Vaughan

"I don't remember the damn countersign all right? I'm just a runner! Don't shoot!"

- Vaughan's response to Dunn yelling "Star"

Private Vaughan is an Army Ranger seen in the level Second Sun. When Sgt. Foley's squad is on move after the EMP made Washington D.C. quiet, they come across Vaughan who is running around the city to tell any Rangers he comes across to head to Whiskey Hotel to help take it back from the Russians. He is nearly shot when he stumbles upon Sgt. Foley's squad and doesn't respond to Cpl. Dunn's challenge; however, he admits he doesn't remember the countersign, possibly because, like Cpl. Dunn he was extremely shaken up by the EMP blast.

After going up to Foley's squad Vaughan reveals his assignment and gives Foley's Squad theirs, after a brief update, he continues on his mission to alert others, he is not seen again for the rest of the game. It is likely he died in the final battle in the mission Whiskey Hotel.

Trivia

 * His appearance is randomly generated but he is usually a standard US Ranger model with goggles over his eyes or on his helmet.
 * If the player tries to follow Vaughan as he goes to tell the others, he will eventually jump over a helicopter, and you cannot go any further.
 * It's strange that he doesn't tell you about the dead Rangers or the Ultranationalists hiding in the building that he just came out of, which results in two Rangers getting killed. Its possible he went through a different part of the building, possibly the ground floor, avoiding the Russian soldiers on the second floor.