This 80sTees.com exclusive GI Joe t-shirt features an image of a member of the Crimson Guard, who are considered the most elite troopers of Cobra's army. The Crimson Guard represent several steps forward in the evolution of the Cobra Trooper. Aside from the standard infantry training they receive, each Crimson Guardsman is expected to specialize in a civilian profession that may be considered as mundane by most. Members included the "Fred" series who underwent plastic surgery to look identical. They were charged with infiltrating American industry, politics and society to undermine them from within. If one Fred died, another could easily take his place.