when not under fire. He also has something of a sarcastic streak and displays some disdain towards General Shephard and his "prima donna unit".
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