"A classical scholar, as well as a graduate of the Special Forces School and Flight Warrant Officers School, Flint brings a broad intellectual background as well as finely-honed technical skills and tactical knowledge to the G. I. Joe Team. He is proficient with all NATO small arms, explosive devices, and rated to fly all current U.S. military helicopters as well as rotary wing aircraft in the services of most western and former Soviet Bloc powers.

Flint is believed to have participated in or led numerous covert hostage rescue missions in hostile territories and in domestic COBRA strongholds. The exact nature and details of these missions are highly classified and unlikely to be made public or even acknowledged. It doesn't bother Flint in the least that he will never receive credit for these missions, nor be awarded decorations of citations. "I didn't do it to get promoted," he said, "I did it to bring those Americans home."

"We're not heroes, we're just doing our job."