Rico eventually became a lieutenant after commanding a platoon (as a temporary third lieutenant) during the successful 'Operation Royalty'. He later is promoted to Sergeant and enters Officer Candidate School upon the encouragement of his friend 'Ace'. He is then transferred to the platoon called 'Rasczak's Roughnecks' aboard the corvette transport Rodger Young, where he earns the rank of corporal and survives multiple combat drops. His first combat experience is the Battle of Klendathu. He does his basic training at Camp Arthur Currie in Western Canada, and then he is assigned as a Private to 'Willie's Wildcats'.
Juan Rico Actor: Yasunori Matsumoto (OVA, voice), Casper Van Dien (1997 film, Marauder and voice for Traitor of Mars), Rino Romano ( Roughnecks, voice), David Matranga ( Invasion, voice) Son of a wealthy Filipino family who volunteers for 'Federal Service'.
Some of the characters may also be found in the 1997 film Starship Troopers and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles in altered form. Characters in the 1959 novel Starship Troopers.
