Task Force 141 (Original)

"Welcome to the 141. Best handpicked group of warriors on the planet."

- General Shepherd to Private First Class Joseph Allen

Task Force 141, colloquially referred to as the "One-Four-One," is a multinational special operations force composed of members of the American, Australian, British, and Canadian armed forces. Its members serve as the principal protagonists of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where their main objective is to apprehend or kill Vladimir Makarov, a Russian Ultranationalist responsible for masterminding a Russian invasion of the United States. In 2016, its members participated in notable special operations in Kazakhstan, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, a Russian gulag and submarine base on Kamchatka, the Georgian-Russian border, and Afghanistan. Notably, during Day 6 of the crisis of 2016, at least two Task Force 141 operators were killed by General Shepherd, with all of Task Force 141 members believed to be on the run at the conclusion of the crisis.

Composition
Task Force 141's operators are drawn from the special operations forces of Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, although the vast majority of its operators appear to be either American or British. The specific units that contribute operators to Task Force 141 are unknown. However, it is likely that American operators are drawn from the various USSOCOM units, and Joseph Allen is known to have originated from the 75th Ranger Regiment. Likewise, British operators are known to come from the Special Air Service and likely the Special Boat Service as well. Operators from Canada and Australia are most likely drawn from the Canadian Spec Ops Regiment, Joint Task Force 2 and other commando units form CANSOFCOM and the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, respectively.

During the events of Modern Warfare 2, the commanding officer of Task Force 141 appears to be Lieutenant General Shepherd, a U.S. Army officer who spearheads the Task Force's operations. Additionally, British officers of the Special Air Service such as Captain John "Soap" MacTavish and Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley serve as leaders during field missions. After his liberation from a Russian gulag, Captain John Price of the Special Air Service also apparently serves as a field commander.

Task Force 141 has at least eighty-five known members, leading to speculation that it is a company-sized formation.



Prominent Members

 * Lieutenant General Shepherd (STATUS: KIA)- United States Army, Shadow Company, appears to act as the commanding officer of Task Force 141, and spearheads its operations during the crisis of 2016. Killed by Captain MacTavish in Afghanistan on Day 7.
 * Captain John Price (STATUS: MIA) - British Special Air Service, appears to act as a field commander after being rescued from a Russian gulag by Task Force 141. Designated sharpshooter, and orchestrator behind Shepherd's assassination. Believed to be still alive after the events of Day 7. Now a wanted criminal.
 * Captain John "Soap" MacTavish (STATUS: MIA) - British Special Air Service, appears to act as a field commander and designated sharpshooter. Believed to be still alive after the events of Day 7. Now a wanted criminal.
 * Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley (STATUS: KIA) - British Special Air Service, technical specialist and field commander subordinate to Captain MacTavish. Condones torture as a method of interrogation. Killed by Shepherd and Shadow Company soldiers on the Georgian-Russian border on Day 6.
 * Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson (STATUS: KIA) - Playable character who participates in a number of Task Force 141's most notable special operations. Killed by Shepherd and Shadow Company soldiers on the Georgian-Russian border on Day 6.
 * Private First Class Joseph Allen (STATUS: KIA)- U.S. 75th Ranger Regiment, a veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan, hand-picked by Shepherd to participate in a CIA undercover operation to infiltrate the Ultranationalist cell led by Makarov. Killed by Makarov after his cover is blown in Zakhaev International Airport on Day 3.

Supporting Members
Ethnicity might be random for the less significant characters. * Indicates randomly-generated name in other levels.


 * Archer (STATUS: Unknown ) – British soldier, sniper team leader, seen in "Loose Ends."
 * Chemo (STATUS: Usually KIA)- A soldier who usually dies while attempting to escape with Soap, Ghost, Roach, and Rocket in "The Hornet's Nest"*
 * Driver (STATUS: KIA) – American/Australian Soldier, team wheelman, seen in "Takedown" and killed by Rojas' assistant.
 * Meat (STATUS: KIA) – Canadian/American soldier, Portuguese interpreter, dies close to the beginning of "Takedown"
 * Ozone (STATUS: KIA) – Canadian soldier, dies at the end of "Loose Ends"*
 * Robot (STATUS: Unknown) – British soldier seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"*
 * Rocket (STATUS: Usually KIA) – A soldier who accompanied MacTavish, Ghost, Roach, and Chemo in their escape from the Favela in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Rook (STATUS: KIA) – Australian soldier, killed in "The Enemy Of My Enemy" while driving Soap and Price to safety
 * Royce (STATUS KIA) – A soldier who temporarily takes charge of TF141 in the Favela, killed during the events of "Takedown"
 * Scarecrow (STATUS: KIA) – American soldier, dies at the end of "Loose Ends"
 * Toad (STATUS: Unknown) – American soldier, sniper and heavy weapons specialist, seen in "Loose Ends."
 * Worm (STATUS: Unknown) – American soldier; asks "Who's Soap?" in "The Gulag," successfully extracted.*
 * Zach (STATUS: Unknown) – American soldier seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Peasant (STATUS: Usually KIA) –American/British soldier seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"*

Note: It is likely that most if not all of the Task Force 141 operatives are KIA, if not imprisoned. The Task Force was decommissioned and it's members were labeled "war criminals" after Shepherd executed the strike team in "Loose Ends"



Other Members
These members are randomly generated or do not do anything notable. (* Indicates rarely generated names. It is unknown if the rarity has any significance.)
 * Aeon* – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Ahriman* – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Angel – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday" and "The Gulag"
 * Apex – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Avatar – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Bear* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Bearcat – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," "The Gulag," and "Contingency"
 * Bishop – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Boomer – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday," "The Gulag," and "Contingency"
 * Boxer- Seen in "The Gulag" and "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Bull* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Canine – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest" and "Contingency"
 * Cannibal* – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Chemist – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Cherub – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Contingency"
 * Chino – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Coffin – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Contingency"
 * Coma – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest" and "Loose Ends"
 * Cypher – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest" and "The Gulag"
 * Cyrus*- Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Cyclops – Seen in "Contingency," and "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday," and "The Gulag"
 * Diablo* – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Doc – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest" and "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Druid – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Contingency"
 * Elder* – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Exxon – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Flux* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Gator – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Hannibal – Seen in "Loose Ends" and "The Gulag"
 * Hazard – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday," and "The Gulag"
 * Hercules* – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Hitman – Seen in "Loose Ends"
 * Jayhawk – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Jester – Seen in "Loose Ends," "Contingency," and "The Gulag"
 * Justice – Seen in "Loose Ends"
 * Kahuna* – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Klepto – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Kojak – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Knight* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Langley – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Liquid* – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Contingency"
 * Lord* – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Mamba – Seen in "The Gulag," "Loose Ends," and "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Messiah* – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Midnight – Seen in "Contingency" and "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Monk* – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Neon – Seen in "The Gulag" and "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Neptune – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Nomad – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * November* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Ogre – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Patron – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," and "The Gulag"
 * Pharaoh – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Phoenix* – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Pieces – Seen in " The Hornet's Nest" and "The Gulag"
 * Poet – Seen in "The Gulag" and in the end of "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Preacher – Seen in "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Prophet* – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Reaper* – Seen in "The Gulag," "The Hornet's Nest" and "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Redcell – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Roadie – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Rooster – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday," "The Gulag," and "Contingency"
 * Sandman – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Shadow – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Sorrow* – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Contingency"
 * Sparrow – Seen in "The Gulag" and "Loose Ends"
 * Spirit* – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Spectre* – Seen in "Loose Ends," "Contingency," and "The Gulag"
 * Taco – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," "Contingency," and "The Gulag"
 * Thumper- Seen in "The Hornet's Nest," "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday," "The Gulag," and "Contingency"
 * Trojan – Seen in "Contingency"
 * Twister – Seen in "The Gulag," "Contingency," and "The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday"
 * Undertone – Seen in "The Gulag," and "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Undertaker* – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"
 * Utah – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Whiskey – Seen in "Contingency" and "The Hornet's Nest," and "The Gulag"
 * Whisper – Seen in "Loose Ends"
 * Yankee – Seen in "The Gulag" and "The Hornet's Nest," and "Contingency"
 * Zero – Seen in "The Gulag"
 * Zeus* – Seen in "The Hornet's Nest"

Equipment

 * M4A1
 * SCAR-H
 * ACR
 * UMP .45
 * G18
 * USP .45
 * M14 EBR
 * Intervention
 * Vector
 * MP5k
 * M1014
 * M9
 * TAR-21
 * M16A4
 * AK-47 (used only by John Price, MacTavish and Gary Sanderson)
 * M1911 (used only by John Price and MacTavish)
 * M240
 * Javelin
 * Thumper (used only by Ghost)

Trivia

 * It is highly likely that Captain Price was the leader or at least the first choice of leader or field commander of Task Force 141 before Soap. There is much evidence for this. In the art book purchased with the hardened edition it says that Captain Price was initially intended to be your team member in Cliffhanger. Price also appears to take joint command of Task Force 141 after he is rescued. However, more evidence is that Ghost asks Captain Price for permission to go with Roach to find Makarov in his safe house, instead of MacTavish, which ultimately leads to Soap surviving.
 * As an irregular military unit, most of the named members go by nicknames, such as Roach, Meat, Ghost, etc.
 * Whilst the British, Americans, and Australians have their flags in their colors and on their shoulder patches, the Canadians have their flag on their back in green, not red and white, much like modern Canadian soldiers.
 * Despite the random appearances and nationalities of TF141 whilst in Brazil, Canadians are the only ones with fixed appearances, they wear olive green clothing with short sleeved shirts, whilst British, Americans, and Australians have a mix and match.
 * The fate of the surviving TF 141 members still remains unknown after the incident with Soap and Captain Price. They are most likely fugitives as well, since Captain Price radioed the message about Shepherd's standing in the conflict. Rook is the last seen member besides Soap and Price, and is quickly killed off.
 * The picture of Task Force 141 (see below) at the end of the game is based on the picture at the end of "Mile High Club" in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
 * The symbol of Task Force 141 seems to be a mix of symbols of the SAS and USSOCOM, though the background symbol more greatly resembles a spade and not a SOCOM spear.
 * TF141 likely has no "standard" gear because, as they are a special ops group, they would dress in gear specific to that particular mission, however, if they did, it would most likely be the Multicam pants and shirt because it is seen in the most environments compared to TF141's other uniforms.
 * The most common outfit worn by TF 141 is multicam trousers, Helikon Patriot tactical fleece along with a chest rig.
 * Some of the names on the list above are codenames given to members of the Raptor team from Crysis. These names include Nomad, Jester, and Prophet.
 * The generated members of TF141 have the exact same AI as any other enemy or character in the game, the only difference being health and weapon choice.
 * If looked at closely, the Rangers in the picture have the M4A1s that still have the old carrying handle and front RIS rail from Modern Warfare.
 * The picture below would be canon if it were not for the presence of Captain Price, seeing that Task Force 141 was at the firebase and is talked about by multiple Rangers.
 * In the reveal trailer, there is a member with Soap ready to interrogate and torture Rojas's assistant, however, he doesn't appear in the actual game and Ghost takes his place.
 * TF 141 is the only faction to face all the enemy factions, the Spetsnaz, Militia, and OpFor, in multiplayer.
 * Task Force 141 apparently doesn't follow the Geneva Convention due to the torture methods used on Rojas and his assistant.
 * Choosing an LMG in multiplayer will make the player spawn with an Australian flag, While choosing an SMG or a Sniper Rifle or an Assault Rifle will make the player model will generate with a British or American flag.
 * It is interesting to note there is no Canadian TF141 models in multiplayer despite models being in singleplayer.
 * Before the player acquires the Ghillie suit, TF141 sniper models will always spawn with an American flag. This can be seen in 3rd person gamemodes.
 * It's interesting to note that the picture on the bottom doesn't show some of the major characters of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. E.g. Nikolai and Shepherd.
 * Another strange fact is that even though that Task Force 141 is supposed to be 'the best troops', all non-major troops have the same health, weapon skill, and agility as other AI enemies. It is also a known a fact that in some occasions, TF141 have worse stats than other AI. This is has led to them dying very frequently, in complete contrast to their "elite" appearance in cutscenes.
 * In nearly every trailer for Modern Warfare 2, the Task Force 141 symbols and tags on character's uniforms are replaced with the S.A.S.'s.
 * Interestingly, such task forces do exist in the real world, but are usually Joint Task Forces, and nowhere near as crazy or "Hollywood," as they are portrayed above.
 * In multiplayer, Ghost is the announcer for Task Force 141.