Volker

"Down the ramp! Move out! Go, go, go!"

- Volker

Lieutenant Volker was a crew chief on the Sea Knight Helicopter, Outlaw 2-5, seen in the level "Shock and Awe".

He is seen at the end of the helicopter supervising the Marines out of it and covering them with an M9 and sometimes a M1911. Due to the last minute rescue of a Cobra pilot, "Deadly" Pelayo, he is killed when the nuclear bomb explodes. The bomb's shock wave causes the helicopter to spin uncontrollably and he is hurled out of the helicopter from the force.

The fall would have crippled him if not killed him outright, and the nuclear radiation would definitely kill him if he were somehow able to survive the fall.

He was named after Infinity Ward staff member Zach Volker.

Trivia
"Mortar fire, INCOMING"
 * Volker, Price (in the Pripyat flashback), and Vasquez are the only Lieutenants in the game.
 * Volker is used as the default character model for air support pilots throughout Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and in some places in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
 * Volker's name is also a randomly generated name for Marines and a Cpl. Volker can be seen in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with Hunter 2-1.
 * On his helmet there is a sticker that says "Call of Duty".
 * His death can be seen on the promo at the beginning of the game.
 * His death is very popular throughout the Call of Duty franchise due to him being the only Marine to literally be hurled out a helicopter.

- Volker warning his fellow soldiers of hostile mortar fire.

"Jackson, get back on the Mark 19!"

- Volker instructing Jackson to man the Mark 19 grenade launcher.