GI

"How 'bout some action?"

- GI

G.I's (Government Issue) form the core of Allied infantry in the Third World War and Psychic Dominator Disaster.

Background
These soldiers possess basic combat training in urban warfare, which allowed them to effectively garrison civilian buildings and use them as makeshift fortifications.

Each of the GIs is equipped with what appears to be a machine pistol which they used on foot and an M60 heavy machine gun they used in entrenched positions. For protection, each of them had a composite combat vest with shoulder pads and a composite helmet.

Game Unit
GIs may deploy into a ring of sandbags. In this static mode they fire faster and have longer range. When put into an they gain even more firepower. The GI may also garrison structures.

The game data files identify the GI's standard weapon as the M60 and its deployed weapon as the "para".

When deployed and in large groups they can also be a threat to enemy armor.

Aftermath
After the war they were replaced by Peacemakers in the Post-War Crisis, and later by Peacekeepers in the War of the Three Powers, which possess shotguns, and are more effective against enemy infantry.

Pros
•Excellent corridor defense in large numbers. •Able to take on heavy armor in entrenched positions in large numbers. •Able to take on light armor in entrenched positions in medium numbers. •In entrenched positions can take on large numbers of infantry. •Can garrison buildings. •Can easily destroy buildings in large numbers. •Elite GI's can outrange all base defenses except for the Grand Cannon.

Cons
•Can easily be crushed by heavy armor. •Vulnerable to mind control. •Vulnerable to air units. •When in entrenched very vulnerable to superweapons. •Vulnerable to elite desolators. •When mobile weapons are not as effective. •When in entrenched positions, vulnerable to artillery.

Behind the Scenes
The GIs are played by Sharif Perry, Micheal Rouleau, Jeremy Olson, Brett Logan, Lamar Lucas and McKenzie Woodcock in the cutscenes, and is voiced by Michael Bell ingame like most Allied infantry.