Name:
Nathanial Scratch
Nick Name:
Nate
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant, United States Marine Corp
Age:
41
Birth Date:
January 12, 1965
Eyes:
Brownish Green
Hair:
Brownish Grey - thinning
Height:
5'8"
Weight:
180 lbs.
Distinguishing Features:
Multiple
scars over a large portion of his body; Marine Corps Tatoo on right arm;
tribal symbol on left shoulder blade.
Home town:
The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne (Does not recognize Canadian or United States authority) Dual Canadian/American Citizenship
Family:
Parents:
Denis
Scratch - deceased
Tracy Scratch - deceased
Other Relatives:
Robert Scratch (grandfather - deceased)
Martial Status:
Single
Current Residence:
Genesis Colony
Assignment:
Weapons Specialist
Service Record:
12/12/1982
Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps
Assigned to: 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU)/ 6th Marine Regiment/ 2nd
Marine Division
10/25/1983 Operation Urgent Fury: Invasion of Grenada
Assigned to: 2nd BN/ 6th Marine Regiment/ 2nd Marine Division
12/19/1989 Operation Just Cause: Invasion of Panama
Assigned to: 1st Reconnaissance Battalion/ 1st Marine Division
02/24/1991 Operation Desert Storm: Liberation of Kuwait
09/19/1993 Operation Ghostwalks: Locate/Identify/Neutralize Insurgents,
Mindanao Philippines
08/29/1995 Operation Rapid Saber: Hostage Rescue/Extraction, Amazon Rain
Forest Columbia
06/10/1997 Operation Misty River: Locate/Identify/Neutralize Insurgents,
Amazon Rain Forest Columbia
10/08/1998 Operation Determined Force: Reduction of Serbian Military Forces
within Kosovo
03/23/1999 Operation Noble Anvil: Reduction of Serbian Military Forces
within Kosovo
Assigned to: 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Antiterrorism)
09/25/2001 Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan
Assigned to: 1st Reconnaissance Battalion/ 1st Marine Division
05/19/2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom: Invasion of Iraq
02/26/2006 Operation Chilly Dog: Destruction of secret Nuclear Weapons
Facility, Bushehr Iran
B. A. Equivalent through USMC education system, 3.1 average
MOS: Force Recon
Marine Basic Training Camp (81 days), Lejeune, NC
School of Infantry East (182 days), Camp Lejeune, NC
Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape (SERE) (12 days), NAS North Island, CA
Amphibious Recon School (49 days), Norfolk VA
Marine Sapper Training (42 days), Camp Pendleton, CA
Scout Sniper School (91 days), Quantico, VA
Combat and Tactics training: Urban (21 days),, Camp Lejeune, NC
Combat and Tactics training: Close Quarters (21 days), Camp Lejeune, NC
Marine Combat Diver Coarse (35 days), Naval Diving and Salvage Centre, Panama City, FL
Marine Corps Office Candidate School (250 days)
Marine Corps Mountain & Arctic Warfare Training Center (21 days), Bridgeport, CA
Desert Operations Training (21 days), Twenty-nine Palms, California
Jungle Operations Training (21 days), Ft Sherman, Panama
Security Force School (22 days), NSGA-North West, Chesapeake, VA
Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST) training (35 days), NSGA-North West, Chesapeake, VA
US Army Basic Airborne School (21 days), Fort Benning, Georgia
US Army Advanced Airborne School (21 days), Fort Benning, Georgia
US Army Ranger School (91 days), Fort Benning, Georgia
US Army Pathfinder School (21 days), Fort Benning, Georgia
US Army Air Assault School Fort (14 days), Campbell, Kentucky
Dive Qualified: SCUBA, Closed Circuit (Re-breather)
Jump Qualified: HALO, HAHO, LALO
Nathanial was raised from the age of seven by his grandfather after his parents were killed in a car crash. The old man though taught Nathanial how to hunt, fish, and live off the land; he made sure the boy attended school. He has always felt the most at home when in the out doors be it in a steaming jungle or a frozen mountain top. Through his grandfather Nathanial learned quite a bit of his people?s tribal beliefs and history. Much of the mystics of these beliefs, Nate at the time did not give much credence to.
Grades did not come easily to Nathanial, and each year of school was hard for him. When Nathanial turned seventeen, he headed south and joined the United States Marine Corps as many of his tribe had over the years. His father and grand father included.
Nathanial distinguished himself early in his Marine career and was picked for service with the elite Marine Force Recon special operations units. This forced Nathanial to undergo one of his most hated things, more school! As required for duty with Marine Force Recon, all individuals must attend and graduate from a number specialized schools run by the various Military Branches.
Nathanial gained an officer commission through OCS and was eventually put in command of Force Recon detachment. Nathanial is a career Marine Officer, who has not been a civilian in nearly twenty years.
Nathanial's career exposed him to various dangers in a multitude of locations around the globe time and time again. Though wounded numerous times, never seriously and he always returned to active duty.