I have, they just have been slight, i.e Sirnoobalot's hair color of black overrode your's of dark brown. Your's has prevailed mostly due to the extreme details compared to his (sorry Sirnoobalot I did like yours!)
I'm fine with the hair being black(can we keep my Ivy League though, since Sirnoob didn't specify?), and it's okay with me if we switch from Caucasian to Asian.
Also; perhaps the ambassador and Smith were being taken via helicopter to the DPRK when they were "accidentally" shot down, so that we can also have a bit more correlation to his story? The rest can stay the same. So, like this maybe...
Name: Michael D. Smith
Thunderbird
Branch: Delta Force
Rank: PFC
Status: MIA*
Basic Info:
Height: 6'2
Skin Color/Ethnicity: Tan/Asian
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color/Style: Black/Ivy League
Marks/Scars: Scars on both hands and both feet -- skin graft visible. Right pinky toe is missing.
History
Summary: Smith graduated from a good college with a doctorate in biology, then he went on to medical school. Unfortunately, unable to pay the bills, he joined the military and took night classes instead of simply going to school, however he managed to do well in both the military, and get his degree. However, he was awarded several medals for distinguished service and injuries sustained during the war[see Scars/Marks, above, and Military Service, below]. He remained in the military for a few years, earning his residency as a military doctor back home. He was just about to go home and start a career when a new war started. The Special Operations teams needed new members, and they needed lots of them, so they chose Smith. His term of service was renewed without permission nor knowledge(involuntary conscription by order of the president). After having been drafted for another term of service, Smith knew it was too late for him to be a doctor now, so he decided to stick with the military and go career.
Prior To Military Service: Smith was raised in a rich American family. His father had died when he was young, and his mother was a diplomat. She was highly paid but traveled a lot, so young Smith rarely saw her. In school when he was young, he was very intelligent but performed poorly academically due to his dislike of order. In contrast, after his father was killed when he was ten(1Lt. Charles Smith. KIA, 7/1/91, Desert Storm) he became nearly obsessive compulsive and self-imposed a regiment of strict rules and regulations. He began martial arts training, and weaponry training. His academic performance skyrocketed, as he was at this point employing his full intelligence to school. However, as he got older and the effects of his father's death began to fade, he let up. He stopped with the martial arts training and the firearms training, and became more like a normal kid. He took an interest in the medical field, particularly in physical shock and trauma. He scored very well on the SATs and the other academic tests and was thus admitted to Cambridge University with a Sterling Scholarship. He earned a doctoral degree in biology and headed back to the States to get an M.D. from Cornell Medical School. However his scholarship did not cover postgraduate degrees so he joined the military(see below for further history).
Military Service: After joining the military, Smith took night classes to earn his medical degree throughout his term of service. The U.S. military paid for his tuition. He was a member of the U.S. Army, and served with distinction in Afghanistan. It was during this time that he was injured. He and some fellow soldiers were sent to capture a group of insurgents instigating a riot and uprising in a peaceful town. When the U.S. Army soldiers arrived, grenades of both the incendiary and fragmentation variety were thrown at them. Smith and his fellows were forced to hole up in cover, returning fire. The building in which they were taking cover caught on fire, and Smith's hands and feet were both badly burned dragging a fellow soldier out of the burning building. It collapsed moments later. Smith could no longer hold a gun and was practically useless but the insurgents kept firing. He was shot in the foot; specifically, in the toe. The soldiers were trapped and couldn't reach their allies. As gangrene and infection began to set in and there was no end in sight to the siege, Smith was forced to self-amputate his toe in order to save his life. He formulated a plan, a tactic, and this tactic worked. He and his fellow soldiers were able to successfully stop the riot, capture the enemy insurgents, and save what they could of the town. For his actions and the injuries he received, Smith was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross. In addition, Private Smith was promoted to the rank of Private First Class. He was then sent back home, relieved, so to speak, now that he had earned his M.D. He spent the remainder of his first military term as a military doctor in the back lines of battle. However, a new war was stirring. The Delta Force recruited Smith, conscription without consent, to another four years in military service. He finally just signed up for career. He was sent as a United States military representative and bodyguard MP to South Korea and North Korea, being that he had learned Korean from his mother(the ambassador).
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*The Situation*
Location: Korean DMZ
Zone: Red
Situation: Pfc. was conducting ordinary border operations. Pfc. Smith and a few other special operations soldiers were escorting an ambassador from the Republic of Korea[ROK, unofficially South Korea] across the border for negotiation purposes with leader of Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea[DPRK, unofficially North Korea]. What happened beyond that point is no more than estimates. It is presumed that the convoy, which was being transported by helicopter across the DMZ, was shot down by an overzealous DPRK border patrol. All of the special operations soldiers(with the exception of Pfc. Smith) were killed by the resulting explosion and crashlanding in the middle of the DMZ. Said aggressive DPRK border patrol then attacked the survivors. They mounted an assault on the injured(possibly concussed) Pfc. and the ambassador. The Pfc. managed to limp away, carrying the unconscious ambassador over his back.
Condition: Injured. Bruising, trauma to the head, minor cuts, scrapes, and burns from the explosion. Probable concussion, possible sprained ankle.
Supplies:
-SCAR FN rifle
-200 rounds
-First aid kit
-Flash bang grenade
-Full canteen of water
-2 day supply rations
-A tarp
Sirnoob, are you good with this?
