@Sifter: I completely agree with Wired. You need more meat in the background, it seems like you're more interested in playing a general soldier than actual character development based on what I see here. I don't need to know about your weapons as they'd be standard issue if he were on-duty. If he's returning to his family off-duty he would not have an automatic rifle, so it keeps things pretty simple. Give more detail into his personality, his background, and what makes this guy tick. Until then I cannot accept the character.

@Wired: Will you be coming into the Vancouver-Portland Metro area or sticking far, far away from other characters?