Bazooka's trainers described him as a decisive fast thinker with the instincts of a natural survivor. They must have been on to something when they saw his transfer request to Armor School. Bazooka was driving an Abrams tank as part of the Third Armored Division when he came to the realization that an iliterate farmer armed with a $200 rocket launcher can knock out a tank. He doesn't think himself to be too smart, he's competent in battle and shows an IQ higher than he perceives it to be. 