Midway through “Full Metal Jacket,” another Marine, Cowboy, introduces his squad to Joker and Rafterman, saying: “They’re from Stars and Stripes; they’ll make you famous.” Grimm ...

The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive.

When you join the military and go off to basic training, the "Full Metal Jacket" jokes start immediately. Howard's Rafterman and his counterpart Joker, a combat correspondent (played by Matthew ...

In a scene midway through “Full Metal Jacket,” another Marine, Cowboy, introduces his squad to Joker and Rafterman with the words: “They’re from Stars and Stripes; they’ll make you ...

Matthew Modine, who starred in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick war comedy “Full Metal Jacket,” is outraged that ... “[My character] ...

In Full Metal Jacket, his character, Rafterman, is a combat photographer, accompanying Matthew Modine’s character, Joker, to report on the war. In real life, Howard eventually retired from ...