It is established during the events involving Jake Pierson that Crockett idolized the Texas Rangers when he was a small boy, and gave him his first idea to be a law enforcement officer. When he started in Vice he felt he could make a difference, by the end of his career his attitude completely changed to one of a burned out cop who felt ham-strung by corrupt politicians, judges, lawyers, and even law enforcement officials. His compassion for people he feels in his heart can change is rivaled only by his tenacity to put the bad guys away. He would finally team up with Ricardo Tubbs, a former NYPD Armed Robbery detective, with whom they formed a partnership that lasted five years. Later Scottie Wheeler became his partner until he moved to the DEA, he was replaced by Eddie Rivera, who was killed in 1984 by a Colombian drug dealer named Calderone in a car bombing. He had four partners, Frankel, who worked with him until 1980, when he was killed in 1980 by a man who would haunt Crockett throughout his life, Frank Hackman. At some point he must also have taught at the Academy, as this is referenced in " Cuba Libre." Finally, sometime after 1980, he was transferred to the Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division, and went undercover, utilizing confiscated clothing, cars, and boats to maintain his "cover" - Sonny Burnett, a drug runner & middleman. In 1976, as revealed in Leap of Faith, Crockett was shot and wounded in the line of duty for the first time. Wishing to continue to try to make the world a better place, he became a Metro-Dade uniformed patrol officer, then became a detective and came up under Lieutenant John Malone in Robbery. Shortly after the end of the Vietnam War, Crockett returned to the United States. Crockett's second tour was in 1975, leading up to the Fall of Saigon, and it was around that time he met combat reporter Ira Stone, who brought him in on a conspiracy being run by a man known only as "The Sergeant", who was using bodybags containing KIA soldiers as a means to smuggle heroin back to the United States in the closing months of the war.Ĭrockett's experiences in the war gave him great sympathy for fellow Vietnam veterans, particularly those less fortunate than himself, and would always take great care to respect their dignity and issues whenever a case involved them. At some point during his time in Vietnam he also served with fellow infantryman Robbie Cann, who would remain a close friend after the war and even make Crockett godfather to his newborn son in 1985. During his first tour in 1971 he met Danny Allred, an expert cryptographer with whom he served in Pleiku. He later sustained a knee injury on the field which put an end to his sports career.Ĭrockett in Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon.Ĭrockett was subsequently drafted by the US Army at around the age of 20, and he served in the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) for two tours in the Vietnam War, or, as he calls it, the "Southeast Asian Conference". In his youth, Crockett was a "golden boy," a University of Florida Gators football star, once catching a 92 yard touchdown pass with six seconds remaining in a game against Alabama, and catching the winning pass in the Gator Bowl, an act that found him being awarded the game ball.
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