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[[folder:''Ghost Recon'']]
!The Ghosts (Specialists)
!!Will Jacobs
-> Class: Rifleman
A Special Forces Captain who was assigned to the Ghosts in 2001. He retired as a major after the game, appearing once again as a TV show host in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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%%* TheCaptain
* GeniusBruiser: Besides being a skilled elite soldier, his bio notes he's also a tactical ace, [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]], accomplished pianist, and astronomer.
%%* MajorlyAwesome
* {{Narrator}}: Serves as one in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
%%* RetiredBadass
!!Leah "Lindy" Cohen
-> Class: Rifleman
A 10th Infantry Regiment (later Special Forces) sergeant who was transferred to the Ghosts in 2005.
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%%* ActionGirl
* BoisterousBruiser: Has apparently run herself out of ammunition on several occasions due to "an excess of enthusiasm" in the field. Also had a "particular fondness" for unarmed combat and once put a martial arts instructor in the infirmary, earning her much respect from her peers.
%%* SergeantRock
!!Klaus Henkel
-> Class: Demolitions
A Bundeswehr demolitions specialist. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2003.
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* DemolitionsExpert: Particularly pronounced in ''Island Thunder'', where his kits are revamped to give him both a twelve-shot grenade launcher and the [=AT4=].
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Harold "Buzz" Gordon
-> Class: Rifleman
An Army Ranger and one of the first Ghost operatives to join when it was formed in 1994. After the events of the game and the expansion packs, he becomes a Lieutenant Colonel, becoming part of the Ghost Command.
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%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* ColonelBadass
* FeelingTheirAge: His personal quote in his bio on the old website had him lamenting that he was "too old for this crap twenty years ago".
* MissionControl: For Scott Mitchell, twice in the novels.
!!Scott Ibrahim
-> Class: Sniper
Another 10th Infantry Regiment-turned-Special Forces member, serving as a sniper. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2007.
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* TheArtifact: His bio was apparently finalized before his actual in-game class and weapon selection was, since said bio insists he's just as accurate with the M136 as he is with small arms, despite the fact that he can't actually use the M136.
%%* FriendlySniper
* NewMeat: In a relative sense, as while he's been with general Special Forces for two years, he's the newest addition to the Ghosts.
!!Dieter Munz
-> Class: Support
A Bundeswehr machinegunner who also spent time with GSG-9, and has served with the Ghosts since 2006.
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* TheArtifact: Like Ibrahim above, his bio also insists he specializes with the M136 and even keeps meticulous count of how many vehicles he's killed with them, despite him not being a Demolitions specialist who actually has access to it.
%%* TheBigGuy
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: His bio states that he's attempted to learn French several times, all of which "failed miserably".
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons are machine guns.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Nigel Tunny
-> Class: Demolitions
A former British Army EOD specialist who joined the Special Air Service in 2001, then was attached to the Ghosts in 2005.
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* TheAlcoholic: His personal quote on the old website had him asking someone else to hold his beer while he set a demo charge... then stating that ''of course'' he's joking, [[BaitAndSwitch why would he trust anyone else with his drink?]]
* TheBigGuy: Not as much as a Support specialist - being a Demolitions specialist means he actually gets one of the smallest regular guns, but he also gets access to things that make the biggest booms.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: PlayedForLaughs - according to his bio, he threatens to quit "approximately once every three weeks".
!!Jack Stone
-> Class: Sniper
Another British Army soldier/SAS operative, a sniper who has worked with the Ghosts since 2005.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: He apparently scored the highest marks ever recorded on his initial marksmanship test.
* NoodleIncident: He was sent as part of an advance force for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea around November 2003, was captured by guerillas on the third, and escaped after killing them all on the sixth. He's not particularly keen on saying much about what exactly happened there.
!!Henry Ramirez
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 37th Armored Division who was also attached to the Colombian Joint Southern Task Force for a time, before joining the Ghosts in 2006.
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* BerserkButton: He doesn't like hearing jokes about short people, being disrespected in general, or being called "Hank".
* IHaveNoSon: Inverted, he doesn't get along very well with his step-father. He hasn't spoken to his family in four years.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has few friends among the other Ghosts, but the ones he does have, he's very close to.
!!Guram Osadze
->Class: Support
A Georgian Army heavy gunner from 1991, attempts at increased cooperative effort between Georgia and the US saw him attached to the Ghosts since 2002.
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* ContinuityNod: A younger relative of his shows up as a member of a Georgian special forces team in ''Future Soldier'', and he mentions Guram's service with the Ghosts, saying that he always spoke very highly of them.
* {{Fanboy}}: His bio states he absolutely loves American rap music.
* PatrioticFervor: His parents were instrumental in Georgia's transition from a Soviet satellite to an independent nation, and he in turn is extremely loyal to his country's freedom.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Taking a page from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]], he apparently has a tattoo of the Georgian flag on his left bicep.
!!Astra Galinsky
->Class: Sniper
A Lithuanian national champion shooter, her intended path has been currently cut short due to the incident with Russia, called up for active duty from the Lithuanian National Guard in 2007.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ColdSniper: In any other cases she'd be more the {{friendly|Sniper}} type, but with her parents having gone missing for over a month, she's not in the mood for it.
!!Susan Grey
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade who joined Special Forces in 1999, and was assigned to the Ghosts in 2004.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: For a variety of reasons, she is apparently the single most-disliked member of the Ghosts.
* InsufferableGenius: According to her bio on the old website, she has a "propensity for explaining to others exactly how skilled she is", and a tendency to correct inaccurate statements from other members of the group - even if she wasn't originally part of their conversation.
* TheLeader: In the ''[=EndWar=]'' alternate continuity she becomes the leader of Ghost Recon after Mitchell is promoted to General and leader of the U.S. military.
!!Jodit Haile
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the Eritrean Defense Force since 1999, returning to active service as hostilities flare up once again between Eritrea and Ethiopia, where she ends up working alongside the Ghosts.
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* ActionMom: She has a son who's, at the time of the current hostilities, about seven years old.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She joined a rebel group around 2004 that ultimately succeeded in overthrowing the previous dictatorial government. Knowing that said government was sponsored by the US, she's not exactly happy to be accepting help from America or work with American forces, though the Ghosts eventually impress her with their professionalism.
* SmallGirlBigGun: Above-average height, but rather lanky in appearance and without any particularly visible muscle mass - so of course she's given the PKM, one of the biggest guns you can get in the game. This is especially pronounced in that the game classifies her as a Rifleman specialist, but gives her Support kits.
!Antagonists
!!Dimitri Arbatov
President of the hardline "Russian Democratic Union", who wishes to reestablish the Soviet Empire.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He gets arrested and eventually executed by his own generals a little over halfway through the game as a scapegoat for the failure of the Russian invasion. Getting rid of said generals becomes the focus of the rest of the game.]]
* TheGhost: President Arbatov is only mentioned in mission briefings, and never actually appears in the game itself. You never even ever see what he looks like.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the original ''Ghost Recon'' game. He's the leader of the new hardline government responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia and the Baltics, but is only mentioned in mission briefings and never seen or interacted with at all.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: PresidentEvil. [[spoiler:Becomes President Failure late in the game, betrayed and executed by his own troops]].
!!Tesfaye Wolde
An Ethiopian colonel and warlord who overthrows the Ethiopian government using weapons purchased from President Arbitov's hardline Russian government, so he can start another war with Eritrea. [[spoiler:He's ultimately defeated, and is either killed in action or captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: As seen in the cutscenes from the console version of the game.
* BigBad: Of the ''Desert Siege'' expansion pack.
%%* [[GeneralRipper Colonel Ripper]]
* FrontlineGeneral[=/=]VillainousValor: In the final mission, after the Ghosts have dismantled the rest of his military apparatus, he personally leads a tank column out against you in a last-ditch effort to rally his remaining followers. Your MissionControl states this move might be tactically questionable, but it shows the Colonel undeniably has balls.
!!Ashenafi Abate
An Ethiopian warlord and a friend of Wolde. Captured by the Ghosts late in the game.
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* TheDragon: To Colonel Wolde.
* RedHerring[=/=]NeverTrustATrailer: The guy you saw in the intro video of the PC version? That's him, not Wolde.
!!Ariel Priego
The leader of the anti-American Cuban political party FDG. [[spoiler:He was also captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game]].
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* BigBad: Of the ''Island Thunder'' expansion pack.
%%* DiabolicalMastermind
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon 2'']]
!The Ghosts
!! Scott Mitchell
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidCooley (''Ghost Recon 2'', ''Advanced Warfighter'', ''Advanced Warfighter 2''), Creator/SteveBlum (''[=EndWar=]'', ''Future Soldier'', ''Wildlands'', ''Breakpoint'').
The protagonist of ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. A career special forces soldier from a blue-collar background, he has served with the Ghosts in Georgia, Eritrea, and Cuba, and rose to the rank of Captain just in time to serve as the primary Ghost team leader during the two Korean conflicts of 2007 and 2011, as well as the Mexican uprising of 2013. By 2019, he's been promoted to Colonel and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In ''Future Soldier'', Mitchell is ''never'' referred to by name throughout the entire game. If you play the game blind without having seen any supplementary materials, you would have no idea that your commander is the player character from the previous games in the series. It's especially jarring in the jump between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Future Soldier'', since he's voiced by two completely different voice actors (from David Cooley in ''AW'' to Creator/SteveBlum in ''FS''), though taking crossovers into account makes it less so, since Blum has been consistently voicing him ever since ''[=EndWar=]''.
** During the briefing of mission Ember Hunt, Mitchell cryptically mentions that the nuclear missile launched at London was likely the same weapon the Ghosts had been looking for a few months prior. This is a reference to the prequel short film ''Alpha'' which had been released before ''Future Soldier''.
* BadassBoast: Has a pretty good one in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when Colonel Jimenez asks what his name is after he saves the Colonel's life by killing an enemy tank.
-->'''Captain Mitchell:''' "I have no name, Colonel. I'm a Ghost. And I was never here."
* TheCameo: Appears in the opening mission of ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]'' where you support his Ghost team from the air as a H.A.W.X. pilot.
* CareerEndingInjury: Though it's not explicitly stated, all indications are that taking an EMP bomb to the face at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' was a major factor in him being KickedUpstairs away from field operations and into being the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', during Lone Wolf missions Mitchell is equipped with an Integrated Warfighter System suit to even the odds and help him OneManArmy the enemy strongpoints; it's a high-tech armored suit linked to an O.I.C.W. rifle and lets him blindfire accurately over cover using an integrated camera, launch smart airburst grenades, and laser designate targets for artillery or air support. This is apparently the prototype for the Advanced Warfighter system the Ghosts are equipped with in ''Advanced Warfighter'', only even more "space marine" like in design.
* DeadpanSnarker: Scott Mitchell in ''Future Soldier''. While launching an airstrike into Russian territory to bail the Ghosts out:
--> ''"Your international incident's on its way."''
* {{Determinator}}[=/=]MadeOfIron: Cpt. Mitchell from the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It becomes increasingly clear throughout both games that he (and you, by proxy) is pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. He shrugs off bullets, goes on several solo missions that involve traversing long distances and fighting squads of soldiers by himself, downs several enemy helicopters, protects the President of the United States from overwhelming enemy forces, etc. At the end of the second game, he [[spoiler:authorizes an EMP airstrike '''on himself''' to stop a nuclear missile in his immediate area from being launched. '''[[VideoGame/EndWar And he survives!]]''']]
* TheHero: He's the main character in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'' and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* HeroicMime: Not in most of his appearances, but for whatever reason, he doesn't talk in the [=Xbox/PS2=] version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. Many of his exact lines are given word-for-word to other characters instead.
* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he calls down an EMP bomb strike on his own position to stop the Mercs from launching nuclear missiles into the United States. It's pointed out that, while the EMP itself is harmless to humans, the EMP bomb is still a bomb and potentially lethal. Sure enough Mitchell is knocked out by the strike and the game ends on a {{Cliffhanger}} as to whether or not he survives.
* JackOfAllTrades: As the player character and team leader, Mitchell has to engage in a wide variety of combat roles, including general infantry, sniper, BadassDriver, demolitions, etc.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Scott Mitchell's appearance in ''Future Soldier'' spoils the uncertainty after his HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TheLeader: He's a Captain and the Ghost alpha team leader in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'', and gets promoted to Colonel and commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* MissionControl: In ''Future Soldier'' he's been promoted to the Ghosts' commander and gives the Ghosts their objectives and feeds them intel.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Future Soldier'' his name is never mentioned in-game, only showing up in the credits.
* OneManArmy: Though he's usually accompanied by his Ghost team, some missions require Mitchell to go in Lone Wolf style and take out dozens of hostiles by himself, though he usually manages it through stealth, ambushes, and superior equipment such as the Integrated Warfighter System in ''Ghost Recon 2''.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' mentions he fought in the Russian, Eritrean, and Cuban conflicts (from the first ''Ghost Recon'' game), even though he didn't actually appear in that game.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When forced to choose between saving comrades/allies/civilians and accomplishing mission objectives, Mitchell always tries to ''do both'' at the same time. This is most apparent in ''Summit Strike''. Fortunately, he and his team happen to be good enough to pull it off.
!! Joe Ramirez
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArmandoValdes
A second-generation Mexican-American and former teen hacker, Jose "Joe" Ramirez was an Army Ranger radio operator and squad leader who joined the Ghosts rather than be stuck at a desk job. Friendly and introverted, he has prominently served closely alongside Captain Mitchell ever since the events of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:where he and his team die at the end of the prologue]]).
* DemotedToExtra: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Ramirez is injured by rebels in the first mission after being marked by Carlos Ontiveros. In the console versions, Mitchell rescues him and he becomes a selectable Ghost teammate. In the PC version, however, Mitchell never even encounters him and he just disappears from the rest of the game. He returns in both the console and PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a selectable team member.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Jennifer Burke, Ramirez is a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'' alongside the rest of his team to a Raven's Rock bomb.]]
* TheLancer: Appears to be this to Captain Mitchell, as he's framed this way in the interview segments of the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' (being the only Ghost to appear together alongside Mitchell during his interview segments), and appearing alongside Mitchell in every installment of the series other than the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's also your primary squadmate throughout the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', after Mitchell and Marcus Brown rescue him in the first level.
* TradingBarsForStripes: As a teen hacker, he got in trouble with the law a few times and was eventually recommended by a police officer that he put his skills to use in the Army before he got into serious trouble.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was apparently killed in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel (which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2''), but is alive and the leader of his own Ghost team by the time of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:only to die, for real this time, in the prologue mission]]).
!! Jennifer Burke
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeannieElias
Like Scott Mitchell, Jennifer Burke is a career Army soldier from a blue-collar background. Outspoken and rebellious, she served alongside Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts, and was promoted to Captain of her own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* ActionGirl: Alongside Alicia Diaz. Her bio also mentions she has an interest in extreme sports as well.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Burke and Salvatore receive a greater amount of focus in ''Summit Strike'' compared to the main game.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', like Nick Salvatore and David Foster she's no longer a member of Mitchell's Ghost Team due to being promoted to the team leader of her own Ghost squad. Unlike Nick or David, she's never actually seen in-game and is only mentioned in dialogue.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez, Burke is a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', [[spoiler:the last you hear of her, her position has been overrun by the rebels and communications with her has been lost. She's never mentioned again after that point and it's left unclear whether or not she was K.I.A.]].
!! Nick Salvatore
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum
A boisterous, blue-collar Italian-American New Jersey native, Salvatore is a support gunner who served in Marine Force Recon before joining the Ghosts, where he served under Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts. He was promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Salvatore and Burke receive a greater amount of focus in ''Summit Strike'' compared to the main game.
* MoreDakka: Serves as a support gunner along with Marcus Brown in ''Ghost Recon 2''.
* PornStache: Seems to have grown one at some point between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''[=EndWar=]''.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Fights with rolled up sleeves in all of his appearances, which does somewhat fit his role as a support gunner.
* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and his team get overrun by Carlos and the Aguila 7, and the last you see of Nick he's critically injured and marked for medevac by Mitchell. He likely survives as he appears as a leader in the alternate continuity of ''[=EndWar=]''.
!! Alicia Diaz
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LianeSchirmer
The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
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* ActionGirl: Alongside Jennifer Burke in ''Ghost Recon 2'', and the sole female Ghost in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It's mentioned in her bio that she was unable to serve in a combat role in the regular Army due to the existing restrictions at the time, but the Ghosts were not bound by said restrictions due to being an off-the-books black ops unit.
* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' or ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where her role is instead taken up by Richard Allen in the first game and John Hume in the second game. She's also missing from the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', where Mike Kim serves as sniper support instead.
* CunningLinguist: Her bio mentions that she loves traveling and speaks several languages fluently, which proves a useful skill in field work.
* FriendlySniper: She's the team's sniper in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, and her bio indicates her personality is friendly, but not extroverted.
* GlassCannon: It's noted her smaller stature puts her at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, but her sniper skills more than make up for it and she also trains in combat techniques designed to compensate for her smaller physique.
* The SmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Ghost in the console version of the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, due to Jennifer Burke being DemotedToExtra. However, she's not the only female U.S. combatant, as ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' also has Littlebird, an attack helicopter pilot.
* {{Tomboy}}: Is mentioned as being one in her bio.
!! Marcus Brown
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreWare
A former college football star who dropped out to join the Army, Brown's a career soldier who has served in both regular infantry and special forces before joining the Ghosts as their main support gunner. He has the unique distinction of being the only Ghost who has appeared as a squad member in every single Scott Mitchell game across all versions.
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* MoreDakka: In every game he serves as the squad's support gunner, wielding an [=LMG=].
* NonIdleRich: it's mentioned in his bio that he's a former college football star from an affluent family who decided to join the military as an enlisted man instead of going into politics like his parents wanted.
* TheReliableOne: He's the only Ghost besides Scott Mitchell to appear as a selectable teammate in every single game of the "Mitchell Trilogy"; all of the other members of Mitchell's Ghost team are either missing from at least one of the games or missing from the PC versions.
!! Derrick Parker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnEricBentley
The oldest member of the Ghosts, Parker is a career special forces soldier with a professional bearing. Serves as a member of Mitchell's squad in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' games as well as the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's promoted to the leader of the Ghosts' Bravo team in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', which makes a scene in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' where he and Mitchell reminiscence about fighting together in Mexico City something of a headscratcher.
* AscendedExtra: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is merely one of several selectable squadmates in the Xbox 360 version. However, in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, he becomes the leader of Bravo team and has a ''significantly'' larger role in the game (see HeroOfAnotherStory below).
* BadassInDistress: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
* BaldOfAuthority: He's an older Sergeant, the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' shows him sporting the cue ball and mustache look, and in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Beasley are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', if you fail to defeat Carlos and rescue them in the final level.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside David Foster in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and Richard Allen and Bo Jenkins in ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* FieldPromotion: In the 2 days between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted from a member of Mitchell's squad to the leader of his own Ghost team, likely due to the losses of [[spoiler:Captains Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]] during the Mexico City revolt. (This actually seems to be an artifact from the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version, in which he was the Bravo team leader the whole game).
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
* OldSoldier: He's the oldest member of Mitchell's Ghost team, being at least a full decade older than the majority of the other members.
!! David Foster
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilWheaton
A member of a long-running military family from rural Alaska, Foster is the youngest member of the Ghosts at the time of the two Korean conflicts. He's promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside Derrick Parker.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's no longer a member of Mitchell's Ghost Team due to having been promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad. He's mentioned a couple of times by General Martin and has about 2 lines of dialogue in the mission "Ready for Bear". His character model in the cross-com communications window is noticeably much lower resolution than the more major characters.
* NewMeat: In ''Ghost Recon 2'' he's the youngest member of the Ghosts, though he's still had 3 years of service in the military at that point.
!! Mike Kim
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JaeChoe
A fourth-generation Korean-American with a focused, quiet personality, he and Alicia Diaz serves as the snipers of Mitchell's Ghost team during the two Korean conflicts. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's been promoted to Captain of Charlie team, which focuses on providing sniper support to other Ghost teams.
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* AdaptedOut: After ''Ghost Recon 2'', he only appears in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is completely missing from the PC and Xbox 360 versions as well as ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Downplayed. He's the only Korean-American member of the Ghosts, but since he's a fourth-generation American his background is of limited utility to the mission during the two Korean conflicts, unlike, say, John Kozak's fluency in Russian during the Raven Rock conflict.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. He occasionally provides sniper support as leader of Charlie team in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and also appears as a unit in ''[=EndWar=]''.
!Antagonists
!!Major General Paik
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertDahey
An AxCrazy North Korean General who runs North Korean's nuclear weapons program and wants to use the sinking of the U.S.S. Clarence Walsh as a pretext to launch a war of reunification against South Korean. He's the main antagonist of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', but is actually acting on behalf of his superior, General Jung.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:At the end of the final level, he taunts Mitchell from behind bulletproof glass before shooting himself in the head rather than let himself be captured or killed by the Ghosts.]]
* BigBad: Of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', though he's actually only TheDragon to General Jung.
* BloodKnight: He launches a war of conquest based on what he knows are highly suspect justifications, and uses a lot of ProudWarriorRaceGuy language during his EvilGloating at the end of the final level.
* EvilGloating: In the final level he taunts you over the base's loudspeakers after all the gunfire alerts him to the fact that an American special forces team has invaded the base.
* GeneralRipper: Paik is determined to launch a war of reunification even after it becomes evident the war is the result of third-party manipulation by a [=PMC=], and is even willing to escalation to nuclear war after North Korea makes peace with the United States.
* LastStand: After you spend the entire game dismantling his power base and ultimately foil his attempt to seize control of the country's nuclear arsenal, Paik gets disavowed by the North Korean leadership and is forced to retreat to a remote abandoned military base in the far frozen north, where he and his remaining soldiers make a last stand against the Ghosts.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Even after the North Koreans realize the war was caused by a FalseFlagOperation by a third-party {{P|rivateMilitaryContractors}}MC, General Paik is still hell-bent on using the crisis as an excuse to engage in a war to reunify the peninsula under North Korean rule, or start a nuclear war with the West if that fails.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After the Americans and North Koreans make peace and sign a ceasefire thanks to the work of Sam Fisher in exposing the truth behind the sinking of the USS Clarence Walsh, Paik unilaterally attempts to seize control of the North Korean nuclear arsenal and start a nuclear war with the West.
* SeeYouInHell: His last words to Captain Mitchell.
* TakingYouWithMe: After realizing the Ghosts are minutes away from either capturing him or putting a bullet in his head, he tries to launch or detonate his last nuclear missile to make sure the Ghosts and thousands of others go down with him.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: It's noted that Paik becomes wildly unpopular in North Korea as the war goes on. Both the civilian population and even his own soldiers turn against him due to his treatment of them, and even his own chief nuclear technician Major Sung turns against him after learning about the full extent of his nuclear ambitions. By the end of the game he's been disavowed by the rest of the North Korean military leadership and is abandoned by all but a small contingent of hardcore supporters.
!!General Jung Chong-Sun
A ruthless North Korean General who wants to unify both Koreas under his supreme leadership. He was the GreaterScopeVillain to Major General Paik in the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version.
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* BigBad: Of the Xbox version. He's also TheManBehindTheMan of Major General Paik, the BigBad of the [=PS2=] version.
* DeadHatShot: After he gets blown up the only thing left of him is his hat.
* DirtyCoward: Unlike General Paik, Jung fully intends to survive his TakingYouWithMe moment and tries to flee in a helicopter before the nuke goes off.
* FlatCharacter: He only has a couple lines of dialogue in TheStinger to the [=PS2=] version, and has ''no'' dialogue in the Xbox version where he's the BigBad. Though the actions of his soldiers acting under his orders (such as attacking a field hospital, massacring his own laborers, and trying to flood both Koreas) speaks a lot about how ruthless he is.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a set of reflective [[SunglassesAtNight Sunglasses Indoors]].
* LeaveNoWitnesses: After secretly assembling a nuclear bomb at a North Korean quarry, Jung has all the quarry workers rounded up and blows them all up inside a mine shaft, partly because of this trope and partly because he just wants to kill as many people as possible before his downfall.
* GeneralRipper: He's not as overtly AxCrazy as General Paik was, but is still a ruthless warmonger who's ultimately determined to kill thousands in a TakingYouWithMe moment after his army starts to lose. Also, as TheManBehindTheMan of General Paik, it's clear that he was on board with all of Paik's crazy actions.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the [=PS2=] version, before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version, which takes place a couple of years later.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:At the very end of the Xbox version he attempts to escape in a transport helicopter; Mitchell shoots him down with a rocket launcher and he crashes into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as [[spoiler:his helicopter slams right into a mountain]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: He's too busy directing the war from Pyongyang to actually do anything himself. He notably has even less screen time than General Paik did. His only presence in the series is a short appearance in TheStinger of the [=PS2=] version, some intel photos of him in the intro of the Xbox version, and a very short appearance at the very end of the Xbox version where you blow him up.
* PresidentEvil: Becomes the secret leader of North Korea in the Xbox version after overthrowing the current regime and turning them into a PuppetKing.
* TheStarscream: He overthrows the North Korean government and takes over between the events of the [=PS2=] version and the Xbox version.
* TakingYouWithMe: At the end of the Xbox version, with his army on the brink of defeat, Jung attempts to use a nuclear bomb to destroy the country's largest dam, killing thousands of civilians in both North and South Korea as a last "screw you" to both sides.
* UndyingLoyalty: Major Jacobs mentions that Jung's soldiers are fanatically loyal to him. Unlike General Paik, General Jung never suffers from ZeroPercentApprovalRating even after the direction of the war starts turning against him.
!! Asad Rahil
A Pakistani arms dealer who assassinates the President of Kazakhstan and tries to use his wealth and connections to replace the government with corrupt military officials on his payroll. Serves as the main antagonist of the ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'' expansion pack to the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the BigBad of the campaign.
* BigBad: Of the ''Summit Strike'' expansion pack.
* FrontlineGeneral: Since he's an arms dealer and not a General, his organization isn't large enough for him to delegate out everything and he has to do a lot of his dirty work himself, as seen in the intro where he's personally leading a raid to steal chemical weapons from a Kyrgyzstan disposal site.
* ItsPersonal: Mitchell and his team become personally invested in taking Rahil down after Rahil kills [[spoiler:Grigoriy Koslov, the Ghosts' main ally amongst the Kazakh loyalists]]. Rahil for his part has absolutely no idea who Mitchell is or even that he's coming for him.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills [[spoiler:Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the Kazakhstan government starts to interfere with Rahil's business interests in Kazakhstan, his solution is to ''blow up the entire government'' and start maneuvering military officers on his payroll into positions of power to replace them.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Pakistani military Major who went into business for himself as an international arms dealer.
* WolfpackBoss: At the end of the final mission, Rahil and a number of his personal bodyguards are trapped in a valley dead end after their truck crashes. You fight your way through his bodyguards before blowing Rahil away, who's hiding behind the truck. Rahil himself is ex-military and knows how to use an assault rifle, but realistically is no tougher than his Mooks.
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[[folder:''Advanced Warfighter'']]
!The Ghosts
For Scott Mitchell, Joe Ramirez, Alicia Diaz, Marcus Brown, or Derrick Parker, see the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!! K.C. Kirkland
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a support gunner in the Xbox 360 version and as a rifleman in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen in the PC version.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen) in the PC version of the first game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', but is instead a standard rifleman in the PC version.
* DemotedToExtra: He's no longer a selectable Ghost in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', though he does show up as part of Derrick Parker's Bravo Team.
!! Richard Allen
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version and as a sniper in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland in the PC version. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he's replaced by John Hume.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland) in the PC version of the first game.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In the PC version, he's a sniper instead.
* KilledOffForReal[=/=]BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He dies along with Joe Ramirez in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'']].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'', [[spoiler:where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
!! Matt Beasley
A loner from the inner-city streets of Oakland, Beasley is independent and highly talented. After serving as infantry during the invasion of Iraq and later as a member of the 82nd Airborne Rangers, Beasley joined the Ghosts after being impressed fighting alongside them as a member of the Airborne. Beasley, Ramirez, and Smith serve as riflemen in Mitchell's squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates), and DemotedToExtra in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* CunningLinguist: Seems to have a knack for picking up languages. He picked up Spanish from growing up in Oakland and learned Farsi and a few other Afghan dialects during his time in the Army.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Derrick Parker are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' if you fail to save them or defeat Carlos.
* DemotedToExtra: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
* GeniusBruiser: While he isn't engaged in any professional fields, he's described as an unusually fast learner, having done well in high school without even putting in much effort as well as being a quick learner in his military training. He also seems to have a knack for picking up languages.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Smith, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* UnexplainedAccent: Downplayed; but despite the Ghosts having several members of Latin American heritage, Beasley is the ''only'' team member with a noticeable Latin American accent, even though you wouldn't expect this from his name or background (his bio lists him as "some kid from Oakland").
!! Bo Jenkins
An easy-going though undisciplined jock from Alaska. A large and somewhat impatient man with a knack for blowing stuff up, he serves as the primary demolitions man in Mitchell's Ghost squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates) as well as the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* ArtificialStupidity: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', there's a very real risk he'll blow up you or his other teammates with his grenade launcher unless you're very careful to maneuver him separate from the rest of the squad with very specific movement orders.
* AwesomeButImpractical: He's the squad's demolitions specialist and in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', his infinite ammo grenade launcher can be very powerful against groups of rebel soldiers. Unfortunately due to the ArtificialStupidity issues mentioned above he can be as much of a danger to your squad as he is to the enemy.
* TheBigGuy: His bio mentions him as being this, being a large, outgoing man as well as a bodybuilder and sports enthusiast. His bio lists him as being 6' 5" tall and 280 pounds. Though it's downplayed in-game since all Ghosts use 90% the same character model.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's grenadier/demolitions soldier in both the console and PC versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. He also shares this role with Richard Allen and Derrick Parker in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* LeeroyJenkins: He's a grenade launcher-wielding demolitions specialist and his bio mentions that his combat style is aggressive and impatient, though not completely reckless. This is news for anyone who picks him as a team member in the PC version, as (due to flaky A.I.) he tends to fire recklessly and blow up teammates with friendly fire if you don't keep him separated from the rest of the team via team formation orders. Rather fitting given his name.
!! Paul Smith
An outdoorsman from rural California. Although quiet and disciplined as a soldier, he's also easily bored, and wasn't planning on re-upping after his first tour of duty in the Army, until meeting and being impressed by Captain Mitchell, who was serving as a combat instructor at the time. After learning from Mitchell, Smith joined the Green Berets and later the Ghosts, serving as a rifleman and the youngest member of Mitchell's squad during the Mexican uprising in both Mexico City and Juarez.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, likely due to [=GRIN=] deciding the squad didn't need another general purpose rifleman in addition to Ramirez and Beasley.
* TheApprentice: His bio lists him as being a former Army student of Captain Mitchell's who joined the Ghosts after being impressed by the Captain's abilities and demeanor. He's also the youngest member of the Ghosts in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Beasley, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
!! Annibale Cruz
A support gunner in Mitchell's Ghost squad. Has the distinction of being the least seen or developed Ghost in the Mitchell games, only appearing in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. As a result, his sole appearance is in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner, alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between '' Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
!! John Hume
A farmer, hunter, and outdoorsman from Salt Lake City, Utah who served both in General Infantry and the Green Berets before joining the Ghosts. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where he serves as either the squad's anti-armor soldier (console versions) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
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* AscendedExtra: "Jhon Hume" was one of the anonymous supporting American infantry from the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he's ascended to a member of Mitchell's Ghost squad, replacing Richard Allen as a demolitions soldier (console version) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
* CunningLinguist: His bio mentions that he speaks Spanish and also picked up Tagalog during a deployment in the Philippines.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's anti-tank soldier in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. His weaponry is focused on anti-armor, in contrast to Bo Jenkins whose explosive equipment is focused on anti-infantry or anti-light vehicle. For some reason in the PC version he's a sniper instead.
* GeniusBruiser: Excelled in high school and was going to enroll in M.I.T., before the death of his father forced him to take over the family farm. After a few years of farming he decided to enlist in the military instead.
!! Alex Nolan
A nerd from a long line of doctors, he graduated medical school, but enlisted in the military as a field medic after encountering the Ghosts while doing humanitarian volunteer work in Eritrea and being greatly impressed by them. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a combat medic.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series.
* BadassBookworm: He was a nerd in high school and went to med school and became a family doctor; he then joined the military after witnessing the Ghosts in action as a medical volunteer during the Eritrea conflict (''Desert Siege''), eventually becoming a member of the Ghosts himself. He also wears NerdGlasses and is the only character in the series to wear corrective eyewear.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed fighting the Taliban in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* TheMedic[=/=]CombatMedic: He serves as the squad's medic in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', and is the only Ghost medic in the series.
!Allies
!! General Joshua Keating
The commander of U.S. SOCOM and Captain Mitchell's commanding officer during the events of the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games. He also appears in ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]''
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* BigGood: He's the commander of U.S. SOCOM and your commanding officer in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series and serves this role.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Keating gives this to Mitchell at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when it appears that Mitchell is about to pull a HeroicSacrifice to stop the mercs from nuking the U.S.
* LargeHam: General Keating whenever he gives orders to the Ghosts, especially if the situation is tense that he's forced to shout to make his point.
* MissionControl: He's the primary source of orders for Captain Mitchell and the Ghosts.
* SuddenNameChange: His first name is "Joshua" in the 2008 ''Ghost Recon'' novel, but he's identified as "Tom Keating" in ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}''.
!! Major General "Bulldog" Martin
The commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion.
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* BigGood: He's the commander of the U.S. forces in Panama during the co-op campaign of the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* FrontlineGeneral: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', at the end of the game he personally leads the assault on the Palacio Nacional to attempt to capture General Ontiveros. He's also personally active during the conflict, even meeting up with the Ghosts face-to-face a couple of times, instead of simply directing the action from the safety of some bunker war-room; this causes an issue when his helicopter gets shot down and the Ghosts have to detour to rescue him.
* SemperFi: He's the commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion and a tough-as-nails leader.
!! Lt. Barnes
A U.S. intelligence officer who works closely with General Keating.
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* TheSmartGuy: He's the Ghosts' intelligence officer and briefs them regarding U.S. intelligence and advanced technology.
!! Louie
The Ghosts' quartermaster, who briefs them regarding their weaponry selection as well as the features of their Integrated Warfighter System suits. He was added in the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Inverted; Louie was added to the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' to serve as the Ghosts' quartermaster and explain the more complex weapon selection system in the PC version. He also serves this role in ''Future Soldier'', though he's only heard in voice-over and never seen in person.
* CareerEndingInjury: He mentions being forced out of field operations after losing his left knee in Columbia.
!! "Bud" Aldridge
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot and former instructor at [=WHINSEC=]. He serves as the Ghosts' "eye in the sky", relaying them airborne intelligence as well as mission objectives from Command, as well as serving as their helicopter transport pilot.
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* GetawayDriver: He and Rosen take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* MissionControl: He directs Mitchell and the Ghosts throughout the game over the cross-com system.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bud mentions having trained Carlos Ontiveros at [=WHINSEC=]. Carlos later gloats about how Bud never appreciated his talents after [[spoiler:killing him]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
!! Lt. Josh Rosen
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot who provides air transport and support to the Ghosts, similar to Bud, and also trains the team on the features of the Cross Com interface. He has a more prominent role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' due to his role as the tutorial host being taken by Louie.
* AscendedExtra: He received minimum characterization or screentime in ''Advanced Warfighter'' (where you didn't even see his face due to his flight helmet), but has a much larger role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* GetawayDriver: He and Bud take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:His Blackhawk gets shot down by the Mercs in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', forcing the Ghosts to find an alternate escape route. They also later launch a rescue mission to retrieve Rosen from a Hacienda where he's being held captive.]]
* TheSmartGuy: In the standard Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he serves as Mitchell's tech support for his Integrated Warfighter System equipment.
!! Colonel Jimenez
The leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces on the ground in Juarez in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* DoomedHometown: Jimenez laments the rather abysmal state of Juarez after days of fighting and the detonation of at least one nuclear warhead by the rebels.
* FrontlineGeneral: He's the leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces in Juarez and is active in ground combat.
* RedshirtArmy: Jimenez's Mexican Loyalist troops are often in peril and frequently have to be rescued by the Ghosts. For their part, they're at least able to hold out relatively well until the Ghosts actually arrive at their position. They also appear as a controllable support squad in a couple of missions.
!! President Ballantine
The President of the United States at the time of the Mexican uprising. He's in Mexico City along with the Canadian Prime Minister and President of Mexico to sign the North American Joint Security Agreement, when Mexican military elements hostile to the treaty stage a coup d'état, killing the Canadian Prime Minister and putting the two Presidents in mortal danger.
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* HonorBeforeReason: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he refuses the Pentagon's advice to nuke Juarez to prevent the mercs from launching nukes into the U.S., reasoning the civilian casualties would be too great.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Of the President Target variety, as he gets captured by Carlos and Aguila 7 about halfway through the game. Turns into a mild case of President Action when you rescue him, as he pulls out a pistol and will happily engage any Aguila 7 EliteMooks that get between you and the helicopter sent to extract him. He's not exactly the greatest combatant, but hey, points for effort.
!! President Ruiz-Pena
The President of Mexico at the time of the Mexican uprising, who wishes for closer relations with the United States. General Ontiveros and the military forces loyal to him, who are hostile to the idea of closer ties with the United States, end up staging a coup against Ruiz-Pena.
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* AdaptedOut: In the Xbox 360 version he actually has a decent amount of dialogue; in the PC version, he has zero dialogue and the only time you actually see him in person he's an unconscious body. You don't even see him at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, only hear about him in dialogue.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Target. You have to save him twice from rebel soldiers. In the Xbox 360 version, he's able to escape on his own two feet; in the PC version, he's seriously injured by the U.S. embassy bomb and has to be carried to a medevac chopper by you.
!! Private First Class Provenanzo
A Humvee driver who ends up transporting Captain Mitchell and the squad a few times throughout ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The game begins with him fanboying over Mitchell and his exploit in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but the man is far from amused.
-->"I'd be honored if you'd just keep your eyes on the road, soldier."
* AdaptedOut: He does not appear in the PC version, with his role as the driver being taken up by a generic Mexican soldier.
* BadassDriver: Manages to skillfully navigate MG emplacements and roadblocks deep behind enemy lines while under heavy fire, all that while Keating is barking orders on the video screen. Only [[spoiler:eating a missile from a MIL-28 Havoc]] does him in,
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while [[spoiler:Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
* GetawayDriver: Drives Mitchell to the warzone a few times.
!Antagonists
!! Colonel Carlos Ontiveros
A Mexican special forces officer and the leader of Aguila 7 (the 7 Eagles), a Mexican special forces group that spearheads a coup d'état against the Mexican President in an attempt to stop the North American Joint Security Agreement. He's the main antagonist of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game and has the distinction of being the most active villain in the ''Ghost Recon'' series.
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* TheAce: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, Bud describes him as the cleverest and most vicious student he's ever trained.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos is a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss who you fight in a boss arena in the basement of the U.S. embassy and who can take a few dozen bullets before dropping. This gives him the distinction of being by far the toughest enemy in the series, other than the Predator BonusBoss fight in ''Wildlands'', up until the similarly MadeOfIron FinalBoss fight with Cole Walker in 2019's ''Ghost Recon: Breakpoint''. Downplayed in the PC version; Carlos is very dangerous due to his ideal camping position and the skill level of his A.I., but he realistically drops in a couple of shots just like any other human.
* BadassNormal:
** Carlos and his Aguila 7 special forces manage to inflict far more casualties on the Ghosts and their allies than Bodark or Santa Blanca, despite lacking the advanced technology of the former or the infinite money of the latter. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that a large part of his success comes from having access to the Ghosts' communications channels due to a high-level mole inside the U.S. military.]]
** Aguila 7 in general is this compared to the Ghosts; they have special forces training, body armor, and high-grade weaponry, but lack the Ghosts' high-tech cross-coms systems.
* BossBanter: Carlos has a lot of unique dialogue taunting Captain Mitchell in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the game, both when attacking you in an Apache attack chopper and later in the final boss fight in the basement of the U.S. embassy. He has less dialogue in the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but does still taunt you over the cross-com several times during the final level.
* BigBad: Of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* CoDragons: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos has a pair of high-ranking officers, Colonel Valdez and Colonel Obregon, serving as his seconds-in-command.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He carves up Captain Bowman with a combat knife to get the codes to unlock the nuclear football.
* CombatPragmatist:
** In the PC version, if you try to face him mano-a-mano, Carlos can fake a reload to bait you into rushing him, at which point he'll ventilate you with his [=LMG=].
** In the [=PS2=] version, Carlos shoots down Bravo Team's Blackhawk by ambushing them in a stolen Apache. By the time the Blackhawk pilot and gunners realizes the "friendly" air unit isn't at all friendly, Carlos has already done enough damage for the rest of the fight to be a foregone conclusion.
** The end of the game reveals that a large part of Carlos' success against the Ghosts is due to [[spoiler:listening in on their communications channels, due to a high-level mole in the U.S. military telling him how to do so]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You defeat his personal special forces unit and [[FinalBoss kill him]] at the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but another guy takes his place in the [[MissionPackSequel second game]]. To make matters worse, the rebels hire Panamanian mercenaries to aid them. Juan de la Barrera, the rebel leader in the second game, gets shot down in a gunship duel about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but that does nothing to stop the mercs he hired to continue carrying out his plan to nuke the U.S.
* DisneyVillainDeath: In the Xbox 360 version of the game, you shoot him off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, and watch him plunge to his death on your cross-com.
* DragonTheirFeet: In the console versions of the game, Carlos escapes with the nuclear football and tries to start World War III after his father General Ontiveros is captured by U.S. forces.
* EvilGloating: Towards the end of the game, he kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his cross-com, spending the rest of the game taunting Mitchell over the Ghosts' comm systems.
* FalseFlagOperation: After his coup is broken and the Mexican loyalists retake the National Palace, Carlos escapes to the U.S. Embassy and attempts to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes, likely in the hopes of triggering a [=SKYNET=] scenario with Russia and China which will result in a MutualKill of the superpowers, leaving Mexico as the last nation standing.
** The [=PS2=]/Xbox version elaborates that Carlos isn't targeting anyone in particular with the nukes, and is merely trying to demonstrate to the American people that their national security is nonexistent by proving that a third party can launch their nukes.
* FrontlineGeneral: Carlos is by far the most active villain in the series, acting against the Ghosts throughout the game rather than simply engaging in politics offscreen and only being encountered just immediately before you kill him like all other ''Ghost Recon'' Big Bads. He's also one of the few Big Bads to actually fight the Ghosts directly at the end instead of being a NonActionBigBad who's either TheUnfought or a CutsceneBoss.
* GlassCannon: Carlos is no tougher than the rest of his EliteMooks, but in the PC version he's equipped with a [=mk48=] [=LMG=] and has insanely good aim and reaction times, and can cut you down in a split second if you step into his line of sight. Instead of facing him mano-a-mano, your best bet is to either chuck a couple of grenades into the room he's camping in, or send your entire squad in to rush him.
** Averted in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, where's he's a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss.
* HellishCopter: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of [[spoiler:Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: It's mentioned that [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil he was a former pupil of Bud's]] at [=WHINSEC=] in America. This isn't very surprising since he's a member of the Mexican military and the U.S. and Mexico are allies, so it would make sense for a Mexican special forces soldier to receive some training in America. It's also TruthInTelevision; former alumni of [=SOA=], the precursor to [=WHINSEC=], have included such South American luminaries as Manuel Noriega and the founders of the Zetas Cartel.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing Carlos brings stability back to Mexico City, but doesn't end the Mexican rebellion; Juan De La Barrera takes over the Mexican rebels in the sequel, and anti-U.S. insurrections spring up in multiple other Latin American nations as well.
* SkippableBoss: It's possible to completely miss the FinalBoss fight with him in the [=PS2=] version of the game, although this results in you getting the bad ending and him becoming a KarmaHoudini.
* TheSociopath: In the Xbox 360 version, President Ruiz-Pena warns Mitchell that Carlos feels no fear and kills without hesitation. Mitchell quips that the "man without fear" is about to see a Ghost.
* WolfpackBoss: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'' he and his remaining Aguila 7 EliteMooks make a last stand at the remains of the U.S. Embassy while attempting to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes. In the Xbox 360 version he starts shooting at you from the roof of the embassy after you kill enough waves of his soldiers. In the PC version he's positioned in the perfect camping spot in a back room of the embassy, which cannot be sniped from outside and has only one entry point with no cover. He's diligently covering said entry point with an [=LMG=] and protected by two EliteMooks, while you also have to fight you way through a couple dozen EliteMooks outside just to get to him.
!! Commandante Juan De La Barrera
Takes over the Mexican uprising after the death of Carlos Ontiveros, in a continued attempt to overthrow the current Mexican administration and prevent the signing of the North American Joint Security Agreement. In contrast to Carlos, De La Barrera is an older politician in a suit and seems to be more focused on giving news interviews than actively engaging in combat. He's the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* BigBad: Of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* DirtyCommunists: While not explicitly stated, his anti-U.S. rhetoric and promise to seize and nationalize all foreign businesses to "give the means of production back to the people" certainly give off this vibe. This is further reinforced by the rebel emblem being a red fist with yellow stars in the multiplayer.
* DragonAscendant: He takes over the Mexican rebellion after the death of Carlos Ontiveros.
* HellishCopter: He attacks you in a Havok attack helicopter at the end of the first of the three endgame levels. In the console version you duel him in an attack helicopter of your own, while in the PC version you and your Ghost squad fight him from the ground alongside a U.S. tank while a massive wave of rebel fighters, including an enemy tank, bear down on your position. Bringing a missile launcher into the mission makes the fight go ''much'' easier, as otherwise his Havok can soak several magazines of gunfire before going down, and his missiles can really do a number on your squad and your tank.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing him does nothing to impede his plan to have mercenaries launch a stolen nuclear missile into the United States; even after killing him, Mitchell has to continue putting considerable effort into foiling the plot.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Appears to have taken a nomme de guerre naming himself after the leader of the Los Niños Héroes from the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec of the Mexican-American War. Either that or his parents actually named him that, in which case they sure were setting him up to become the leader of an anti-US insurrection.
* NonActionBigBad: Unlike Carlos Ontiveros, who was a special forces officer, De La Barrera seems to be a politician in a suit and never engages in combat himself. You fight a helicopter gunship duel against him about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but it seems like he's just a passenger in the gunship and rather unlikely that he's actually piloting it himself.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: De La Barrera only appears in two or three television broadcasts early in the game, as well as the mission in which you kill him later in the game (during said mission he has zero dialogue and is never seen personally).
* PrivateMilitaryContractor: With Carlos' Aguila 7 defeated, De La Barrera turns to a Panamanian [=PMC=] to supply him with EliteMooks and steal Ukrainian nuclear warheads and the Pakistani medium-range missiles he needs to launch them into the U.S.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. Rather like Colonel Bliss from ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', he manages to escape in an attack helicopter and likely would have succeeded if he had just made a run for it like General Jung tried to. Instead, his attack chopper sticks around to try and kill you, giving you plenty of time to shoot it down.
!!Colonel Gabriel Alvaro
The leader of the rebels in Panama, who is working closely with De La Barerra and his Mexican rebels in an anti-U.S. insurrection springing up in several countries across Latin America. He serves as the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'''s co-op campaign, and is also briefly mentioned once in a news broadcast early in the main game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version, due to the lack of a separate co-op campaign. He's only mentioned once in one of the news reports in the beginning of the game, which mentions him as being the leader of the Panamanian rebels working together with De La Barrera's Mexican rebels.
* BigBad: Of the ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' co-op campaign.
* FlatCharacter: Colonel Alvaro has zero dialogue and is only mentioned in mission briefings and serving as your final target in the last level of the co-op campaign.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Panamanian military Colonel who joins in on the continent-wide anti-U.S. uprising triggered by Ontiveros.
* WolfpackBoss: Colonel Alvaro is a standard infantry unit and is armed only with a pistol; however, he's camped out behind a building at the rear of his main base with several rebel infantrymen protecting him.
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[[folder:''Predator'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Alpha Team
A group of 8 Ghosts under the command of Colonel Scott Mitchell who are sent into Sri Lanka to investigate the massacre of several U.S. mining ships. They consist of Parker, Stiles, Bill, John, Sgt. Wayland, Sgt. Mike Garcia, Jordan, and Ramirez.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Garcia seems to be this, given his dialogue in the opening movie.
* FlatCharacter: The Ghosts in ''Predator'' receive even less characterization than those from previous games, only having any real dialogue in the opening and ending movies.
* TheHero: Unlike the Scott Mitchell games, ''Predator'' doesn't have a main character per se, since you can select any of the 8 Ghosts for any position in your squad, and you can also switch between controlling any of your 3 squad members in-game. However, Parker seems to be the closest since he's the default Ghost 1 and is slightly more prominent in the ending cutscene.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; Parker and Ramirez share the same names as two prominent Ghosts from the Scott Mitchell games, but are not the same characters. Parker is clearly a separate character due to being a young white dude rather than an older black guy, and Ramirez's bio lists him as being at least a decade younger than Joe Ramirez would be in the timeframe that ''Predator'' takes place.
!Allies
!!Mister Hisan
A local police chief and the leader of the Mumpuri Guard, a non-political militia formed to protect the civilian populace from the various warring factions attempting to gain control of the nation.
!!President Dersha
The President of Sri Lanka, whose government is under threat from a variety of warring factions.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Very much President Target; not only is his government being contested by multiple armed factions, but he gets kidnapped by the Loyalist faction and has to be rescued by the Ghosts towards the end of the game.
!Antagonists
!!Kumara Fazal
Known as "The Teacher", he is the leader of the People's Action Front (also known as the Activists) and espouses violent revolution to address the nation's perceived economic inequality.
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* BigBadWannabe: The Ghosts note that the Activists are a rag-tag bunch of goons, many of which have had only a couple weeks of training at best. Mitchell finds it hard to believe these chuckleheads could have managed the attacks on the U.S. ships. He's right.
* DirtyCommunists: Not explicitly stated, but his rhetoric heavily suggests this.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You kill him about 1/3rd of the way through the game. Then the Loyalists show up.
* EvilVersusEvil: The Teacher was dead set against an alliance with the Loyalists, which prompt the Loyalists to conspire to get rid of the Teacher so they could absorb the Activists.
* NotMeThisTime: The Activists are legitimately violent terrorists who take civilian hostages and terrorize the populace, but it turns out they were framed for the attacks on the U.S. ships.
* WolfpackBoss: The Teacher is a standard infantry unit and only guarded by a couple of soldiers. However, once you get rid of him and his men, well-equipped Loyalist troops will swarm your position as YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
!!Dilip Khan
A former member of the Activists, Khan is the C.I.A.'s informant in Sri Lanka who identifies Fazal as the person responsible for the massacre of the U.S. miners. It turns out he's actually a double agent for the Loyalists, and falsely accused Fazal so the Ghosts would eliminate him, clearing the way for the Activists to be absorbed by the Loyalists.
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* DirtyCoward: He folds like a busted flush the moment you catch up to him, and Mister Hasan easily pressures him into recording a confession to turn the Activists against the Loyalists.
* DoubleAgent: The C.I.A. think he's a defector from the Activists informing on them. He's actually a member of the Loyalists tricking the C.I.A. so that the Americans will bump off the Teacher for them.
!!Sunil Ranga
The former Minister of Energy, Ranga is secretly the leader of the Loyalists, a much more well-equipped and professionally military group compared to the rag-tag Activists.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the game's BigBad.
* BigBad: Of ''Predator''.
* FalseFlagOperation: After The Teacher refuses to join him, he concocts a scheme to attack U.S. ships and frame the Activists so American agents will kill the Teacher for him.
* FatBastard: Is a portly businessman in a suit who's the game's BigBad.
* TheStarscream: He's one of President Dersha's cabinet members, who seems to have decided he'd rather be running the country himself and has bankrolled a paramilitary group to achieve that.
* WolfpackBoss: He's a fairly standard combatant armed with an assault rifle and accompanied by a couple Loyalist soldiers. You also have to fight your way through a mansion full of Loyalist guards to get to him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Ghost Recon Wii'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Bravo Team
Bravo Team consists of Captain Hibbard and Lt. Booth, a pair of Army Rangers who participated in the U.S. invasion of Russia-occupied Norway and who were selected to be inducted into the Ghosts based on their performance in that fighting. Bravo Team is sent into Moscow to help clear the way for a full-scale U.S. assault, with their primary target being General Maxim Cherskiy, the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces.
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* ArtShiftedSequel: Because ''Wii'' is based on an earlier draft of ''Future Soldier'', the armor worn by Hibbard and Booth is much more futuristic and sci-fi compared to that worn by the Ghosts in the final version of ''Future Soldier''. In fact it strongly resembles the armor worn by [=CELL=] soldiers in the ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' series.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Captain Hibbard wears a black armor suit with yellow highlights while Lt. Booth wears a white armor suit with blue highlights.
!Allies
!!Major Maltsev
A Russian Loyalist officer currently undercover inside the Ultranationalist camp.
!Antagonists
!!General Maxim Cherskiy
The commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces and the General in charge of the Ultranationalists' defense of Moscow. He serves as the main antagonist of the game.
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%%* BaldOfEvil: Completely bald with a grey goatee.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears an all-black uniform.
* DirtyCoward: Spends the entire second half of the final level running away from Bravo Team while making no attempt to fight back. Granted, in real life, when dealing with assassins, general officers ''are'' supposed to seek shelter and let their soldiers handle the problem, rather than personally 1v1-ing every asshole that comes gunning for them.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Bravo Team shoot him off the roof of his headquarters before he can board an escape helicopter.
* EliteMooks: He's the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces, and is protected by a few dozen GasMaskMook Spetznaz soldiers who are noticeably tougher and more maneuverable than regular Mooks.
* MadeOfIron: Downplayed, but he can survive about as many bullets as his Spetznaz EliteMooks, despite not wearing heavy body armor like they are.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Shadow Wars'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Duke
-> Class: Commando
A special forces officer who is the leader of the Ghost squad.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He has his moments, particularly when [[spoiler:he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee]].
%%* TheHero
* MacrossMissileMassacre: His missile attacks, especially when using the LimitBreak "Wide Impact".
* StandardizedLeader: Nothing about him really stands out personality-wise. This is even {{lampshaded}} in the manual which described him as "coming from a long line of West Point graduates".
* TeamDad: Even Richter called him ''pops''.
!!Haze
-> Class: Sniper
A long established member of the ghosts, Haze tend to be the voice of reason and is the squad's second in command.
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%%* ColdSniper
%%* TheLancer
* TokenMinority: The only Asian in the squad.
* TheSpock: He favors whatever gets the mission done fast. In one mission, he preferred not to rescue the hostages despite pleading from the escaped security guard.
!!Richter
-> Class: Gunner
Transferred from the Green Berets, Richter tend to be the FunPersonified in the squad and likes to poke fun at the new recruits.
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%%* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser: The manual states he likes to poke fun at younger Ghosts.
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons which are machine guns.
* TheNicknamer: He calls his squad mates by nicknames.
** He calls Duke ''pops''
** He calls Saffron ''mom''
** He calls Mint ''freshman''
%%* ScaryBlackMan
%%* TokenBlack
!!Saffron
-> Class: Medic
A former Navy Medic who became the Ghost squad's medic.
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%%* CombatMedic
* TheMedic: Her codename is already self-explanatory.
%%* TheHeart
* TeamMom: Even Richter calls her ''mom''.
!!Banshee
-> Class: Recon
A loner who became a Recon.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: The fact that she has the ability "cold-blooded killer" implies that she may be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
%%* FieryRedhead
* IWorkAlone: The reason she became a recon.
* VisibleInvisibility: Uses a thermoptic camo suit similar to the ones used by Hunter Team in ''Future Soldier''.
!!Mint
-> Class: Engineer
The newest recruit for the ghosts.
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* MechaMooks: He can deploy automated turrets and combat drones in battle.
%%* MrFixit
* NaiveNewcomer: Ritcher likes to poke fun at this by calling him ''freshman''.
%%* TheSmartGuy
!!Ghost Lead
The leader of all Ghost squads and directs the squad's missions. He was a former Ghost.
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* MissionControl: Gives you your orders at the beginning of each mission.
* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as Ghost Lead; also, despite being in charge of the Ghosts and seeming to be familiar with the events of ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'', he doesn't seem to actually be Scott Mitchell, as he refers to Scott as a separate character at one point.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: As part of being MissionControl.
!Allies
!!Aydana Kozlova
-> Class: Assault
A Kazakh commando the Ghosts encounter.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:She's the sister of Grigoriy Kozlov from ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''. The Ghosts suspect she might blame them for her brother's death, but this turns out not to be the case, though she might still have some ill will towards Scott Mitchell.]]
* DemolitionsExpert: As the game's only Assault class unit, she specializes in grenades as well as rifles.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:She presents herself as a Kazakh commando, but is actually a Russian agent working for President Karkarzev. As a result she prevents the Ghosts from capturing Demidov so she can follow him to locate the remaining Dead Hand Bases. However, ultimately she and the Ghosts have the same goals in the conflict; stopping Zemya and Strashin.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: She's not one of your six permanent Ghost squad members, and can't be upgraded like they can, but still fights alongside them for a significant portion of the game.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the game she stays behind to manually detonate the base's nuclear reactor and blow up Strashin's missiles before they can destroy the world, while giving the Ghosts time to escape.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one. [[spoiler:It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Although you only see her head in-game, her character art which shows her full body shows she's fighting in nothing more than a green halter-top and jeans while the Ghosts are fighting in full body armor (though this somewhat makes sense as she's an irregular resistance fighter while the Ghosts are fully equipped military). For the final set of missions she puts on a more sensible winter outfit, most likely to deal with the cold Siberian weather.
!Antagonists
!!Vladimir Morozov
Strashin's right hand man; a ruthless mercenary who leads Zemya's attacks.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's got about 3 times as much health as his Mooks; overall his health is on par with that of your Ghost teammates.
* TheBrute: He's described as a large and ruthless man.
* DarkIsEvil: Dresses all in black.
* TheDragon: To General Strashin.
* KickTheDog: He repeatedly tests the Dead Hand combat drones out on civilians, for no reason other than it's convenient.
* MildlyMilitary: He has a more informal, mercenary-like appearance, compared to the more paramilitary uniforms worn by the regular Zemya troopers.
* WolfpackBoss: When you finally face him, he's hold up in a command room with several Mooks.
!!Yaroslav Demidov
A Russian scientist from "the old times" who controls the old Soviet-era Dead Hand Bases that contain decommissioned but still functional combat drone production facilities as well as nuclear missiles. He's also a member of the defunct Russian Royalty, and joined Treskayev and Strashin because he was promised that the monarchy would be restored under their rule.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Though much milder than most examples.
* BlueBlood: A descendant of the Romanovs. How he ended up in charge of the Dead Hand bases under Soviet rule is anyone's guess, though he likely concealed his heritage.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: After Strashin goes completely off the deep end and pulls a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him, Demidov uses his dying breath to warn the Ghosts and give them the intel they need to stop Strashin from blowing up the planet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was repulsed when Morozov decided to [[WeHaveReserves leave his troops to their deaths]]. In general, he didn't like all the violence done by Zemya but only put up with it because they promised him that they will return the monarchy to Russia.
* MechaMooks: His control of the Dead Hand Bases gives him access to an army of combat drones, which is why Strashin and Treskayev ally with him in the first place.
* NonActionGuy: He's a scientist in a suit, not a soldier, and every time you encounter him he promptly runs away from you.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At the end of the game, Strashin shoots him and leaves him to bleed out before setting out to destroy the world. Even before that, Treskayev made it clear early on he was only using Demidov to get access to the Dead Hand Bases and their robot factories, and that Demidov would outlive his usefulness once Treskayev was actually in power.
!!General Strashin
A Russian General working for Yuri Treskayev, he's also the leader of Zemya and wants to take over Russia.
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* AxCrazy: With a generous helping of maniacal laughter.
* BigBad: The main villain of ''Shadow Wars''.
* DuelBoss: Strashin retracts a series of bridges in order to cut off the Ghosts from him, forcing Aydana to fight him one-on-one while the Ghosts battle his security drones (though you can still actually snipe him from the other platforms with the Ghosts).
* TheManBehindTheMan: Morozov and Demidov are the public face of Zemya, but Strashin is the one secretly in charge while publicly acting as the commanding officer of the Russian military task force that's supposed to be dealing with the chaos being caused by Zemya.
* MoleInCharge: He's the Russian General in charge of the task force meant to put a stop to Zemya while secretly also being the leader of Zemya.
* OmnicidalManiac: The BigBad pulling a TakingYouWithMe with nuclear weapons after their initial plan falls apart is something that happens OncePerEpisode in the ''Ghost Recon'' series, but Strashin is the only BigBad whose goal at the end is ''explicitly'' to destroy the world; the North Korean Generals and Mexican rebels from earlier games at least had somewhat more strategic plans for their usage of nukes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After being accidentally outed by Demidov as the real leader of Zemya, Strashin flees Moscow and activates an army of robot drones to try and take over the country.
* TheStarscream[=/=]EvilIsNotAToy: He turns against Treskayev and tries to take over Russia with a secret robot army.
* TakingYouWithMe: When on the verge of defeat, he tries to blow up the planet with the Dead Hand DoomsdayDevice.
* UnwittingPawn: If Zemya is the same as the un-named separatist terrorist group from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'', then they're just pawns being played to create a crisis so Treskayev/Makhmudov can seize power. Strashin himself seems to either realize this, or is simply too insane to control, as he eventually turns into TheStarscream.
* WolfpackBoss: Strashin himself is a pretty standard infantry unit and armed only with a pistol, but he's got a bunch of security drones and heavy turrets protecting him.
!!Yuri Treskayev
An ultranationalist politician who hired Strashin and Morozov to destabilize Russia and her neighbors so that he can be elected over the more moderate incumbent President.
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* ArcVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is the same character.
* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the GreaterScopeVillain.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He's completely shocked when General Strashin goes rogue and tries to take over the country with a robot army.
* KarmaHoudini: Yuri loses his bid to become President, but returns to his former position in the Duma and faces no major consequences for his schemes. If he is the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier'', then he does finally get his comeuppance in those games.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', as well as ''Ghost Recon Wii''. Is also most likely meant to be the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier''.
* SuddenNameChange: He seems to be meant to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' as well as Sergey Makhmudov from ''Future Soldier''; all 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Future Soldier'']]
!The Ghosts (Hunter team)
!!John Kozak
!!!Voiced by: Gene Farber
A second-generation Russian-American from Brooklyn and the main protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', who serves as Hunter team's scout/point man/tech expert. Kozak was recruited into the Ghosts for his prodigy-like expertise with advanced technology; Major Scott Mitchell, now the commanding officer of the Ghosts, once referred to him as the future of soldiers.
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* TheCameo: A younger, NewMeat Kozak appears prominently in the "Silent Spade" missions of ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' which were added as Year Two extra content.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Captain Mitchell from the previous games, Kozak is just the team's scout/pointman rather than the actual team leader. As a result he can't give movement orders to the rest of the squad, though he can call out enemy targets.
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Russian quite fluently, which comes in handy when the Ghosts are secretly helping loyalist Russians.
* OddNameOut: He's the only squad member who goes by his real name rather than by a callsign.
* PlayerCharacter: Of ''Future Soldier''.
* RichesToRags: A random conversation in ''Wildlands'' between the Ghosts indicates that Kozak's wife left him, emptied out his bank account, and even took all of their furniture and household items. As ''Wildlands'' occurs prior to ''Future Soldier'' this would have happened a few years prior to the events of ''Future Soldier''.
* TitleDrop: He's the protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', and in ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' Colonel Mitchell refers to the tech-savvy Kozak as the future of soldiers, as compared to more old-school ground-pounders like Mitchell and Nomad.
* TheSmartGuy: Handles all the tech in the squad, including use of the drone.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Kozak is the son of Russian immigrants. This comes up on occasion, mostly as teasing from 30K, but also by way of having Kozak interrogate a captured member of Bodark, relay messages in Russian to a loyalist general they're secretly assisting, and going solo on a covert mission to rescue the Russian president.
!!Ghost Lead
!!!Voiced by: Creator/JohnEricBentley
The leader of Hunter Team and a highly professional career soldier.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: A particularly notable aversion, as he throws out basically every death card possible - [[FatalFamilyPhoto calling up his son]] before a dangerous mission with a hint of finality to it, talking to him about his birthday and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad promising to be home soon]], even jokingly suggesting [[{{Retirony}} he'll retire soon]] if Kozak can successfully pull off the preceding solo stealth mission - but still survives.
* TheLeader: Is in charge of Hunter team.
!!Pepper
!!!Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
Hunter Team's level-headed sniper.
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* ColdSniper: The team sniper and generally quite the professional.
* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a badass special forces sniper named after a condiment.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's calm and collected in contrast to the more boisterous and hot-blooded 30K.
!!30K
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TroyBaker
Hunter Team's talkative, boisterous support gunner and driver.
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* BadassDriver: 30K is the driver whenever the squad is using a captured vehicle.
* BoisterousBruiser: The loudest and most aggressive member of the team.
* TheBigGuy: Carries a LMG for when things get loud.
* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely the snarkiest member of the team.
* InterserviceRivalry: 30K's fine with ships, it's too bad about the sailors and Marines on them.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's boisterous and hot-blooded in contrast to the more calm and collected Pepper.
!The Ghosts (others)
!!Scott Mitchell
See the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!!Twistings
!!!Voiced by: Valerie Arem
* GetawayDriver: She's usually the pilot for Hunter team's extraction helicopter.
!Allies
!!Volodin
* CanonImmigrant: President Volodin from ''Future Soldier'' later appears as a major antagonist in the ''Jack Ryan'' novels written after Clancy's passing.
* {{Expy}}: We have Volodin, who in his youngest days tamed wild bears, comes from a military background, and even after being tortured can handle himself in a shootout - [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin sounds like a real life Russian president]].
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Action]]: When rescued by Kozak and given a weapon, he's more than capable of fighting alongside the Ghost.
* SuddenNameChange: Appears to be the same person as President Karkarzev in ''Shadow Wars'' and President Karskazev in ''H.A.W.X. 2''. All 3 have the exact same character model and are the moderate President of Russia opposed by BigBad Makhmudov/Treskayev.
!Antagonists
!!Raven's Rock
A powerful group of hardline Russian ultranationalists who want to take over Russia.
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* ArcVillain: President Makhmudov is this for ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is meant to be him.
* BadBoss: In the final level, almost every single surviving Raven's Rock leader has a KickTheDog moment before you kill them; one argues with and starts choking his wife, one is torturing a captured prisoner, one is yelling at and mistreating one of his Mooks, etc. Granted, they're all likely highly stressed due to the defeat of their coup and the fact they're being forced to flee into hiding.
%%* BaldOfEvil: Makhmudov and Petrakov have this.
* TheConspiracy: They're planning on overthrowing the Russian government and appear to be made up of a number of very influential power players, including at least 3 Generals, an Admiral, and a number of politicians and other incredibly wealthy individuals, as well as arms dealers, a considerable portion of the military, and an elite special forces group.
* ContinuityNod: The enemy soldiers in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' have the same character model as the Raven's Rock soldiers in ''Future Soldier''.
* EvilGloating: Petrakov taunts the Ghosts and even mocks the death of their comrades even after being shot by them and seconds from them putting a bullet in his head, such is his confidence that his political connections make him untouchable. And he turns out to be right. Too bad for him he dies anyway.
* FlatCharacter: The first time you see any of the Raven's Rock leaders is mere seconds before you blow them away. Also, only President Makhmudov and Petrakov have any real dialogue.
* GreaterScopeVillain:
** If President Makhmudov is supposed to be the same person as Yuri Treskayev in ''Shadow Wars'' and Aleksandr Treskayev in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', then he and Raven's Rock is this to those three games.
** The implication of the ending of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' is that Raven's Rock themselves are being controlled by [[TheIlluminati Megiddo]] from ''VideoGame/SplinterCell''. ''Future Soldier'' is not as closely tied to ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as it originally was supposed to be, so the only trace of this plotline left in the final game is the mysterious order from "the highest level" not to capture Petrakov, the final Raven's Rock leader.
* MeaningfulName: Their name appears to be taken from a famous battle fought against Western crusaders by proto-Russian prince Alexander Nevsky, who was made into a prominent folk hero by Soviet-era propaganda.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: A dirty bomb bound for the United States that kills 4 Ghosts isn't exactly a "minor" crime, but what looks like a random terrorist bombing ultimately leads to a massive conspiracy to take over one of the 3 most powerful nations on Earth.
* MurderByInaction[=/=]ExactWords: At the end of the game, the Ghosts receive a mysterious order "from the highest level" to let Petrakov go, which they ultimately obey even as he taunts them about the death of their comrades caused by Raven's Rock. Too bad for Petrakov, he's currently injured and laying in the path of an oncoming train, and [[Film/BatmanBegins just because the Ghosts can't kill him doesn't mean they have to save him...]]
* PresidentEvil: President Sergey Makhmudov, the new President of Russia after Raven's Rock take over the country. It's unclear whether he's the actual leader of Raven's Rock or if Petrakov and the other conspirators in the final level are TheManBehindTheMan. Though taking ''Future Soldier'', ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as a whole, then Makhmudov is indeed meant to be the BigBad.
* RenegadeRussian: They're a group of Russian hardline ultranationalists who plan (and succeed in) overthrowing the current Russian government and engaging in a war with the West.
* SigilSpam: Their emblem, a set of four interlocking black "hooks" inside a red diamond, is plastered everywhere under their control.
* SuddenNameChange: President Makhmudov is apparently supposed to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and Yuri Treskayev from ''Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars''. All 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: They seem to either believe that they can win a nuclear war with the West or that NATO lacks the spine to actually retaliate with their own nuclear weapons; either position seems suicidally stupid to anyone with even a basic understanding of international nuclear politics (though, given it is the year 2024, they may simply be taking Prime Minister Corbyn at his word).
* VillainousBreakdown: In the penultimate level, Makhmudov attempts to rally his supporters on TV. He's relatively calm in the first broadcast, but is freaking out in the second as the Ghosts dismantle his army and the people of Moscow turn against the regime.
* WesternTerrorists: Before fully taking control of Russia, they're engaged in attempting to cause mass casualty events in the West, including sending a dirty bomb to the U.S.-Mexico border and launching a nuclear missile at London.
* WolfpackBoss: While the citizens of Moscow deal with President Makhmudov themselves, the Ghosts storm the headquarters of Raven's Rock's military leader General Mikhail Burkharov to stop him from organizing an armed crackdown against the protesters. After you fight through his remaining Bodark EliteMooks, Burkharov holes up in his office with about a dozen guards. You blast your way in and blow them all away. Burkharov himself takes cover behind his desk while wielding an assault rifle, and goes down just like any of his Mooks.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating:
** Their support amongst the populace appears to be absolutely abysmal, and in the second-to-last level the civilian population of Moscow forms a mob and kicks them out of office (with a little help from the Ghosts who make sure Raven's Rock are unable to hold onto power by force). It's likely the Russian populace remember what an abysmal failure the last hardline ultranationalist government was from the original ''Ghost Recon''.
** In ''Ghost Recon Wii'', after Bravo Team is captured by the Ultranationalists, one of the Russian soldiers holding them prisoner shoots his partner and sets the Ghosts free, telling them that President Treskayev/Makhmudov is a madman tearing Russia apart and must be stopped no matter what.
!!Bodark
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MarkIvanir
A dangerous, highly trained Russian special forces group whose skill and equipment are on par with that of the Ghosts themselves.
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* ArchEnemy: They are by far the Ghosts' most frequently reoccuring nemesis, and ''Phantoms'' even refers to them as the greatest enemy faced by the Ghosts.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted; their leader Colonel Kuzmin and the other 3 Bodark officers who are your targets in the final mission of the ''Raven Strike'' DLC behave more like regular infantry than the EliteMooks under their command. They're not even protected by Bodark spec ops, just regular Raven's Rock soldiers. All 4 Bodark officers are at least competent fighters, compared to the Raven's Rock leaders who were largely noncombatants.
* ContinuityNod:
** Their uniforms and equipment are a [=DLC=] pack for ''Ghost Recon: Phantoms''. Also, the Russian Spetznaz unit in ''Tom Clancy's [=EndWar=]'' is known as the Wolves.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
** The Wolves from ''Breakpoint'' also seem to greatly resemble them, as well as share their name (Bodark means Werewolf in Russian).
** A former member of Bodark appears as an ally in ''Breakpoint'''s ''Deep State'' DLC campaign.
** Bodark are the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC campaign. From the trailers, it appears they were originally intended to be a full new faction, but in the game itself they're just a handful of officers commanding the usual Sentinel and Wolf mooks. Bodark finally appears as a full faction in ''Operation Motherland'', the final DLC campaign of ''Breakpoint''.
* EliteMooks: Even more elite than previous Elite Mook groups in the series such as North Korean special forces, Aguila 7, or the Panamanian mercs.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Ghosts, much more-so than previous EliteMooks like Aguila 7. Like the Ghosts, they're an elite special forces group utilizing state-of-the-art technology (including cloaking devices and EMP grenades), and like the Ghosts they're named after a supernatural being. Their technological parity with the Ghosts also lets them hack the Ghosts' own tech systems, crippling the Ghosts' usual technological advantage. Their {{Leitmotif}} is even titled "Nemesis" in the game's soundtrack. They're also the only enemy group in the series who know exactly who the Ghosts are (even referencing Kozak by name and hometown) and what their capabilities are.
* GasMaskMooks: They wear gas masks, possibly due to their usage of smoke grenades.
* KungFuProofMook: They can't be marked on your cross-com like regular enemies due to their thermoptic camo. Also, unlike the earlier prototypes used by [[VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands Los Extranjeros]], the camo doesn't show up in thermal vision either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Nemesis", a combination of [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Russian Chanting]] and PsychoStrings. The heavy combat version, "Stampede", replaced the Ominous Chanting with Dubstep.
* MageKiller: In their first appearance, they hack your cross-com systems to disable all your fancy high-tech gadgets, including your optic camo, drone, and cross-com [=HUD=].
* NothingIsScarier: In the first mission in which you encounter them, they spent a large portion of the mission simply trolling you, hacking your cross-com so that it glitches heavily and even shows enemies that aren't actually there. It's only when you walk into an ideal kill-zone relatively late in the level do they actually engage you in combat.
* TheRemnant: The remnants of Bodark serve as the antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC.
* SavageWolves: They take their name from Russian folklore; a Bodark is a man who chooses to become a Werewolf, as opposed to someone who involuntarily becomes a werewolf due to being bitten by one.
* TheStarscream: In the ''Raven Strike'' DLC, after Raven's Rock is overthrown, Colonel Kuzmin and Bodark attempt to use the chaos to steal all of Russia's intelligence secrets, either for their own personal use or to sell on the open market.
* VisibleInvisibility: Their thermoptic camo has the same ''Film/{{Predator}}'' shimmer effect as that of the Ghosts. However, when combined with the fact they can't be marked on your cross-com, it can still let them sneak up on you surprisingly effectively as you're so used to the cross-com marking enemies for you that you fail to notice them.
* WolfpackBoss: Each of the Bodark officers in the final mission of ''Raven Strike'' are no tougher than a regular Mook, but are protected by at least a couple squads of troopers as well as one [=APC=] each.
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon'']]
!The Ghosts (Specialists)
!!Will Jacobs
-> Class: Rifleman
A Special Forces Captain who was assigned to the Ghosts in 2001. He retired as a major after the game, appearing once again as a TV show host in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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%%* TheCaptain
* GeniusBruiser: Besides being a skilled elite soldier, his bio notes he's also a tactical ace, [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]], accomplished pianist, and astronomer.
%%* MajorlyAwesome
* {{Narrator}}: Serves as one in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
%%* RetiredBadass
!!Leah "Lindy" Cohen
-> Class: Rifleman
A 10th Infantry Regiment (later Special Forces) sergeant who was transferred to the Ghosts in 2005.
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%%* ActionGirl
* BoisterousBruiser: Has apparently run herself out of ammunition on several occasions due to "an excess of enthusiasm" in the field. Also had a "particular fondness" for unarmed combat and once put a martial arts instructor in the infirmary, earning her much respect from her peers.
%%* SergeantRock
!!Klaus Henkel
-> Class: Demolitions
A Bundeswehr demolitions specialist. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2003.
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* DemolitionsExpert: Particularly pronounced in ''Island Thunder'', where his kits are revamped to give him both a twelve-shot grenade launcher and the [=AT4=].
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Harold "Buzz" Gordon
-> Class: Rifleman
An Army Ranger and one of the first Ghost operatives to join when it was formed in 1994. After the events of the game and the expansion packs, he becomes a Lieutenant Colonel, becoming part of the Ghost Command.
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%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* ColonelBadass
* FeelingTheirAge: His personal quote in his bio on the old website had him lamenting that he was "too old for this crap twenty years ago".
* MissionControl: For Scott Mitchell, twice in the novels.
!!Scott Ibrahim
-> Class: Sniper
Another 10th Infantry Regiment-turned-Special Forces member, serving as a sniper. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2007.
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* TheArtifact: His bio was apparently finalized before his actual in-game class and weapon selection was, since said bio insists he's just as accurate with the M136 as he is with small arms, despite the fact that he can't actually use the M136.
%%* FriendlySniper
* NewMeat: In a relative sense, as while he's been with general Special Forces for two years, he's the newest addition to the Ghosts.
!!Dieter Munz
-> Class: Support
A Bundeswehr machinegunner who also spent time with GSG-9, and has served with the Ghosts since 2006.
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* TheArtifact: Like Ibrahim above, his bio also insists he specializes with the M136 and even keeps meticulous count of how many vehicles he's killed with them, despite him not being a Demolitions specialist who actually has access to it.
%%* TheBigGuy
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: His bio states that he's attempted to learn French several times, all of which "failed miserably".
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons are machine guns.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Nigel Tunny
-> Class: Demolitions
A former British Army EOD specialist who joined the Special Air Service in 2001, then was attached to the Ghosts in 2005.
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* TheAlcoholic: His personal quote on the old website had him asking someone else to hold his beer while he set a demo charge... then stating that ''of course'' he's joking, [[BaitAndSwitch why would he trust anyone else with his drink?]]
* TheBigGuy: Not as much as a Support specialist - being a Demolitions specialist means he actually gets one of the smallest regular guns, but he also gets access to things that make the biggest booms.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: PlayedForLaughs - according to his bio, he threatens to quit "approximately once every three weeks".
!!Jack Stone
-> Class: Sniper
Another British Army soldier/SAS operative, a sniper who has worked with the Ghosts since 2005.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: He apparently scored the highest marks ever recorded on his initial marksmanship test.
* NoodleIncident: He was sent as part of an advance force for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea around November 2003, was captured by guerillas on the third, and escaped after killing them all on the sixth. He's not particularly keen on saying much about what exactly happened there.
!!Henry Ramirez
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 37th Armored Division who was also attached to the Colombian Joint Southern Task Force for a time, before joining the Ghosts in 2006.
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* BerserkButton: He doesn't like hearing jokes about short people, being disrespected in general, or being called "Hank".
* IHaveNoSon: Inverted, he doesn't get along very well with his step-father. He hasn't spoken to his family in four years.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has few friends among the other Ghosts, but the ones he does have, he's very close to.
!!Guram Osadze
->Class: Support
A Georgian Army heavy gunner from 1991, attempts at increased cooperative effort between Georgia and the US saw him attached to the Ghosts since 2002.
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* ContinuityNod: A younger relative of his shows up as a member of a Georgian special forces team in ''Future Soldier'', and he mentions Guram's service with the Ghosts, saying that he always spoke very highly of them.
* {{Fanboy}}: His bio states he absolutely loves American rap music.
* PatrioticFervor: His parents were instrumental in Georgia's transition from a Soviet satellite to an independent nation, and he in turn is extremely loyal to his country's freedom.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Taking a page from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]], he apparently has a tattoo of the Georgian flag on his left bicep.
!!Astra Galinsky
->Class: Sniper
A Lithuanian national champion shooter, her intended path has been currently cut short due to the incident with Russia, called up for active duty from the Lithuanian National Guard in 2007.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ColdSniper: In any other cases she'd be more the {{friendly|Sniper}} type, but with her parents having gone missing for over a month, she's not in the mood for it.
!!Susan Grey
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade who joined Special Forces in 1999, and was assigned to the Ghosts in 2004.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: For a variety of reasons, she is apparently the single most-disliked member of the Ghosts.
* InsufferableGenius: According to her bio on the old website, she has a "propensity for explaining to others exactly how skilled she is", and a tendency to correct inaccurate statements from other members of the group - even if she wasn't originally part of their conversation.
* TheLeader: In the ''[=EndWar=]'' alternate continuity she becomes the leader of Ghost Recon after Mitchell is promoted to General and leader of the U.S. military.
!!Jodit Haile
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the Eritrean Defense Force since 1999, returning to active service as hostilities flare up once again between Eritrea and Ethiopia, where she ends up working alongside the Ghosts.
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* ActionMom: She has a son who's, at the time of the current hostilities, about seven years old.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She joined a rebel group around 2004 that ultimately succeeded in overthrowing the previous dictatorial government. Knowing that said government was sponsored by the US, she's not exactly happy to be accepting help from America or work with American forces, though the Ghosts eventually impress her with their professionalism.
* SmallGirlBigGun: Above-average height, but rather lanky in appearance and without any particularly visible muscle mass - so of course she's given the PKM, one of the biggest guns you can get in the game. This is especially pronounced in that the game classifies her as a Rifleman specialist, but gives her Support kits.
!Antagonists
!!Dimitri Arbatov
President of the hardline "Russian Democratic Union", who wishes to reestablish the Soviet Empire.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He gets arrested and eventually executed by his own generals a little over halfway through the game as a scapegoat for the failure of the Russian invasion. Getting rid of said generals becomes the focus of the rest of the game.]]
* TheGhost: President Arbatov is only mentioned in mission briefings, and never actually appears in the game itself. You never even ever see what he looks like.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the original ''Ghost Recon'' game. He's the leader of the new hardline government responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia and the Baltics, but is only mentioned in mission briefings and never seen or interacted with at all.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: PresidentEvil. [[spoiler:Becomes President Failure late in the game, betrayed and executed by his own troops]].
!!Tesfaye Wolde
An Ethiopian colonel and warlord who overthrows the Ethiopian government using weapons purchased from President Arbitov's hardline Russian government, so he can start another war with Eritrea. [[spoiler:He's ultimately defeated, and is either killed in action or captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: As seen in the cutscenes from the console version of the game.
* BigBad: Of the ''Desert Siege'' expansion pack.
%%* [[GeneralRipper Colonel Ripper]]
* FrontlineGeneral[=/=]VillainousValor: In the final mission, after the Ghosts have dismantled the rest of his military apparatus, he personally leads a tank column out against you in a last-ditch effort to rally his remaining followers. Your MissionControl states this move might be tactically questionable, but it shows the Colonel undeniably has balls.
!!Ashenafi Abate
An Ethiopian warlord and a friend of Wolde. Captured by the Ghosts late in the game.
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* TheDragon: To Colonel Wolde.
* RedHerring[=/=]NeverTrustATrailer: The guy you saw in the intro video of the PC version? That's him, not Wolde.
!!Ariel Priego
The leader of the anti-American Cuban political party FDG. [[spoiler:He was also captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game]].
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* BigBad: Of the ''Island Thunder'' expansion pack.
%%* DiabolicalMastermind
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon 2'']]
!The Ghosts
!! Scott Mitchell
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidCooley (''Ghost Recon 2'', ''Advanced Warfighter'', ''Advanced Warfighter 2''), Creator/SteveBlum (''[=EndWar=]'', ''Future Soldier'', ''Wildlands'', ''Breakpoint'').
The protagonist of ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. A career special forces soldier from a blue-collar background, he has served with the Ghosts in Georgia, Eritrea, and Cuba, and rose to the rank of Captain just in time to serve as the primary Ghost team leader during the two Korean conflicts of 2007 and 2011, as well as the Mexican uprising of 2013. By 2019, he's been promoted to Colonel and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In ''Future Soldier'', Mitchell is ''never'' referred to by name throughout the entire game. If you play the game blind without having seen any supplementary materials, you would have no idea that your commander is the player character from the previous games in the series. It's especially jarring in the jump between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Future Soldier'', since he's voiced by two completely different voice actors (from David Cooley in ''AW'' to Creator/SteveBlum in ''FS''), though taking crossovers into account makes it less so, since Blum has been consistently voicing him ever since ''[=EndWar=]''.
** During the briefing of mission Ember Hunt, Mitchell cryptically mentions that the nuclear missile launched at London was likely the same weapon the Ghosts had been looking for a few months prior. This is a reference to the prequel short film ''Alpha'' which had been released before ''Future Soldier''.
* BadassBoast: Has a pretty good one in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when Colonel Jimenez asks what his name is after he saves the Colonel's life by killing an enemy tank.
-->'''Captain Mitchell:''' "I have no name, Colonel. I'm a Ghost. And I was never here."
* TheCameo: Appears in the opening mission of ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]'' where you support his Ghost team from the air as a H.A.W.X. pilot.
* CareerEndingInjury: Though it's not explicitly stated, all indications are that taking an EMP bomb to the face at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' was a major factor in him being KickedUpstairs away from field operations and into being the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', during Lone Wolf missions Mitchell is equipped with an Integrated Warfighter System suit to even the odds and help him OneManArmy the enemy strongpoints; it's a high-tech armored suit linked to an O.I.C.W. rifle and lets him blindfire accurately over cover using an integrated camera, launch smart airburst grenades, and laser designate targets for artillery or air support. This is apparently the prototype for the Advanced Warfighter system the Ghosts are equipped with in ''Advanced Warfighter'', only even more "space marine" like in design.
* DeadpanSnarker: Scott Mitchell in ''Future Soldier''. While launching an airstrike into Russian territory to bail the Ghosts out:
--> ''"Your international incident's on its way."''
* {{Determinator}}[=/=]MadeOfIron: Cpt. Mitchell from the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It becomes increasingly clear throughout both games that he (and you, by proxy) is pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. He shrugs off bullets, goes on several solo missions that involve traversing long distances and fighting squads of soldiers by himself, downs several enemy helicopters, protects the President of the United States from overwhelming enemy forces, etc. At the end of the second game, he [[spoiler:authorizes an EMP airstrike '''on himself''' to stop a nuclear missile in his immediate area from being launched. '''[[VideoGame/EndWar And he survives!]]''']]
* TheHero: He's the main character in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'' and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* HeroicMime: Not in most of his appearances, but for whatever reason, he doesn't talk in the [=Xbox/PS2=] version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. Many of his exact lines are given word-for-word to other characters instead.
* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he calls down an EMP bomb strike on his own position to stop the Mercs from launching nuclear missiles into the United States. It's pointed out that, while the EMP itself is harmless to humans, the EMP bomb is still a bomb and potentially lethal. Sure enough Mitchell is knocked out by the strike and the game ends on a {{Cliffhanger}} as to whether or not he survives.
* JackOfAllTrades: As the player character and team leader, Mitchell has to engage in a wide variety of combat roles, including general infantry, sniper, BadassDriver, demolitions, etc.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Scott Mitchell's appearance in ''Future Soldier'' spoils the uncertainty after his HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TheLeader: He's a Captain and the Ghost alpha team leader in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'', and gets promoted to Colonel and commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* MissionControl: In ''Future Soldier'' he's been promoted to the Ghosts' commander and gives the Ghosts their objectives and feeds them intel.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Future Soldier'' his name is never mentioned in-game, only showing up in the credits.
* OneManArmy: Though he's usually accompanied by his Ghost team, some missions require Mitchell to go in Lone Wolf style and take out dozens of hostiles by himself, though he usually manages it through stealth, ambushes, and superior equipment such as the Integrated Warfighter System in ''Ghost Recon 2''.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' mentions he fought in the Russian, Eritrean, and Cuban conflicts (from the first ''Ghost Recon'' game), even though he didn't actually appear in that game.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When forced to choose between saving comrades/allies/civilians and accomplishing mission objectives, Mitchell always tries to ''do both'' at the same time. This is most apparent in ''Summit Strike''. Fortunately, he and his team happen to be good enough to pull it off.
!! Joe Ramirez
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArmandoValdes
A second-generation Mexican-American and former teen hacker, Jose "Joe" Ramirez was an Army Ranger radio operator and squad leader who joined the Ghosts rather than be stuck at a desk job. Friendly and introverted, he has prominently served closely alongside Captain Mitchell ever since the events of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:where he and his team die at the end of the prologue]]).
* DemotedToExtra: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Ramirez is injured by rebels in the first mission after being marked by Carlos Ontiveros. In the console versions, Mitchell rescues him and he becomes a selectable Ghost teammate. In the PC version, however, Mitchell never even encounters him and he just disappears from the rest of the game. He returns in both the console and PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a selectable team member.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Jennifer Burke, Ramirez is a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'' alongside the rest of his team to a Raven's Rock bomb.]]
* TheLancer: Appears to be this to Captain Mitchell, as he's framed this way in the interview segments of the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' (being the only Ghost to appear together alongside Mitchell during his interview segments), and appearing alongside Mitchell in every installment of the series other than the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's also your primary squadmate throughout the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', after Mitchell and Marcus Brown rescue him in the first level.
* TradingBarsForStripes: As a teen hacker, he got in trouble with the law a few times and was eventually recommended by a police officer that he put his skills to use in the Army before he got into serious trouble.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was apparently killed in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel (which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2''), but is alive and the leader of his own Ghost team by the time of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:only to die, for real this time, in the prologue mission]]).
!! Jennifer Burke
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeannieElias
Like Scott Mitchell, Jennifer Burke is a career Army soldier from a blue-collar background. Outspoken and rebellious, she served alongside Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts, and was promoted to Captain of her own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* ActionGirl: Alongside Alicia Diaz. Her bio also mentions she has an interest in extreme sports as well.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Burke and Salvatore receive a greater amount of focus in ''Summit Strike'' compared to the main game.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', like Nick Salvatore and David Foster she's no longer a member of Mitchell's Ghost Team due to being promoted to the team leader of her own Ghost squad. Unlike Nick or David, she's never actually seen in-game and is only mentioned in dialogue.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez, Burke is a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', [[spoiler:the last you hear of her, her position has been overrun by the rebels and communications with her has been lost. She's never mentioned again after that point and it's left unclear whether or not she was K.I.A.]].
!! Nick Salvatore
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum
A boisterous, blue-collar Italian-American New Jersey native, Salvatore is a support gunner who served in Marine Force Recon before joining the Ghosts, where he served under Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts. He was promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Salvatore and Burke receive a greater amount of focus in ''Summit Strike'' compared to the main game.
* MoreDakka: Serves as a support gunner along with Marcus Brown in ''Ghost Recon 2''.
* PornStache: Seems to have grown one at some point between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''[=EndWar=]''.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Fights with rolled up sleeves in all of his appearances, which does somewhat fit his role as a support gunner.
* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and his team get overrun by Carlos and the Aguila 7, and the last you see of Nick he's critically injured and marked for medevac by Mitchell. He likely survives as he appears as a leader in the alternate continuity of ''[=EndWar=]''.
!! Alicia Diaz
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LianeSchirmer
The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
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* ActionGirl: Alongside Jennifer Burke in ''Ghost Recon 2'', and the sole female Ghost in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It's mentioned in her bio that she was unable to serve in a combat role in the regular Army due to the existing restrictions at the time, but the Ghosts were not bound by said restrictions due to being an off-the-books black ops unit.
* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' or ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where her role is instead taken up by Richard Allen in the first game and John Hume in the second game. She's also missing from the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', where Mike Kim serves as sniper support instead.
* CunningLinguist: Her bio mentions that she loves traveling and speaks several languages fluently, which proves a useful skill in field work.
* FriendlySniper: She's the team's sniper in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, and her bio indicates her personality is friendly, but not extroverted.
* GlassCannon: It's noted her smaller stature puts her at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, but her sniper skills more than make up for it and she also trains in combat techniques designed to compensate for her smaller physique.
* The SmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Ghost in the console version of the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, due to Jennifer Burke being DemotedToExtra. However, she's not the only female U.S. combatant, as ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' also has Littlebird, an attack helicopter pilot.
* {{Tomboy}}: Is mentioned as being one in her bio.
!! Marcus Brown
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreWare
A former college football star who dropped out to join the Army, Brown's a career soldier who has served in both regular infantry and special forces before joining the Ghosts as their main support gunner. He has the unique distinction of being the only Ghost who has appeared as a squad member in every single Scott Mitchell game across all versions.
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* MoreDakka: In every game he serves as the squad's support gunner, wielding an [=LMG=].
* NonIdleRich: it's mentioned in his bio that he's a former college football star from an affluent family who decided to join the military as an enlisted man instead of going into politics like his parents wanted.
* TheReliableOne: He's the only Ghost besides Scott Mitchell to appear as a selectable teammate in every single game of the "Mitchell Trilogy"; all of the other members of Mitchell's Ghost team are either missing from at least one of the games or missing from the PC versions.
!! Derrick Parker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnEricBentley
The oldest member of the Ghosts, Parker is a career special forces soldier with a professional bearing. Serves as a member of Mitchell's squad in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' games as well as the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's promoted to the leader of the Ghosts' Bravo team in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', which makes a scene in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' where he and Mitchell reminiscence about fighting together in Mexico City something of a headscratcher.
* AscendedExtra: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is merely one of several selectable squadmates in the Xbox 360 version. However, in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, he becomes the leader of Bravo team and has a ''significantly'' larger role in the game (see HeroOfAnotherStory below).
* BadassInDistress: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
* BaldOfAuthority: He's an older Sergeant, the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' shows him sporting the cue ball and mustache look, and in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Beasley are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', if you fail to defeat Carlos and rescue them in the final level.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside David Foster in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and Richard Allen and Bo Jenkins in ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* FieldPromotion: In the 2 days between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted from a member of Mitchell's squad to the leader of his own Ghost team, likely due to the losses of [[spoiler:Captains Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]] during the Mexico City revolt. (This actually seems to be an artifact from the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version, in which he was the Bravo team leader the whole game).
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
* OldSoldier: He's the oldest member of Mitchell's Ghost team, being at least a full decade older than the majority of the other members.
!! David Foster
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilWheaton
A member of a long-running military family from rural Alaska, Foster is the youngest member of the Ghosts at the time of the two Korean conflicts. He's promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside Derrick Parker.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's no longer a member of Mitchell's Ghost Team due to having been promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad. He's mentioned a couple of times by General Martin and has about 2 lines of dialogue in the mission "Ready for Bear". His character model in the cross-com communications window is noticeably much lower resolution than the more major characters.
* NewMeat: In ''Ghost Recon 2'' he's the youngest member of the Ghosts, though he's still had 3 years of service in the military at that point.
!! Mike Kim
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JaeChoe
A fourth-generation Korean-American with a focused, quiet personality, he and Alicia Diaz serves as the snipers of Mitchell's Ghost team during the two Korean conflicts. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's been promoted to Captain of Charlie team, which focuses on providing sniper support to other Ghost teams.
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* AdaptedOut: After ''Ghost Recon 2'', he only appears in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is completely missing from the PC and Xbox 360 versions as well as ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Downplayed. He's the only Korean-American member of the Ghosts, but since he's a fourth-generation American his background is of limited utility to the mission during the two Korean conflicts, unlike, say, John Kozak's fluency in Russian during the Raven Rock conflict.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. He occasionally provides sniper support as leader of Charlie team in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and also appears as a unit in ''[=EndWar=]''.
!Antagonists
!!Major General Paik
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertDahey
An AxCrazy North Korean General who runs North Korean's nuclear weapons program and wants to use the sinking of the U.S.S. Clarence Walsh as a pretext to launch a war of reunification against South Korean. He's the main antagonist of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', but is actually acting on behalf of his superior, General Jung.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:At the end of the final level, he taunts Mitchell from behind bulletproof glass before shooting himself in the head rather than let himself be captured or killed by the Ghosts.]]
* BigBad: Of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', though he's actually only TheDragon to General Jung.
* BloodKnight: He launches a war of conquest based on what he knows are highly suspect justifications, and uses a lot of ProudWarriorRaceGuy language during his EvilGloating at the end of the final level.
* EvilGloating: In the final level he taunts you over the base's loudspeakers after all the gunfire alerts him to the fact that an American special forces team has invaded the base.
* GeneralRipper: Paik is determined to launch a war of reunification even after it becomes evident the war is the result of third-party manipulation by a [=PMC=], and is even willing to escalation to nuclear war after North Korea makes peace with the United States.
* LastStand: After you spend the entire game dismantling his power base and ultimately foil his attempt to seize control of the country's nuclear arsenal, Paik gets disavowed by the North Korean leadership and is forced to retreat to a remote abandoned military base in the far frozen north, where he and his remaining soldiers make a last stand against the Ghosts.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Even after the North Koreans realize the war was caused by a FalseFlagOperation by a third-party {{P|rivateMilitaryContractors}}MC, General Paik is still hell-bent on using the crisis as an excuse to engage in a war to reunify the peninsula under North Korean rule, or start a nuclear war with the West if that fails.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After the Americans and North Koreans make peace and sign a ceasefire thanks to the work of Sam Fisher in exposing the truth behind the sinking of the USS Clarence Walsh, Paik unilaterally attempts to seize control of the North Korean nuclear arsenal and start a nuclear war with the West.
* SeeYouInHell: His last words to Captain Mitchell.
* TakingYouWithMe: After realizing the Ghosts are minutes away from either capturing him or putting a bullet in his head, he tries to launch or detonate his last nuclear missile to make sure the Ghosts and thousands of others go down with him.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: It's noted that Paik becomes wildly unpopular in North Korea as the war goes on. Both the civilian population and even his own soldiers turn against him due to his treatment of them, and even his own chief nuclear technician Major Sung turns against him after learning about the full extent of his nuclear ambitions. By the end of the game he's been disavowed by the rest of the North Korean military leadership and is abandoned by all but a small contingent of hardcore supporters.
!!General Jung Chong-Sun
A ruthless North Korean General who wants to unify both Koreas under his supreme leadership. He was the GreaterScopeVillain to Major General Paik in the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version.
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* BigBad: Of the Xbox version. He's also TheManBehindTheMan of Major General Paik, the BigBad of the [=PS2=] version.
* DeadHatShot: After he gets blown up the only thing left of him is his hat.
* DirtyCoward: Unlike General Paik, Jung fully intends to survive his TakingYouWithMe moment and tries to flee in a helicopter before the nuke goes off.
* FlatCharacter: He only has a couple lines of dialogue in TheStinger to the [=PS2=] version, and has ''no'' dialogue in the Xbox version where he's the BigBad. Though the actions of his soldiers acting under his orders (such as attacking a field hospital, massacring his own laborers, and trying to flood both Koreas) speaks a lot about how ruthless he is.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a set of reflective [[SunglassesAtNight Sunglasses Indoors]].
* LeaveNoWitnesses: After secretly assembling a nuclear bomb at a North Korean quarry, Jung has all the quarry workers rounded up and blows them all up inside a mine shaft, partly because of this trope and partly because he just wants to kill as many people as possible before his downfall.
* GeneralRipper: He's not as overtly AxCrazy as General Paik was, but is still a ruthless warmonger who's ultimately determined to kill thousands in a TakingYouWithMe moment after his army starts to lose. Also, as TheManBehindTheMan of General Paik, it's clear that he was on board with all of Paik's crazy actions.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the [=PS2=] version, before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version, which takes place a couple of years later.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:At the very end of the Xbox version he attempts to escape in a transport helicopter; Mitchell shoots him down with a rocket launcher and he crashes into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as [[spoiler:his helicopter slams right into a mountain]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: He's too busy directing the war from Pyongyang to actually do anything himself. He notably has even less screen time than General Paik did. His only presence in the series is a short appearance in TheStinger of the [=PS2=] version, some intel photos of him in the intro of the Xbox version, and a very short appearance at the very end of the Xbox version where you blow him up.
* PresidentEvil: Becomes the secret leader of North Korea in the Xbox version after overthrowing the current regime and turning them into a PuppetKing.
* TheStarscream: He overthrows the North Korean government and takes over between the events of the [=PS2=] version and the Xbox version.
* TakingYouWithMe: At the end of the Xbox version, with his army on the brink of defeat, Jung attempts to use a nuclear bomb to destroy the country's largest dam, killing thousands of civilians in both North and South Korea as a last "screw you" to both sides.
* UndyingLoyalty: Major Jacobs mentions that Jung's soldiers are fanatically loyal to him. Unlike General Paik, General Jung never suffers from ZeroPercentApprovalRating even after the direction of the war starts turning against him.
!! Asad Rahil
A Pakistani arms dealer who assassinates the President of Kazakhstan and tries to use his wealth and connections to replace the government with corrupt military officials on his payroll. Serves as the main antagonist of the ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'' expansion pack to the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the BigBad of the campaign.
* BigBad: Of the ''Summit Strike'' expansion pack.
* FrontlineGeneral: Since he's an arms dealer and not a General, his organization isn't large enough for him to delegate out everything and he has to do a lot of his dirty work himself, as seen in the intro where he's personally leading a raid to steal chemical weapons from a Kyrgyzstan disposal site.
* ItsPersonal: Mitchell and his team become personally invested in taking Rahil down after Rahil kills [[spoiler:Grigoriy Koslov, the Ghosts' main ally amongst the Kazakh loyalists]]. Rahil for his part has absolutely no idea who Mitchell is or even that he's coming for him.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills [[spoiler:Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the Kazakhstan government starts to interfere with Rahil's business interests in Kazakhstan, his solution is to ''blow up the entire government'' and start maneuvering military officers on his payroll into positions of power to replace them.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Pakistani military Major who went into business for himself as an international arms dealer.
* WolfpackBoss: At the end of the final mission, Rahil and a number of his personal bodyguards are trapped in a valley dead end after their truck crashes. You fight your way through his bodyguards before blowing Rahil away, who's hiding behind the truck. Rahil himself is ex-military and knows how to use an assault rifle, but realistically is no tougher than his Mooks.
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[[folder:''Advanced Warfighter'']]
!The Ghosts
For Scott Mitchell, Joe Ramirez, Alicia Diaz, Marcus Brown, or Derrick Parker, see the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!! K.C. Kirkland
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a support gunner in the Xbox 360 version and as a rifleman in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen in the PC version.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen) in the PC version of the first game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', but is instead a standard rifleman in the PC version.
* DemotedToExtra: He's no longer a selectable Ghost in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', though he does show up as part of Derrick Parker's Bravo Team.
!! Richard Allen
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version and as a sniper in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland in the PC version. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he's replaced by John Hume.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland) in the PC version of the first game.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In the PC version, he's a sniper instead.
* KilledOffForReal[=/=]BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He dies along with Joe Ramirez in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'']].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'', [[spoiler:where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
!! Matt Beasley
A loner from the inner-city streets of Oakland, Beasley is independent and highly talented. After serving as infantry during the invasion of Iraq and later as a member of the 82nd Airborne Rangers, Beasley joined the Ghosts after being impressed fighting alongside them as a member of the Airborne. Beasley, Ramirez, and Smith serve as riflemen in Mitchell's squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates), and DemotedToExtra in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* CunningLinguist: Seems to have a knack for picking up languages. He picked up Spanish from growing up in Oakland and learned Farsi and a few other Afghan dialects during his time in the Army.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Derrick Parker are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' if you fail to save them or defeat Carlos.
* DemotedToExtra: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
* GeniusBruiser: While he isn't engaged in any professional fields, he's described as an unusually fast learner, having done well in high school without even putting in much effort as well as being a quick learner in his military training. He also seems to have a knack for picking up languages.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Smith, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* UnexplainedAccent: Downplayed; but despite the Ghosts having several members of Latin American heritage, Beasley is the ''only'' team member with a noticeable Latin American accent, even though you wouldn't expect this from his name or background (his bio lists him as "some kid from Oakland").
!! Bo Jenkins
An easy-going though undisciplined jock from Alaska. A large and somewhat impatient man with a knack for blowing stuff up, he serves as the primary demolitions man in Mitchell's Ghost squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates) as well as the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* ArtificialStupidity: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', there's a very real risk he'll blow up you or his other teammates with his grenade launcher unless you're very careful to maneuver him separate from the rest of the squad with very specific movement orders.
* AwesomeButImpractical: He's the squad's demolitions specialist and in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', his infinite ammo grenade launcher can be very powerful against groups of rebel soldiers. Unfortunately due to the ArtificialStupidity issues mentioned above he can be as much of a danger to your squad as he is to the enemy.
* TheBigGuy: His bio mentions him as being this, being a large, outgoing man as well as a bodybuilder and sports enthusiast. His bio lists him as being 6' 5" tall and 280 pounds. Though it's downplayed in-game since all Ghosts use 90% the same character model.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's grenadier/demolitions soldier in both the console and PC versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. He also shares this role with Richard Allen and Derrick Parker in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* LeeroyJenkins: He's a grenade launcher-wielding demolitions specialist and his bio mentions that his combat style is aggressive and impatient, though not completely reckless. This is news for anyone who picks him as a team member in the PC version, as (due to flaky A.I.) he tends to fire recklessly and blow up teammates with friendly fire if you don't keep him separated from the rest of the team via team formation orders. Rather fitting given his name.
!! Paul Smith
An outdoorsman from rural California. Although quiet and disciplined as a soldier, he's also easily bored, and wasn't planning on re-upping after his first tour of duty in the Army, until meeting and being impressed by Captain Mitchell, who was serving as a combat instructor at the time. After learning from Mitchell, Smith joined the Green Berets and later the Ghosts, serving as a rifleman and the youngest member of Mitchell's squad during the Mexican uprising in both Mexico City and Juarez.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, likely due to [=GRIN=] deciding the squad didn't need another general purpose rifleman in addition to Ramirez and Beasley.
* TheApprentice: His bio lists him as being a former Army student of Captain Mitchell's who joined the Ghosts after being impressed by the Captain's abilities and demeanor. He's also the youngest member of the Ghosts in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Beasley, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
!! Annibale Cruz
A support gunner in Mitchell's Ghost squad. Has the distinction of being the least seen or developed Ghost in the Mitchell games, only appearing in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. As a result, his sole appearance is in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner, alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between '' Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
!! John Hume
A farmer, hunter, and outdoorsman from Salt Lake City, Utah who served both in General Infantry and the Green Berets before joining the Ghosts. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where he serves as either the squad's anti-armor soldier (console versions) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
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* AscendedExtra: "Jhon Hume" was one of the anonymous supporting American infantry from the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he's ascended to a member of Mitchell's Ghost squad, replacing Richard Allen as a demolitions soldier (console version) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
* CunningLinguist: His bio mentions that he speaks Spanish and also picked up Tagalog during a deployment in the Philippines.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's anti-tank soldier in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. His weaponry is focused on anti-armor, in contrast to Bo Jenkins whose explosive equipment is focused on anti-infantry or anti-light vehicle. For some reason in the PC version he's a sniper instead.
* GeniusBruiser: Excelled in high school and was going to enroll in M.I.T., before the death of his father forced him to take over the family farm. After a few years of farming he decided to enlist in the military instead.
!! Alex Nolan
A nerd from a long line of doctors, he graduated medical school, but enlisted in the military as a field medic after encountering the Ghosts while doing humanitarian volunteer work in Eritrea and being greatly impressed by them. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a combat medic.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series.
* BadassBookworm: He was a nerd in high school and went to med school and became a family doctor; he then joined the military after witnessing the Ghosts in action as a medical volunteer during the Eritrea conflict (''Desert Siege''), eventually becoming a member of the Ghosts himself. He also wears NerdGlasses and is the only character in the series to wear corrective eyewear.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed fighting the Taliban in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* TheMedic[=/=]CombatMedic: He serves as the squad's medic in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', and is the only Ghost medic in the series.
!Allies
!! General Joshua Keating
The commander of U.S. SOCOM and Captain Mitchell's commanding officer during the events of the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games. He also appears in ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]''
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* BigGood: He's the commander of U.S. SOCOM and your commanding officer in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series and serves this role.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Keating gives this to Mitchell at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when it appears that Mitchell is about to pull a HeroicSacrifice to stop the mercs from nuking the U.S.
* LargeHam: General Keating whenever he gives orders to the Ghosts, especially if the situation is tense that he's forced to shout to make his point.
* MissionControl: He's the primary source of orders for Captain Mitchell and the Ghosts.
* SuddenNameChange: His first name is "Joshua" in the 2008 ''Ghost Recon'' novel, but he's identified as "Tom Keating" in ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}''.
!! Major General "Bulldog" Martin
The commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion.
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* BigGood: He's the commander of the U.S. forces in Panama during the co-op campaign of the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* FrontlineGeneral: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', at the end of the game he personally leads the assault on the Palacio Nacional to attempt to capture General Ontiveros. He's also personally active during the conflict, even meeting up with the Ghosts face-to-face a couple of times, instead of simply directing the action from the safety of some bunker war-room; this causes an issue when his helicopter gets shot down and the Ghosts have to detour to rescue him.
* SemperFi: He's the commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion and a tough-as-nails leader.
!! Lt. Barnes
A U.S. intelligence officer who works closely with General Keating.
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* TheSmartGuy: He's the Ghosts' intelligence officer and briefs them regarding U.S. intelligence and advanced technology.
!! Louie
The Ghosts' quartermaster, who briefs them regarding their weaponry selection as well as the features of their Integrated Warfighter System suits. He was added in the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Inverted; Louie was added to the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' to serve as the Ghosts' quartermaster and explain the more complex weapon selection system in the PC version. He also serves this role in ''Future Soldier'', though he's only heard in voice-over and never seen in person.
* CareerEndingInjury: He mentions being forced out of field operations after losing his left knee in Columbia.
!! "Bud" Aldridge
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot and former instructor at [=WHINSEC=]. He serves as the Ghosts' "eye in the sky", relaying them airborne intelligence as well as mission objectives from Command, as well as serving as their helicopter transport pilot.
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* GetawayDriver: He and Rosen take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* MissionControl: He directs Mitchell and the Ghosts throughout the game over the cross-com system.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bud mentions having trained Carlos Ontiveros at [=WHINSEC=]. Carlos later gloats about how Bud never appreciated his talents after [[spoiler:killing him]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
!! Lt. Josh Rosen
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot who provides air transport and support to the Ghosts, similar to Bud, and also trains the team on the features of the Cross Com interface. He has a more prominent role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' due to his role as the tutorial host being taken by Louie.
* AscendedExtra: He received minimum characterization or screentime in ''Advanced Warfighter'' (where you didn't even see his face due to his flight helmet), but has a much larger role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* GetawayDriver: He and Bud take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:His Blackhawk gets shot down by the Mercs in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', forcing the Ghosts to find an alternate escape route. They also later launch a rescue mission to retrieve Rosen from a Hacienda where he's being held captive.]]
* TheSmartGuy: In the standard Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he serves as Mitchell's tech support for his Integrated Warfighter System equipment.
!! Colonel Jimenez
The leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces on the ground in Juarez in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* DoomedHometown: Jimenez laments the rather abysmal state of Juarez after days of fighting and the detonation of at least one nuclear warhead by the rebels.
* FrontlineGeneral: He's the leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces in Juarez and is active in ground combat.
* RedshirtArmy: Jimenez's Mexican Loyalist troops are often in peril and frequently have to be rescued by the Ghosts. For their part, they're at least able to hold out relatively well until the Ghosts actually arrive at their position. They also appear as a controllable support squad in a couple of missions.
!! President Ballantine
The President of the United States at the time of the Mexican uprising. He's in Mexico City along with the Canadian Prime Minister and President of Mexico to sign the North American Joint Security Agreement, when Mexican military elements hostile to the treaty stage a coup d'état, killing the Canadian Prime Minister and putting the two Presidents in mortal danger.
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* HonorBeforeReason: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he refuses the Pentagon's advice to nuke Juarez to prevent the mercs from launching nukes into the U.S., reasoning the civilian casualties would be too great.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Of the President Target variety, as he gets captured by Carlos and Aguila 7 about halfway through the game. Turns into a mild case of President Action when you rescue him, as he pulls out a pistol and will happily engage any Aguila 7 EliteMooks that get between you and the helicopter sent to extract him. He's not exactly the greatest combatant, but hey, points for effort.
!! President Ruiz-Pena
The President of Mexico at the time of the Mexican uprising, who wishes for closer relations with the United States. General Ontiveros and the military forces loyal to him, who are hostile to the idea of closer ties with the United States, end up staging a coup against Ruiz-Pena.
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* AdaptedOut: In the Xbox 360 version he actually has a decent amount of dialogue; in the PC version, he has zero dialogue and the only time you actually see him in person he's an unconscious body. You don't even see him at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, only hear about him in dialogue.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Target. You have to save him twice from rebel soldiers. In the Xbox 360 version, he's able to escape on his own two feet; in the PC version, he's seriously injured by the U.S. embassy bomb and has to be carried to a medevac chopper by you.
!! Private First Class Provenanzo
A Humvee driver who ends up transporting Captain Mitchell and the squad a few times throughout ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The game begins with him fanboying over Mitchell and his exploit in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but the man is far from amused.
-->"I'd be honored if you'd just keep your eyes on the road, soldier."
* AdaptedOut: He does not appear in the PC version, with his role as the driver being taken up by a generic Mexican soldier.
* BadassDriver: Manages to skillfully navigate MG emplacements and roadblocks deep behind enemy lines while under heavy fire, all that while Keating is barking orders on the video screen. Only [[spoiler:eating a missile from a MIL-28 Havoc]] does him in,
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while [[spoiler:Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
* GetawayDriver: Drives Mitchell to the warzone a few times.
!Antagonists
!! Colonel Carlos Ontiveros
A Mexican special forces officer and the leader of Aguila 7 (the 7 Eagles), a Mexican special forces group that spearheads a coup d'état against the Mexican President in an attempt to stop the North American Joint Security Agreement. He's the main antagonist of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game and has the distinction of being the most active villain in the ''Ghost Recon'' series.
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* TheAce: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, Bud describes him as the cleverest and most vicious student he's ever trained.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos is a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss who you fight in a boss arena in the basement of the U.S. embassy and who can take a few dozen bullets before dropping. This gives him the distinction of being by far the toughest enemy in the series, other than the Predator BonusBoss fight in ''Wildlands'', up until the similarly MadeOfIron FinalBoss fight with Cole Walker in 2019's ''Ghost Recon: Breakpoint''. Downplayed in the PC version; Carlos is very dangerous due to his ideal camping position and the skill level of his A.I., but he realistically drops in a couple of shots just like any other human.
* BadassNormal:
** Carlos and his Aguila 7 special forces manage to inflict far more casualties on the Ghosts and their allies than Bodark or Santa Blanca, despite lacking the advanced technology of the former or the infinite money of the latter. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that a large part of his success comes from having access to the Ghosts' communications channels due to a high-level mole inside the U.S. military.]]
** Aguila 7 in general is this compared to the Ghosts; they have special forces training, body armor, and high-grade weaponry, but lack the Ghosts' high-tech cross-coms systems.
* BossBanter: Carlos has a lot of unique dialogue taunting Captain Mitchell in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the game, both when attacking you in an Apache attack chopper and later in the final boss fight in the basement of the U.S. embassy. He has less dialogue in the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but does still taunt you over the cross-com several times during the final level.
* BigBad: Of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* CoDragons: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos has a pair of high-ranking officers, Colonel Valdez and Colonel Obregon, serving as his seconds-in-command.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He carves up Captain Bowman with a combat knife to get the codes to unlock the nuclear football.
* CombatPragmatist:
** In the PC version, if you try to face him mano-a-mano, Carlos can fake a reload to bait you into rushing him, at which point he'll ventilate you with his [=LMG=].
** In the [=PS2=] version, Carlos shoots down Bravo Team's Blackhawk by ambushing them in a stolen Apache. By the time the Blackhawk pilot and gunners realizes the "friendly" air unit isn't at all friendly, Carlos has already done enough damage for the rest of the fight to be a foregone conclusion.
** The end of the game reveals that a large part of Carlos' success against the Ghosts is due to [[spoiler:listening in on their communications channels, due to a high-level mole in the U.S. military telling him how to do so]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You defeat his personal special forces unit and [[FinalBoss kill him]] at the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but another guy takes his place in the [[MissionPackSequel second game]]. To make matters worse, the rebels hire Panamanian mercenaries to aid them. Juan de la Barrera, the rebel leader in the second game, gets shot down in a gunship duel about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but that does nothing to stop the mercs he hired to continue carrying out his plan to nuke the U.S.
* DisneyVillainDeath: In the Xbox 360 version of the game, you shoot him off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, and watch him plunge to his death on your cross-com.
* DragonTheirFeet: In the console versions of the game, Carlos escapes with the nuclear football and tries to start World War III after his father General Ontiveros is captured by U.S. forces.
* EvilGloating: Towards the end of the game, he kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his cross-com, spending the rest of the game taunting Mitchell over the Ghosts' comm systems.
* FalseFlagOperation: After his coup is broken and the Mexican loyalists retake the National Palace, Carlos escapes to the U.S. Embassy and attempts to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes, likely in the hopes of triggering a [=SKYNET=] scenario with Russia and China which will result in a MutualKill of the superpowers, leaving Mexico as the last nation standing.
** The [=PS2=]/Xbox version elaborates that Carlos isn't targeting anyone in particular with the nukes, and is merely trying to demonstrate to the American people that their national security is nonexistent by proving that a third party can launch their nukes.
* FrontlineGeneral: Carlos is by far the most active villain in the series, acting against the Ghosts throughout the game rather than simply engaging in politics offscreen and only being encountered just immediately before you kill him like all other ''Ghost Recon'' Big Bads. He's also one of the few Big Bads to actually fight the Ghosts directly at the end instead of being a NonActionBigBad who's either TheUnfought or a CutsceneBoss.
* GlassCannon: Carlos is no tougher than the rest of his EliteMooks, but in the PC version he's equipped with a [=mk48=] [=LMG=] and has insanely good aim and reaction times, and can cut you down in a split second if you step into his line of sight. Instead of facing him mano-a-mano, your best bet is to either chuck a couple of grenades into the room he's camping in, or send your entire squad in to rush him.
** Averted in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, where's he's a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss.
* HellishCopter: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of [[spoiler:Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: It's mentioned that [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil he was a former pupil of Bud's]] at [=WHINSEC=] in America. This isn't very surprising since he's a member of the Mexican military and the U.S. and Mexico are allies, so it would make sense for a Mexican special forces soldier to receive some training in America. It's also TruthInTelevision; former alumni of [=SOA=], the precursor to [=WHINSEC=], have included such South American luminaries as Manuel Noriega and the founders of the Zetas Cartel.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing Carlos brings stability back to Mexico City, but doesn't end the Mexican rebellion; Juan De La Barrera takes over the Mexican rebels in the sequel, and anti-U.S. insurrections spring up in multiple other Latin American nations as well.
* SkippableBoss: It's possible to completely miss the FinalBoss fight with him in the [=PS2=] version of the game, although this results in you getting the bad ending and him becoming a KarmaHoudini.
* TheSociopath: In the Xbox 360 version, President Ruiz-Pena warns Mitchell that Carlos feels no fear and kills without hesitation. Mitchell quips that the "man without fear" is about to see a Ghost.
* WolfpackBoss: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'' he and his remaining Aguila 7 EliteMooks make a last stand at the remains of the U.S. Embassy while attempting to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes. In the Xbox 360 version he starts shooting at you from the roof of the embassy after you kill enough waves of his soldiers. In the PC version he's positioned in the perfect camping spot in a back room of the embassy, which cannot be sniped from outside and has only one entry point with no cover. He's diligently covering said entry point with an [=LMG=] and protected by two EliteMooks, while you also have to fight you way through a couple dozen EliteMooks outside just to get to him.
!! Commandante Juan De La Barrera
Takes over the Mexican uprising after the death of Carlos Ontiveros, in a continued attempt to overthrow the current Mexican administration and prevent the signing of the North American Joint Security Agreement. In contrast to Carlos, De La Barrera is an older politician in a suit and seems to be more focused on giving news interviews than actively engaging in combat. He's the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* BigBad: Of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* DirtyCommunists: While not explicitly stated, his anti-U.S. rhetoric and promise to seize and nationalize all foreign businesses to "give the means of production back to the people" certainly give off this vibe. This is further reinforced by the rebel emblem being a red fist with yellow stars in the multiplayer.
* DragonAscendant: He takes over the Mexican rebellion after the death of Carlos Ontiveros.
* HellishCopter: He attacks you in a Havok attack helicopter at the end of the first of the three endgame levels. In the console version you duel him in an attack helicopter of your own, while in the PC version you and your Ghost squad fight him from the ground alongside a U.S. tank while a massive wave of rebel fighters, including an enemy tank, bear down on your position. Bringing a missile launcher into the mission makes the fight go ''much'' easier, as otherwise his Havok can soak several magazines of gunfire before going down, and his missiles can really do a number on your squad and your tank.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing him does nothing to impede his plan to have mercenaries launch a stolen nuclear missile into the United States; even after killing him, Mitchell has to continue putting considerable effort into foiling the plot.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Appears to have taken a nomme de guerre naming himself after the leader of the Los Niños Héroes from the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec of the Mexican-American War. Either that or his parents actually named him that, in which case they sure were setting him up to become the leader of an anti-US insurrection.
* NonActionBigBad: Unlike Carlos Ontiveros, who was a special forces officer, De La Barrera seems to be a politician in a suit and never engages in combat himself. You fight a helicopter gunship duel against him about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but it seems like he's just a passenger in the gunship and rather unlikely that he's actually piloting it himself.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: De La Barrera only appears in two or three television broadcasts early in the game, as well as the mission in which you kill him later in the game (during said mission he has zero dialogue and is never seen personally).
* PrivateMilitaryContractor: With Carlos' Aguila 7 defeated, De La Barrera turns to a Panamanian [=PMC=] to supply him with EliteMooks and steal Ukrainian nuclear warheads and the Pakistani medium-range missiles he needs to launch them into the U.S.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. Rather like Colonel Bliss from ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', he manages to escape in an attack helicopter and likely would have succeeded if he had just made a run for it like General Jung tried to. Instead, his attack chopper sticks around to try and kill you, giving you plenty of time to shoot it down.
!!Colonel Gabriel Alvaro
The leader of the rebels in Panama, who is working closely with De La Barerra and his Mexican rebels in an anti-U.S. insurrection springing up in several countries across Latin America. He serves as the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'''s co-op campaign, and is also briefly mentioned once in a news broadcast early in the main game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version, due to the lack of a separate co-op campaign. He's only mentioned once in one of the news reports in the beginning of the game, which mentions him as being the leader of the Panamanian rebels working together with De La Barrera's Mexican rebels.
* BigBad: Of the ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' co-op campaign.
* FlatCharacter: Colonel Alvaro has zero dialogue and is only mentioned in mission briefings and serving as your final target in the last level of the co-op campaign.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Panamanian military Colonel who joins in on the continent-wide anti-U.S. uprising triggered by Ontiveros.
* WolfpackBoss: Colonel Alvaro is a standard infantry unit and is armed only with a pistol; however, he's camped out behind a building at the rear of his main base with several rebel infantrymen protecting him.
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[[folder:''Predator'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Alpha Team
A group of 8 Ghosts under the command of Colonel Scott Mitchell who are sent into Sri Lanka to investigate the massacre of several U.S. mining ships. They consist of Parker, Stiles, Bill, John, Sgt. Wayland, Sgt. Mike Garcia, Jordan, and Ramirez.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Garcia seems to be this, given his dialogue in the opening movie.
* FlatCharacter: The Ghosts in ''Predator'' receive even less characterization than those from previous games, only having any real dialogue in the opening and ending movies.
* TheHero: Unlike the Scott Mitchell games, ''Predator'' doesn't have a main character per se, since you can select any of the 8 Ghosts for any position in your squad, and you can also switch between controlling any of your 3 squad members in-game. However, Parker seems to be the closest since he's the default Ghost 1 and is slightly more prominent in the ending cutscene.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; Parker and Ramirez share the same names as two prominent Ghosts from the Scott Mitchell games, but are not the same characters. Parker is clearly a separate character due to being a young white dude rather than an older black guy, and Ramirez's bio lists him as being at least a decade younger than Joe Ramirez would be in the timeframe that ''Predator'' takes place.
!Allies
!!Mister Hisan
A local police chief and the leader of the Mumpuri Guard, a non-political militia formed to protect the civilian populace from the various warring factions attempting to gain control of the nation.
!!President Dersha
The President of Sri Lanka, whose government is under threat from a variety of warring factions.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Very much President Target; not only is his government being contested by multiple armed factions, but he gets kidnapped by the Loyalist faction and has to be rescued by the Ghosts towards the end of the game.
!Antagonists
!!Kumara Fazal
Known as "The Teacher", he is the leader of the People's Action Front (also known as the Activists) and espouses violent revolution to address the nation's perceived economic inequality.
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* BigBadWannabe: The Ghosts note that the Activists are a rag-tag bunch of goons, many of which have had only a couple weeks of training at best. Mitchell finds it hard to believe these chuckleheads could have managed the attacks on the U.S. ships. He's right.
* DirtyCommunists: Not explicitly stated, but his rhetoric heavily suggests this.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You kill him about 1/3rd of the way through the game. Then the Loyalists show up.
* EvilVersusEvil: The Teacher was dead set against an alliance with the Loyalists, which prompt the Loyalists to conspire to get rid of the Teacher so they could absorb the Activists.
* NotMeThisTime: The Activists are legitimately violent terrorists who take civilian hostages and terrorize the populace, but it turns out they were framed for the attacks on the U.S. ships.
* WolfpackBoss: The Teacher is a standard infantry unit and only guarded by a couple of soldiers. However, once you get rid of him and his men, well-equipped Loyalist troops will swarm your position as YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
!!Dilip Khan
A former member of the Activists, Khan is the C.I.A.'s informant in Sri Lanka who identifies Fazal as the person responsible for the massacre of the U.S. miners. It turns out he's actually a double agent for the Loyalists, and falsely accused Fazal so the Ghosts would eliminate him, clearing the way for the Activists to be absorbed by the Loyalists.
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* DirtyCoward: He folds like a busted flush the moment you catch up to him, and Mister Hasan easily pressures him into recording a confession to turn the Activists against the Loyalists.
* DoubleAgent: The C.I.A. think he's a defector from the Activists informing on them. He's actually a member of the Loyalists tricking the C.I.A. so that the Americans will bump off the Teacher for them.
!!Sunil Ranga
The former Minister of Energy, Ranga is secretly the leader of the Loyalists, a much more well-equipped and professionally military group compared to the rag-tag Activists.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the game's BigBad.
* BigBad: Of ''Predator''.
* FalseFlagOperation: After The Teacher refuses to join him, he concocts a scheme to attack U.S. ships and frame the Activists so American agents will kill the Teacher for him.
* FatBastard: Is a portly businessman in a suit who's the game's BigBad.
* TheStarscream: He's one of President Dersha's cabinet members, who seems to have decided he'd rather be running the country himself and has bankrolled a paramilitary group to achieve that.
* WolfpackBoss: He's a fairly standard combatant armed with an assault rifle and accompanied by a couple Loyalist soldiers. You also have to fight your way through a mansion full of Loyalist guards to get to him.
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon Wii'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Bravo Team
Bravo Team consists of Captain Hibbard and Lt. Booth, a pair of Army Rangers who participated in the U.S. invasion of Russia-occupied Norway and who were selected to be inducted into the Ghosts based on their performance in that fighting. Bravo Team is sent into Moscow to help clear the way for a full-scale U.S. assault, with their primary target being General Maxim Cherskiy, the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces.
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* ArtShiftedSequel: Because ''Wii'' is based on an earlier draft of ''Future Soldier'', the armor worn by Hibbard and Booth is much more futuristic and sci-fi compared to that worn by the Ghosts in the final version of ''Future Soldier''. In fact it strongly resembles the armor worn by [=CELL=] soldiers in the ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' series.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Captain Hibbard wears a black armor suit with yellow highlights while Lt. Booth wears a white armor suit with blue highlights.
!Allies
!!Major Maltsev
A Russian Loyalist officer currently undercover inside the Ultranationalist camp.
!Antagonists
!!General Maxim Cherskiy
The commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces and the General in charge of the Ultranationalists' defense of Moscow. He serves as the main antagonist of the game.
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%%* BaldOfEvil: Completely bald with a grey goatee.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears an all-black uniform.
* DirtyCoward: Spends the entire second half of the final level running away from Bravo Team while making no attempt to fight back. Granted, in real life, when dealing with assassins, general officers ''are'' supposed to seek shelter and let their soldiers handle the problem, rather than personally 1v1-ing every asshole that comes gunning for them.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Bravo Team shoot him off the roof of his headquarters before he can board an escape helicopter.
* EliteMooks: He's the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces, and is protected by a few dozen GasMaskMook Spetznaz soldiers who are noticeably tougher and more maneuverable than regular Mooks.
* MadeOfIron: Downplayed, but he can survive about as many bullets as his Spetznaz EliteMooks, despite not wearing heavy body armor like they are.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Shadow Wars'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Duke
-> Class: Commando
A special forces officer who is the leader of the Ghost squad.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He has his moments, particularly when [[spoiler:he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee]].
%%* TheHero
* MacrossMissileMassacre: His missile attacks, especially when using the LimitBreak "Wide Impact".
* StandardizedLeader: Nothing about him really stands out personality-wise. This is even {{lampshaded}} in the manual which described him as "coming from a long line of West Point graduates".
* TeamDad: Even Richter called him ''pops''.
!!Haze
-> Class: Sniper
A long established member of the ghosts, Haze tend to be the voice of reason and is the squad's second in command.
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%%* ColdSniper
%%* TheLancer
* TokenMinority: The only Asian in the squad.
* TheSpock: He favors whatever gets the mission done fast. In one mission, he preferred not to rescue the hostages despite pleading from the escaped security guard.
!!Richter
-> Class: Gunner
Transferred from the Green Berets, Richter tend to be the FunPersonified in the squad and likes to poke fun at the new recruits.
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%%* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser: The manual states he likes to poke fun at younger Ghosts.
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons which are machine guns.
* TheNicknamer: He calls his squad mates by nicknames.
** He calls Duke ''pops''
** He calls Saffron ''mom''
** He calls Mint ''freshman''
%%* ScaryBlackMan
%%* TokenBlack
!!Saffron
-> Class: Medic
A former Navy Medic who became the Ghost squad's medic.
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%%* CombatMedic
* TheMedic: Her codename is already self-explanatory.
%%* TheHeart
* TeamMom: Even Richter calls her ''mom''.
!!Banshee
-> Class: Recon
A loner who became a Recon.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: The fact that she has the ability "cold-blooded killer" implies that she may be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
%%* FieryRedhead
* IWorkAlone: The reason she became a recon.
* VisibleInvisibility: Uses a thermoptic camo suit similar to the ones used by Hunter Team in ''Future Soldier''.
!!Mint
-> Class: Engineer
The newest recruit for the ghosts.
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* MechaMooks: He can deploy automated turrets and combat drones in battle.
%%* MrFixit
* NaiveNewcomer: Ritcher likes to poke fun at this by calling him ''freshman''.
%%* TheSmartGuy
!!Ghost Lead
The leader of all Ghost squads and directs the squad's missions. He was a former Ghost.
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* MissionControl: Gives you your orders at the beginning of each mission.
* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as Ghost Lead; also, despite being in charge of the Ghosts and seeming to be familiar with the events of ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'', he doesn't seem to actually be Scott Mitchell, as he refers to Scott as a separate character at one point.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: As part of being MissionControl.
!Allies
!!Aydana Kozlova
-> Class: Assault
A Kazakh commando the Ghosts encounter.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:She's the sister of Grigoriy Kozlov from ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''. The Ghosts suspect she might blame them for her brother's death, but this turns out not to be the case, though she might still have some ill will towards Scott Mitchell.]]
* DemolitionsExpert: As the game's only Assault class unit, she specializes in grenades as well as rifles.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:She presents herself as a Kazakh commando, but is actually a Russian agent working for President Karkarzev. As a result she prevents the Ghosts from capturing Demidov so she can follow him to locate the remaining Dead Hand Bases. However, ultimately she and the Ghosts have the same goals in the conflict; stopping Zemya and Strashin.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: She's not one of your six permanent Ghost squad members, and can't be upgraded like they can, but still fights alongside them for a significant portion of the game.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the game she stays behind to manually detonate the base's nuclear reactor and blow up Strashin's missiles before they can destroy the world, while giving the Ghosts time to escape.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one. [[spoiler:It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Although you only see her head in-game, her character art which shows her full body shows she's fighting in nothing more than a green halter-top and jeans while the Ghosts are fighting in full body armor (though this somewhat makes sense as she's an irregular resistance fighter while the Ghosts are fully equipped military). For the final set of missions she puts on a more sensible winter outfit, most likely to deal with the cold Siberian weather.
!Antagonists
!!Vladimir Morozov
Strashin's right hand man; a ruthless mercenary who leads Zemya's attacks.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's got about 3 times as much health as his Mooks; overall his health is on par with that of your Ghost teammates.
* TheBrute: He's described as a large and ruthless man.
* DarkIsEvil: Dresses all in black.
* TheDragon: To General Strashin.
* KickTheDog: He repeatedly tests the Dead Hand combat drones out on civilians, for no reason other than it's convenient.
* MildlyMilitary: He has a more informal, mercenary-like appearance, compared to the more paramilitary uniforms worn by the regular Zemya troopers.
* WolfpackBoss: When you finally face him, he's hold up in a command room with several Mooks.
!!Yaroslav Demidov
A Russian scientist from "the old times" who controls the old Soviet-era Dead Hand Bases that contain decommissioned but still functional combat drone production facilities as well as nuclear missiles. He's also a member of the defunct Russian Royalty, and joined Treskayev and Strashin because he was promised that the monarchy would be restored under their rule.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Though much milder than most examples.
* BlueBlood: A descendant of the Romanovs. How he ended up in charge of the Dead Hand bases under Soviet rule is anyone's guess, though he likely concealed his heritage.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: After Strashin goes completely off the deep end and pulls a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him, Demidov uses his dying breath to warn the Ghosts and give them the intel they need to stop Strashin from blowing up the planet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was repulsed when Morozov decided to [[WeHaveReserves leave his troops to their deaths]]. In general, he didn't like all the violence done by Zemya but only put up with it because they promised him that they will return the monarchy to Russia.
* MechaMooks: His control of the Dead Hand Bases gives him access to an army of combat drones, which is why Strashin and Treskayev ally with him in the first place.
* NonActionGuy: He's a scientist in a suit, not a soldier, and every time you encounter him he promptly runs away from you.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At the end of the game, Strashin shoots him and leaves him to bleed out before setting out to destroy the world. Even before that, Treskayev made it clear early on he was only using Demidov to get access to the Dead Hand Bases and their robot factories, and that Demidov would outlive his usefulness once Treskayev was actually in power.
!!General Strashin
A Russian General working for Yuri Treskayev, he's also the leader of Zemya and wants to take over Russia.
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* AxCrazy: With a generous helping of maniacal laughter.
* BigBad: The main villain of ''Shadow Wars''.
* DuelBoss: Strashin retracts a series of bridges in order to cut off the Ghosts from him, forcing Aydana to fight him one-on-one while the Ghosts battle his security drones (though you can still actually snipe him from the other platforms with the Ghosts).
* TheManBehindTheMan: Morozov and Demidov are the public face of Zemya, but Strashin is the one secretly in charge while publicly acting as the commanding officer of the Russian military task force that's supposed to be dealing with the chaos being caused by Zemya.
* MoleInCharge: He's the Russian General in charge of the task force meant to put a stop to Zemya while secretly also being the leader of Zemya.
* OmnicidalManiac: The BigBad pulling a TakingYouWithMe with nuclear weapons after their initial plan falls apart is something that happens OncePerEpisode in the ''Ghost Recon'' series, but Strashin is the only BigBad whose goal at the end is ''explicitly'' to destroy the world; the North Korean Generals and Mexican rebels from earlier games at least had somewhat more strategic plans for their usage of nukes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After being accidentally outed by Demidov as the real leader of Zemya, Strashin flees Moscow and activates an army of robot drones to try and take over the country.
* TheStarscream[=/=]EvilIsNotAToy: He turns against Treskayev and tries to take over Russia with a secret robot army.
* TakingYouWithMe: When on the verge of defeat, he tries to blow up the planet with the Dead Hand DoomsdayDevice.
* UnwittingPawn: If Zemya is the same as the un-named separatist terrorist group from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'', then they're just pawns being played to create a crisis so Treskayev/Makhmudov can seize power. Strashin himself seems to either realize this, or is simply too insane to control, as he eventually turns into TheStarscream.
* WolfpackBoss: Strashin himself is a pretty standard infantry unit and armed only with a pistol, but he's got a bunch of security drones and heavy turrets protecting him.
!!Yuri Treskayev
An ultranationalist politician who hired Strashin and Morozov to destabilize Russia and her neighbors so that he can be elected over the more moderate incumbent President.
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* ArcVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is the same character.
* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the GreaterScopeVillain.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He's completely shocked when General Strashin goes rogue and tries to take over the country with a robot army.
* KarmaHoudini: Yuri loses his bid to become President, but returns to his former position in the Duma and faces no major consequences for his schemes. If he is the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier'', then he does finally get his comeuppance in those games.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', as well as ''Ghost Recon Wii''. Is also most likely meant to be the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier''.
* SuddenNameChange: He seems to be meant to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' as well as Sergey Makhmudov from ''Future Soldier''; all 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
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[[folder:''Future Soldier'']]
!The Ghosts (Hunter team)
!!John Kozak
!!!Voiced by: Gene Farber
A second-generation Russian-American from Brooklyn and the main protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', who serves as Hunter team's scout/point man/tech expert. Kozak was recruited into the Ghosts for his prodigy-like expertise with advanced technology; Major Scott Mitchell, now the commanding officer of the Ghosts, once referred to him as the future of soldiers.
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* TheCameo: A younger, NewMeat Kozak appears prominently in the "Silent Spade" missions of ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' which were added as Year Two extra content.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Captain Mitchell from the previous games, Kozak is just the team's scout/pointman rather than the actual team leader. As a result he can't give movement orders to the rest of the squad, though he can call out enemy targets.
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Russian quite fluently, which comes in handy when the Ghosts are secretly helping loyalist Russians.
* OddNameOut: He's the only squad member who goes by his real name rather than by a callsign.
* PlayerCharacter: Of ''Future Soldier''.
* RichesToRags: A random conversation in ''Wildlands'' between the Ghosts indicates that Kozak's wife left him, emptied out his bank account, and even took all of their furniture and household items. As ''Wildlands'' occurs prior to ''Future Soldier'' this would have happened a few years prior to the events of ''Future Soldier''.
* TitleDrop: He's the protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', and in ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' Colonel Mitchell refers to the tech-savvy Kozak as the future of soldiers, as compared to more old-school ground-pounders like Mitchell and Nomad.
* TheSmartGuy: Handles all the tech in the squad, including use of the drone.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Kozak is the son of Russian immigrants. This comes up on occasion, mostly as teasing from 30K, but also by way of having Kozak interrogate a captured member of Bodark, relay messages in Russian to a loyalist general they're secretly assisting, and going solo on a covert mission to rescue the Russian president.
!!Ghost Lead
!!!Voiced by: Creator/JohnEricBentley
The leader of Hunter Team and a highly professional career soldier.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: A particularly notable aversion, as he throws out basically every death card possible - [[FatalFamilyPhoto calling up his son]] before a dangerous mission with a hint of finality to it, talking to him about his birthday and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad promising to be home soon]], even jokingly suggesting [[{{Retirony}} he'll retire soon]] if Kozak can successfully pull off the preceding solo stealth mission - but still survives.
* TheLeader: Is in charge of Hunter team.
!!Pepper
!!!Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
Hunter Team's level-headed sniper.
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* ColdSniper: The team sniper and generally quite the professional.
* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a badass special forces sniper named after a condiment.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's calm and collected in contrast to the more boisterous and hot-blooded 30K.
!!30K
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TroyBaker
Hunter Team's talkative, boisterous support gunner and driver.
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* BadassDriver: 30K is the driver whenever the squad is using a captured vehicle.
* BoisterousBruiser: The loudest and most aggressive member of the team.
* TheBigGuy: Carries a LMG for when things get loud.
* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely the snarkiest member of the team.
* InterserviceRivalry: 30K's fine with ships, it's too bad about the sailors and Marines on them.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's boisterous and hot-blooded in contrast to the more calm and collected Pepper.
!The Ghosts (others)
!!Scott Mitchell
See the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!!Twistings
!!!Voiced by: Valerie Arem
* GetawayDriver: She's usually the pilot for Hunter team's extraction helicopter.
!Allies
!!Volodin
* CanonImmigrant: President Volodin from ''Future Soldier'' later appears as a major antagonist in the ''Jack Ryan'' novels written after Clancy's passing.
* {{Expy}}: We have Volodin, who in his youngest days tamed wild bears, comes from a military background, and even after being tortured can handle himself in a shootout - [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin sounds like a real life Russian president]].
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Action]]: When rescued by Kozak and given a weapon, he's more than capable of fighting alongside the Ghost.
* SuddenNameChange: Appears to be the same person as President Karkarzev in ''Shadow Wars'' and President Karskazev in ''H.A.W.X. 2''. All 3 have the exact same character model and are the moderate President of Russia opposed by BigBad Makhmudov/Treskayev.
!Antagonists
!!Raven's Rock
A powerful group of hardline Russian ultranationalists who want to take over Russia.
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* ArcVillain: President Makhmudov is this for ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is meant to be him.
* BadBoss: In the final level, almost every single surviving Raven's Rock leader has a KickTheDog moment before you kill them; one argues with and starts choking his wife, one is torturing a captured prisoner, one is yelling at and mistreating one of his Mooks, etc. Granted, they're all likely highly stressed due to the defeat of their coup and the fact they're being forced to flee into hiding.
%%* BaldOfEvil: Makhmudov and Petrakov have this.
* TheConspiracy: They're planning on overthrowing the Russian government and appear to be made up of a number of very influential power players, including at least 3 Generals, an Admiral, and a number of politicians and other incredibly wealthy individuals, as well as arms dealers, a considerable portion of the military, and an elite special forces group.
* ContinuityNod: The enemy soldiers in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' have the same character model as the Raven's Rock soldiers in ''Future Soldier''.
* EvilGloating: Petrakov taunts the Ghosts and even mocks the death of their comrades even after being shot by them and seconds from them putting a bullet in his head, such is his confidence that his political connections make him untouchable. And he turns out to be right. Too bad for him he dies anyway.
* FlatCharacter: The first time you see any of the Raven's Rock leaders is mere seconds before you blow them away. Also, only President Makhmudov and Petrakov have any real dialogue.
* GreaterScopeVillain:
** If President Makhmudov is supposed to be the same person as Yuri Treskayev in ''Shadow Wars'' and Aleksandr Treskayev in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', then he and Raven's Rock is this to those three games.
** The implication of the ending of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' is that Raven's Rock themselves are being controlled by [[TheIlluminati Megiddo]] from ''VideoGame/SplinterCell''. ''Future Soldier'' is not as closely tied to ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as it originally was supposed to be, so the only trace of this plotline left in the final game is the mysterious order from "the highest level" not to capture Petrakov, the final Raven's Rock leader.
* MeaningfulName: Their name appears to be taken from a famous battle fought against Western crusaders by proto-Russian prince Alexander Nevsky, who was made into a prominent folk hero by Soviet-era propaganda.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: A dirty bomb bound for the United States that kills 4 Ghosts isn't exactly a "minor" crime, but what looks like a random terrorist bombing ultimately leads to a massive conspiracy to take over one of the 3 most powerful nations on Earth.
* MurderByInaction[=/=]ExactWords: At the end of the game, the Ghosts receive a mysterious order "from the highest level" to let Petrakov go, which they ultimately obey even as he taunts them about the death of their comrades caused by Raven's Rock. Too bad for Petrakov, he's currently injured and laying in the path of an oncoming train, and [[Film/BatmanBegins just because the Ghosts can't kill him doesn't mean they have to save him...]]
* PresidentEvil: President Sergey Makhmudov, the new President of Russia after Raven's Rock take over the country. It's unclear whether he's the actual leader of Raven's Rock or if Petrakov and the other conspirators in the final level are TheManBehindTheMan. Though taking ''Future Soldier'', ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as a whole, then Makhmudov is indeed meant to be the BigBad.
* RenegadeRussian: They're a group of Russian hardline ultranationalists who plan (and succeed in) overthrowing the current Russian government and engaging in a war with the West.
* SigilSpam: Their emblem, a set of four interlocking black "hooks" inside a red diamond, is plastered everywhere under their control.
* SuddenNameChange: President Makhmudov is apparently supposed to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and Yuri Treskayev from ''Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars''. All 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: They seem to either believe that they can win a nuclear war with the West or that NATO lacks the spine to actually retaliate with their own nuclear weapons; either position seems suicidally stupid to anyone with even a basic understanding of international nuclear politics (though, given it is the year 2024, they may simply be taking Prime Minister Corbyn at his word).
* VillainousBreakdown: In the penultimate level, Makhmudov attempts to rally his supporters on TV. He's relatively calm in the first broadcast, but is freaking out in the second as the Ghosts dismantle his army and the people of Moscow turn against the regime.
* WesternTerrorists: Before fully taking control of Russia, they're engaged in attempting to cause mass casualty events in the West, including sending a dirty bomb to the U.S.-Mexico border and launching a nuclear missile at London.
* WolfpackBoss: While the citizens of Moscow deal with President Makhmudov themselves, the Ghosts storm the headquarters of Raven's Rock's military leader General Mikhail Burkharov to stop him from organizing an armed crackdown against the protesters. After you fight through his remaining Bodark EliteMooks, Burkharov holes up in his office with about a dozen guards. You blast your way in and blow them all away. Burkharov himself takes cover behind his desk while wielding an assault rifle, and goes down just like any of his Mooks.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating:
** Their support amongst the populace appears to be absolutely abysmal, and in the second-to-last level the civilian population of Moscow forms a mob and kicks them out of office (with a little help from the Ghosts who make sure Raven's Rock are unable to hold onto power by force). It's likely the Russian populace remember what an abysmal failure the last hardline ultranationalist government was from the original ''Ghost Recon''.
** In ''Ghost Recon Wii'', after Bravo Team is captured by the Ultranationalists, one of the Russian soldiers holding them prisoner shoots his partner and sets the Ghosts free, telling them that President Treskayev/Makhmudov is a madman tearing Russia apart and must be stopped no matter what.
!!Bodark
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MarkIvanir
A dangerous, highly trained Russian special forces group whose skill and equipment are on par with that of the Ghosts themselves.
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* ArchEnemy: They are by far the Ghosts' most frequently reoccuring nemesis, and ''Phantoms'' even refers to them as the greatest enemy faced by the Ghosts.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted; their leader Colonel Kuzmin and the other 3 Bodark officers who are your targets in the final mission of the ''Raven Strike'' DLC behave more like regular infantry than the EliteMooks under their command. They're not even protected by Bodark spec ops, just regular Raven's Rock soldiers. All 4 Bodark officers are at least competent fighters, compared to the Raven's Rock leaders who were largely noncombatants.
* ContinuityNod:
** Their uniforms and equipment are a [=DLC=] pack for ''Ghost Recon: Phantoms''. Also, the Russian Spetznaz unit in ''Tom Clancy's [=EndWar=]'' is known as the Wolves.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
** The Wolves from ''Breakpoint'' also seem to greatly resemble them, as well as share their name (Bodark means Werewolf in Russian).
** A former member of Bodark appears as an ally in ''Breakpoint'''s ''Deep State'' DLC campaign.
** Bodark are the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC campaign. From the trailers, it appears they were originally intended to be a full new faction, but in the game itself they're just a handful of officers commanding the usual Sentinel and Wolf mooks. Bodark finally appears as a full faction in ''Operation Motherland'', the final DLC campaign of ''Breakpoint''.
* EliteMooks: Even more elite than previous Elite Mook groups in the series such as North Korean special forces, Aguila 7, or the Panamanian mercs.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Ghosts, much more-so than previous EliteMooks like Aguila 7. Like the Ghosts, they're an elite special forces group utilizing state-of-the-art technology (including cloaking devices and EMP grenades), and like the Ghosts they're named after a supernatural being. Their technological parity with the Ghosts also lets them hack the Ghosts' own tech systems, crippling the Ghosts' usual technological advantage. Their {{Leitmotif}} is even titled "Nemesis" in the game's soundtrack. They're also the only enemy group in the series who know exactly who the Ghosts are (even referencing Kozak by name and hometown) and what their capabilities are.
* GasMaskMooks: They wear gas masks, possibly due to their usage of smoke grenades.
* KungFuProofMook: They can't be marked on your cross-com like regular enemies due to their thermoptic camo. Also, unlike the earlier prototypes used by [[VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands Los Extranjeros]], the camo doesn't show up in thermal vision either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Nemesis", a combination of [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Russian Chanting]] and PsychoStrings. The heavy combat version, "Stampede", replaced the Ominous Chanting with Dubstep.
* MageKiller: In their first appearance, they hack your cross-com systems to disable all your fancy high-tech gadgets, including your optic camo, drone, and cross-com [=HUD=].
* NothingIsScarier: In the first mission in which you encounter them, they spent a large portion of the mission simply trolling you, hacking your cross-com so that it glitches heavily and even shows enemies that aren't actually there. It's only when you walk into an ideal kill-zone relatively late in the level do they actually engage you in combat.
* TheRemnant: The remnants of Bodark serve as the antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC.
* SavageWolves: They take their name from Russian folklore; a Bodark is a man who chooses to become a Werewolf, as opposed to someone who involuntarily becomes a werewolf due to being bitten by one.
* TheStarscream: In the ''Raven Strike'' DLC, after Raven's Rock is overthrown, Colonel Kuzmin and Bodark attempt to use the chaos to steal all of Russia's intelligence secrets, either for their own personal use or to sell on the open market.
* VisibleInvisibility: Their thermoptic camo has the same ''Film/{{Predator}}'' shimmer effect as that of the Ghosts. However, when combined with the fact they can't be marked on your cross-com, it can still let them sneak up on you surprisingly effectively as you're so used to the cross-com marking enemies for you that you fail to notice them.
* WolfpackBoss: Each of the Bodark officers in the final mission of ''Raven Strike'' are no tougher than a regular Mook, but are protected by at least a couple squads of troopers as well as one [=APC=] each.
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon'']]
!The Ghosts (Specialists)
!!Will Jacobs
-> Class: Rifleman
A Special Forces Captain who was assigned to the Ghosts in 2001. He retired as a major after the game, appearing once again as a TV show host in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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%%* TheCaptain
* GeniusBruiser: Besides being a skilled elite soldier, his bio notes he's also a tactical ace, [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]], accomplished pianist, and astronomer.
%%* MajorlyAwesome
* {{Narrator}}: Serves as one in the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
%%* RetiredBadass
!!Leah "Lindy" Cohen
-> Class: Rifleman
A 10th Infantry Regiment (later Special Forces) sergeant who was transferred to the Ghosts in 2005.
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%%* ActionGirl
* BoisterousBruiser: Has apparently run herself out of ammunition on several occasions due to "an excess of enthusiasm" in the field. Also had a "particular fondness"
%%* SergeantRock
!!Klaus Henkel
-> Class: Demolitions
A Bundeswehr demolitions specialist. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2003.
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* DemolitionsExpert: Particularly pronounced in ''Island Thunder'', where his kits are revamped to give him both a twelve-shot grenade launcher and the [=AT4=].
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Harold "Buzz" Gordon
-> Class: Rifleman
An Army Ranger and one of the first Ghost operatives to join when it was formed in 1994. After the events of the game and the expansion packs, he becomes a Lieutenant Colonel, becoming part of the Ghost Command.
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%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* ColonelBadass
* FeelingTheirAge: His personal quote in his bio on the old website had him lamenting that he was "too old for this crap twenty years ago".
* MissionControl: For Scott Mitchell, twice in the novels.
!!Scott Ibrahim
-> Class: Sniper
Another 10th Infantry Regiment-turned-Special Forces member, serving as a sniper. Assigned to the Ghosts in 2007.
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* TheArtifact: His bio was apparently finalized before his actual in-game class and weapon selection was, since said bio insists he's just as accurate with the M136 as he is with small arms, despite the fact that he can't actually use the M136.
%%* FriendlySniper
* NewMeat: In a relative sense, as while he's been with general Special Forces for two years, he's the newest addition to the Ghosts.
!!Dieter Munz
-> Class: Support
A Bundeswehr machinegunner who also spent time with GSG-9, and has served with the Ghosts since 2006.
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* TheArtifact: Like Ibrahim above, his bio also insists he specializes with the M136 and even keeps meticulous count of how many vehicles he's killed with them, despite him not being a Demolitions specialist who actually has access to it.
%%* TheBigGuy
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: His bio states that he's attempted to learn French several times, all of which "failed miserably".
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons are machine guns.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Speaks with a random American-accented voice throughout the game like the rest of the Ghosts.
!!Nigel Tunny
-> Class: Demolitions
A former British Army EOD specialist who joined the Special Air Service in 2001, then was attached to the Ghosts in 2005.
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* TheAlcoholic: His personal quote on the old website had him asking someone else to hold his beer while he set a demo charge... then stating that ''of course'' he's joking, [[BaitAndSwitch why would he trust anyone else with his drink?]]
* TheBigGuy: Not as much as a Support specialist - being a Demolitions specialist means he actually gets one of the smallest regular guns, but he also gets access to things that make the biggest booms.
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: PlayedForLaughs - according to his bio, he threatens to quit "approximately once every three weeks".
!!Jack Stone
-> Class: Sniper
Another British Army soldier/SAS operative, a sniper who has worked with the Ghosts since 2005.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: He apparently scored the highest marks ever recorded on his initial marksmanship test.
* NoodleIncident: He was sent as part of an advance force for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea around November 2003, was captured by guerillas on the third, and escaped after killing them all on the sixth. He's not particularly keen on saying much about what exactly happened there.
!!Henry Ramirez
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 37th Armored Division who was also attached to the Colombian Joint Southern Task Force for a time, before joining the Ghosts in 2006.
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* BerserkButton: He doesn't like hearing jokes about short people, being disrespected in general, or being called "Hank".
* IHaveNoSon: Inverted, he doesn't get along very well with his step-father. He hasn't spoken to his family in four years.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has few friends among the other Ghosts, but the ones he does have, he's very close to.
!!Guram Osadze
->Class: Support
A Georgian Army heavy gunner from 1991, attempts at increased cooperative effort between Georgia and the US saw him attached to the Ghosts since 2002.
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* ContinuityNod: A younger relative of his shows up as a member of a Georgian special forces team in ''Future Soldier'', and he mentions Guram's service with the Ghosts, saying that he always spoke very highly of them.
* {{Fanboy}}: His bio states he absolutely loves American rap music.
* PatrioticFervor: His parents were instrumental in Georgia's transition from a Soviet satellite to an independent nation, and he in turn is extremely loyal to his country's freedom.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Taking a page from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]], he apparently has a tattoo of the Georgian flag on his left bicep.
!!Astra Galinsky
->Class: Sniper
A Lithuanian national champion shooter, her intended path has been currently cut short due to the incident with Russia, called up for active duty from the Lithuanian National Guard in 2007.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ColdSniper: In any other cases she'd be more the {{friendly|Sniper}} type, but with her parents having gone missing for over a month, she's not in the mood for it.
!!Susan Grey
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade who joined Special Forces in 1999, and was assigned to the Ghosts in 2004.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: For a variety of reasons, she is apparently the single most-disliked member of the Ghosts.
* InsufferableGenius: According to her bio on the old website, she has a "propensity for explaining to others exactly how skilled she is", and a tendency to correct inaccurate statements from other members of the group - even if she wasn't originally part of their conversation.
* TheLeader: In the ''[=EndWar=]'' alternate continuity she becomes the leader of Ghost Recon after Mitchell is promoted to General and leader of the U.S. military.
!!Jodit Haile
->Class: Rifleman
A member of the Eritrean Defense Force since 1999, returning to active service as hostilities flare up once again between Eritrea and Ethiopia, where she ends up working alongside the Ghosts.
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* ActionMom: She has a son who's, at the time of the current hostilities, about seven years old.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She joined a rebel group around 2004 that ultimately succeeded in overthrowing the previous dictatorial government. Knowing that said government was sponsored by the US, she's not exactly happy to be accepting help from America or work with American forces, though the Ghosts eventually impress her with their professionalism.
* SmallGirlBigGun: Above-average height, but rather lanky in appearance and without any particularly visible muscle mass - so of course she's given the PKM, one of the biggest guns you can get in the game. This is especially pronounced in that the game classifies her as a Rifleman specialist, but gives her Support kits.
!Antagonists
!!Dimitri Arbatov
President of the hardline "Russian Democratic Union", who wishes to reestablish the Soviet Empire.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He gets arrested and eventually executed by his own generals a little over halfway through the game as a scapegoat for the failure of the Russian invasion. Getting rid of said generals becomes the focus of the rest of the game.]]
* TheGhost: President Arbatov is only mentioned in mission briefings, and never actually appears in the game itself. You never even ever see what he looks like.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the original ''Ghost Recon'' game. He's the leader of the new hardline government responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia and the Baltics, but is only mentioned in mission briefings and never seen or interacted with at all.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: PresidentEvil. [[spoiler:Becomes President Failure late in the game, betrayed and executed by his own troops]].
!!Tesfaye Wolde
An Ethiopian colonel and warlord who overthrows the Ethiopian government using weapons purchased from President Arbitov's hardline Russian government, so he can start another war with Eritrea. [[spoiler:He's ultimately defeated, and is either killed in action or captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: As seen in the cutscenes from the console version of the game.
* BigBad: Of the ''Desert Siege'' expansion pack.
%%* [[GeneralRipper Colonel Ripper]]
* FrontlineGeneral[=/=]VillainousValor: In the final mission, after the Ghosts have dismantled the rest of his military apparatus, he personally leads a tank column out against you in a last-ditch effort to rally his remaining followers. Your MissionControl states this move might be tactically questionable, but it shows the Colonel undeniably has balls.
!!Ashenafi Abate
An Ethiopian warlord and a friend of Wolde. Captured by the Ghosts late in the game.
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* TheDragon: To Colonel Wolde.
* RedHerring[=/=]NeverTrustATrailer: The guy you saw in the intro video of the PC version? That's him, not Wolde.
!!Ariel Priego
The leader of the anti-American Cuban political party FDG. [[spoiler:He was also captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game]].
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* BigBad: Of the ''Island Thunder'' expansion pack.
%%* DiabolicalMastermind
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon 2'']]
!The Ghosts
!! Scott Mitchell
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidCooley (''Ghost Recon 2'', ''Advanced Warfighter'', ''Advanced Warfighter 2''), Creator/SteveBlum (''[=EndWar=]'', ''Future Soldier'', ''Wildlands'', ''Breakpoint'').
The protagonist of ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. A career special forces soldier from a blue-collar background, he has served with the Ghosts in Georgia, Eritrea, and Cuba, and rose to the rank of Captain just in time to serve as the primary Ghost team leader during the two Korean conflicts of 2007 and 2011, as well as the Mexican uprising of 2013. By 2019, he's been promoted to Colonel and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In ''Future Soldier'', Mitchell is ''never'' referred to by name throughout the entire game. If you play the game blind without having seen any supplementary materials, you would have no idea that your commander is the player character from the previous games in the series. It's especially jarring in the jump between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Future Soldier'', since he's voiced by two completely different voice actors (from David Cooley in ''AW'' to Creator/SteveBlum in ''FS''), though taking crossovers into account makes it less so, since Blum has been consistently voicing him ever since ''[=EndWar=]''.
** During the briefing of mission Ember Hunt, Mitchell cryptically mentions that the nuclear missile launched at London was likely the same weapon the Ghosts had been looking for a few months prior. This is a reference to the prequel short film ''Alpha'' which had been released before ''Future Soldier''.
* BadassBoast: Has a pretty good one in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when Colonel Jimenez asks what his name is after he saves the Colonel's life by killing an enemy tank.
-->'''Captain Mitchell:''' "I have no name, Colonel. I'm a Ghost. And I was never here."
* TheCameo: Appears in the opening mission of ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]'' where you support his Ghost team from the air as a H.A.W.X. pilot.
* CareerEndingInjury: Though it's not explicitly stated, all indications are that taking an EMP bomb to the face at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' was a major factor in him being KickedUpstairs away from field operations and into being the commanding officer of the Ghosts.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', during Lone Wolf missions Mitchell is equipped with an Integrated Warfighter System suit to even the odds and help him OneManArmy the enemy strongpoints; it's a high-tech armored suit linked to an O.I.C.W. rifle and lets him blindfire accurately over cover using an integrated camera, launch smart airburst grenades, and laser designate targets for artillery or air support. This is apparently the prototype for the Advanced Warfighter system the Ghosts are equipped with in ''Advanced Warfighter'', only even more "space marine" like in design.
* DeadpanSnarker: Scott Mitchell in ''Future Soldier''. While launching an airstrike into Russian territory to bail the Ghosts out:
--> ''"Your international incident's on its way."''
* {{Determinator}}[=/=]MadeOfIron: Cpt. Mitchell from the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It becomes increasingly clear throughout both games that he (and you, by proxy) is pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. He shrugs off bullets, goes on several solo missions that involve traversing long distances and fighting squads of soldiers by himself, downs several enemy helicopters, protects the President of the United States from overwhelming enemy forces, etc. At the end of the second game, he [[spoiler:authorizes an EMP airstrike '''on himself''' to stop a nuclear missile in his immediate area from being launched. '''[[VideoGame/EndWar And he survives!]]''']]
* TheHero: He's the main character in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'' and serves as the commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* HeroicMime: Not in most of his appearances, but for whatever reason, he doesn't talk in the [=Xbox/PS2=] version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. Many of his exact lines are given word-for-word to other characters instead.
* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he calls down an EMP bomb strike on his own position to stop the Mercs from launching nuclear missiles into the United States. It's pointed out that, while the EMP itself is harmless to humans, the EMP bomb is still a bomb and potentially lethal. Sure enough Mitchell is knocked out by the strike and the game ends on a {{Cliffhanger}} as to whether or not he survives.
* JackOfAllTrades: As the player character and team leader, Mitchell has to engage in a wide variety of combat roles, including general infantry, sniper, BadassDriver, demolitions, etc.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Scott Mitchell's appearance in ''Future Soldier'' spoils the uncertainty after his HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TheLeader: He's a Captain and the Ghost alpha team leader in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and ''Advanced Warfighter'', and gets promoted to Colonel and commanding officer of the Ghosts in ''Future Soldier'' and ''Wildlands''.
* MissionControl: In ''Future Soldier'' he's been promoted to the Ghosts' commander and gives the Ghosts their objectives and feeds them intel.
* NoNameGiven: In ''Future Soldier'' his name is never mentioned in-game, only showing up in the credits.
* OneManArmy: Though he's usually accompanied by his Ghost team, some missions require Mitchell to go in Lone Wolf style and take out dozens of hostiles by himself, though he usually manages it through stealth, ambushes, and superior equipment such as the Integrated Warfighter System in ''Ghost Recon 2''.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' mentions he fought in the Russian, Eritrean, and Cuban conflicts (from the first ''Ghost Recon'' game), even though he didn't actually appear in that game.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When forced to choose between saving comrades/allies/civilians and accomplishing mission objectives, Mitchell always tries to ''do both'' at the same time. This is most apparent in ''Summit Strike''. Fortunately, he and his team happen to be good enough to pull it off.
!! Joe Ramirez
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ArmandoValdes
A second-generation Mexican-American and former teen hacker, Jose "Joe" Ramirez was an Army Ranger radio operator and squad leader who joined the Ghosts rather than be stuck at a desk job. Friendly and introverted, he has prominently served closely alongside Captain Mitchell ever since the events of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:where he and his team die at the end of the prologue]]).
* DemotedToExtra: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Ramirez is injured by rebels in the first mission after being marked by Carlos Ontiveros. In the console versions, Mitchell rescues him and he becomes a selectable Ghost teammate. In the PC version, however, Mitchell never even encounters him and he just disappears from the rest of the game. He returns in both the console and PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a selectable team member.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Jennifer Burke, Ramirez is a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'' alongside the rest of his team to a Raven's Rock bomb.]]
* TheLancer: Appears to be this to Captain Mitchell, as he's framed this way in the interview segments of the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' (being the only Ghost to appear together alongside Mitchell during his interview segments), and appearing alongside Mitchell in every installment of the series other than the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's also your primary squadmate throughout the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', after Mitchell and Marcus Brown rescue him in the first level.
* TradingBarsForStripes: As a teen hacker, he got in trouble with the law a few times and was eventually recommended by a police officer that he put his skills to use in the Army before he got into serious trouble.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was apparently killed in
!! Jennifer Burke
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeannieElias
Like Scott Mitchell, Jennifer Burke is a career Army soldier from a blue-collar background. Outspoken and rebellious, she served alongside Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts, and was promoted to Captain of her own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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!! Nick Salvatore
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum
A boisterous, blue-collar Italian-American New Jersey native, Salvatore is a support gunner who served in Marine Force Recon before joining the Ghosts, where he served under Captain Mitchell during the two Korean conflicts. He was promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and his team get overrun by Carlos and the Aguila 7, and the last you see of Nick he's critically injured and marked for medevac by Mitchell. He likely survives as he appears as a leader in the alternate continuity of ''[=EndWar=]''.
!! Alicia Diaz
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LianeSchirmer
The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
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* ActionGirl: Alongside Jennifer Burke in ''Ghost Recon 2'', and the sole female Ghost in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It's mentioned in her bio that she was unable to serve in a combat role in the regular Army due to the existing restrictions at the time, but the Ghosts were not bound by said restrictions due to being an off-the-books black ops unit.
* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' or ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where her role is instead taken up by Richard Allen in the first game and John Hume in the second game. She's also missing from the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', where Mike Kim serves as sniper support instead.
* CunningLinguist: Her bio mentions that she loves traveling and speaks several languages fluently, which proves a useful skill in field work.
* FriendlySniper: She's the team's sniper in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, and her bio indicates her personality is friendly, but not extroverted.
* GlassCannon: It's noted her smaller stature puts her at a disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat, but her sniper skills more than make up for it and she also trains in combat techniques designed to compensate for her smaller physique.
* The SmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Ghost in the console version of the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series, due to Jennifer Burke being DemotedToExtra. However, she's not the only female U.S. combatant, as ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' also has Littlebird, an attack helicopter pilot.
* {{Tomboy}}: Is mentioned as being one in her bio.
!! Marcus Brown
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndreWare
A former college football star who dropped out to join the Army, Brown's a career soldier who has served in both regular infantry and special forces before joining the Ghosts as their main support gunner. He has the unique distinction of being the only Ghost who has appeared as a squad member in every single Scott Mitchell game across all versions.
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* MoreDakka: In every game he serves as the squad's support gunner, wielding an [=LMG=].
* NonIdleRich: it's mentioned in his bio that he's a former college football star from an affluent family who decided to join the military as an enlisted man instead of going into politics like his parents wanted.
* TheReliableOne: He's the only Ghost besides Scott Mitchell to appear as a selectable teammate in every single game of the "Mitchell Trilogy"; all of the other members of Mitchell's Ghost team are either missing from at least one of the games or missing from the PC versions.
!! Derrick Parker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnEricBentley
The oldest member of the Ghosts, Parker is a career special forces soldier with a professional bearing. Serves as a member of Mitchell's squad in both ''Ghost Recon 2'' games as well as the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's promoted to the leader of the Ghosts' Bravo team in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', which makes a scene in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' where he and Mitchell reminiscence about fighting together in Mexico City something of a headscratcher.
* AscendedExtra: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is merely one of several selectable squadmates in the Xbox 360 version. However, in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, he becomes the leader of Bravo team and has a ''significantly'' larger role in the game (see HeroOfAnotherStory below).
* BadassInDistress: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
* BaldOfAuthority: He's an older Sergeant, the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' shows him sporting the cue ball and mustache look, and in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Beasley are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', if you fail to defeat Carlos and rescue them in the final level.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside David Foster in ''Ghost Recon 2'' and Richard Allen and Bo Jenkins in ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* FieldPromotion: In the 2 days between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted from a member of Mitchell's squad to the leader of his own Ghost team, likely due to the losses of [[spoiler:Captains Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]] during the Mexico City revolt. (This actually seems to be an artifact from the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version, in which he was the Bravo team leader the whole game).
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
* OldSoldier: He's the oldest member of Mitchell's Ghost team, being at least a full decade older than the majority of the other members.
!! David Foster
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilWheaton
A member of a long-running military family from rural Alaska, Foster is the youngest member of the Ghosts at the time of the two Korean conflicts. He's promoted to Captain of his own Ghost squad by the time of the Mexican uprising of 2013.
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* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier, alongside Derrick Parker.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's no longer a member of Mitchell's Ghost Team due to having been promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad. He's mentioned a couple of times by General Martin and has about 2 lines of dialogue in the mission "Ready for Bear". His character model in the cross-com communications window is noticeably much lower resolution than the more major characters.
* NewMeat: In ''Ghost Recon 2'' he's the youngest member of the Ghosts, though he's still had 3 years of service in the military at that point.
!! Mike Kim
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JaeChoe
A fourth-generation Korean-American with a focused, quiet personality, he and Alicia Diaz serves as the snipers of Mitchell's Ghost team during the two Korean conflicts. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's been promoted to Captain of Charlie team, which focuses on providing sniper support to other Ghost teams.
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* AdaptedOut: After ''Ghost Recon 2'', he only appears in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is completely missing from the PC and Xbox 360 versions as well as ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Downplayed. He's the only Korean-American member of the Ghosts, but since he's a fourth-generation American his background is of limited utility to the mission during the two Korean conflicts, unlike, say, John Kozak's fluency in Russian during the Raven Rock conflict.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. He occasionally provides sniper support as leader of Charlie team in the rare [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and also appears as a unit in ''[=EndWar=]''.
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!!Major General Paik
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobertDahey
An AxCrazy North Korean General who runs North Korean's nuclear weapons program and wants to use the sinking of the U.S.S. Clarence Walsh as a pretext to launch a war of reunification against South Korean. He's the main antagonist of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', but is actually acting on behalf of his superior, General Jung.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:At the end of the final level, he taunts Mitchell from behind bulletproof glass before shooting himself in the head rather than let himself be captured or killed by the Ghosts.]]
* BigBad: Of the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', though he's actually only TheDragon to General Jung.
* BloodKnight: He launches a war of conquest based on what he knows are highly suspect justifications, and uses a lot of ProudWarriorRaceGuy language during his EvilGloating at the end of the final level.
* EvilGloating: In the final level he taunts you over the base's loudspeakers after all the gunfire alerts him to the fact that an American special forces team has invaded the base.
* GeneralRipper: Paik is determined to launch a war of reunification even after it becomes evident the war is the result of third-party manipulation by a [=PMC=], and is even willing to escalation to nuclear war after North Korea makes peace with the United States.
* LastStand: After you spend the entire game dismantling his power base and ultimately foil his attempt to seize control of the country's nuclear arsenal, Paik gets disavowed by the North Korean leadership and is forced to retreat to a remote abandoned military base in the far frozen north, where he and his remaining soldiers make a last stand against the Ghosts.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Even after the North Koreans realize the war was caused by a FalseFlagOperation by a third-party {{P|rivateMilitaryContractors}}MC, General Paik is still hell-bent on using the crisis as an excuse to engage in a war to reunify the peninsula under North Korean rule, or start a nuclear war with the West if that fails.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After the Americans and North Koreans make peace and sign a ceasefire thanks to the work of Sam Fisher in exposing the truth behind the sinking of the USS Clarence Walsh, Paik unilaterally attempts to seize control of the North Korean nuclear arsenal and start a nuclear war with the West.
* SeeYouInHell: His last words to Captain Mitchell.
* TakingYouWithMe: After realizing the Ghosts are minutes away from either capturing him or putting a bullet in his head, he tries to launch or detonate his last nuclear missile to make sure the Ghosts and thousands of others go down with him.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: It's noted that Paik becomes wildly unpopular in North Korea as the war goes on. Both the civilian population and even his own soldiers turn against him due to his treatment of them, and even his own chief nuclear technician Major Sung turns against him after learning about the full extent of his nuclear ambitions. By the end of the game he's been disavowed by the rest of the North Korean military leadership and is abandoned by all but a small contingent of hardcore supporters.
!!General Jung Chong-Sun
A ruthless North Korean General who wants to unify both Koreas under his supreme leadership. He was the GreaterScopeVillain to Major General Paik in the [=PS2=] version of ''Ghost Recon 2'', before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version.
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* BigBad: Of the Xbox version. He's also TheManBehindTheMan of Major General Paik, the BigBad of the [=PS2=] version.
* DeadHatShot: After he gets blown up the only thing left of him is his hat.
* DirtyCoward: Unlike General Paik, Jung fully intends to survive his TakingYouWithMe moment and tries to flee in a helicopter before the nuke goes off.
* FlatCharacter: He only has a couple lines of dialogue in TheStinger to the [=PS2=] version, and has ''no'' dialogue in the Xbox version where he's the BigBad. Though the actions of his soldiers acting under his orders (such as attacking a field hospital, massacring his own laborers, and trying to flood both Koreas) speaks a lot about how ruthless he is.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a set of reflective [[SunglassesAtNight Sunglasses Indoors]].
* LeaveNoWitnesses: After secretly assembling a nuclear bomb at a North Korean quarry, Jung has all the quarry workers rounded up and blows them all up inside a mine shaft, partly because of this trope and partly because he just wants to kill as many people as possible before his downfall.
* GeneralRipper: He's not as overtly AxCrazy as General Paik was, but is still a ruthless warmonger who's ultimately determined to kill thousands in a TakingYouWithMe moment after his army starts to lose. Also, as TheManBehindTheMan of General Paik, it's clear that he was on board with all of Paik's crazy actions.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the [=PS2=] version, before becoming the BigBad of the Xbox version, which takes place a couple of years later.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:At the very end of the Xbox version he attempts to escape in a transport helicopter; Mitchell shoots him down with a rocket launcher and he crashes into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as [[spoiler:his helicopter slams right into a mountain]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: He's too busy directing the war from Pyongyang to actually do anything himself. He notably has even less screen time than General Paik did. His only presence in the series is a short appearance in TheStinger of the [=PS2=] version, some intel photos of him in the intro of the Xbox version, and a very short appearance at the very end of the Xbox version where you blow him up.
* PresidentEvil: Becomes the secret leader of North Korea in the Xbox version after overthrowing the current regime and turning them into a PuppetKing.
* TheStarscream: He overthrows the North Korean government and takes over between the events of the [=PS2=] version and the Xbox version.
* TakingYouWithMe: At the end of the Xbox version, with his army on the brink of defeat, Jung attempts to use a nuclear bomb to destroy the country's largest dam, killing thousands of civilians in both North and South Korea as a last "screw you" to both sides.
* UndyingLoyalty: Major Jacobs mentions that Jung's soldiers are fanatically loyal to him. Unlike General Paik, General Jung never suffers from ZeroPercentApprovalRating even after the direction of the war starts turning against him.
!! Asad Rahil
A Pakistani arms dealer who assassinates the President of Kazakhstan and tries to use his wealth and connections to replace the government with corrupt military officials on his payroll. Serves as the main antagonist of the ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'' expansion pack to the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2''.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the BigBad of the campaign.
* BigBad: Of the ''Summit Strike'' expansion pack.
* FrontlineGeneral: Since he's an arms dealer and not a General, his organization isn't large enough for him to delegate out everything and he has to do a lot of his dirty work himself, as seen in the intro where he's personally leading a raid to steal chemical weapons from a Kyrgyzstan disposal site.
* ItsPersonal: Mitchell and his team become personally invested in taking Rahil down after Rahil kills [[spoiler:Grigoriy Koslov, the Ghosts' main ally amongst the Kazakh loyalists]]. Rahil for his part has absolutely no idea who Mitchell is or even that he's coming for him.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills [[spoiler:Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the Kazakhstan government starts to interfere with Rahil's business interests in Kazakhstan, his solution is to ''blow up the entire government'' and start maneuvering military officers on his payroll into positions of power to replace them.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Pakistani military Major who went into business for himself as an international arms dealer.
* WolfpackBoss: At the end of the final mission, Rahil and a number of his personal bodyguards are trapped in a valley dead end after their truck crashes. You fight your way through his bodyguards before blowing Rahil away, who's hiding behind the truck. Rahil himself is ex-military and knows how to use an assault rifle, but realistically is no tougher than his Mooks.
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!The Ghosts
For Scott Mitchell, Joe Ramirez, Alicia Diaz, Marcus Brown, or Derrick Parker, see the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!! K.C. Kirkland
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a support gunner in the Xbox 360 version and as a rifleman in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen in the PC version.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and Richard Allen) in the PC version of the first game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', but is instead a standard rifleman in the PC version.
* DemotedToExtra: He's no longer a selectable Ghost in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', though he does show up as part of Derrick Parker's Bravo Team.
!! Richard Allen
A member of the Ghosts who only appears in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game. He serves as a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version and as a sniper in the PC version. Is most notable for being one of your 3 squadmates alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland in the PC version. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he's replaced by John Hume.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: He's one of the less developed Ghosts in the console versions, and doesn't even make the transfer to ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. However, he's one of your 3 pre-assigned squadmates (alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland) in the PC version of the first game.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's a grenadier in the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In the PC version, he's a sniper instead.
* KilledOffForReal[=/=]BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He dies along with Joe Ramirez in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'']].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'', [[spoiler:where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
!! Matt Beasley
A loner from the inner-city streets of Oakland, Beasley is independent and highly talented. After serving as infantry during the invasion of Iraq and later as a member of the 82nd Airborne Rangers, Beasley joined the Ghosts after being impressed fighting alongside them as a member of the Airborne. Beasley, Ramirez, and Smith serve as riflemen in Mitchell's squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates), and DemotedToExtra in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* CunningLinguist: Seems to have a knack for picking up languages. He picked up Spanish from growing up in Oakland and learned Farsi and a few other Afghan dialects during his time in the Army.
* DeathByAdaptation: He and Derrick Parker are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' if you fail to save them or defeat Carlos.
* DemotedToExtra: In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
* GeniusBruiser: While he isn't engaged in any professional fields, he's described as an unusually fast learner, having done well in high school without even putting in much effort as well as being a quick learner in his military training. He also seems to have a knack for picking up languages.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Smith, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
* UnexplainedAccent: Downplayed; but despite the Ghosts having several members of Latin American heritage, Beasley is the ''only'' team member with a noticeable Latin American accent, even though you wouldn't expect this from his name or background (his bio lists him as "some kid from Oakland").
!! Bo Jenkins
An easy-going though undisciplined jock from Alaska. A large and somewhat impatient man with a knack for blowing stuff up, he serves as the primary demolitions man in Mitchell's Ghost squad in both ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates) as well as the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* ArtificialStupidity: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', there's a very real risk he'll blow up you or his other teammates with his grenade launcher unless you're very careful to maneuver him separate from the rest of the squad with very specific movement orders.
* AwesomeButImpractical: He's the squad's demolitions specialist and in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', his infinite ammo grenade launcher can be very powerful against groups of rebel soldiers. Unfortunately due to the ArtificialStupidity issues mentioned above he can be as much of a danger to your squad as he is to the enemy.
* TheBigGuy: His bio mentions him as being this, being a large, outgoing man as well as a bodybuilder and sports enthusiast. His bio lists him as being 6' 5" tall and 280 pounds. Though it's downplayed in-game since all Ghosts use 90% the same character model.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's grenadier/demolitions soldier in both the console and PC versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. He also shares this role with Richard Allen and Derrick Parker in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
* LeeroyJenkins: He's a grenade launcher-wielding demolitions specialist and his bio mentions that his combat style is aggressive and impatient, though not completely reckless. This is news for anyone who picks him as a team member in the PC version, as (due to flaky A.I.) he tends to fire recklessly and blow up teammates with friendly fire if you don't keep him separated from the rest of the team via team formation orders. Rather fitting given his name.
!! Paul Smith
An outdoorsman from rural California. Although quiet and disciplined as a soldier, he's also easily bored, and wasn't planning on re-upping after his first tour of duty in the Army, until meeting and being impressed by Captain Mitchell, who was serving as a combat instructor at the time. After learning from Mitchell, Smith joined the Green Berets and later the Ghosts, serving as a rifleman and the youngest member of Mitchell's squad during the Mexican uprising in both Mexico City and Juarez.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, likely due to [=GRIN=] deciding the squad didn't need another general purpose rifleman in addition to Ramirez and Beasley.
* TheApprentice: His bio lists him as being a former Army student of Captain Mitchell's who joined the Ghosts after being impressed by the Captain's abilities and demeanor. He's also the youngest member of the Ghosts in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' games.
* JackOfAllStats: Like Ramirez and Beasley, he's a rifleman and serves a general purpose role in combat.
!! Annibale Cruz
A support gunner in Mitchell's Ghost squad. Has the distinction of being the least seen or developed Ghost in the Mitchell games, only appearing in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, or the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. As a result, his sole appearance is in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* MoreDakka: He's a support gunner, alongside Marcus Brown and K.C. Kirkland.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between '' Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
!! John Hume
A farmer, hunter, and outdoorsman from Salt Lake City, Utah who served both in General Infantry and the Green Berets before joining the Ghosts. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where he serves as either the squad's anti-armor soldier (console versions) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
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* AscendedExtra: "Jhon Hume" was one of the anonymous supporting American infantry from the Xbox 360 version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. In ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he's ascended to a member of Mitchell's Ghost squad, replacing Richard Allen as a demolitions soldier (console version) or the squad's sniper (PC version).
* CunningLinguist: His bio mentions that he speaks Spanish and also picked up Tagalog during a deployment in the Philippines.
* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's anti-tank soldier in the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. His weaponry is focused on anti-armor, in contrast to Bo Jenkins whose explosive equipment is focused on anti-infantry or anti-light vehicle. For some reason in the PC version he's a sniper instead.
* GeniusBruiser: Excelled in high school and was going to enroll in M.I.T., before the death of his father forced him to take over the family farm. After a few years of farming he decided to enlist in the military instead.
!! Alex Nolan
A nerd from a long line of doctors, he graduated medical school, but enlisted in the military as a field medic after encountering the Ghosts while doing humanitarian volunteer work in Eritrea and being greatly impressed by them. He joins Mitchell's Ghost squad in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' as a combat medic.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series.
* BadassBookworm: He was a nerd in high school and went to med school and became a family doctor; he then joined the military after witnessing the Ghosts in action as a medical volunteer during the Eritrea conflict (''Desert Siege''), eventually becoming a member of the Ghosts himself. He also wears NerdGlasses and is the only character in the series to wear corrective eyewear.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He's killed fighting the Taliban in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* TheMedic[=/=]CombatMedic: He serves as the squad's medic in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', and is the only Ghost medic in the series.
!Allies
!! General Joshua Keating
The commander of U.S. SOCOM and Captain Mitchell's commanding officer during the events of the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games. He also appears in ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.]]''
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* BigGood: He's the commander of U.S. SOCOM and your commanding officer in the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series and serves this role.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Keating gives this to Mitchell at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' when it appears that Mitchell is about to pull a HeroicSacrifice to stop the mercs from nuking the U.S.
* LargeHam: General Keating whenever he gives orders to the Ghosts, especially if the situation is tense that he's forced to shout to make his point.
* MissionControl: He's the primary source of orders for Captain Mitchell and the Ghosts.
* SuddenNameChange: His first name is "Joshua" in the 2008 ''Ghost Recon'' novel, but he's identified as "Tom Keating" in ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}''.
!! Major General "Bulldog" Martin
The commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion.
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* BigGood: He's the commander of the U.S. forces in Panama during the co-op campaign of the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* FrontlineGeneral: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', at the end of the game he personally leads the assault on the Palacio Nacional to attempt to capture General Ontiveros. He's also personally active during the conflict, even meeting up with the Ghosts face-to-face a couple of times, instead of simply directing the action from the safety of some bunker war-room; this causes an issue when his helicopter gets shot down and the Ghosts have to detour to rescue him.
* SemperFi: He's the commander of the U.S. Marine forces on the ground during the Mexican rebellion and a tough-as-nails leader.
!! Lt. Barnes
A U.S. intelligence officer who works closely with General Keating.
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* TheSmartGuy: He's the Ghosts' intelligence officer and briefs them regarding U.S. intelligence and advanced technology.
!! Louie
The Ghosts' quartermaster, who briefs them regarding their weaponry selection as well as the features of their Integrated Warfighter System suits. He was added in the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Inverted; Louie was added to the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' to serve as the Ghosts' quartermaster and explain the more complex weapon selection system in the PC version. He also serves this role in ''Future Soldier'', though he's only heard in voice-over and never seen in person.
* CareerEndingInjury: He mentions being forced out of field operations after losing his left knee in Columbia.
!! "Bud" Aldridge
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot and former instructor at [=WHINSEC=]. He serves as the Ghosts' "eye in the sky", relaying them airborne intelligence as well as mission objectives from Command, as well as serving as their helicopter transport pilot.
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* GetawayDriver: He and Rosen take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* MissionControl: He directs Mitchell and the Ghosts throughout the game over the cross-com system.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bud mentions having trained Carlos Ontiveros at [=WHINSEC=]. Carlos later gloats about how Bud never appreciated his talents after [[spoiler:killing him]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
!! Lt. Josh Rosen
A Blackhawk helicopter pilot who provides air transport and support to the Ghosts, similar to Bud, and also trains the team on the features of the Cross Com interface. He has a more prominent role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' due to his role as the tutorial host being taken by Louie.
* AscendedExtra: He received minimum characterization or screentime in ''Advanced Warfighter'' (where you didn't even see his face due to his flight helmet), but has a much larger role in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* GetawayDriver: He and Bud take turns serving as the Ghosts' Blackhawk transport pilot.
* HellishCopter: [[spoiler:His Blackhawk gets shot down by the Mercs in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', forcing the Ghosts to find an alternate escape route. They also later launch a rescue mission to retrieve Rosen from a Hacienda where he's being held captive.]]
* TheSmartGuy: In the standard Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he serves as Mitchell's tech support for his Integrated Warfighter System equipment.
!! Colonel Jimenez
The leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces on the ground in Juarez in ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* DoomedHometown: Jimenez laments the rather abysmal state of Juarez after days of fighting and the detonation of at least one nuclear warhead by the rebels.
* FrontlineGeneral: He's the leader of the Mexican Loyalist forces in Juarez and is active in ground combat.
* RedshirtArmy: Jimenez's Mexican Loyalist troops are often in peril and frequently have to be rescued by the Ghosts. For their part, they're at least able to hold out relatively well until the Ghosts actually arrive at their position. They also appear as a controllable support squad in a couple of missions.
!! President Ballantine
The President of the United States at the time of the Mexican uprising. He's in Mexico City along with the Canadian Prime Minister and President of Mexico to sign the North American Joint Security Agreement, when Mexican military elements hostile to the treaty stage a coup d'état, killing the Canadian Prime Minister and putting the two Presidents in mortal danger.
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* HonorBeforeReason: At the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', he refuses the Pentagon's advice to nuke Juarez to prevent the mercs from launching nukes into the U.S., reasoning the civilian casualties would be too great.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Of the President Target variety, as he gets captured by Carlos and Aguila 7 about halfway through the game. Turns into a mild case of President Action when you rescue him, as he pulls out a pistol and will happily engage any Aguila 7 EliteMooks that get between you and the helicopter sent to extract him. He's not exactly the greatest combatant, but hey, points for effort.
!! President Ruiz-Pena
The President of Mexico at the time of the Mexican uprising, who wishes for closer relations with the United States. General Ontiveros and the military forces loyal to him, who are hostile to the idea of closer ties with the United States, end up staging a coup against Ruiz-Pena.
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* AdaptedOut: In the Xbox 360 version he actually has a decent amount of dialogue; in the PC version, he has zero dialogue and the only time you actually see him in person he's an unconscious body. You don't even see him at all in the [=PS2=]/Xbox version, only hear about him in dialogue.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Target. You have to save him twice from rebel soldiers. In the Xbox 360 version, he's able to escape on his own two feet; in the PC version, he's seriously injured by the U.S. embassy bomb and has to be carried to a medevac chopper by you.
!! Private First Class Provenanzo
A Humvee driver who ends up transporting Captain Mitchell and the squad a few times throughout ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: The game begins with him fanboying over Mitchell and his exploit in the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but the man is far from amused.
-->"I'd be honored if you'd just keep your eyes on the road, soldier."
* AdaptedOut: He does not appear in the PC version, with his role as the driver being taken up by a generic Mexican soldier.
* BadassDriver: Manages to skillfully navigate MG emplacements and roadblocks deep behind enemy lines while under heavy fire, all that while Keating is barking orders on the video screen. Only [[spoiler:eating a missile from a MIL-28 Havoc]] does him in,
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while [[spoiler:Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
* GetawayDriver: Drives Mitchell to the warzone a few times.
!Antagonists
!! Colonel Carlos Ontiveros
A Mexican special forces officer and the leader of Aguila 7 (the 7 Eagles), a Mexican special forces group that spearheads a coup d'état against the Mexican President in an attempt to stop the North American Joint Security Agreement. He's the main antagonist of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game and has the distinction of being the most active villain in the ''Ghost Recon'' series.
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* TheAce: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, Bud describes him as the cleverest and most vicious student he's ever trained.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos is a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss who you fight in a boss arena in the basement of the U.S. embassy and who can take a few dozen bullets before dropping. This gives him the distinction of being by far the toughest enemy in the series, other than the Predator BonusBoss fight in ''Wildlands'', up until the similarly MadeOfIron FinalBoss fight with Cole Walker in 2019's ''Ghost Recon: Breakpoint''. Downplayed in the PC version; Carlos is very dangerous due to his ideal camping position and the skill level of his A.I., but he realistically drops in a couple of shots just like any other human.
* BadassNormal:
** Carlos and his Aguila 7 special forces manage to inflict far more casualties on the Ghosts and their allies than Bodark or Santa Blanca, despite lacking the advanced technology of the former or the infinite money of the latter. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that a large part of his success comes from having access to the Ghosts' communications channels due to a high-level mole inside the U.S. military.]]
** Aguila 7 in general is this compared to the Ghosts; they have special forces training, body armor, and high-grade weaponry, but lack the Ghosts' high-tech cross-coms systems.
* BossBanter: Carlos has a lot of unique dialogue taunting Captain Mitchell in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the game, both when attacking you in an Apache attack chopper and later in the final boss fight in the basement of the U.S. embassy. He has less dialogue in the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but does still taunt you over the cross-com several times during the final level.
* BigBad: Of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
* CoDragons: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', Carlos has a pair of high-ranking officers, Colonel Valdez and Colonel Obregon, serving as his seconds-in-command.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He carves up Captain Bowman with a combat knife to get the codes to unlock the nuclear football.
* CombatPragmatist:
** In the PC version, if you try to face him mano-a-mano, Carlos can fake a reload to bait you into rushing him, at which point he'll ventilate you with his [=LMG=].
** In the [=PS2=] version, Carlos shoots down Bravo Team's Blackhawk by ambushing them in a stolen Apache. By the time the Blackhawk pilot and gunners realizes the "friendly" air unit isn't at all friendly, Carlos has already done enough damage for the rest of the fight to be a foregone conclusion.
** The end of the game reveals that a large part of Carlos' success against the Ghosts is due to [[spoiler:listening in on their communications channels, due to a high-level mole in the U.S. military telling him how to do so]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You defeat his personal special forces unit and [[FinalBoss kill him]] at the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but another guy takes his place in the [[MissionPackSequel second game]]. To make matters worse, the rebels hire Panamanian mercenaries to aid them. Juan de la Barrera, the rebel leader in the second game, gets shot down in a gunship duel about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but that does nothing to stop the mercs he hired to continue carrying out his plan to nuke the U.S.
* DisneyVillainDeath: In the Xbox 360 version of the game, you shoot him off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, and watch him plunge to his death on your cross-com.
* DragonTheirFeet: In the console versions of the game, Carlos escapes with the nuclear football and tries to start World War III after his father General Ontiveros is captured by U.S. forces.
* EvilGloating: Towards the end of the game, he kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his cross-com, spending the rest of the game taunting Mitchell over the Ghosts' comm systems.
* FalseFlagOperation: After his coup is broken and the Mexican loyalists retake the National Palace, Carlos escapes to the U.S. Embassy and attempts to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes, likely in the hopes of triggering a [=SKYNET=] scenario with Russia and China which will result in a MutualKill of the superpowers, leaving Mexico as the last nation standing.
** The [=PS2=]/Xbox version elaborates that Carlos isn't targeting anyone in particular with the nukes, and is merely trying to demonstrate to the American people that their national security is nonexistent by proving that a third party can launch their nukes.
* FrontlineGeneral: Carlos is by far the most active villain in the series, acting against the Ghosts throughout the game rather than simply engaging in politics offscreen and only being encountered just immediately before you kill him like all other ''Ghost Recon'' Big Bads. He's also one of the few Big Bads to actually fight the Ghosts directly at the end instead of being a NonActionBigBad who's either TheUnfought or a CutsceneBoss.
* GlassCannon: Carlos is no tougher than the rest of his EliteMooks, but in the PC version he's equipped with a [=mk48=] [=LMG=] and has insanely good aim and reaction times, and can cut you down in a split second if you step into his line of sight. Instead of facing him mano-a-mano, your best bet is to either chuck a couple of grenades into the room he's camping in, or send your entire squad in to rush him.
** Averted in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, where's he's a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss.
* HellishCopter: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of [[spoiler:Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: It's mentioned that [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil he was a former pupil of Bud's]] at [=WHINSEC=] in America. This isn't very surprising since he's a member of the Mexican military and the U.S. and Mexico are allies, so it would make sense for a Mexican special forces soldier to receive some training in America. It's also TruthInTelevision; former alumni of [=SOA=], the precursor to [=WHINSEC=], have included such South American luminaries as Manuel Noriega and the founders of the Zetas Cartel.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing Carlos brings stability back to Mexico City, but doesn't end the Mexican rebellion; Juan De La Barrera takes over the Mexican rebels in the sequel, and anti-U.S. insurrections spring up in multiple other Latin American nations as well.
* SkippableBoss: It's possible to completely miss the FinalBoss fight with him in the [=PS2=] version of the game, although this results in you getting the bad ending and him becoming a KarmaHoudini.
* TheSociopath: In the Xbox 360 version, President Ruiz-Pena warns Mitchell that Carlos feels no fear and kills without hesitation. Mitchell quips that the "man without fear" is about to see a Ghost.
* WolfpackBoss: In all versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'' he and his remaining Aguila 7 EliteMooks make a last stand at the remains of the U.S. Embassy while attempting to use the nuclear football to launch America's nukes. In the Xbox 360 version he starts shooting at you from the roof of the embassy after you kill enough waves of his soldiers. In the PC version he's positioned in the perfect camping spot in a back room of the embassy, which cannot be sniped from outside and has only one entry point with no cover. He's diligently covering said entry point with an [=LMG=] and protected by two EliteMooks, while you also have to fight you way through a couple dozen EliteMooks outside just to get to him.
!! Commandante Juan De La Barrera
Takes over the Mexican uprising after the death of Carlos Ontiveros, in a continued attempt to overthrow the current Mexican administration and prevent the signing of the North American Joint Security Agreement. In contrast to Carlos, De La Barrera is an older politician in a suit and seems to be more focused on giving news interviews than actively engaging in combat. He's the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* BigBad: Of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
* DirtyCommunists: While not explicitly stated, his anti-U.S. rhetoric and promise to seize and nationalize all foreign businesses to "give the means of production back to the people" certainly give off this vibe. This is further reinforced by the rebel emblem being a red fist with yellow stars in the multiplayer.
* DragonAscendant: He takes over the Mexican rebellion after the death of Carlos Ontiveros.
* HellishCopter: He attacks you in a Havok attack helicopter at the end of the first of the three endgame levels. In the console version you duel him in an attack helicopter of your own, while in the PC version you and your Ghost squad fight him from the ground alongside a U.S. tank while a massive wave of rebel fighters, including an enemy tank, bear down on your position. Bringing a missile launcher into the mission makes the fight go ''much'' easier, as otherwise his Havok can soak several magazines of gunfire before going down, and his missiles can really do a number on your squad and your tank.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Killing him does nothing to impede his plan to have mercenaries launch a stolen nuclear missile into the United States; even after killing him, Mitchell has to continue putting considerable effort into foiling the plot.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Appears to have taken a nomme de guerre naming himself after the leader of the Los Niños Héroes from the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec of the Mexican-American War. Either that or his parents actually named him that, in which case they sure were setting him up to become the leader of an anti-US insurrection.
* NonActionBigBad: Unlike Carlos Ontiveros, who was a special forces officer, De La Barrera seems to be a politician in a suit and never engages in combat himself. You fight a helicopter gunship duel against him about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but it seems like he's just a passenger in the gunship and rather unlikely that he's actually piloting it himself.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: De La Barrera only appears in two or three television broadcasts early in the game, as well as the mission in which you kill him later in the game (during said mission he has zero dialogue and is never seen personally).
* PrivateMilitaryContractor: With Carlos' Aguila 7 defeated, De La Barrera turns to a Panamanian [=PMC=] to supply him with EliteMooks and steal Ukrainian nuclear warheads and the Pakistani medium-range missiles he needs to launch them into the U.S.
* RevengeBeforeReason: In the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. Rather like Colonel Bliss from ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', he manages to escape in an attack helicopter and likely would have succeeded if he had just made a run for it like General Jung tried to. Instead, his attack chopper sticks around to try and kill you, giving you plenty of time to shoot it down.
!!Colonel Gabriel Alvaro
The leader of the rebels in Panama, who is working closely with De La Barerra and his Mexican rebels in an anti-U.S. insurrection springing up in several countries across Latin America. He serves as the main antagonist of ''Advanced Warfighter 2'''s co-op campaign, and is also briefly mentioned once in a news broadcast early in the main game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version, due to the lack of a separate co-op campaign. He's only mentioned once in one of the news reports in the beginning of the game, which mentions him as being the leader of the Panamanian rebels working together with De La Barrera's Mexican rebels.
* BigBad: Of the ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' co-op campaign.
* FlatCharacter: Colonel Alvaro has zero dialogue and is only mentioned in mission briefings and serving as your final target in the last level of the co-op campaign.
* RogueAgent: He's a former Panamanian military Colonel who joins in on the continent-wide anti-U.S. uprising triggered by Ontiveros.
* WolfpackBoss: Colonel Alvaro is a standard infantry unit and is armed only with a pistol; however, he's camped out behind a building at the rear of his main base with several rebel infantrymen protecting him.
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[[folder:''Predator'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Alpha Team
A group of 8 Ghosts under the command of Colonel Scott Mitchell who are sent into Sri Lanka to investigate the massacre of several U.S. mining ships. They consist of Parker, Stiles, Bill, John, Sgt. Wayland, Sgt. Mike Garcia, Jordan, and Ramirez.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Garcia seems to be this, given his dialogue in the opening movie.
* FlatCharacter: The Ghosts in ''Predator'' receive even less characterization than those from previous games, only having any real dialogue in the opening and ending movies.
* TheHero: Unlike the Scott Mitchell games, ''Predator'' doesn't have a main character per se, since you can select any of the 8 Ghosts for any position in your squad, and you can also switch between controlling any of your 3 squad members in-game. However, Parker seems to be the closest since he's the default Ghost 1 and is slightly more prominent in the ending cutscene.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; Parker and Ramirez share the same names as two prominent Ghosts from the Scott Mitchell games, but are not the same characters. Parker is clearly a separate character due to being a young white dude rather than an older black guy, and Ramirez's bio lists him as being at least a decade younger than Joe Ramirez would be in the timeframe that ''Predator'' takes place.
!Allies
!!Mister Hisan
A local police chief and the leader of the Mumpuri Guard, a non-political militia formed to protect the civilian populace from the various warring factions attempting to gain control of the nation.
!!President Dersha
The President of Sri Lanka, whose government is under threat from a variety of warring factions.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Very much President Target; not only is his government being contested by multiple armed factions, but he gets kidnapped by the Loyalist faction and has to be rescued by the Ghosts towards the end of the game.
!Antagonists
!!Kumara Fazal
Known as "The Teacher", he is the leader of the People's Action Front (also known as the Activists) and espouses violent revolution to address the nation's perceived economic inequality.
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* BigBadWannabe: The Ghosts note that the Activists are a rag-tag bunch of goons, many of which have had only a couple weeks of training at best. Mitchell finds it hard to believe these chuckleheads could have managed the attacks on the U.S. ships. He's right.
* DirtyCommunists: Not explicitly stated, but his rhetoric heavily suggests this.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: You kill him about 1/3rd of the way through the game. Then the Loyalists show up.
* EvilVersusEvil: The Teacher was dead set against an alliance with the Loyalists, which prompt the Loyalists to conspire to get rid of the Teacher so they could absorb the Activists.
* NotMeThisTime: The Activists are legitimately violent terrorists who take civilian hostages and terrorize the populace, but it turns out they were framed for the attacks on the U.S. ships.
* WolfpackBoss: The Teacher is a standard infantry unit and only guarded by a couple of soldiers. However, once you get rid of him and his men, well-equipped Loyalist troops will swarm your position as YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
!!Dilip Khan
A former member of the Activists, Khan is the C.I.A.'s informant in Sri Lanka who identifies Fazal as the person responsible for the massacre of the U.S. miners. It turns out he's actually a double agent for the Loyalists, and falsely accused Fazal so the Ghosts would eliminate him, clearing the way for the Activists to be absorbed by the Loyalists.
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* DirtyCoward: He folds like a busted flush the moment you catch up to him, and Mister Hasan easily pressures him into recording a confession to turn the Activists against the Loyalists.
* DoubleAgent: The C.I.A. think he's a defector from the Activists informing on them. He's actually a member of the Loyalists tricking the C.I.A. so that the Americans will bump off the Teacher for them.
!!Sunil Ranga
The former Minister of Energy, Ranga is secretly the leader of the Loyalists, a much more well-equipped and professionally military group compared to the rag-tag Activists.
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* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the game's BigBad.
* BigBad: Of ''Predator''.
* FalseFlagOperation: After The Teacher refuses to join him, he concocts a scheme to attack U.S. ships and frame the Activists so American agents will kill the Teacher for him.
* FatBastard: Is a portly businessman in a suit who's the game's BigBad.
* TheStarscream: He's one of President Dersha's cabinet members, who seems to have decided he'd rather be running the country himself and has bankrolled a paramilitary group to achieve that.
* WolfpackBoss: He's a fairly standard combatant armed with an assault rifle and accompanied by a couple Loyalist soldiers. You also have to fight your way through a mansion full of Loyalist guards to get to him.
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[[folder:''Ghost Recon Wii'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Bravo Team
Bravo Team consists of Captain Hibbard and Lt. Booth, a pair of Army Rangers who participated in the U.S. invasion of Russia-occupied Norway and who were selected to be inducted into the Ghosts based on their performance in that fighting. Bravo Team is sent into Moscow to help clear the way for a full-scale U.S. assault, with their primary target being General Maxim Cherskiy, the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces.
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* ArtShiftedSequel: Because ''Wii'' is based on an earlier draft of ''Future Soldier'', the armor worn by Hibbard and Booth is much more futuristic and sci-fi compared to that worn by the Ghosts in the final version of ''Future Soldier''. In fact it strongly resembles the armor worn by [=CELL=] soldiers in the ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' series.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Captain Hibbard wears a black armor suit with yellow highlights while Lt. Booth wears a white armor suit with blue highlights.
!Allies
!!Major Maltsev
A Russian Loyalist officer currently undercover inside the Ultranationalist camp.
!Antagonists
!!General Maxim Cherskiy
The commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces and the General in charge of the Ultranationalists' defense of Moscow. He serves as the main antagonist of the game.
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%%* BaldOfEvil: Completely bald with a grey goatee.
* DarkIsEvil: Wears an all-black uniform.
* DirtyCoward: Spends the entire second half of the final level running away from Bravo Team while making no attempt to fight back. Granted, in real life, when dealing with assassins, general officers ''are'' supposed to seek shelter and let their soldiers handle the problem, rather than personally 1v1-ing every asshole that comes gunning for them.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Bravo Team shoot him off the roof of his headquarters before he can board an escape helicopter.
* EliteMooks: He's the commanding officer of the Ultranationalists' special forces, and is protected by a few dozen GasMaskMook Spetznaz soldiers who are noticeably tougher and more maneuverable than regular Mooks.
* MadeOfIron: Downplayed, but he can survive about as many bullets as his Spetznaz EliteMooks, despite not wearing heavy body armor like they are.
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[[folder:''Shadow Wars'']]
!The Ghosts
!!Duke
-> Class: Commando
A special forces officer who is the leader of the Ghost squad.
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* AFatherToHisMen: He has his moments, particularly when [[spoiler:he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee]].
%%* TheHero
* MacrossMissileMassacre: His missile attacks, especially when using the LimitBreak "Wide Impact".
* StandardizedLeader: Nothing about him really stands out personality-wise. This is even {{lampshaded}} in the manual which described him as "coming from a long line of West Point graduates".
* TeamDad: Even Richter called him ''pops''.
!!Haze
-> Class: Sniper
A long established member of the ghosts, Haze tend to be the voice of reason and is the squad's second in command.
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%%* ColdSniper
%%* TheLancer
* TokenMinority: The only Asian in the squad.
* TheSpock: He favors whatever gets the mission done fast. In one mission, he preferred not to rescue the hostages despite pleading from the escaped security guard.
!!Richter
-> Class: Gunner
Transferred from the Green Berets, Richter tend to be the FunPersonified in the squad and likes to poke fun at the new recruits.
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%%* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser: The manual states he likes to poke fun at younger Ghosts.
* MoreDakka: His primary weapons which are machine guns.
* TheNicknamer: He calls his squad mates by nicknames.
** He calls Duke ''pops''
** He calls Saffron ''mom''
** He calls Mint ''freshman''
%%* ScaryBlackMan
%%* TokenBlack
!!Saffron
-> Class: Medic
A former Navy Medic who became the Ghost squad's medic.
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%%* CombatMedic
* TheMedic: Her codename is already self-explanatory.
%%* TheHeart
* TeamMom: Even Richter calls her ''mom''.
!!Banshee
-> Class: Recon
A loner who became a Recon.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: The fact that she has the ability "cold-blooded killer" implies that she may be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
%%* FieryRedhead
* IWorkAlone: The reason she became a recon.
* VisibleInvisibility: Uses a thermoptic camo suit similar to the ones used by Hunter Team in ''Future Soldier''.
!!Mint
-> Class: Engineer
The newest recruit for the ghosts.
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* MechaMooks: He can deploy automated turrets and combat drones in battle.
%%* MrFixit
* NaiveNewcomer: Ritcher likes to poke fun at this by calling him ''freshman''.
%%* TheSmartGuy
!!Ghost Lead
The leader of all Ghost squads and directs the squad's missions. He was a former Ghost.
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* MissionControl: Gives you your orders at the beginning of each mission.
* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as Ghost Lead; also, despite being in charge of the Ghosts and seeming to be familiar with the events of ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike'', he doesn't seem to actually be Scott Mitchell, as he refers to Scott as a separate character at one point.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: As part of being MissionControl.
!Allies
!!Aydana Kozlova
-> Class: Assault
A Kazakh commando the Ghosts encounter.
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%%* ActionGirl
* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:She's the sister of Grigoriy Kozlov from ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''. The Ghosts suspect she might blame them for her brother's death, but this turns out not to be the case, though she might still have some ill will towards Scott Mitchell.]]
* DemolitionsExpert: As the game's only Assault class unit, she specializes in grenades as well as rifles.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:She presents herself as a Kazakh commando, but is actually a Russian agent working for President Karkarzev. As a result she prevents the Ghosts from capturing Demidov so she can follow him to locate the remaining Dead Hand Bases. However, ultimately she and the Ghosts have the same goals in the conflict; stopping Zemya and Strashin.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: She's not one of your six permanent Ghost squad members, and can't be upgraded like they can, but still fights alongside them for a significant portion of the game.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the game she stays behind to manually detonate the base's nuclear reactor and blow up Strashin's missiles before they can destroy the world, while giving the Ghosts time to escape.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one. [[spoiler:It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Although you only see her head in-game, her character art which shows her full body shows she's fighting in nothing more than a green halter-top and jeans while the Ghosts are fighting in full body armor (though this somewhat makes sense as she's an irregular resistance fighter while the Ghosts are fully equipped military). For the final set of missions she puts on a more sensible winter outfit, most likely to deal with the cold Siberian weather.
!Antagonists
!!Vladimir Morozov
Strashin's right hand man; a ruthless mercenary who leads Zemya's attacks.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's got about 3 times as much health as his Mooks; overall his health is on par with that of your Ghost teammates.
* TheBrute: He's described as a large and ruthless man.
* DarkIsEvil: Dresses all in black.
* TheDragon: To General Strashin.
* KickTheDog: He repeatedly tests the Dead Hand combat drones out on civilians, for no reason other than it's convenient.
* MildlyMilitary: He has a more informal, mercenary-like appearance, compared to the more paramilitary uniforms worn by the regular Zemya troopers.
* WolfpackBoss: When you finally face him, he's hold up in a command room with several Mooks.
!!Yaroslav Demidov
A Russian scientist from "the old times" who controls the old Soviet-era Dead Hand Bases that contain decommissioned but still functional combat drone production facilities as well as nuclear missiles. He's also a member of the defunct Russian Royalty, and joined Treskayev and Strashin because he was promised that the monarchy would be restored under their rule.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Though much milder than most examples.
* BlueBlood: A descendant of the Romanovs. How he ended up in charge of the Dead Hand bases under Soviet rule is anyone's guess, though he likely concealed his heritage.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: After Strashin goes completely off the deep end and pulls a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on him, Demidov uses his dying breath to warn the Ghosts and give them the intel they need to stop Strashin from blowing up the planet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was repulsed when Morozov decided to [[WeHaveReserves leave his troops to their deaths]]. In general, he didn't like all the violence done by Zemya but only put up with it because they promised him that they will return the monarchy to Russia.
* MechaMooks: His control of the Dead Hand Bases gives him access to an army of combat drones, which is why Strashin and Treskayev ally with him in the first place.
* NonActionGuy: He's a scientist in a suit, not a soldier, and every time you encounter him he promptly runs away from you.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At the end of the game, Strashin shoots him and leaves him to bleed out before setting out to destroy the world. Even before that, Treskayev made it clear early on he was only using Demidov to get access to the Dead Hand Bases and their robot factories, and that Demidov would outlive his usefulness once Treskayev was actually in power.
!!General Strashin
A Russian General working for Yuri Treskayev, he's also the leader of Zemya and wants to take over Russia.
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* AxCrazy: With a generous helping of maniacal laughter.
* BigBad: The main villain of ''Shadow Wars''.
* DuelBoss: Strashin retracts a series of bridges in order to cut off the Ghosts from him, forcing Aydana to fight him one-on-one while the Ghosts battle his security drones (though you can still actually snipe him from the other platforms with the Ghosts).
* TheManBehindTheMan: Morozov and Demidov are the public face of Zemya, but Strashin is the one secretly in charge while publicly acting as the commanding officer of the Russian military task force that's supposed to be dealing with the chaos being caused by Zemya.
* MoleInCharge: He's the Russian General in charge of the task force meant to put a stop to Zemya while secretly also being the leader of Zemya.
* OmnicidalManiac: The BigBad pulling a TakingYouWithMe with nuclear weapons after their initial plan falls apart is something that happens OncePerEpisode in the ''Ghost Recon'' series, but Strashin is the only BigBad whose goal at the end is ''explicitly'' to destroy the world; the North Korean Generals and Mexican rebels from earlier games at least had somewhat more strategic plans for their usage of nukes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: After being accidentally outed by Demidov as the real leader of Zemya, Strashin flees Moscow and activates an army of robot drones to try and take over the country.
* TheStarscream[=/=]EvilIsNotAToy: He turns against Treskayev and tries to take over Russia with a secret robot army.
* TakingYouWithMe: When on the verge of defeat, he tries to blow up the planet with the Dead Hand DoomsdayDevice.
* UnwittingPawn: If Zemya is the same as the un-named separatist terrorist group from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'', then they're just pawns being played to create a crisis so Treskayev/Makhmudov can seize power. Strashin himself seems to either realize this, or is simply too insane to control, as he eventually turns into TheStarscream.
* WolfpackBoss: Strashin himself is a pretty standard infantry unit and armed only with a pistol, but he's got a bunch of security drones and heavy turrets protecting him.
!!Yuri Treskayev
An ultranationalist politician who hired Strashin and Morozov to destabilize Russia and her neighbors so that he can be elected over the more moderate incumbent President.
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* ArcVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is the same character.
* BaldOfEvil: Has male pattern baldness and is the GreaterScopeVillain.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He's completely shocked when General Strashin goes rogue and tries to take over the country with a robot army.
* KarmaHoudini: Yuri loses his bid to become President, but returns to his former position in the Duma and faces no major consequences for his schemes. If he is the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier'', then he does finally get his comeuppance in those games.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Shadow Wars'', as well as ''Ghost Recon Wii''. Is also most likely meant to be the same person as the BigBad of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' and ''Future Soldier''.
* SuddenNameChange: He seems to be meant to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' as well as Sergey Makhmudov from ''Future Soldier''; all 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
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[[folder:''Future Soldier'']]
!The Ghosts (Hunter team)
!!John Kozak
!!!Voiced by: Gene Farber
A second-generation Russian-American from Brooklyn and the main protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', who serves as Hunter team's scout/point man/tech expert. Kozak was recruited into the Ghosts for his prodigy-like expertise with advanced technology; Major Scott Mitchell, now the commanding officer of the Ghosts, once referred to him as the future of soldiers.
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* TheCameo: A younger, NewMeat Kozak appears prominently in the "Silent Spade" missions of ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' which were added as Year Two extra content.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Captain Mitchell from the previous games, Kozak is just the team's scout/pointman rather than the actual team leader. As a result he can't give movement orders to the rest of the squad, though he can call out enemy targets.
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Russian quite fluently, which comes in handy when the Ghosts are secretly helping loyalist Russians.
* OddNameOut: He's the only squad member who goes by his real name rather than by a callsign.
* PlayerCharacter: Of ''Future Soldier''.
* RichesToRags: A random conversation in ''Wildlands'' between the Ghosts indicates that Kozak's wife left him, emptied out his bank account, and even took all of their furniture and household items. As ''Wildlands'' occurs prior to ''Future Soldier'' this would have happened a few years prior to the events of ''Future Soldier''.
* TitleDrop: He's the protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', and in ''Ghost Recon: Wildlands'' Colonel Mitchell refers to the tech-savvy Kozak as the future of soldiers, as compared to more old-school ground-pounders like Mitchell and Nomad.
* TheSmartGuy: Handles all the tech in the squad, including use of the drone.
* TokenEnemyMinority: Kozak is the son of Russian immigrants. This comes up on occasion, mostly as teasing from 30K, but also by way of having Kozak interrogate a captured member of Bodark, relay messages in Russian to a loyalist general they're secretly assisting, and going solo on a covert mission to rescue the Russian president.
!!Ghost Lead
!!!Voiced by: Creator/JohnEricBentley
The leader of Hunter Team and a highly professional career soldier.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: A particularly notable aversion, as he throws out basically every death card possible - [[FatalFamilyPhoto calling up his son]] before a dangerous mission with a hint of finality to it, talking to him about his birthday and [[WhenYouComingHomeDad promising to be home soon]], even jokingly suggesting [[{{Retirony}} he'll retire soon]] if Kozak can successfully pull off the preceding solo stealth mission - but still survives.
* TheLeader: Is in charge of Hunter team.
!!Pepper
!!!Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
Hunter Team's level-headed sniper.
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* ColdSniper: The team sniper and generally quite the professional.
* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a badass special forces sniper named after a condiment.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's calm and collected in contrast to the more boisterous and hot-blooded 30K.
!!30K
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TroyBaker
Hunter Team's talkative, boisterous support gunner and driver.
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* BadassDriver: 30K is the driver whenever the squad is using a captured vehicle.
* BoisterousBruiser: The loudest and most aggressive member of the team.
* TheBigGuy: Carries a LMG for when things get loud.
* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely the snarkiest member of the team.
* InterserviceRivalry: 30K's fine with ships, it's too bad about the sailors and Marines on them.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's boisterous and hot-blooded in contrast to the more calm and collected Pepper.
!The Ghosts (others)
!!Scott Mitchell
See the character folder for ''Ghost Recon 2''.
!!Twistings
!!!Voiced by: Valerie Arem
* GetawayDriver: She's usually the pilot for Hunter team's extraction helicopter.
!Allies
!!Volodin
* CanonImmigrant: President Volodin from ''Future Soldier'' later appears as a major antagonist in the ''Jack Ryan'' novels written after Clancy's passing.
* {{Expy}}: We have Volodin, who in his youngest days tamed wild bears, comes from a military background, and even after being tortured can handle himself in a shootout - [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin sounds like a real life Russian president]].
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Action]]: When rescued by Kozak and given a weapon, he's more than capable of fighting alongside the Ghost.
* SuddenNameChange: Appears to be the same person as President Karkarzev in ''Shadow Wars'' and President Karskazev in ''H.A.W.X. 2''. All 3 have the exact same character model and are the moderate President of Russia opposed by BigBad Makhmudov/Treskayev.
!Antagonists
!!Raven's Rock
A powerful group of hardline Russian ultranationalists who want to take over Russia.
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* ArcVillain: President Makhmudov is this for ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', assuming the EvilChancellor in all 4 games is meant to be him.
* BadBoss: In the final level, almost every single surviving Raven's Rock leader has a KickTheDog moment before you kill them; one argues with and starts choking his wife, one is torturing a captured prisoner, one is yelling at and mistreating one of his Mooks, etc. Granted, they're all likely highly stressed due to the defeat of their coup and the fact they're being forced to flee into hiding.
%%* BaldOfEvil: Makhmudov and Petrakov have this.
* TheConspiracy: They're planning on overthrowing the Russian government and appear to be made up of a number of very influential power players, including at least 3 Generals, an Admiral, and a number of politicians and other incredibly wealthy individuals, as well as arms dealers, a considerable portion of the military, and an elite special forces group.
* ContinuityNod: The enemy soldiers in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' have the same character model as the Raven's Rock soldiers in ''Future Soldier''.
* EvilGloating: Petrakov taunts the Ghosts and even mocks the death of their comrades even after being shot by them and seconds from them putting a bullet in his head, such is his confidence that his political connections make him untouchable. And he turns out to be right. Too bad for him he dies anyway.
* FlatCharacter: The first time you see any of the Raven's Rock leaders is mere seconds before you blow them away. Also, only President Makhmudov and Petrakov have any real dialogue.
* GreaterScopeVillain:
** If President Makhmudov is supposed to be the same person as Yuri Treskayev in ''Shadow Wars'' and Aleksandr Treskayev in ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and ''H.A.W.X. 2'', then he and Raven's Rock is this to those three games.
** The implication of the ending of ''H.A.W.X. 2'' is that Raven's Rock themselves are being controlled by [[TheIlluminati Megiddo]] from ''VideoGame/SplinterCell''. ''Future Soldier'' is not as closely tied to ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as it originally was supposed to be, so the only trace of this plotline left in the final game is the mysterious order from "the highest level" not to capture Petrakov, the final Raven's Rock leader.
* MeaningfulName: Their name appears to be taken from a famous battle fought against Western crusaders by proto-Russian prince Alexander Nevsky, who was made into a prominent folk hero by Soviet-era propaganda.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: A dirty bomb bound for the United States that kills 4 Ghosts isn't exactly a "minor" crime, but what looks like a random terrorist bombing ultimately leads to a massive conspiracy to take over one of the 3 most powerful nations on Earth.
* MurderByInaction[=/=]ExactWords: At the end of the game, the Ghosts receive a mysterious order "from the highest level" to let Petrakov go, which they ultimately obey even as he taunts them about the death of their comrades caused by Raven's Rock. Too bad for Petrakov, he's currently injured and laying in the path of an oncoming train, and [[Film/BatmanBegins just because the Ghosts can't kill him doesn't mean they have to save him...]]
* PresidentEvil: President Sergey Makhmudov, the new President of Russia after Raven's Rock take over the country. It's unclear whether he's the actual leader of Raven's Rock or if Petrakov and the other conspirators in the final level are TheManBehindTheMan. Though taking ''Future Soldier'', ''Shadow Wars'', ''Ghost Recon Wii'', and ''H.A.W.X. 2'' as a whole, then Makhmudov is indeed meant to be the BigBad.
* RenegadeRussian: They're a group of Russian hardline ultranationalists who plan (and succeed in) overthrowing the current Russian government and engaging in a war with the West.
* SigilSpam: Their emblem, a set of four interlocking black "hooks" inside a red diamond, is plastered everywhere under their control.
* SuddenNameChange: President Makhmudov is apparently supposed to be the same person as Aleksandr Treskayev from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'' and ''Ghost Recon Wii'' and Yuri Treskayev from ''Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars''. All 3 have the exact same character model (down to his distinct green tie) and story-wise are the same character in every detail except name. The differences are likely due to miscommunication between the 4 studios making the 4 games as well as the two year delay in the development of ''Future Soldier'' due to its TroubledProduction.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: They seem to either believe that they can win a nuclear war with the West or that NATO lacks the spine to actually retaliate with their own nuclear weapons; either position seems suicidally stupid to anyone with even a basic understanding of international nuclear politics (though, given it is the year 2024, they may simply be taking Prime Minister Corbyn at his word).
* VillainousBreakdown: In the penultimate level, Makhmudov attempts to rally his supporters on TV. He's relatively calm in the first broadcast, but is freaking out in the second as the Ghosts dismantle his army and the people of Moscow turn against the regime.
* WesternTerrorists: Before fully taking control of Russia, they're engaged in attempting to cause mass casualty events in the West, including sending a dirty bomb to the U.S.-Mexico border and launching a nuclear missile at London.
* WolfpackBoss: While the citizens of Moscow deal with President Makhmudov themselves, the Ghosts storm the headquarters of Raven's Rock's military leader General Mikhail Burkharov to stop him from organizing an armed crackdown against the protesters. After you fight through his remaining Bodark EliteMooks, Burkharov holes up in his office with about a dozen guards. You blast your way in and blow them all away. Burkharov himself takes cover behind his desk while wielding an assault rifle, and goes down just like any of his Mooks.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating:
** Their support amongst the populace appears to be absolutely abysmal, and in the second-to-last level the civilian population of Moscow forms a mob and kicks them out of office (with a little help from the Ghosts who make sure Raven's Rock are unable to hold onto power by force). It's likely the Russian populace remember what an abysmal failure the last hardline ultranationalist government was from the original ''Ghost Recon''.
** In ''Ghost Recon Wii'', after Bravo Team is captured by the Ultranationalists, one of the Russian soldiers holding them prisoner shoots his partner and sets the Ghosts free, telling them that President Treskayev/Makhmudov is a madman tearing Russia apart and must be stopped no matter what.
!!Bodark
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MarkIvanir
A dangerous, highly trained Russian special forces group whose skill and equipment are on par with that of the Ghosts themselves.
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* ArchEnemy: They are by far the Ghosts' most frequently reoccuring nemesis, and ''Phantoms'' even refers to them as the greatest enemy faced by the Ghosts.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted; their leader Colonel Kuzmin and the other 3 Bodark officers who are your targets in the final mission of the ''Raven Strike'' DLC behave more like regular infantry than the EliteMooks under their command. They're not even protected by Bodark spec ops, just regular Raven's Rock soldiers. All 4 Bodark officers are at least competent fighters, compared to the Raven's Rock leaders who were largely noncombatants.
* ContinuityNod:
** Their uniforms and equipment are a [=DLC=] pack for ''Ghost Recon: Phantoms''. Also, the Russian Spetznaz unit in ''Tom Clancy's [=EndWar=]'' is known as the Wolves.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
** The Wolves from ''Breakpoint'' also seem to greatly resemble them, as well as share their name (Bodark means Werewolf in Russian).
** A former member of Bodark appears as an ally in ''Breakpoint'''s ''Deep State'' DLC campaign.
** Bodark are the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC campaign. From the trailers, it appears they were originally intended to be a full new faction, but in the game itself they're just a handful of officers commanding the usual Sentinel and Wolf mooks. Bodark finally appears as a full faction in ''Operation Motherland'', the final DLC campaign of ''Breakpoint''.
* EliteMooks: Even more elite than previous Elite Mook groups in the series such as North Korean special forces, Aguila 7, or the Panamanian mercs.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Ghosts, much more-so than previous EliteMooks like Aguila 7. Like the Ghosts, they're an elite special forces group utilizing state-of-the-art technology (including cloaking devices and EMP grenades), and like the Ghosts they're named after a supernatural being. Their technological parity with the Ghosts also lets them hack the Ghosts' own tech systems, crippling the Ghosts' usual technological advantage. Their {{Leitmotif}} is even titled "Nemesis" in the game's soundtrack. They're also the only enemy group in the series who know exactly who the Ghosts are (even referencing Kozak by name and hometown) and what their capabilities are.
* GasMaskMooks: They wear gas masks, possibly due to their usage of smoke grenades.
* KungFuProofMook: They can't be marked on your cross-com like regular enemies due to their thermoptic camo. Also, unlike the earlier prototypes used by [[VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands Los Extranjeros]], the camo doesn't show up in thermal vision either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Nemesis", a combination of [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Russian Chanting]] and PsychoStrings. The heavy combat version, "Stampede", replaced the Ominous Chanting with Dubstep.
* MageKiller: In their first appearance, they hack your cross-com systems to disable all your fancy high-tech gadgets, including your optic camo, drone, and cross-com [=HUD=].
* NothingIsScarier: In the first mission in which you encounter them, they spent a large portion of the mission simply trolling you, hacking your cross-com so that it glitches heavily and even shows enemies that aren't actually there. It's only when you walk into an ideal kill-zone relatively late in the level do they actually engage you in combat.
* TheRemnant: The remnants of Bodark serve as the antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC.
* SavageWolves: They take their name from Russian folklore; a Bodark is a man who chooses to become a Werewolf, as opposed to someone who involuntarily becomes a werewolf due to being bitten by one.
* TheStarscream: In the ''Raven Strike'' DLC, after Raven's Rock is overthrown, Colonel Kuzmin and Bodark attempt to use the chaos to steal all of Russia's intelligence secrets, either for their own personal use or to sell on the open market.
* VisibleInvisibility: Their thermoptic camo has the same ''Film/{{Predator}}'' shimmer effect as that of the Ghosts. However, when combined with the fact they can't be marked on your cross-com, it can still let them sneak up on you surprisingly effectively as you're so used to the cross-com marking enemies for you that you fail to notice them.
* WolfpackBoss: Each of the Bodark officers in the final mission of ''Raven Strike'' are no tougher than a regular Mook, but are protected by at least a couple squads of troopers as well as one [=APC=] each.
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* BossBanter: Carlos has a lot of unique dialogue taunting Captain Mitchell in the [=PS2=] version of the game, both when attacking you in an Apache attack chopper and later in the final boss fight in the basement of the U.S. embassy. He has less dialogue in the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but does still taunt you over the cross-com several times during the final level.
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* BossBanter: Carlos has a lot of unique dialogue taunting Captain Mitchell in the [=PS2=] [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the game, both when attacking you in an Apache attack chopper and later in the final boss fight in the basement of the U.S. embassy. He has less dialogue in the Xbox 360 and PC versions, but does still taunt you over the cross-com several times during the final level.
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** Averted in the [=PS2=] version, where's he's a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss.
* HellishCopter: In the [=PS2=] version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=] version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* HellishCopter: In the [=PS2=] version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=] version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
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** Averted in the [=PS2=] [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, where's he's a straight-up MadeOfIron FinalBoss.
* HellishCopter: In the[=PS2=] [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version he steals an Apache attack chopper and uses it to shoot down Bravo team's Blackhawk and capture them before engaging Mitchell in a straight-up helicopter boss fight.
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the[=PS2=] [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* HellishCopter: In the
* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the
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* BadassBaritone: In the games in which he's the player character (''Ghost Recon 2'' and the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games), he's got a fairly normal voice with a slight Southern/Midwestern drawl. However, in ''Predator'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''Wildlands'' he's got a very deep, authoritative voice, courtesy of Steve Blum. It seems taking an EMP bomb to the face dropped his voice down a few octaves.
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* OffModel: His character portrait in the mission briefing screens looks almost nothing like his in-game character model. His character portrait is that of a scowling, heavyset bald man while his in-game appearance looks completely different. This is true of many characters in the game and likely a symptom of its TroubledProduction.
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* OffModel: A common occurrence for many characters in ''Future Soldier'', likely due to the game's TroubledProduction.
** The character portrait for General Burkharov during the mission briefing screens looks completely different from his in-game character model as well as the character portrait on your HUD when you kill him. In the mission briefings he has a European appearance while his in-game model and the HUD portrait that accompanies it has a much more Turkic appearance.
** Many of the Raven's Rock leaders in the final level look nothing like their character portraits.
** Petrakov, the final Raven's Rock leader, looks a good couple of decades older and considerably balder than his character portrait, though this can at least be chalked up to the intel photo being significantly outdated.
** The character portrait for General Burkharov during the mission briefing screens looks completely different from his in-game character model as well as the character portrait on your HUD when you kill him. In the mission briefings he has a European appearance while his in-game model and the HUD portrait that accompanies it has a much more Turkic appearance.
** Many of the Raven's Rock leaders in the final level look nothing like their character portraits.
** Petrakov, the final Raven's Rock leader, looks a good couple of decades older and considerably balder than his character portrait, though this can at least be chalked up to the intel photo being significantly outdated.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: His bio states he absolutely loves American rap music.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: {{Fanboy}}: His bio states he absolutely loves American rap music.
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President of the hardline Russian Democratic Union, who wishes to reestablish the Soviet Empire.
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President of the hardline Russian "Russian Democratic Union, Union", who wishes to reestablish the Soviet Empire.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the original ''Ghost Recon'' game. He's the leader of the new hardline government responsible for the invasion of the Baltics, but is only mentioned in mission briefings and never seen or interacted with at all.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the original ''Ghost Recon'' game. He's the leader of the new hardline government responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia and the Baltics, but is only mentioned in mission briefings and never seen or interacted with at all.
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* MoleInCharge: He's the Russian General in charge of the task force meant to put a stop to Zemya while secretly also being the leader of Zemya.
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* CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns: The only Rifleman specialist to use the [=MP5SD2=].
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* RareGuns: Uses the experimental OICW.
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* RareGuns: Uses the experimental OICW.
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* RareGuns: In the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' he gets a heavily tricked out O.I.C.W. rifle as part of his Integrated Warfighter System suit during Lone Wolf missions.
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* KnifeNut: Her secondary weapon is a knife.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: You defeat his personal special forces unit and [[FinalBoss kill him]] at the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', but another guy takes his place in the [[MissionPackSequel second game]]. To make matters worse, the rebels hire Panamanian mercenaries to aid them. Juan de la Barrera, the rebel leader in the second game, gets shot down in a gunship duel about 3/4ths of the way through the game, but that does nothing to stop the mercs he hired to continue carrying out his plan to nuke the U.S.
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* {{Expy}}: We have Volodin, who in his youngest days tamed wild bears, comes from a military background, and even after being tortured can handle himself in a shootout - [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin sounds like a real life Russian president]].
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Scott Mitchell's appearance in ''Future Soldier'' spoils the uncertainty after his HeroicSacrifice at the end of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* LargeHam: General Keating whenever he gives orders to the Ghosts, especially if the situation is tense that he's forced to shout to make his point.
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* {{Determinator}}[=/=]MadeOfIron: Cpt. Mitchell from the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. It becomes increasingly clear throughout both games that he (and you, by proxy) is pretty much a one-man wrecking crew. He shrugs off bullets, goes on several solo missions that involve traversing long distances and fighting squads of soldiers by himself, downs several enemy helicopters, protects the President of the United States from overwhelming enemy forces, etc. At the end of the second game, he [[spoiler:authorizes an EMP airstrike '''on himself''' to stop a nuclear missile in his immediate area from being launched. '''[[VideoGame/EndWar And he survives!]]''']]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Scott Mitchell in ''Future Soldier''. While launching an airstrike into Russian territory to bail the Ghosts out:
--> ''"Your international incident's on its way."''
--> ''"Your international incident's on its way."''
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* BadassBaritone: In the games in which he's the player character (''Ghost Recon 2'' and the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games) he's got a fairly normal voice with a slight Southern/Midwestern drawl. However, in ''Predator'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''Wildlands'' he's got a very deep, authoritative voice, courtesy of Steve Blum. It seems taking an EMP bomb to the face dropped his voice down a few octaves.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In ''Future Soldier'', Mitchell is ''never'' referred to by name throughout the entire game. If you play the game blind without having seen any supplementary materials, you would have no idea that your commander is the player character from the previous games in the series. It's especially jarring in the jump between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Future Soldier'', since he's voiced by two completely different voice actors (from David Cooley in ''AW'' to Creator/SteveBlum in ''FS''), though taking crossovers into account makes it less so, since Blum has been consistently voicing him ever since ''[=EndWar=]''.
** During the briefing of mission Ember Hunt, Mitchell cryptically mentions that the nuclear missile launched at London was likely the same weapon the Ghosts had been looking for a few months prior. This is a reference to the prequel short film ''Alpha'' which had been released before ''Future Soldier''.
** During the briefing of mission Ember Hunt, Mitchell cryptically mentions that the nuclear missile launched at London was likely the same weapon the Ghosts had been looking for a few months prior. This is a reference to the prequel short film ''Alpha'' which had been released before ''Future Soldier''.
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* CanonImmigrant: President Volodin from ''Future Soldier'' later appears as a major antagonist in the ''Jack Ryan'' novels written after Clancy's passing.
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This page is very much a work in progress, contributions are welcomed. Characters from ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' are on their [[Characters/GhostReconWildlands own page]].
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This page is very much a work in progress, contributions are welcomed. Characters from ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint Breakpoint]]'' are on their [[Characters/GhostReconWildlands own page]].
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* TheLeader: In the ''Endwar'' alternate continuity she becomes the leader of Ghost Recon after Mitchell is promoted to General and leader of the U.S. military.
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* TheLeader: In the ''Endwar'' ''[=EndWar=]'' alternate continuity she becomes the leader of Ghost Recon after Mitchell is promoted to General and leader of the U.S. military.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: He gets arrested and eventually executed by his own generals a little over halfway through the game as a scapegoat for the failure of the Russian invasion. Getting rid of said generals becomes the focus of the rest of the game.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He gets arrested and eventually executed by his own generals a little over halfway through the game as a scapegoat for the failure of the Russian invasion. Getting rid of said generals becomes the focus of the rest of the game.]]
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An Ethiopian colonel and warlord who overthrows the Ethiopian government using weapons purchased from President Arbitov's hardline Russian government, so he can start another war with Eritrea. [[spoiler: He's ultimately defeated, and is either killed in action or captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game]].
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An Ethiopian colonel and warlord who overthrows the Ethiopian government using weapons purchased from President Arbitov's hardline Russian government, so he can start another war with Eritrea. [[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's ultimately defeated, and is either killed in action or captured along with the rest of his troops at the end of the game]].game.]]
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-> Voice By: Creator/DavidCooley in ''Ghost Recon 2'', ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. Creator/SteveBlum in ''End War'', ''Future Soldier'', ''Wildlands'', and ''Breakpoint''.
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* BadassBaritone: In the games in which he's the player character (''Ghost Recon 2'' and the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games) he's got a fairly normal voice with a slight Southern[=/=]Midwestern drawl. However, in ''Predator'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''Wildlands'' he's got a very deep, authoritative voice, courtesy of Steve Blum. It seems taking an EMP bomb to the face dropped his voice down a few octaves.
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* BadassBaritone: In the games in which he's the player character (''Ghost Recon 2'' and the two ''Advanced Warfighter'' games) he's got a fairly normal voice with a slight Southern[=/=]Midwestern Southern/Midwestern drawl. However, in ''Predator'', ''Future Soldier'', and ''Wildlands'' he's got a very deep, authoritative voice, courtesy of Steve Blum. It seems taking an EMP bomb to the face dropped his voice down a few octaves.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When forced to choose between saving comrades[=/=]allies[=/=]civilians and accomplishing mission objectives, Mitchell always tries to ''do both'' at the same time. This is most apparent in ''Summit Strike''. Fortunately, he and his team happen to be good enough to pull it off.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When forced to choose between saving comrades[=/=]allies[=/=]civilians comrades/allies/civilians and accomplishing mission objectives, Mitchell always tries to ''do both'' at the same time. This is most apparent in ''Summit Strike''. Fortunately, he and his team happen to be good enough to pull it off.
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* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:where he and his team die at the end of the prologue.]])
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* DecoyProtagonist: You play as him in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'' ([[spoiler:where he and his team die at the end of the prologue.]])prologue]]).
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* TheLancer: Appears to be this to Captain Mitchell, as he's framed this way in the interview segments of the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' (being the only Ghost to appear together alongside Mitchell during his interview segments), and appearing alongside Mitchell in every installment of the series other than the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's also your primary squadmate throughout the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', after Mitchell and Marcus Brown rescue him in the first level.
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* TheLancer: Appears to be this to Captain Mitchell, as he's framed this way in the interview segments of the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' (being the only Ghost to appear together alongside Mitchell during his interview segments), and appearing alongside Mitchell in every installment of the series other than the PC version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''. He's also your primary squadmate throughout the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', after Mitchell and Marcus Brown rescue him in the first level.
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* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', [[spoiler:the last you hear of her, her position has been overrun by the rebels and communications with her has been lost. She's never mentioned again after that point and it's left unclear whether or not she was K.I.A.]]
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* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', [[spoiler:the last you hear of her, her position has been overrun by the rebels and communications with her has been lost. She's never mentioned again after that point and it's left unclear whether or not she was K.I.A.]]
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* PornStache: Seems to have grown one at some point between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Endwar''.
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* PornStache: Seems to have grown one at some point between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Endwar''.''[=EndWar=]''.
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* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and his team get overrun by Carlos and the Aguila 7, and the last you see of Nick he's critically injured and marked for medevac by Mitchell. He likely survives as he appears as a leader in the alternate continuity of ''Endwar''.
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* UncertainDoom: In ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and his team get overrun by Carlos and the Aguila 7, and the last you see of Nick he's critically injured and marked for medevac by Mitchell. He likely survives as he appears as a leader in the alternate continuity of ''Endwar''.
''[=EndWar=]''.
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The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
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The tomboyish daughter of a Texas rancher who joined the U.S. Army, she was recruited into the Ghosts for her world class sniping skills. She has served as the squad's sniper in both Korean conflicts as well as during the Mexican uprising during the fighting in both Mexico City and Juarez. Has appeared as the squad's primary sniper in every Scott Mitchell game on consoles (other than the [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''), but is notably absent from the PC games.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' or ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where her role is instead taken up by Richard Allen in the first game and John Hume in the second game. She's also missing from the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', where Mike Kim serves as sniper support instead.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' or ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', where her role is instead taken up by Richard Allen in the first game and John Hume in the second game. She's also missing from the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', where Mike Kim serves as sniper support instead.
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* AscendedExtra: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is merely one of several selectable squadmates in the Xbox 360 version. However, in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, he becomes the leader of Bravo team and has a ''significantly'' larger role in the game (see HeroOfAnotherStory below).
* BadassInDistress: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
* BadassInDistress: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
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* AscendedExtra: He's completely missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is merely one of several selectable squadmates in the Xbox 360 version. However, in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version, he becomes the leader of Bravo team and has a ''significantly'' larger role in the game (see HeroOfAnotherStory below).
* BadassInDistress: In the[=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he and Beasley are captured by Carlos Ontiveros in the final level and have to be rescued by Mitchell.
* BadassInDistress: In the
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* DeathByAdaptation: He and Beasley are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', if you fail to defeat Carlos and rescue them in the final level.
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* DeathByAdaptation: He and Beasley are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', if you fail to defeat Carlos and rescue them in the final level.
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* FieldPromotion: In the 2 days between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted from a member of Mitchell's squad to the leader of his own Ghost team, likely due to the losses of [[spoiler: Captains Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]] during the Mexico City revolt. (This actually seems to be an artifact from the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, in which he was the Bravo team leader the whole game).
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
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* FieldPromotion: In the 2 days between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted from a member of Mitchell's squad to the leader of his own Ghost team, likely due to the losses of [[spoiler: Captains [[spoiler:Captains Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]] during the Mexico City revolt. (This actually seems to be an artifact from the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version, in which he was the Bravo team leader the whole game).
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the[=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's the leader of Bravo team and accomplishes numerous objectives off-screen throughout the entire game while Mitchell and Alpha team are doing their own thing. He's even the one to actually capture General Ontiveros towards the end of the game.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the
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A fourth-generation Korean-American with a focused, quiet personality, he and Alicia Diaz serves as the snipers of Mitchell's Ghost team during the two Korean conflicts. In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's been promoted to Captain of Charlie team, which focuses on providing sniper support to other Ghost teams.
A fourth-generation Korean-American with a focused, quiet personality, he and Alicia Diaz serves as the snipers of Mitchell's Ghost team during the two Korean conflicts. In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', he's been promoted to Captain of Charlie team, which focuses on providing sniper support to other Ghost teams.
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* AdaptedOut: After ''Ghost Recon 2'', he only appears in the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is completely missing from the PC and Xbox 360 versions as well as ''Advanced Warfighter 2''.
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* AdaptedOut: After ''Ghost Recon 2'', he only appears in the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and is completely missing from the PC and Xbox 360 versions as well as ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. 2''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. He occasionally provides sniper support as leader of Charlie team in the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and also appears as a unit in ''Endwar''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Ghost Recon 2'' and the ''Advanced Warfighter'' series. He occasionally provides sniper support as leader of Charlie team in the rare [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'', and also appears as a unit in ''Endwar''.
''[=EndWar=]''.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: At the end of the final level, he taunts Mitchell from behind bulletproof glass before shooting himself in the head rather than let himself be captured or killed by the Ghosts.]]
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the end of the final level, he taunts Mitchell from behind bulletproof glass before shooting himself in the head rather than let himself be captured or killed by the Ghosts.]]
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Even after the North Koreans realize the war was caused by a FalseFlagOperation by a third-party [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]], General Paik is still hell-bent on using the crisis as an excuse to engage in a war to reunify the peninsula under North Korean rule, or start a nuclear war with the West if that fails.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Even after the North Koreans realize the war was caused by a FalseFlagOperation by a third-party [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]], {{P|rivateMilitaryContractors}}MC, General Paik is still hell-bent on using the crisis as an excuse to engage in a war to reunify the peninsula under North Korean rule, or start a nuclear war with the West if that fails.
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* HellishCopter: [[spoiler: At the very end of the Xbox version he attempts to escape in a transport helicopter; Mitchell shoots him down with a rocket launcher and he crashes into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as [[spoiler: his helicopter slams right into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as [[spoiler: his helicopter slams right into a mountain.]]
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* HellishCopter: [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the very end of the Xbox version he attempts to escape in a transport helicopter; Mitchell shoots him down with a rocket launcher and he crashes into a mountain.]]
** OhCrap: The look on his face as[[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his helicopter slams right into a mountain.]]mountain]].
** OhCrap: The look on his face as
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* ItsPersonal: Mitchell and his team become personally invested in taking Rahil down after Rahil kills [[spoiler: Grigoriy Koslov, the Ghosts' main ally amongst the Kazakh loyalists]]. Rahil for his part has absolutely no idea who Mitchell is or even that he's coming for him.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills [[spoiler: Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills [[spoiler: Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb.
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* ItsPersonal: Mitchell and his team become personally invested in taking Rahil down after Rahil kills [[spoiler: Grigoriy [[spoiler:Grigoriy Koslov, the Ghosts' main ally amongst the Kazakh loyalists]]. Rahil for his part has absolutely no idea who Mitchell is or even that he's coming for him.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills[[spoiler: Koslov]]'s [[spoiler:Koslov]]'s squad with a bomb. bomb.
* MadBomber: He seems quite fond of solving problems by blowing them up. Besides assassinating the Kazakh President and his cabinet with a huge bomb, he also uses nerve gas bombs to cover his escape when stealing chemical weapons from a disposal site in Kyrgyzstan, and kills
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* KilledOffForReal[=/=]BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He dies along with Joe Ramirez in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'']].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'', [[spoiler: where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'', [[spoiler: where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
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* KilledOffForReal[=/=]BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He dies along with Joe Ramirez in the prologue mission of ''Future Soldier'']].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'',[[spoiler: where [[spoiler:where he dies alongside Joe Ramirez]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears between ''Advanced Warfighter'' and ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', being replaced by John Hume. He reappears in the prologue of ''Future Soldier'',
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates), and DemotedToExtra in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates), and DemotedToExtra in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
* BusCrash:[[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's killed by a suicide bomber in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
* BusCrash:
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* DeathByAdaptation: He and Derrick Parker are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' if you fail to save them or defeat Carlos.
* DemotedToExtra: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
* DemotedToExtra: In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
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* DeathByAdaptation: He and Derrick Parker are killed by Carlos in the bad ending of the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter'' if you fail to save them or defeat Carlos.
* DemotedToExtra: In the[=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'', Beasley is part of Derrick Parker's Bravo team. Unlike Parker, he has zero dialogue.
* DemotedToExtra: In the
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates) as well as the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
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* AdaptedOut: He's missing from the PC version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (where only Brown, Kirkland, and Allen are available as squadmates) as well as the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter 1'' (which has a much greater focus on the older Ghosts from ''Ghost Recon 2'').
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* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's grenadier[=/=]demolitions soldier in both the console and PC versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. He also shares this role with Richard Allen and Derrick Parker in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* DemolitionsExpert: He's your squad's grenadier[=/=]demolitions grenadier/demolitions soldier in both the console and PC versions of ''Advanced Warfighter 2''. He also shares this role with Richard Allen and Derrick Parker in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, or the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. As a result, his sole appearance is in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
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* AdaptedOut: Doesn't appear at all in the PC version of the series, or the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version of ''Advanced Warfighter''. As a result, his sole appearance is in the Xbox 360 version of the first ''Advanced Warfighter'' game.
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* BusCrash: [[spoiler: He's killed fighting the Taliban in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
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* BusCrash: [[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's killed fighting the Taliban in the ''Ghost Recon'' novel, which takes place after ''Advanced Warfighter 2'']].
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bud mentions having trained Carlos Ontiveros at [=WHINSEC=]. Carlos later gloats about how Bud never appreciated his talents after [[spoiler: killing him]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Bud mentions having trained Carlos Ontiveros at [=WHINSEC=]. Carlos later gloats about how Bud never appreciated his talents after [[spoiler: killing [[spoiler:killing him]].
* SacrificialLion:[[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's killed by Carlos Ontiveros near the end of the first ''Advanced Warfighter''.]]
* SacrificialLion:
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* HellishCopter: [[spoiler: His Blackhawk gets shot down by the Mercs in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', forcing the Ghosts to find an alternate escape route. They also later launch a rescue mission to retrieve Rosen from a Hacienda where he's being held captive.]]
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* HellishCopter: [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His Blackhawk gets shot down by the Mercs in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'', forcing the Ghosts to find an alternate escape route. They also later launch a rescue mission to retrieve Rosen from a Hacienda where he's being held captive.]]
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* AdaptedOut: In the Xbox 360 version he actually has a decent amount of dialogue; in the PC version, he has zero dialogue and the only time you actually see him in person he's an unconscious body. You don't even see him at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version, only hear about him in dialogue.
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* AdaptedOut: In the Xbox 360 version he actually has a decent amount of dialogue; in the PC version, he has zero dialogue and the only time you actually see him in person he's an unconscious body. You don't even see him at all in the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version, only hear about him in dialogue.
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* BadassDriver: Manages to skillfully navigate MG emplacements and roadblocks deep behind enemy lines while under heavy fire, all that while Keating is barking orders on the video screen. Only [[spoiler: eating a missile from a MIL-28 Havoc]] does him in,
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while [[spoiler: Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while [[spoiler: Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
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* BadassDriver: Manages to skillfully navigate MG emplacements and roadblocks deep behind enemy lines while under heavy fire, all that while Keating is barking orders on the video screen. Only [[spoiler: eating [[spoiler:eating a missile from a MIL-28 Havoc]] does him in,
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while[[spoiler: Rosen's [[spoiler:Rosen's Blackhawk has been shot down and the Ghosts are ambushed by the mercenaries]] and drives in the nick of time before they get overwhelmed.
* TheCavalry: He conveniently happens to be in the area while
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** Carlos and his Aguila 7 special forces manage to inflict far more casualties on the Ghosts and their allies than Bodark or Santa Blanca, despite lacking the advanced technology of the former or the infinite money of the latter. [[spoiler: It's revealed in the ending that a large part of his success comes from having access to the Ghosts' communications channels due to a high-level mole inside the U.S. military.]]
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** Carlos and his Aguila 7 special forces manage to inflict far more casualties on the Ghosts and their allies than Bodark or Santa Blanca, despite lacking the advanced technology of the former or the infinite money of the latter. [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that a large part of his success comes from having access to the Ghosts' communications channels due to a high-level mole inside the U.S. military.]]
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** The end of the game reveals that a large part of Carlos' success against the Ghosts is due to [[spoiler: listening in on their communications channels, due to a high-level mole in the U.S. military telling him how to do so.]]
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
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** The end of the game reveals that a large part of Carlos' success against the Ghosts is due to [[spoiler: listening [[spoiler:listening in on their communications channels, due to a high-level mole in the U.S. military telling him how to do so.]]
so]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
* CompositeCharacter: In the console versions of ''Advanced Warfighter'', General Ontiveros (the actual leader of the coup) and his son special forces Colonel Carlos Ontiveros are two separate characters. In the PC version, General Ontiveros is removed completely, and Carlos is promoted to General Carlos Ontiveros and serves as the sole leader of the coup.
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* EvilGloating: Towards the end of the game, he kills [[spoiler: Bud]] and steals his cross-com, spending the rest of the game taunting Mitchell over the Ghosts' comm systems.
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* EvilGloating: Towards the end of the game, he kills [[spoiler: Bud]] [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his cross-com, spending the rest of the game taunting Mitchell over the Ghosts' comm systems.
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** The [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version elaborates that Carlos isn't targeting anyone in particular with the nukes, and is merely trying to demonstrate to the American people that their national security is nonexistent by proving that a third party can launch their nukes.
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** The [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version elaborates that Carlos isn't targeting anyone in particular with the nukes, and is merely trying to demonstrate to the American people that their national security is nonexistent by proving that a third party can launch their nukes.
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* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler: Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler: Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=] version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of [[spoiler: Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of [[spoiler: Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
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* HeroKiller: Carlos gets Ramirez injured in the opening level, and later he and his Aguila 7 EliteMooks blow up Captain Abreu and succeed in taking out Ghost teams led by [[spoiler: Jennifer [[spoiler:Jennifer Burke and Nick Salvatore]], likely killing the former and critically wounding the latter, which allows him to capture the U.S. President and his nuclear football. He then tortures football carrier Captain Bowman for the access codes, and kills [[spoiler: Bud]] [[spoiler:Bud]] and steals his helicopter to escape to the U.S. Embassy to try and launch America's nukes. In the [=PS2=][=/=]Xbox [=PS2=]/Xbox version he even captures and potentially kills Derrick Parker and Matt Beasley. Of all the series' villains he's by far the most successful in inflicting losses against the Ghosts and their allies; hell, in the [=PS2=] version it's possible for him to have killed half of the cast of ''Ghost Recon 2'' by the end of the game.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of[[spoiler: Bud]] [[spoiler:Bud]] towards the end of the game. He's also the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain who ever refers to Mitchell by name or even knows who he even is.
* ItsPersonal: He's the only ''Ghost Recon'' villain (besides Asad Rahil from ''Summmit Strike'') that Mitchell ever develops a personal vendetta against, due to his killing of
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* AFatherToHisMen: He has his moments, particularly when [[spoiler: he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee.]]
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* AFatherToHisMen: He has his moments, particularly when [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he outright threatened Aydana when he though she may have harmed Banshee.]]Banshee]].
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* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: She's the sister of Grigoriy Kozlov from ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''. The Ghosts suspect she might blame them for her brother's death, but this turns out not to be the case, though she might still have some ill will towards Scott Mitchell.]]
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* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: She's [[spoiler:She's the sister of Grigoriy Kozlov from ''Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike''. The Ghosts suspect she might blame them for her brother's death, but this turns out not to be the case, though she might still have some ill will towards Scott Mitchell.]]
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* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: She presents herself as a Kazakh commando, but is actually a Russian agent working for President Karkarzev. As a result she prevents the Ghosts from capturing Demidov so she can follow him to locate the remaining Dead Hand Bases. However, ultimately she and the Ghosts have the same goals in the conflict; stopping Zemya and Strashin.]]
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* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:She presents herself as a Kazakh commando, but is actually a Russian agent working for President Karkarzev. As a result she prevents the Ghosts from capturing Demidov so she can follow him to locate the remaining Dead Hand Bases. However, ultimately she and the Ghosts have the same goals in the conflict; stopping Zemya and Strashin.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At the end of the game she stays behind to manually detonate the base's nuclear reactor and blow up Strashin's missiles before they can destroy the world, while giving the Ghosts time to escape.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one. [[spoiler: It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one. [[spoiler: It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the end of the game she stays behind to manually detonate the base's nuclear reactor and blow up Strashin's missiles before they can destroy the world, while giving the Ghosts time to escape.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one.[[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It appears in TheStinger hanging out of an escape hatch, possibly implying that she survived her HeroicSacrifice.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor:[[spoiler: Subverted.[[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Has a long red one.
* SixthRangerTraitor:
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* UnwittingPawn: If Zemya is the same as the un-named separatist terrorist group from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'', then they're just pawns being played to create a crisis so Treskayev[=/=]Makhmudov can seize power. Strashin himself seems to either realize this, or is simply too insane to control, as he eventually turns into TheStarscream.
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* UnwittingPawn: If Zemya is the same as the un-named separatist terrorist group from ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}} 2'', then they're just pawns being played to create a crisis so Treskayev[=/=]Makhmudov Treskayev/Makhmudov can seize power. Strashin himself seems to either realize this, or is simply too insane to control, as he eventually turns into TheStarscream.
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A second-generation Russian-American from Brooklyn and the main protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', who serves as Hunter team's scout[=/=]point man[=/=]tech expert. Kozak was recruited into the Ghosts for his prodigy-like expertise with advanced technology; Major Scott Mitchell, now the commanding officer of the Ghosts, once referred to him as the future of soldiers.
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A second-generation Russian-American from Brooklyn and the main protagonist of ''Future Soldier'', who serves as Hunter team's scout[=/=]point man[=/=]tech scout/point man/tech expert. Kozak was recruited into the Ghosts for his prodigy-like expertise with advanced technology; Major Scott Mitchell, now the commanding officer of the Ghosts, once referred to him as the future of soldiers.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Captain Mitchell from the previous games, Kozak is just the team's scout[=/=]pointman rather than the actual team leader. As a result he can't give movement orders to the rest of the squad, though he can call out enemy targets.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Captain Mitchell from the previous games, Kozak is just the team's scout[=/=]pointman scout/pointman rather than the actual team leader. As a result he can't give movement orders to the rest of the squad, though he can call out enemy targets.
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* SuddenNameChange: Appears to be the same person as President Karkarzev in ''Shadow Wars'' and President Karskazev in ''H.A.W.X. 2''. All 3 have the exact same character model and are the moderate President of Russia opposed by BigBad Makhmudov[=/=]Treskayev.
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* SuddenNameChange: Appears to be the same person as President Karkarzev in ''Shadow Wars'' and President Karskazev in ''H.A.W.X. 2''. All 3 have the exact same character model and are the moderate President of Russia opposed by BigBad Makhmudov[=/=]Treskayev.
Makhmudov/Treskayev.
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** In ''Ghost Recon Wii'', after Bravo Team is captured by the Ultranationalists, one of the Russian soldiers holding them prisoner shoots his partner and sets the Ghosts free, telling them that President Treskayev[=/=]Makhmudov is a madman tearing Russia apart and must be stopped no matter what.
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** In ''Ghost Recon Wii'', after Bravo Team is captured by the Ultranationalists, one of the Russian soldiers holding them prisoner shoots his partner and sets the Ghosts free, telling them that President Treskayev[=/=]Makhmudov Treskayev/Makhmudov is a madman tearing Russia apart and must be stopped no matter what.
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** Their uniforms and equipment are a [=DLC=] pack for ''Ghost Recon: Phantoms''. Also, the Russian Spetznaz unit in ''Tom Clancy's Endwar'' is known as the Wolves.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
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** Their uniforms and equipment are a [=DLC=] pack for ''Ghost Recon: Phantoms''. Also, the Russian Spetznaz unit in ''Tom Clancy's Endwar'' [=EndWar=]'' is known as the Wolves.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
** They're mentioned in ''Wildlands'' as having been paid to provide combat training to Cartel underboss La Plaga.
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* DeadHatShot: After he gets blown up the only thing left of him is his NiceHat.
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* DeadHatShot: After he gets blown up the only thing left of him is his NiceHat.hat.
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* ArchEnemy: They are by far the Ghosts' most frequently reoccuring nemesis, and ''Phantoms'' even refers to them as the greatest enemy faced by the Ghosts.
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** Bodark are the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC campaign. From the trailers, it appears they were originally intended to be a full new faction, but in the game itself they're just a handful of officers commanding the usual Sentinel and Wolf mooks.
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** Bodark are the main antagonists of ''Breakpoint'''s ''Red Patriot'' DLC campaign. From the trailers, it appears they were originally intended to be a full new faction, but in the game itself they're just a handful of officers commanding the usual Sentinel and Wolf mooks. Bodark finally appears as a full faction in ''Operation Motherland'', the final DLC campaign of ''Breakpoint''.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He's an older Sergeant, the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' shows him sporting the cue ball and mustache look, and in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: BaldOfAuthority: He's an older Sergeant, the Xbox version of ''Ghost Recon 2'' shows him sporting the cue ball and mustache look, and in ''Advanced Warfighter 2'' he gets promoted to the leader of his own Ghost squad.
