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*Kyle’s doctoral thesis was entitled ''Culling The Herd - The Psychological and Socio-Political Effects, Moral Considerations and Legal Ramifications of Median- and Long-Term Human Engineering Within Closed and Isolated Social Constructs.'' After being published, ‘Culling The Herd’ became a best-seller, reaching #4 on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times New York Times] Best-Seller list. His Master's thesis was entitled ''The Brightest Light and The Darkest Shadow: A Comprehensive Examination on Morality and Law from the Metahuman Viewpoint.'' The thesis was immediately classified by the U.S. Government, ''but it is considered required reading for all metahuman operatives working with U.S. interests'' (who can ecieve a copy from authorized sources.) It was '''only''' after his Master's thesis was reviewed by DELPHI administrators that Kyle was approached for consideration of [http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Project_Nightbreed Alpha Nightbreed] status (he was considered only viable for P.O.G.O. operations beforehand). It was also because of his theses that Kyle (after returning from Operation Desert Storm) was selected to act as a Special Presidential Fellow on Military Affairs who personally briefed the Commander-in-Chief on metahuman operations - although he played it down to others by referring to himself as a 'briefing officer'. He served in that post for one year before returning to DELPHI and being placed in the Special Assignments Division, where he was tasked with the delicate task of recruiting new operatives.
*During his time at Annapolis, Kyle was a member of the Academy football team (second string). He played defensive tackle, and scored five sacks during an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army-Navy_football_game ‘Army-Navy’ game]. He was approached by a number of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL NFL] franchises
*As a Marine aviator, Kyle flew F/A-18 combat aircraft for 18 months aboard the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ''USS Emancipator''] (as a member of VMFA(AW)-387, also known as ‘the Black Sabers’). He has retained his current flight status; according to his file, he is currently qualified in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet F/A-18 Hornet], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV-8_Harrier_II#AV-8B_Harrier_II AV-8B Harrier II], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA-6B_Prowler EA-6B Prowler], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-53E_Super_Stallion CH-53E Super Stallion] (due to his POGO duties). During his time in POGO, Kyle trained on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sr-71 SR-71] (several were kept from retirement for special covert recon activities); during a flight to test a SR-71 variant using twin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine pulse detonation engines] for propulsion, he took the SR-71 to a height of more than 100 kilometers, and was subsequently awarded astronaut wings. (The mission was officially classified as a failed test, but because of his 'handling of the situation and ability to recover the craft under extreme circumstances that a lesser pilot could not have effectively dealt with', he was awarded the wings and the Distinguished Flying Cross.)
*Kyle's [http://www.f-16.net/index.php?module=pagesetter&tid=59 'call-sign'] (his identifier during flight operations} was '[[Vlad]]'. This was because his genetalia had been dubbed 'The Impaler' by his fellow pilots after he had won [[the Porterhouse Challenge]] during his very first shore leave aboard ''USS Emancipator''.
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