Shepherd

Shepherd is a general in the United States Army in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Biography
Not much was known about Shepherd, but it was implied that he commanded military forces in the Middle East during the course of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. As a result, Shepherd wanted open war with Russia with the intent of illustrating the military might of the United States. He started to work with Vladimir Makarov to sow the seeds. Shepherd becomes the commanding officer of Task Force 141 with the intent of "stopping" Makarov and handpicks Joseph Allen to be an undercover agent. It is later implied that Shepherd revealed Allen's undercover status to Makarov and facilitated a war between Russia and the United States. As a result, Task Force 141 is deployed to recovering intelligence pertaining to Makarov. Shepherd eventually reveals his true colors when he executes Ghost and Gary Sanderson in the Caucasus mountains and attempts to have his men assassinate Captain Price and Captain "Soap" MacTavish in Afghanistan. Price and MacTavish figure out Shepherd's agenda and attacks Site Hotel Bravo.

After having his helicopter shot down, MacTavish attempts to kill Shepherd with a knife, only for Shepherd to take down MacTavish and stab him in the chest. Shepherd later attempts to execute MacTavish, only for Price to intervene in a hand-to-hand fight. MacTavish eventually manages to remove the knife from his chest and throws it at Shepherd's face.