[HIDER=Anthony Collins][color=fdc68a][B]Name:[/b][/color] Anthony Collins (Nick: Tony)
[color=fdc68a][B]Age:[/b][/color] 35
[color=fdc68a][B]Gender:[/b][/color] Male
[color=fdc68a][B]Ethnicity/Nationality:[/b][/color] Welsh/British/African
[color=fdc68a][b]Former Unit:[/b][/color] Tony served as a Rifle Platoon Leader with Two Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 Paras) at Colchester Garrison. After three years, he trained in Special Air Services Selection. He spent six years in SAS with Air Troop, B Squadron, 22 SAS Regiment. Tony has served with 3 Para at Colchester Garrison for the past four years. 

[color=fdc68a][b]Role:[/b][/color] Platoon Leader

[color=fdc68a][B]Physical Description:[/b][/color][INDENT] Tony Collins is an impressive looking man at 6' 4" tall and weighing just under 250 Lbs. His body is sculpted to perfection from more than 20 years of body building and weightlifting. He is of African descent with dark skin. After leaving the army, he has taken to wearing a goatee. What is visibly noticeable about Tony is his muscular bulk.[/INDENT]

[hider=Tony Collins][img]http://i.imgur.com/npgiyTn.png[/img][/hider]

[color=fdc68a][B]Skillset:[/b][/color]
[INDENT]- Served as Rifle Platoon Leader, Mortar Platoon Leader, Troop Executive Officer, Troop Commander, Battalion Staff Officer and Regimental Staff Officer.
- Infantry Officer Basic Course
- Parachute School
- Special Air Service Selection Process
- SCUBA qualified
- HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) qualified
- Expert with his primary weapon.
- Proficient with all available small arms weapons on the planet.
- Leadership
- Land Navigation
- Small Unit Tactics
- Battalion/Brigade Operations (Heavy/Light Mix)[/INDENT]

[color=fdc68a][B]History:[/b][/color][INDENT] Tony grew up in Birchgrove section of Cardiff, Wales. His father, Bruce worked for Arriva Trains Wales earning an honest living. He sacrificed to insure his son gained a decent education. Tony’s mother is employed as a clerk in the Welsh Treasury in Cardiff.

While in secondary school, Anthony Collins played defenseman for his school’s football team. He enjoyed sports and began lifting weights and running when he was 15 years old. He also enjoyed hiking and went on holiday hiking Brecon Beacons National Park in the summertime. His family would camp there on occasion.

When he graduated secondary school, he was accepted to the University of South Wales, School of Engineering. He graduated with a 3.5 International GPA and a 4.0 UK GPA providing him with a strong platform for which to gain employment. His degree was in computer engineering. Anthony had wanted to join the British Army since he was a young lad.

He joined the Army after graduating from the University in 2003 and attended the Infantry Training Centre at Vimy Barracks in Catterick. This is a 26-week course for which he completed in time for Christmas. He was able to go on holiday until the first of the year. Second Lieutenant Anthony Collins then attended Parachute Training at 1Parachute Training Regiment at Colchester Garrison. He eventualy graduated receiving his wings as a Paratrooper and then assignment as a Rifle Platoon Leader with B Troop, 2 Para. He held this position for 18 months and was reassigned as battalion mortar platoon leader for the combat support company of the battalion.

After three years with the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Anthony Collins was promoted to first lieutenant and volunteered for selection into the Special Air Service. SAS Selection is a most arduous and difficult training regimen. The retention rate for students entering the course and successfully completing is roughly 10 – 15%. Anthony completed the course and became a better man because of it.  

He spent ten years in SAS with 22 SAS Regiment and saw many covert operations around the globe and at home in the interest of the crown. In 2010, Tony was promoted to Captain and given his own SAS Troop to command. In 2015, Tony was promoted to Major and assigned as a Battalion Operations Officer in 2nd Battalion, 22 SAS.

As an officer in 22 SAS, Tony was deployed to Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Soldiers from his Troop conducted a joint operation with US Navy SEALS in Badakhshan Province in 2010 where they rescued four international aid workers and killed 11 hostiles. No friendly soldiers were wounded during this operation.

Later in 2010 the Forward Operating Base his Troop operated out of came under attack by a mass of over three Taliban soldiers. The Troop took one casualty in the process, but inflicted over a hundred upon the enemy. The siege of their fire base lasted sixteen hours. American Apache Helicopters and A10 Warthogs were eventually brought in to suppress the enemy and relieve the British soldiers on the base.

While with 22 SAS, Tony served as a Platoon Leader, Troop Executive Officer, Troop Commander, battalion quartermaster, battalion assistant operations officer, battalion administrative officer, regimental special staff officer in the operations section and battalion operations officer. In late 2016, Tony left 22 SAS and the British Officer to join Centurion, recruiting in South America. With his experience and position in his nation’s military he was offered a position as a Platoon Leader.[/INDENT]

[color=fdc68a][B]Psychological Profile:[/b][/color][INDENT]Tony is for the most part a positive upbeat individual with a pleasant sense of humor. He believes most people have good intentions and will give a bloke the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. When someone proves Tony wrong in this aspect, they receive the black mark for life. It takes a lot of good deeds to come off Tony’s black list. For enlisted soldiers, expect no positive accolades or plush assignments. For peers, he offers the silent treatment. They are banished in his eyes. Personal integrity is something that a real man must never violate. Once lost, it can never be regained.

Tony prefers to be non-confrontational. This appears to be an oxymoron for someone who has devoted much of their life to being a soldier, but it is not about enemy combatants on a battlefield. It is in regards to those individuals he has an inter-personal relationship with. He would rather avoid a conflict if possible. He is disciplined enough to know that the mission of his unit comes first. He will suck it up and do what needs to be done even if it ruffles a few feathers along the way. Sometimes it is best to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.

As a soldier, Tony is a very disciplined individual with an acute focus on the task at hand, while keeping an eye on what is coming next.[/INDENT][/HIDER]