Michael Duffy

: "Rogers! I said, 'Fall in!'"
: ―Michael Duffy to Steve Rogers[src]
Sergeant Michael Joseph Duffy was Steve Rogers' drill sergeant while in basic training.
== Biography ==
Sergeant Michael Duffy spent 17 years training new recruits at Camp Lehigh until he was assigned by Chester Phillips to instruct the candidates of Project Rebirth in 1943. One of the exercises that he gave was for the candidates to retrieve a flag on a wet, slippery flagpole, where the prize would be to ride back to camp with Peggy Carter after a grueling run. As the candidates swarmed the pole, Duffy cheered for Gilmore Hodge to reach the goal, as Steve Rogers watched and regained his composure. When the others failed and tired, Rogers disconnected the pin holding the pole, retrieved the flag and handed it to Duffy as he got into Carter's jeep.
One day, while Duffy continued to train the candidates, Phillips threw a fake grenade among them. After Rogers made a possible self-sacrificing move by covering the grenade, Duffy ordered him to get up when it was learned that it was a dud.
== Facilities ==
* Camp Lehigh: Duffy was a sergeant at Camp Lehigh and trained Steve Rogers.
== Relationships ==
=== Allies ===
* United States Army
** Chester Phillips † - Superior
** Steve Rogers/Captain America †
** Gilmore Hodge
* Strategic Scientific Reserve
** Peggy Carter †
** Abraham Erskine †
== Trivia ==
* Comic books were created depicting fictional adventures of Captain America and a fictional version of Sergeant Duffy was created as well.
== References ==
# ↑ Captain America: The First Avenger
# ↑ Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere
== External Links ==
* Michael Duffy on Marvel Database