Alpine graduated from Ranger School at Fort Benning, and is a qualified expert with M-16, M-14, M-60 and M-1911A1 auto pistol.

[1] Alpine is an expert climber, having mastered the challenge of climbing encumbered with weapons, armor, ammunition, communications equipment and other military gear.

He has also made good use of his secondary military specialty, applying his refined approach to bookkeeping as a finance clerk.

Alpine likes to remind his teammates that the FBI has apprehended more bad guys through accounting, than by kicking down doors.

He works with Quick Kick, Flint and Spirit; they invade Cobra Island in an attempt to rescue the rogue soldier Ripcord.

He assists other Joes, such as Lightfoot in neutralizing the threat of bomb-carrying terrorists from the fictional country of Darklonia.

He spends some time drinking with Rock 'n Roll, Bazooka and Mutt at "Old Clyde's", a Delhi Hills bar.

[13] Alpine and his friends are cleared of all doubt, when anonymous information leads to Cobra influence being discovered in Delhi Hills.

The others on the ground with him are Muskrat, Torpedo and Long Range The actual rescue from captivity goes well but the pursuit from enemy forces does not.

Alpine breaks an icy platform near where the cube is placed by yodeling, helping Tollbooth lay a bridge for the Joes.

In the opening sequence, Alpine is seen roping a Cobra Firebat plane and punching in its cockpit while defending the Statue of Liberty.

Lt. Falcon is supposed to be guarding the front, but deserts his post and leaves the Joes open to attack by the Dreadnoks, who blast their way into the facility.