Wild Bill served during the Vietnam War in the role of a combat infantryman and also participated in LRRP operations.

He reenlisted to attend the Flight Warrant Officer School and then remained in service, but his specialized training records are classified.

He is a qualified expert in the M1911A auto pistol and the XM-16 attack rifle, but has a preference for single action .45 long colt revolvers.

He had a prominent role in the storylines despite serving mainly as a supporting character, and made the most appearances (eleven) in the Special Missions spinoff series.

[4] Wild Bill flies support for a multi-Joe mission investigating Cobra activity in the Florida Everglades.

However, in the middle of this, in issue 27, he travels to New York City to help Scarlett hunt down Storm Shadow.

[5] In the fourth issue of Special Missions, he and his team crash-land in a Southeast Asian jungle and had to battle the Oktober Guard and river pirates.

Crazylegs, Wild Bill and Maverick were forced into evacuating several Dreadnoks out of Rio Vista, the capital of war-torn Sierra Gordo.

[8] Wild Bill is the pilot for the mission where several Joes help Destro neutralize the bounty that Cobra Commander has put on his head.

He teams up with Maverick and other Joe pilots, such as Ace and Ghostrider in a recon mission over Cobra Island.

His rescue mission had been forced to leave a man behind; this caused Wild Bill many sleepless nights.

[13] When the team reforms, Wild Bill is one of the few Joes to be introduced to the "new generation", a large group of soldiers referred to as Greenshirts.

The mission is to infiltrate the organization of Japanese businessman Hayatu Toba, who is thought to be assembling a personal army of his own.

[volume & issue needed] He rejoins the main team alongside Cover Girl and Gung-Ho, during the World War III storyline.

[volume & issue needed] He assists in battling The Plague, a group of elite Cobra soldiers, in the Middle East.

[volume & issue needed] In New York City, he again confronts The Plague, leading a group of volunteer citizens in laying down covering fire so Duke and a valued ally can escape.

[17] In the episode "Where the Reptiles Roam", Wild Bill goes undercover with Lady Jaye, Alpine and Bazooka to investigate a dude ranch in Texas that Cobra bought.

He also lures a cattle stampede away from a nearby solar power control room (which was actually a distraction for Zartan to steal a computer chip inside) and performs a square dance song.

Mary Belle soon reveals herself as the Baroness in disguise, but Wild Bill swiftly defeats her and Zartan as well.

Flint calls for a helicopter to look for the Joes, Zartan, and a stolen Cobra truck with a camo suit along with Baroness and Lady Jaye.