**Name:** Gavriel Benayoun **Age:** 28 **Gender:** Male **Ethnicity/Nationality:** Israeli (Polish Ashkenazi/Lebanese Mizrahi) **Former Unit:** Shamal Rishon (Staff Sergeant/NATO OR-6) in the IDF, part of Shayetet-13 (Flotilla 13), the Israeli naval special operations unit in both the Raids and Underwater battalions Prior Service units: - Shayetet-13 Selection - Battalion 932, Nahal Brigade, Rifleman 04 grade - Battalion 933 (Tironut/Basic Training), Nahal Brigade, Rifleman 03 Grade **Role:** Rifleman (cross-trained as a designated marksman) **Physical Description:** Average height, with strong shoulders and upper body. He has olive skin and features that would let him pass for Arab easily; deep-set dark eyes, dark hair kept fairly short, but not American/European military high and tight (Israelis aren't known for it) and no tattoos, though he keeps a fairly scruffy stubble of a beard. Off work, he prefers a pair of fairly skinny jeans, an untucked v-neck long-sleeved shirt or button-down shirt and a pair of Oakleys. His shoes tend to be leather jobs that he can wear with bare feet. **Skillset:** - Operator with Shayetet-13, the Israeli general staff unit tasked with naval special operations missions. - Advanced Course in SCUBA operations, including open and closed circuit systems. - Underwater Demolition training - CQB/Counterterror - Small Boat Handling - Parachute school - Land Navigation - Small Unit Tactics - Sea-to-Land incursions - Reconnaissance (particularly hydrographic survey) - Cross training: Marine Scout-Sniper School, Marine Corps Base Quantico - Krav Maga, expert - Score 100 on the Bar Or, the IDF military fitness test - Familiarity with IDF, East Bloc and NATO standard weaponry, particularly the M4 platform, the Kalashnikov, and IDF issue weaponry. Centurion used him as an instructor on the Negev during the familiarization in Guyana. - Speaks Arabic, English, Hebrew, smattering of French picked up in Guyana. **History:** Born on Gadot, a Kibbutz in the Hula valley on the Lebanese border to Asher, a Lebanese Jew and Ruth, from kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot and whose father, Mordechai, is a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and a veteran of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Her mother is of French Jewish ancestry and fought alongside her father in the 1948 war. Gavriel was raised in a communal environment toward the end of the Kibbutz movement, as his father worked as a mechanic on the commercial farming equipment while his mother, Ruth, who was educated in computer sciences, became part of the kibbutz-sponsored computer company, which managed to be successful. He was raised in comfortable circumstances as 'differential wages' were instituted. At age 17 in 2003, he joined the IDF as part of the Nahal brigade, an elite infantry unit composed of kibbutzniks and Mahal (foreign) volunteers that saw a lot of service in Lebanon until the pullout in 2000. He would have joined whichever of the best units held selection first, and that happened to be Shayetet-13, the naval special warfare unit of of the Israeli Defense Forces. With Shayetet-13, he served in the 2006 Lebanon War, and was part of a number of coastal reconnaissance operations operations into Syria on behalf of the IDF. During this time, circa 2007, he married one Naomi Yadin, had two daughters, Adara and Rivka, and then found himself divorced by the end of 2012. He spent two years out of the IDF (resigning active duty, but continuing on as a reservist in a failed attempt to keep his marriage going) working as a networking and IT specialist in Tel Aviv when he heard about Centurion's offer. **Psychological Profile:** Gavriel's magnetic north was disrupted by his divorce from his wife (and her rapid remarriage, with his kids). At first, he was somewhat okay with it, but then as the reality set in, it started to rankle on him. Centurion offered a way out of the spiral of his life and a change from things – how big a change, he didn't realize. Gavriel is not naturally a talkative person, and he is not always patient with people who do not keep up. Given the chance to argue, he will, with much passion, but not much grudge in most casual conversation; playing the Devil's advocate comes naturally to him. Given a competent leader, he is a disciplined and effective soldier, but he is opinionated and informal in the Israeli manner; it’s said that if you’re serving in a company in the IDF, you will be calling the Captain by first name within a month. That’s not how the rest of the world does it, but the Israelis get along just fine with their more egalitarian outlook. Of course, Israeli officers come from the ranks, not an academy. **Equipment: ** - Head/Face: Ops-core ballistic helmet, high cut, with at least one headphone attached, NVG's attached and dust/sand goggles attached just in case. There are two mounting points for his flashlight, if he cares to attach it thus and for a camera, just in case. He doesn't do baclavas, but he does wear Israeli-style camouflaged netting around his neck to help keep things from chafing, which can be used to cover up his face and head in the sun if necessary. He also has his oakleys. - Body: Combat shirt and fatigue pants, as well as a Grathik-manufactured armored vest that is being issued to all the human troops; it resembles Dragonskin but it's made from different materials. His vest has pouches attached for ten 5.56mm magazines, a hydration system, weapon cleaning kit and various other miscellaneous equipment including a dive knife and multi-tool, maps, pens and so forth. A belt with a buttpack containing a first aid kit (with not one, but two tourniquet kits), survival gear, a sheathed Dustar Knives combat knife, an Israeli model, as well as a folding knife of the same make and a very bright flashlight – the kind that has protrusions on the head to allow for glass-breaking. He also has a pair of bolt cutters and a good digital camera. Wrist-mounted compass and dive watch – expensive, solar powered and pretty damned nice. It's already willed off to Park if he is KIA. Mechanix gloves, vented. - Blackhawk Warrior assault boots, low-cut, non slip soles. Old school canteen pouch to hold expended magazines. - Pack: Extra food, clothing, empty magazines, poncho, liner, etc, etc. Much what Park has, but Gav also has a demo kit. Duct tape, electrical tape. - Primary weapon: HK416, 14.5” barrel, Eotech Magnifier and holo (or Grathik knockoffs), Israeli sling with the plastic clips, attached to paracord wrapped around a polymer (for silence) sling loop and the rear stock. AN/PEQ-2, forward grip-pod, KAC MBUIS and flip front sight, cowitnessing. 300 rounds of ammunition. Round fifteen and the last four rounds of every magazine are tracers to let him know that he's running low and needs to be ready to reload. - Sidearm: M1911A1, with ambidextrous safety, synthetic grips, expanded ejection port and tritium dot night sights. The holster is rigged on the waist, crossdraw position, grip canted. Four magazines, .45ACP - Grenades; Mostly frags, two smokes, one WP. Pouches on the vest. - Optional: Wetsuit, dry suit, fins and SCUBA gear. If he thinks he's going to get wet, he'll put on a drysuit under the uniform. He also may supplement his web gear with the sort of rapid-inflation flotation device designed for naval special operators to wear under the vest.