Griggs

"This is just too hot, man. But room temperature? Please, a beer should be ice cold."

- Griggs, in the loading screen before "Game Over". Staff Sergeant Griggs (serial number 678452056 ) is a character in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He was assigned to the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, and was initially under the command of Lt. Vasquez, but was later reassigned to S.A.S Captain John Price.

Middle Eastern invasion
Griggs played a large role in the Middle Eastern invasion. His first major job was to help Vasquez' squad look for Al-Asad in a neighborhood with a TV station. Failing to find Al-Asad, Griggs and his commander, Vasquez find work by rescuing a large American tank from a bog.

Once the tank was mobile, the team was extracted by a helicopter.

The Marines tried once again to look for and neutralize Al-Asad. Sergeant Jackson neutralized anti-air batteries and RPG soldiers, allowing the Marines to unload Warpig, other tanks and a small group of Marines that did not include Griggs. Their mission to capture Al-Asad was slowed down because Vasquez and Jackson, without Griggs, were forced to rescue a forward recon team from a heavily guarded building. After being extracted along with the forward recon team, the Marines were informed of a possible nuclear device. It ends up killing 30,000 Marines. Griggs however was able to get away and avoid the blast.

Meeting the S.A.S
Griggs and a few other Marine survivors are able to get away safely away from the shock wave and head to Azerbaijan to assist the S.A.S after their mission of executing Al-Asad was complete.

Zakhaev's son
Griggs remained with the SAS alongside Gaz and &quot;Soap&quot; MacTavish (whom both seemed to form a friendship), as they searched for leads to Imran Zakhaev, supplier of the bomb that decimated the American forces in the Middle East. An effort to capture Zakhaev's son Victor failed when he resorted to suicide.

Missile crisis
But his death attracted the ire of his father. Zakhaev came out of hiding and captured a missile site in the Altay Mountains. While parachuting into the Altay region, Griggs was separated and captured by Ultranationalists in a nearby village. He was then rescued by the SAS during his interrogation. Before they could reach Zakhaev, two ICBMs were launched from the facility. Griggs helped to retake the missile site, giving Soap a chance to disarm the deployed missiles and prevent others from being launched.

Chased by Imran Zakheav
During the team's evacuation attempt, Zakhaev's Mi-24 destroyed a bridge leading to the extraction point. It also resulted in a fuel tanker on the bridge exploding, incapacitating most of the SAS strike force. While dragging Soap to safety, Griggs engaged enemies on the bridge.

Death
But when trying to pull Soap in a safe position, Griggs was forced to returned to fire with his M249 SAW, but took a bullet to the neck, killing him and leaving Soap in the open. But Soap was able to avenge Griggs and Gaz (who was also killed) by killing Zakhaev with Price's M1911.

Legacy
Photos of Griggs along with Soap, Price, and Gaz were held up on the wall at one of Vladimir Makarov sites, blaming them for Zakhaev's death.

Trivia
See Griggs/Trivia.

Quotes
"Watch your six, Devil Dog."

- Griggs during "Charlie Don't Surf".

"Man you look like a clown in that outfit. Good thing you're up here,`cause you nothing like a Russian."

- Griggs during "The Sins of the Father".

"Score one for military intelligence!"

- Griggs talking about the mistake that Al-Asad was in the TV station.

"Yeah, oorah."

- Griggs at the end of "Charlie Don't Surf".

"Ha. Ain't it a bitch."

- Griggs in the cutscene for "The Sins of the Father".

"Sheeeit, kid's got some issues!"

- Griggs, after Zakhaev's son commits suicide during "The Sins of the Father"

"Griggs, 678452056.... It's gonna get real busy in here soon."

- Griggs, while being interrogated by Ultranationalists.

"Sir, there's a ton of them out there!"

- Griggs, panicking about the large number of enemies outside during "The Bog"

"you gotta be shittin me"

griggs during "no fighting in the war room"

"You know sir, I wouldn't mind taking a shot at Zakhaev."

- Griggs to Price during "No Fighting In The War Room".