ymen , ▁despite ▁deeply ▁impl anted ▁hyp not ic ▁triggers . ▁Rey ' s ▁past ▁remains ▁class ified , ▁known ▁only ▁to ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁Jo es . ▁ ▁Ghost r ider ▁Ghost r ider ▁is ▁the ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁Team ' s ▁ste alth ▁f ighter ▁pilot , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁as ▁an ▁action ▁figure ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁pack aged ▁with ▁the ▁Ph antom ▁X - 1 9 ▁Ste alth ▁F ighter . ▁His ▁real ▁name ▁is ▁Jon as ▁S . ▁Jeff ries , ▁and ▁his ▁rank ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁Major , ▁US AF ▁O - 4 . ▁Ghost r ider ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Chicago , ▁Illinois . ▁ ▁Ghost r ider ' s ▁primary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁ste alth ▁f ighter ▁pilot , ▁and ▁his ▁secondary ▁military ▁special ty ▁is ▁aer onaut ical ▁engineer . ▁Ghost r ider ▁has ▁been ▁working ▁on ▁not ▁being ▁noticed ▁since ▁the ▁second ▁grade ; ▁teachers ▁never ▁noticed ▁him ▁because ▁he ▁cons cient iously ▁worked ▁on ▁not ▁being ▁noticed . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁series , ▁he ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁issue ▁# 7 6 . ▁There ▁he ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁Jo es ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Cob ra ▁civil ▁war ▁on ▁Cob ra ▁Island . ▁He ▁is ▁featured ▁in ▁issue ▁# 1 6 ▁of ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁Special ▁Miss ions . ▁He ▁later ▁sp ends ▁a ▁week ▁with ▁Sc ar lett , ▁helping ▁to