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[hider=Calvin Young][b][color=0072bc]Name[/color][/b]: Calvin Young [color=0072bc]Nick[/color]: "Fires"

[b][color=0072bc]Age[/color][/b]: 31 (born: August 15, 2105) 

[b][color=0072bc]Home City[/color]:[/b] Boston, Massachusetts

[b][color=0072bc]Pre-fall occupation[/color][/b]: Special Forces Weapons Sergeant, Fire Support, Forward Air Controller, United States Army

[b][color=0072bc]Rank[/color][/b]: Sergeant First Class

[b][color=0072bc]Military Doctrine[/color][/b]: Shadow Task Group Operative, Fire Support/Forward Air Controller

[b][color=0072bc]Appearance[/color][/b]:  Calvin Young stands 71" tall and weighs 190 Lbs. He is of African descent with very short black wiry hair and dark skin. His eyes are brown and he often wears a thin mustache that stops at the corners of his mouth. Having spent most of his adult life working out and training in combat sports, Cal is in excellent physical condition.
[hider=Cal Young][img]http://i.imgur.com/wg0M8Gn.png?1[/img][/hider]

[h3][u][b][color=0072bc]Equipment:[/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[hider=Assault Harness][b]Assault Harness:[/b] Cal's assault harness is designed for the rigors of the aboveworld. It consists of tough alloy armor plates over layers of thick, tear resistant cloth for a durable protection system. Complete with a robotic assisted exo-system, Cal is able to carry heavy loads further, and for longer, without adversely effecting his combat abilities. The helmet sports a ballistic visor and mask. There is a Heads Up Display (HUD) overlaid upon the inside of the visor that only the operator can view. The armor system is coordinated and controlled by a Personal Digital Accessory (PDA) tablet affixed to the left forearm. From this PDA, Cal can contact Direct Support Artillery, mortars and any Air Assets loitering in his unit's Area of Operations. The PDA doubles the team's communication's system with an ear piece and throat mic inside the helmet.[/hider][hider=M368 MAW][img]http://i.imgur.com/DaOMrc3.png?1[/img]
[b]M368 Mobile Assault Weapon (MAW):[/size][/b] This is a gas operated Full Automatic 7.8mm Machine gun. The MAW is box fed with its standard issue 200 round box magazine. This weapon can be carried from a sling and held with standard pistol grip and bull pup foregrip. This weapon can be carried by an LMGunner in an infantry squad. It can also be mounted on a pintle of a vehicle. The weapon has a cyclic rate of 1000 rounds per minutes (RPM) and a range of 1200 meters with the aid of optics. The MAW weighs 14.2 Lbs.[/hider][hider=APP-3 Pistol][b]APP-3 Pistol:[/b] The Takashi Industry's APP-3 was one of the most common weapons on earth before the fall and remains so today. The APP-3 has a built in laser/light module, and is chambered in .45 Caliber. Military variants include a three-round burst setting as well as its traditional semi-automatic setting, civilian models only have semi-automatic versions.[/hider][hider=Additional Equipment][u][b][color=0072bc]Equipment:[/color][/b][/u]
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[*][b]Bayonet[/b]
[*][b]Survival Knife[/b]
[*][b]Multi purpose-Tool[/b]
[*][b]Deck of Playing Cards[/b]
[*][b]Load Bearing Equipment[/b] A system of pouches and bladders to carry ammunition, food, water and a first aid kit.
[*][b]Entrenching Tool /with cover[/b] for digging holes in the earth if needed.
[*][b]Wet Weather Poncho[/b]
[*][b]200' of 550-Lb Para Cord[/b]
[*][b]Woobie![/b]
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[h3][u][b][color=0072bc]Training:[/color][/b][/u][/h3]
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[*][b]Basic Combat Skills[/b]: Infantry Movement Techniques (IMT), Weapons familiarization and qualification with Primary weapon, Nuclear Biological, Radiological & Chemical, Communications, Physical Fitness Training, Drill & Ceremonies, First Aid, Survival Skills, Land Navigation, Hand Grenades and Land Mines, Day sights, Night Sights, Aiming Devices, Casualty Reporting and Defense Measures
[*][b]Fire Support Specialist Training[/b]:  Establish, maintain, and operate radio and wire communications and speech security equipment including encoding and decoding of messages using CEOI or grid thrust line templates; Prepares and maintains daily staff journal, fire support situation map, status charts, capability overlay, and other fire support and target processing records; Assists in preparation and dissemination of fire support plans, coordinating documents, and target lists and provides liaison support; Assists in initiating requests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and aerial delivered munitions; Emplaces, maintains, and assists in the operation of laser range finders, target designation, and night observation devices; Operates and performs operator maintenance on section vehicles and generators; Serves as a Forward Observer for a light infantry platoon capable of deployment in support of full spectrum combat operations; assists in the planning, synchronization, and execution of lethal and non-lethal fires into company operations to include indirect fires, attack aviation assets, close air support, civil affairs, information operations, psychological operations, and electronic warfare; ensures effects training is integrated and synchronized; and Performs crew maintenance and participates in organizational maintenance of section equipment. 
[*][b]Special Forces Weapons Sergeant[/b]: "Gun Guy" Familiarization with weapons systems found throughout the world. They gain extensive knowledge about various types of U.S. and foreign small arms, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, forward-observer procedures and directs fires and indirect-fire weapons (mortars); learn the capabilities and characteristics of U.S. and foreign air defense and anti-tank weapons systems, tactical training and range fire as well as how to teach marksmanship and the employment of weapons to others; employ conventional and unconventional tactics and techniques as tactical mission leaders; recruit, organize, train and advise or command indigenous combat forces up to company size; capable of employing, maintaining and engaging targets with select U.S. and foreign pistols, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns and machine guns; capable of employing, maintaining and engaging targets with select U.S. and foreign anti-armor weapons, crew-served weapons, mortars and in the utilization of observed fire procedures; proficient in light-infantry tactics through platoon level; and skills and understanding of on tactics, techniques and procedures that affect mission planning as it pertains to SF operations. 
[*][b]Fire Support Chief/Forward Air Controller Training[/b]: Responsible for preparing observed target list, responsible for all matters of fire support to include Mortar, Artillery, Naval Surface Fire, Close Combat Attack, and Close Air Support; initiates suppressive and screening fire to support the scheme of maneuver; performs crater analysis; selects and occupies observation post; Ensures AFATDS is properly initialized and used in conjunction with targeting information from the target production map and other sources to produce targets; Assists in recommending employment of fire support means to include Naval gunfire and CAS; and Ensures targets generated from the targeting element are passed to the fire control and operations elements for action. 
[*][b]NCO Professional Development Training[/b]: Completed Basic Leader Course as a Sergeant, Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course (BNCOC) as a Staff Sergeant, and Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course (ANCOC) as a Sergeant First Class.
[*][b]Parachutist Training[/b]: Completed the US Army's Airborne School at Ft. Benning, GA.
[*][b]Special Forces Qualification Course[/b]: In addition to the 18B skills for Special Forces Weapons Sergeant or "Gun Guy" as listed above, SFC Young completed Unconventional Warfare Training; Training in Arabic and Farsi; Special Forces Operations Training; Survival, Escape,  Resistance and Evasion (SERE) Course; and [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces_selection_and_training#UW_CULEX_.28Robin_Sage.29:_Phase_V_.284_weeks.29]Robin Sage[/url].
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[h3][u][b][color=0072bc]Skills:[/color][/b][/u][/h3]
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[*][b]Martial Arts Experience[/b]: Although his Krav Maga training was never measured by a traditional belt system, SFC Young received the equivalent of a 3rd Degree black belt in Krav Maga designed for Military Special Operations soldiers with twelve years of experience.
[*][b]Alcohol Consumption[/b]: As with most veterans of the United States Military, Sergeant Young is capable of drinking weaker folks under the table.
[*][b]Language Ability[/b]: English (fluent), Arabic (80%) and Farsi (60%).
[*][b]Spades[/b]: Calvin Young has extensive experience playing the card game, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spades]Spades.[/url]
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[b][color=0072bc]Personality:[/color][/b] Calvin is an easy going man. His years of living in miserable conditions has taught him to be tolerant of some of the most disgusting environment the world has to offer. He is a quick thinker and enjoys engaging in playful banter with friends, humor and practical jokes. When it is time to work, Calvin is focused on the task at hand, not easily distracted. He does occasionally wonder about his parents; believing them to be dead. Although he has had occasional dates in his life, he never had a serious relationship with a woman. This is his one regret. Now he worries this may never happen, given the current state of affairs in the world. It is not that he is looking for a woman, in fact, he puts the notion out of his mind as one of those things he is incapable of achieving.

[hider=Backstory][b][color=0072bc]Backstory:[/color][/b] Calvin Young grew up in West Roxbury, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. West Roxbury is home to Boston Police Officers and Calvin's father Reginald "Reggie" served the city of Boston for over thirty years, rising to the rank of Superintendant in charge of the Bureau of Investigative Services (BIS), which consists of the Homicide Unit, Drug Control Unit, Family Justice Center and Forensic Science Division. Due to his father's position in the community, young Calvin always had to keep his nose clean. His father was tough on him, insuring he kept out of trouble.

Calvin played football at Fenway High School on Alleghany St. Calvin played varsity Safety and excelled on defense. He exhibited leadership on and off the field unifying the defensive squad into a cohesive team. Occasionally, he was called upon to play Running Back or Receiver.

Although Calvin excelled at athletics, he did not do so well in academic pursuits. He did however graduate with his classmates in 2123. Immediately following High School, Calvin found that job prospects were deplorable and enlisted in the United States Army. He chose the Military Occupational Specialty 13F Fire Support Specialist. He conducted Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma learning how to call in any and all indirect fire available to the US Army. This included Artillery, Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and Infantry Mortars.

Calvin's first duty assignment was with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment in the US 1st Armor Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas. While at Ft. Bliss, Calvin found a martial arts school off post that taught the Israeli Self Defense form, Krav Maga. Private First Class Young really enjoyed the physicality of the exercise along with the aggressiveness. He took to it immediately.

Calvin Young spent his first three years in the Army with 2-3FA, 1AD ending up as a Specialist. When he was due to re-enlist, he was offered a promotion to Sergeant and training in US Army Special Forces. He was actually quite excited about this offer and snapped it up right away.

Sergeant Young then transferred to Ft. Benning, GA where he underwent four weeks of Airborne school. This training was actually more physical fitness than anything else. Fortunately, for Calvin, he had been focusing on his fitness since he was a Freshman in High School taking up weight lifting and then later as a brand new recruit training in Krav Maga in Texas.

After receiving his silver parachutist badge, he then headed to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina and the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center. This was one of the most grueling experiences of his lifetime. He spent almost a year in the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ). Finally after four years in the US Army, Sergeant Calvin Young was a 22-year old 18B, Special Forces Weapons Sergeant.

Sergeant Young was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky for five years. As a member of Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) #5213, A Company, 2nd Battalion, Sergeant Young saw action in Yemen, Somalia, Eqypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, UAE, Iraq, Chad and Syria. About two years into his time with the 5th Group, Calvin Young was promoted to Staff Sergeant.

Next, he transferred to 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), popularly known as Delta Force. While with Delta, SSG Young saw action all over the world. SFOD Delta is assigned missions based on the threat level assigned by the President of the United States of America (POTUSA). Delta is used for hostage rescue and counterterrorism, as well as direct action and reconnaissance against high-value targets.

While with 5th SFG, Calvin Young used his Fire Support Specialist skills in calling in Artillery, mortar and rocket fire when needed. Often times, his ODA had a USAF Forward Air Control Party attached which provided guidance for Tactical Air assets providing Close Air Support. In conjunction with his duties as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant and Forward Observer, SSG Young cross trained with US Air Force Forward Air Controllers to learn their duties as well. While with 5th SFG, SSG Young became qualified to call in Close Air Support attacks from Tactical Air assets provided in theater. These skills he has been able to utilitize with Indirect Fire Support units within Shadow Task Group (STG) or Private Military Corporations contracted to support STG in their operations.

It was during this time, that the US Army was called upon to assist with fighting the machines. The 5th SFG was already forward deployed to North Africa. SSG Young saw action in and around Cairo, Egypt, fighting the machines created by the corporations years before. He truly did not understand how the machines had acquired independent intelligence from a human operator, but was unfortunately, not in a  position to question. As a Fire Support Specialist and Forward Air Controller for his Operational Detachment Alpha, SSG Young called in volumes of both indirect fired artillery and rocket projectiles as well as air launched munitions. 

The unit was called back to the States in 2131, just before the launch of Weapons of Mass Destruction. He enjoyed being back home in Kentucky, but also quietly craved to be back in the shit. When he was in theater, he wanted to be home, but when he was home, he wanted to be in theater. It a crazy situation, but he dealt with it best he could.

When he heard about the WMD use all over the world, he cringed. He lost contact with his father and mother up in Boston. He knew he dad had his hands full with his duties with BPD. Things became darker and there were too many uncertainties in life.

After ten years in the army, one year after joining ODA-D, Calvin Young was promoted to Sergeant First Class at the age of 28. Also, due to his duty assignments in the US Special Operations Command, he was able to continue his training in Krav Maga. He did however miss one year of training while he was at JFK-SWC, but US Special Operations Units train in Krav Maga as a Standard Operational Procedure. Everyone in USSOCOM trains in Krav.

Due to the nuclear winter imposed on everyone, much of the civilian populace has gone underground. Even SFC Young's 1st SFOD-D spends most of its time underground. Advancements in exo-skeletons and the use of environmentally contained suits has allowed the Special Forces teams to operate above ground for short durations. SFC Young and his teammates do what they can to survive and complete their missions.

In 2135, while on a reconnaissance and surveillance operation in the Washington, DC area, SFC Young's Delta Team came in contact with Mutants. While in a fight for their lives, one member of the team, Anthony Gregario was bitten by mutated human. The infection time was rapid. SSG Gregario became enraged and displayed extreme aggression as well as superior speed.  "Doc" Kraznowski had to put him down. It was tragic. SFC Young's team leader, Master Segeant Holloway reported their observations up the chain of command as soon as they were debriefed. That was when the order was given to shoot on sight, any contact with mutated humans and if possible to destroy them at a distance. While snipers became an excellent tool for targeting individual targets, SFC Young's skills with directing Indirect Fire and Tactical Air assets helped to destroy large herds of the infected population.

Even with the limited successes the US Army had in 2135, it was not enough. The machines and mutated lifeforms have pushed the healthy humans underground. The organizational structure of the US Military has disintegrated. Experienced personnel were urged to join Private Military Corporations like Shadow Task Group. This is exactly what former Sergeant First Class Calvin Young did.[/hider][hider=Timeline][b] [color=0072bc]Timeline:[/color][/b] I took Anima's timeline and integrated Calvin Young's timeline to see how they mesh together. This helped me in writing the backstory for SFC Young.

2105: Born August 15. Given this information, he is either 31 if the current date is prior to his birthdate in 2137 or 32 if after his birthdate.

2112:  Cryus Corporation announced the successful creation of the first independent AI machine.  The bankrupt corporation quickly skyrocketed to the most powerful entity in the world.  Mass distribution of the machines are assembled in undisclosed locations.

2112: Calvin is 6 or 7 years old and unaware of Cyrus Corporation and their machines.

2115:  The machines have been further refined for cheaper assembly.  Almost every household now owns a personal machine.

2115: Calvin is 9 or 10 years old. His father is a Boston City Police Detective. The Detective Lieutenant purchases a "Cyrus Machine" for the home. Calvin is curious.

2116:  Ethics Community created to protect the rights of the machines.  However, human bias of the committee made each law work in the interest of mankind.  Machine sympathizers began riots in the streets.  Minor domestic disturbances, only a few deaths reported.  The same cannot be said of the machines.

2116: Calvin is 10 or 11 years old. He notices his father's work load increases during the Back Bay Riots that summer.

2123: Calvin Graduates HS & joins the Army. Reginald Young is appointed Superintendant of the BIS.

2126: Calvin Young is promoted to Sergeant and begins Special Forces Training.

2127:  Learning from the past, strict rules were enforced.  Law enforcement has become integrated into the Ethics Committee.  Many anti-synthetic extremist carry out atrocious crimes against humanities synthetic siblings.

2127: Calvin Assigned to 5th SFG. First and Second deployments to Middle East.

2128: Calvin participates in five separate deployments to North Africa and the Middle East. He has not time or interest in reading about or understanding what is happening in the realm of AI enhanced machines or the term Anti-Synthetic exrtremist.

2129:  First reported crime of murder by the hands of a machine.  Law enforcement and civilian alike treat machines with heavy prejudice.  Strong resentment and disregard for the platforms begin.  The streets of every nation is set ablaze with violence.  Initially, the machines don’t retaliate.  However, it didn’t stay like that for long.

2129: Calvin is promoted to Staff Sergeant and returns to the Middle East and North Africa for six more deployments. He calls in several Close Air Support Missions using F-68 Thunderbird Attack Aircraft. The F-68 is an enhanced VII Generation Attack Aircraft encompassing VTOL/STOL capabilities, stealth, and improved avionics which can generate 30+G turns and naturally UCAV capabilities. A human cannot survive the turns this aircraft is capable of making. A few models of the F-68 are manned providing the Air Force's desired human eye perception of the 22nd Century battlefield.

2130:  Military forces are called in.  The revolt of the machines have begun.  Every corner of the once great megalopolises are filled with death.  The machines begin to develop weapons of their own through the salvage and rapid research that they can command.  Slowly, humanity is slowly losing their ground.

2130: Calvin and the 5th SFG are assigned to the French Base at Djibouti. They conduct numerous operations against machines in Northeastern Africa; specifically in Egypt.

2131:  Humanity resorts to WMDs in hopes of destroying their creations.  With heavy regret, death reigns from above as whole cities are leveled.  Families unable to flee to safe distances are vaporized under the extreme heat of human made missiles.  However, the objective was successful.  The machines were halted... for now.

2131: Calvin's ODA is evacuated from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, mere hours before a 100 Megaton nuclear Warhead detonates over this Middle Eastern City killing an estimated 1.8 Million People.

2132: Assigned to 1st SFOD-D and deploys to several classified locations around the world including Egypt, Russia and Beijing China.

2133:  Earth has become polluted with radiation and nuclear winters.  Humanity has quickly fled to underground cities.  There, new generations are born.  Life goes on, but new dangers have arrived.

2133: SSG Young is promoted to Sergeant First Class. His Operational Detachment Delta (ODD) has been recalled back to the US permanently.  SFC Young will never be deployed outside the US again. Times have become too difficult in country to send troops overseas. He and his ODD conduct several patrols in NBC Suits (MOPP-4). Occasionally contact with the Machines occurs. The ODD is supported by a squadron of F-68s and a battalion of MLRS. He uses them occasionally during operations in Northern Virginia.

2135:  First encounter with the mutated has been confirmed.  Studies have confirmed the infectivity of a bite from the infected.  Anatomy has revealed that and saliva or any particle of blood can cause immediate infection.  Infectees are enraged and show extreme aggression as do they have superior speed.  All combat personnel are ordered to kill on sight.  Distance kills recommended.

2135: SFC Young's last patrol in Eastern US results in the mutated death of a teammate. Calvin is horrified and happy to make it out of DC alive. Later that year, the US Army dissolves and the survivors are left to make their way to safety in the underground cities or wherever Safe Haven can be found.

2136: SFC Young agrees to join Shadow Task Group in order to fight against both the Mutants and the Machines.

2137 (Present Day):  Humanity has lost any hope in reclaiming the surface.  The infected and the machines have supremacy.  Contact has been lost with many underground cities while surface settlements have also been lost.  The population is slowly diminishing.  The golden age of humans is over.[/hider][/hider]
During the construction of this Character Sheet, I made the inaccurate assumption that Major Command and Sub Major Commands within the US Army would remain organized in the early 22nd century as they are in the early 21st Century. I say [i]inaccurate[/i] because the US Army changes its organizational structure more frequently than once every 100 years. As a notice of validity, the author of this character sheet spent 21 years in the US Army retiring 14 years ago as an Infantry Officer. If I didn't know something, I researched it.