Operator Name: Marcus Williams
Nickname: Osprey
D.o.B: December 4th (32)
P.o.B: Wilmington, NC
Org: Coast Guard MSRT
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 87 kg

Unique Gadget:

Tactical Active Sonar Device T.A.S.D. (Tagged for R&D rework)
Underwater active sonar device used to determine enemy and hostage locations throughout a ship.

Background:
"Eyes on the horizon"

Marcus Williams is the youngest born of two in his family on the coast of North Carolina. Marcus's father was a Search and Rescue swimmer for the US Coast Guard in Wilmington, North Carolina and made a strong impression on his son. When hurricane Fran hit Cape Fear in 1996 his father was killed during a search rescue mission. After high school Marcus enlisted with the Coast Guard and became a Search and Rescue swimmer like his father. During this time Williams was also enrolled at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and received a degree in Electrical Engineering.

He later joined the Coast Guard's Deployable Operations Group (D.O.G.) Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT). At the start of his long career with the unit he was trained as a tactical diver and Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) specialist. On joint operations Williams worked closely with the FBI and CIA on anti-terrorism efforts. He also worked with the Mexican Navy's Amphibious Commando Battalion alongside Operator César "Goyo" Ruiz Hernández in several counter cartel smuggling operations in Mexico and Central America.

When his unit was deployed to the Middle East Williams took part in drug-interdiction and anti-piracy efforts. Notably when the Maersk Alabama was hijacked in a pirate attack in 2009, Williams was on the USS Bainbridge supporting SEAL sharpshooters including Craig "Blackbeard" Jenson. With his time in the MSRT Marcus worked hand in hand with NAVY and Marine strike teams on several operations. He also made use of his electrical engineering skills and developed a prototype sonar device used by a diver team under a ship to determine enemy and hostage locations throughout the ship.

[REDACTED (SIX'S EYES ONLY): Williams's squad was briefly recruited by the CIA to take part in the extraction of operative Erik "Maverick" Thorn from Afghanistan.]

Marcus Williams's vast combat experience in ship boarding, hostage situations and technical experience as well as his familiarity working with other agencies is what got him recommended for Rainbow.

Psychological Report:

Marcus "Osprey" Williams is very aware of his faults and weaknesses and says he strives to make himself better by lessening these weaknesses. However, in my observation Marcus pays little attention to his strengths instead viewing himself as "far from perfect" and prefers to push himself forward with this low view of himself. Obviously, his self-esteem is not high, but he is competent in all regards despite this image he has of himself. He learns new thing incredibly quick and learns best from strict teachers. […]

It's clear Marcus hates to make mistakes. He says, "when mistakes are made, good people die." While true, he lets his mistakes get to him and has at times hesitated out of fear of "messing up" during combat scenarios. Though reports of times of hesitation like this have been few and far between. […]

Williams was given command of a squad for a time but stepped down from the position after a hostage situation ended with the death of two of the seven hostages and three KIA team members. He blames himself for the deaths. Though after review, poor intelligence is what truly lead to the deaths. This incident obviously weighs heavily on him due to his past refusal to take up a leadership position since. He prefers to as he says "put myself in a position where mistakes are impossible to make" which in his mind means leaving leadership to those more competent than himself. […]

In his favor, Marcus is excellent at taking orders from a superior. In reports he always follows orders as they are given to 110%. He puts everything in his being to get the job done and done right. Within combat he is reported to keep a very cool head and even when his missions have gone awry keeps his cool head till the mission is complete. It is the after action that affects him the most. Much like Operator Jordan "Thermite" Trace I believe lessons on mindfulness techniques and meditation from Operator Imagawa will greatly benefit him. […]

Despite his serious demeanor regarding his work Marcus is quick with humor and sarcasm with those he is familiar with. Though he doesn't seem to push boundaries with less humorous people. […]

When I asked Williams about his father, he told me stories about how his father was the perfect "Boy Scout" as he put it. He did not mean it in an insulting way but in a means of great respect. He said his father always tried to do the right thing and put others before himself. The impression he left on his son last to this day as Marcus will forgo his own needs to help another in need. […]

Marcus has no significant other or children but has said he loves spending time with his niece whenever he is on leave. He keeps a strong connection to his mother and older sister back home. […] He also told me he has a great love for dogs. […]

- Dr. Harishva "Harry" Pandey, Director of Rainbow

Training:

University of North Carolina Wilmington: Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Coast Guard Search and Rescue swimmer, Electronics Technician, D.O.G. NSF training, CQB training, VBSS and HVBSS training, Artic rescue training, Artic circle naval training

MSRT Tactical Diver

Relevant Experience:

FBI SWAT operations

CIA Operation Stillsword

Manzanillo Joint Operations

Operation Atalanta

Maersk Alabama Hijacking, MV Iceberg 1 Hijacking

[Operation Moshtarak]

Notes:

I have received notes from Six on the Tactical Active Sonar Device (T.A.S.D) developed by the new operator coming next week. From a glance the device does the job it was intended to do well, however it is only designed to work on ships and is unusable outside of the water.

I have an idea to make the device able to work outside of the water but still able to scan as it did though solid surfaces Aka. walls (albeit to less effect) and sync it to a device similar to Monika "IQ" Weiss's RED Mk III.

I can't determine what I can fully do till I am able to work on the device.

- Elena Álvarez, Director of Research and Development