John Harris

Eli Molyneux Shannon-Allie Kit Peltzel
Joshua Novak Allison LaBarge Gann Matthews
Gio Toninelo Holly from NYC Heather Thompson
The GI JOE STOP MOTION FILM FESTIVAL is the nation's first festival dedicated to screening works by media artists who use GI Joe figures (12”, 3 ¾ and/or 8" sizes) as main characters or actors. The Festival is sponsored by PondPatrol.com and will be held in Denver, CO, October, 2008. Please write us with your inquiries or fill up the submission form. Just visit www.GIJoeFilmFestival.com
ABOUT ME ...
I was born in Buffalo, N.Y. I'm a Marine Corporal Scout Marksman (MSM)
I joined the Marines at age 21 by the order of my parents. I'm a trained combat diver, who had a hand in saving the lives of 4 Korean soldiers whose ship had sunk. At the time I was embarked on the USS Virginia, supporting Operation Patient Eagle. Last year I reported to the Marine Corps Security Force Company, Naples, Italy as the officer in charge of the armory, until I was called to be part of the Pond Patrol Mission, a new assignment with Sergeant Palmer.
PEACE, LOVE AND POND PATROL
JOHN HARRIS
Pond Patrol
brief history:
In a undisclosed area in the US, lays a natural pond once part of the Mulberry Ridge National Laboratory. The pond was used during the early 1970's by the Marine Corps for training in recon maneuvers and later by Dr. Louis Kawamoto, during experiments with the Space Reactor Program (Nuclear Thermal Propulsion). After The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 was signed, the site became a Nuclear Dump Site for its unusual great depth. Since 1990, DOE's Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) have decontaminated and dismantled more than a 100 contaminated facilities across the country including the Mulberry Ridge Pond.
In 2002, three EPA Research Biologists disappeared while conducting experiments in the pond and the Department of Navy has also reported two missing soldiers from a Marine Corp Recon Squad training in the area. There is speculation in the scientific community that the pond was never completely decontaminated. There are even accounts from some Marine soldiers about oversized plants and strange animals around the pond's adjoining regions. A year later after an unsuccsessful rescue for the missing biologists turned tragic with a helicopter crash, the US Marine Corps deployed small patrol/recon units called Fire Teams to protect the area.
This is the story of "Pond Patrol Third Force Recon Team" the third group designated by the US Government to the Mulberry Ridge Pond. This is the first team to include a EPA Researcher and a Scientist to study the pond's ecosystem. It is also the first team to have its own marked AH/MH-6 Little Bird helicopter and pilot.