▁Star ▁Brigade ▁line . ▁His ▁real ▁name ▁is ▁Ar on ▁Beck . ▁Effect s ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Fort ▁W orth , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁His ▁primary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁explos ives / mun itions ▁ord n ance . ▁His ▁secondary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁special ▁effects ▁coordin ator . ▁He ▁uses ▁visual ▁dist ra ctions ▁to ▁draw ▁attention ▁away ▁from ▁targets ▁he ▁then ▁dest ro ys . ▁ ▁Fast ▁Draw ▁Fast ▁Draw ▁is ▁the ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁Team ' s ▁mobile ▁miss ile ▁special ist , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁as ▁an ▁action ▁figure ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁His ▁real ▁name ▁is ▁Eli ot ▁Brown , ▁and ▁his ▁rank ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁corpor al ▁E - 4 . ▁Fast ▁Draw ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Col lier ville , ▁Tennessee . ▁ ▁Fast ▁Draw ' s ▁primary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁ord n ance , ▁and ▁his ▁secondary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁cl erk ▁typ ist . ▁Fast ▁Draw ▁car ries ▁the ▁F AF N IR ▁( Fire ▁and ▁For get ▁Non - t ube - launch ed ▁Infantry ▁Ro cket ) ▁miss ile ▁system , ▁and ▁we ars ▁a ▁protect ive ▁suit ▁to ▁shield ▁him ▁from ▁hot ▁exhaust ▁g ases . ▁The ▁F AF N IR ▁target ▁ac quisition ▁and ▁hom ing ▁devices ▁are ▁self - cont ained ▁within ▁the ▁miss ile , ▁which ▁allows ▁the ▁operator ▁to ▁move ▁and ▁take ▁cover ▁immediately ▁after ▁launch . ▁These ▁miss iles ▁are ▁extremely ▁fast , ▁and ▁resist ant ▁to