Marcus Burns

Sergeant Marcus "Michael" Burns is an SAS soldier and playable character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. He is the playable character in "Mind the Gap".

SAS Career
Burns is under Sergeant Wallcroft and Corporal Griffen of the 22nd SAS Regiment. They were assigned to investigate a group of Vladimir Makarov's Inner Circle terrorists in London, UK. Seeing as there are lots of terrorists, they go stealth for clearing out the warehouse suspected of containing a package with an unknown deadly chemical agent inside. After securing the warehouse, Wallcroft decides to go loud and face the enemies directly. After making their way to a dock with the help of Vulture Two-Two, they reach a suspicious truck. However, they find nothing in the truck. The terrorists fall underground to a tube station and they pursue them. The terrorists hijack a train with passengers and the team follow in a pair in pick-up trucks. However the train derails, crushing one of the trucks and the player as they pass underneath Westminster. Griffen dies leaving only Wallcroft and Burns alive. They come under heavy fire, but safely get out and meet up with another SAS squad. They block the road and open fire on the truck. However the SAS is unable to stop the other trucks, which explode and spread a chemical agent through the city. Burns survives this event.

Trivia

 * Burns can be seen very briefly as the camera changes to his perspective from the UAV's, labeled as "Sgt. Burns".
 * Burns's surname is the antithesis of Delta Force operative Sgt. Derek Westbrook's nickname, Frost.
 * Burns is one of many characters to only appear in one mission, Andrei Harkov being another.