Griggs

'''SSgt. Griggs' is a major character in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare''. He is a Staff Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance and initially under the command of Lt. Vasquez.

Griggs served throughout the Middle Eastern Theater with distinction alongside Lt. Vasquez's squad. He avoided death in the nuclear explosion which destroyed the city. From the information released he is believed to be the only survivor of Vasquez's and Jackson's platoon.

After the detonation, he joined Cpt. Price's field team alongside Gaz and John 'Soap' MacTavish. During the mission to recapture a Russian Missile Silo he is separated during the drop and captured after a brief interrogation he rescued by the SAS. After the resuce Griggs aids in the recapturing of the missile silo. During the team's evacuation attempt however, a fuel tanker is detonated on a collapsing bridge, incapacitating most of the SAS/Marine strike force.

Griggs' physical appearance is modeled after Mark Grigsby, who voices Griggs. His behaviour in-game is a mix of casual and cameo; carrying CDs of rap music while fighting against Al-Asad's forces and often brandishing a Light Machine Gun in a sleeveless top.

Possible Death
He is believed to have been KIA (it appears he was shot in the head, which would most likely mean he was killed instantly) during the team's evacuation attempt, along with most of the SAS team by the hand of Imran Zakhaev's forces. His death occurred on a destroyed bridge, he was pulling "Soap" to safety, stopped as he was being shot at, and fired at the enemy with his M249 SAW. After a short amount of time of firing his weapon, it seems he was shot in the head, but if you look closely it also looks like he was shot in the neck so there is a slight chance of survival.

Trivia

 * In Game Over, when using the 'noclip' cheat code, you can see that no one actually shot Griggs, his head just exploded by itself.
 * Strangely, Griggs doesn't actually help Soap when he dragged him over. Soap was already behind a ruined car and Griggs dragged him in the open. But he indirectly helped Soap kill Zakhaev, unless he felt the ruined car offered little protection comapred to the full bulletproof jeep parallel to them
 * At the end of the credits you can hear Griggs rapping.
 * Throughout the game the only weapons he uses are the M249 SAW, the M4 Carbine, and the M1911.
 * Sgt. Griggs has many similarities to Cole from Gears of War, seeing that they both rap during the end credits, both are of an African descent (although there is no Africa in Gears), and they have similar personalities.
 * Griggs's M1911 has 8 rounds, instead of 7.