[B][h3][color=f7941d]Name:[/color] Clayton Morris[/h3][/B]

[B][COLOR=f7941d]Nationality: [/color]  American[/B]
[B][COLOR=f7941d]Age: [/color]  38[/B]
[B][COLOR=f7941d]Rank/Title: [/color]  Gunnery Sergeant, USMC/Squad Leader, PMC[/B]
[B][COLOR=f7941d]Military Occupational Specialty: [/color]  0300 Infantry[/B]
[B][COLOR=f7941d]Appearance: [/color][/b]  [i][b]"The Riddler"[/b][/i] stands 5'11", and weighs 195 Lbs. He is of African American descent. Clayton Morris is of excellent physical condition with very short hair; maintaining a USMC standard High and Tight haircut. If he were to allow his hair to grow, one would see gray hair in his beard and on his temples.

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[B][h3][COLOR=f7941d][U]Skills/Abilities:[/U][/color][/h3][/b]
- Served as a Marine Squad Automatic Rifleman, Grenadier, Team Leader, Squad Leader, and member of a Marine Special Operations squad.
- Airborne School
- Force Reconnaissance School
- Marine Special Operations Course (MARSOC)
- Light Infantry Leader's Course (PMC sponsored)
- experience driving an AAV-7 and EFV
- USMC Physical Fitness Score: 295 of 300.
- Expert with the M4 Carbine hitting 40 of 40 targets at his last Range Qualification
- Proficient with M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M320 Grenade Launcher, M9 Pistol, M2 .50 cal HB Machine Gun, M240 Machine gun, M14 Rifle and M16A2 Assault Rifle.

[B][h3][COLOR=f7941d][U]Equipment:[/U][/color][/h3][/b]
[hider=Carried Items][b][u]Items carried on person:[/u][/b] Current USMC digi-combat uniform, tan combat boots, black weight lifting gloves, a NCStar CBG2911 tactical back pack, color green, Night vision device (attaches to helmet), and Dragonscale Armor. Olive Green Combat Assault vest, two olive green canteens at the rear left and right along the waist, four pouches containing two each 30- round magazines for the M4 Carbine, a tactical holster on the right outer thigh for the M9 pistol, a first aid kit, a butt pack attached to the rear and a camel back hydration system. Clayton has a Kevlar construction helmet shaped like the German Falschirmjager helmet of WWII. In his pockets he carries a lensatic compass, a Green whistle, grease pencils, black ink pens, a small notebook, protractor, binoculars (7x50mm) and three rolls of black electrical tape. In his butt pack; one MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) broken down, cleaning rag, weapons cleaning kit, Cleaner, Lubricant & Preservative (CLP) bottle. He has nine 30-round magazines that are all full (270 rounds), four magazines for the M9 (60 rds). He wears a current state of the art smart phone and blue tooth communication system hardened to withstand EMP attached to the left forearm. When he is not wearing his helmet, he wears his USMC digi-camo cover. Attached to his helmet is a set of Goggles (Sun, Wind and Dust). Clayton has a Gerber Mark II Survival knife attached to his assault vest, a Gerber boot knife at the top of his right boot & a Leatherman tool on his belt.[/hider][hider=Pack Items][b][u]Items carried in his pack:[/u][/b] Three MREs, one extra set of combat fatigues, foot powder, sunscreen, four empty 30-round magazines, five Black T-shirts in zip lock bags, seven pairs of wool socks in zip lock bags, wet weather poncho, poncho liner, four bungee cords with hooks, three rolls of OD green duct tape, two hundred feet of 550 Lb parachute cord, one brown towel, a two-quart bladder canteen attached to pack, Intrenching tool (E-Tool) /with carrier, a climbing harness, locking D-ring, figure eight descender, various military snap links, four small spools of trip wire with four small nails inside each spool, Nomex hood.[/hider][hider=equipment weight][b][u]Combat Load:[/u][/b]
Assault vest (Loaded): 20 Lbs.
Pack: 34 Lbs.
Total: 54 Lbs.[/hider]
 
[B][h3][COLOR=f7941d]Personality:[/color][/h3][/b]
Clayton Morris is serious about his work. He knows that survival is dependent upon his ability to play close attention to detail and to insure those personnel he is charged with preparing for combat take their training seriously as well as the preparation requirements for combat. When in combat, Clayton Morris is "Serious as a Mother Fuckin' Heart Attack" and that is what he will tell you. When he is not on an operation, not training or not on duty, Clayton Morris is a fun-locing Marine with a great sense of humor. His sense of humor earned him the sobriquet of "The Riddler"; known for making folks laugh.

[B][h3][COLOR=f7941d]History: [/color][/h3][/b]
Clayton Morris is originally from Cleveland, OH. He worked for his uncle for a few years before deciding to go into the military. He spent 16 years in the US Marine Corps, leaving the Corps on the new "Early Retirement" package. After he retired, he realized that his missed the lifestyle. It was one of those situations where he hated it when he was doing it, but loved it when he wasn't doing it. This piqued his curiosity about Private Military Contractors. He joined Blackwater Global Inc two years ago. He has seen numerous combat situations in the Middle East serving as a PMC and as a Marine. 

Clayton's duty assignments include:
- Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3-1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Camp Pendleton, CA (1994 - 1995)
- Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines (1-4), 31st MEU, Okinawa, Japan (1995-1997)
- Promoted to Corporal 1 Jan 97.
- After being promoted to Corporal, Clayton attended the US Army Airborne school at Ft. Benning, GA.
- Attended Marine Force Recon Training on Camp Pendleton and Coronado, CA in early 1997.
-Team Leader, D Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA
- promoted to Sergeant 1 Mar 99.
- Squad Leader, A Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd MarDiv, Okinawa, Japan 1999
- promoted to Staff Sergeant, 1 Mar 2003.
- Assistant Platoon Sergeant, B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd MarDiv, Camp Lejeune, NC 2003
- Attended Marine Special Operations Course (MARSOC) 2006 - 2007. This is a 7 month course conducted at Camp Lejeune, NC. During the Course, Clayton Morris received intensive language training in Farsi.
- Member of A Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion 2007 - 2010.
- Promoted to Gunnery Sergeant in 2008.
- In 2010, he took an early retirement from the USMC.

In 2003, many units from the 2nd MarDiv saw action in Iraq, the 2nd Recon Battalion remained at Camp Lejeune. Between 2007 and 2010, A Company, 1st MSOB saw at least a half dozen operations in Afghanistan searching for Osama bin Laden as well as intelligence gathering operations in areas of Iran. But there are no records of those operations in Iran.

While serving with the PMC, Clayton has been serving in Kandahar providing security to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating in the Afghanistan theater of operations. His squad of PMCs has made contact with the Taliban on several occasions.

[B][h3][COLOR=f7941d]Relationships and Acquaintances: [/color][/h3][/b]
TBD