Tom Clancy

[doanster]

So why is John Clark a "Six" Man?
he says that so often and I never understand wat that means...

 

[Biggerhammer]

MI-6

 

[Supermercado]

I'm pretty sure it just means he's in charge. Like Rainbow Six, he's always called Rainbow Six, meaning he's in charge of the Rainbow unit. I can't remember the second-in-command's name but he was called Rainbow Five.

I watched Black Hawk Down this weekend and they use the same Six designation to denote the person in charge of a unit. The Captain was "Something" Six. I heard it several times.

Edit: Beyond Rainbow Six, if he's called a "six man," I assume it has something to do with the command of another unit somehow but I've not read any other Clancy books except The Hunt for Red Ocbober..

 

[JasonSix78]

That's partly where my online alias comes from, I use it everywhere. Interestingly enough, John Clark is my real name. I never read any of Tom Clancy's books so I didn't know there was a John Clark in there.

-Jason

 

[Horus]

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
That's partly where my online alias comes from, I use it everywhere. Interestingly enough, John Clark is my real name. I never read any of Tom Clancy's books so I didn't know there was a John Clark in there.

-Jason

Uh-oh. You just revealed your real name. CIA is gonna come getcha, boy!

 

[doanster]

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
That's partly where my online alias comes from, I use it everywhere. Interestingly enough, John Clark is my real name. I never read any of Tom Clancy's books so I didn't know there was a John Clark in there.

-Jason

Whoa that's crazy!
I wonder if there are any other George Bush's out there....

 

[NiKeFiDO]

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
That's partly where my online alias comes from, I use it everywhere. Interestingly enough, John Clark is my real name. I never read any of Tom Clancy's books so I didn't know there was a John Clark in there.

-Jason

Whoa that's crazy!
I wonder if there are any other George Bush's out there....

poor bastards

 

[TheStu]

To say that he is a 'six man' would imply, as BiggerHammer pointed out, that he was a member of MI-6, which is British Intelligence. However, in the reference to the book Rainbow Six, he is the six, or commander, or the unit known as Rainbow which is a NATO Counter-Terrorist Strike Force.

Saying that he is a six man would be the same as saying that he is a Company Man, in reference to the CIA.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
That's partly where my online alias comes from, I use it everywhere. Interestingly enough, John Clark is my real name. I never read any of Tom Clancy's books so I didn't know there was a John Clark in there.

-Jason

Whoa that's crazy!
I wonder if there are any other George Bush's out there....

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