Steeler came from a blue collar middle-class family and got himself into college through an ROTC scholarship and the money he earned as a heavy equipment operator.

Steeler is proficient with all NATO and Warsaw Pact AFVs, and is a qualified expert with the M-16, M1911A1 Auto Pistol, the MAC-10 and the Uzi submachine gun.

[4] In 2004, Steeler was released as part of a three-pack of figures, the others being General Flagg and a Cobra Officer.

Steeler, along with Clutch and Breaker, have no ammunition for the tank, so they utilize nonlethal methods to defeat Cobra and save innocent lives.

Teaming up with Clutch, Breaker and two Florida police officers, they fight Cobra influence in swamps of the Everglades.

[9] The original Joes are transferred to administrative duty by General Austin, to watch over all the new recruits.

[11] Steeler and the other administrators are put back on active duty for the invasion of Springfield, a Cobra-controlled town.

Joe members, such as Bazooka, Jinx, Wet-Suit and Snow-Job, manage to go underground, then meeting up at Burkhart's house.

Steeler participates in a raid on a government controlled hospital with the intention of rescuing the commander of the G.I.

The situation quickly devolves into a firefight, with Destro saving the day due to respect for Hawk.

He is one of the many Joe soldiers called back into active duty to fight against Serpentor in the second Cobra civil war.

[16] Steeler is briefly seen in a re-examining of Snake Eyes' origin story, specifically the point where he falls during training with Scarlett.

[17] Steeler works with Wildcard and Cover Girl in a training exercise against the reformed Oktober Guard.

[citation needed] By the time of the two-part episode "Worlds Without End", Steeler had grown weary of the seemingly endless G.I.

Steeler, Clutch, and Grunt elect to stay in the alternate reality in order to re-build G.I.

Despite his absence in the series from "Worlds Without End" onward, Steeler briefly appears in the 1987 animated film G.I.