Full name: John Rothenberg
Rank: Corporal
Age: 22
Gender: Male
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Personality/Demeanor: John is a hard-working soldier, and shows genuine interest and care for the members of his unit. He is willing to put himself in the line of fire to protect his allies, and although he much prefers to use his weapon to clear a moment of safety for somebody to reach a downed comrade, if he sees no other way he will rashly throw himself into enemy fire, guns blazing, to do whatever he can to save his teammates. He is also good at coming to reasonable compromise should any of his squad members have an argument.
Mission Occupation Specialty: Automatic Rifleman (BAR gunner)
Service record: John has served in combat for several years as an infantryman, recently qualifying as an expert with the BAR while his former unit was on rotation in less-active combat zones. He'd been told of the experimental airborne unit by his CO, who recommended he check it out, as John had always been the type of man to pull crazy stunts such as jump out of a plane behind enemy lines.
Before being rotated to his most recent location prior to joining the Airborne unit, John and his unit fought on the front lines of the war, suffering heavy casualties. His platoon lost nearly 40% of its soldiers in their first few months of fighting, and Command struggled to replace the fallen men. Early in his career, John himself was Wounded In Action saving the lives of one of these men, who had to have his arm amputated due to infection. Since that battle, he has made sure to protect his comrades as best he can, in whatever way he can.
Background: John was the sun of a tavern owner and his wife, taught from a young age how to handle unruly people like the drunkards who so often visited the tavern and caused a scene. His father, Jeremiah, was known for his diplomatic skills, as he had worked for the Federal government as secretary to one of their chief diplomats prior to John's birth. Unremarkable in nearly every other way, Jeremiah simply taught his son how to lead a decent life, and how to be relatively successful. Fame, glory and fortune were never a goal for the Rothenbergs. Honor, however, was an important virtue.
When war broke out, John and his father agreed that he should enlist to fight, and perhaps save some poor soul from being drafted. They understood that in a small, special way, every last soldier did count, even if it took more than one man to win a war.
