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- "Former CIA SAD turned Warcom ground branch asset. Specialized training to infiltrate enemy lines and survive in inhospitable conditions. Charged with desertion after joining Farah to topple Barkov's regime in Urzikstan."
- — Modern Warfare In-game biography
Operation Officer Alex Keller[1] is a character featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Formerly an operative of the Special Activities Division of the CIA, Alex worked with the Urzikstani Liberation Force and its commander Farah Karim in her resistance against Roman Barkov. He takes over the position of the ULF's second-in-command, once held by Farah's brother Hadir, and remains part of her army as of 2023.
Alex is one of the playable characters in the Modern Warfare campaign, and in Atomgrad Raid Episodes 03 and 04 in Modern Warfare II. He appears in the Modern Warfare III campaign in a supporting role. In Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone, Alex was released as a playable Warcom Operator of the Coalition faction as part of the Season Three Battle Pass. In Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, he is also available as an Operator of the SpecGru faction, released on May 10th, 2023 as part of Season Three Reloaded.
Biography[]
Early Career[]
Not much is known about Alex Keller's early life and history. Also known by the callsign "Echo 3-1", Alex served in Delta Force before surrendering his former rank and history of special ops military service to the Special Activities Division of the CIA in 2013.[2]
During the next six years in the SAD, Alex lived a series of assumed identities to achieve "sensitive" objectives wherever he is needed, often operating autonomously, training, advising and arming allies to act as interpreters, pathfinders and soldiers. Alex valued direct contact with local militias where he can track both allied and enemy intentions to help advise appropriate action.[2]
His mission profiles included counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, information warfare and anti-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The tools of his trade were laptops, light machine guns, sat-phones, and rocket-equipped combat drones. Alex also led small teams, trained to infiltrate enemy lines and survive inhospitable conditions in hostile locations.
Through 2017, Alex's and his teams played key roles in ensuring definitive victories against emerging terrorist networks. As the SAD is permitted to execute missions against enemies of the state, without consulting the Pentagon or White House, Echo 3-1 has been involved in multiple actions to assassinate enemy leadership.[2]
Verdansk Operation[]
On October 24, 2019, Alex was assigned on a mission in Verdansk, Kastovia, to secure and retrieve a shipment of chlorine gas from a depot belonging to Russian General Roman Barkov before it could be delivered in Urzikstan. The mission was overseen by Colonel Norris of the United States Marine Corps and Alex's handler, Case Officer Kate Laswell. Supported by a team of Marine Raiders, Alex launched a strike of white phosphorous on the depot before entering the site. After the team encountered heavy resistance from both Barkov's Forces and Spetsnaz forces hired by Barkov, Alex confirmed the presence of chlorine gas and prepared to extraction.
The operation turned out to be a failure, however, as the team was ambushed by insurgent forces when they were leaving the facility. The insurgents killed the Marines, stole the gas and left Alex wounded.
Embedded in Urzikstan[]
A day after the failed mission, Al-Qatala, a terrorist organization, launched a terror attack in Piccadilly Circus in London, which was contained by Kyle Garrick of the Metropolitan Police Service and John Price of the SAS who was briefed by Laswell after the gas was stolen.
On October 26, Laswell sent Alex to the Urzikstan city of Aqtabi to find and secure the stolen Russian gas with help from the Urzikstan Liberation Force. Price advised Laswell and Alex to use his name if they wanted to meet the Militia leader, Farah Karim, as Price had helped her in the past. Alex met with Farah and her brother Hadir. He informed Farah about the stolen gas and she promised to help him only if he helped them fighting the occupation of Urzikstan by the forces of General Barkov.
Attack on the airbase[]
Before the ULF could launch their attack on the nearby Russian military airbase, Farah and Alex needed to create a diversion in Aqtabi to pull security away from the base. Using the tunnels beneath the city, they reached a safehouse where Tariq was waiting for Farah with disguises. Farah and Alex used them to infiltrate the area. Alex planted explosives supplied by Hadir on two helicopters. The detonation created chaos in the vicinity with more Russian soldiers rushing towards the site. As they were fleeing the scene, Farah and Alex were detected but managed to escape the Russian forces. Farah realized Tariq has been killed when the door of their safehouse was left open. They then entered back the tunnels to safety.
Several hours later the Urzik Militia regrouped outside of the Russian airbase in Al-Raab. Farah started the assault with mortar fire destroying the south wall of the base before her soldiers rushed inside. Alex managed to capture a weapon armory using improvised drones and Molotov cocktails. The ULF reached the main hangar and Alex captured a second armory as Russian reinforcement arrived. An unmarked AH-64 Apache sent by Laswell and piloted by Viper 1-1 arrived in time to save Farah's forces. With the destruction of the Forward Operation Base of Barkov, the Russian air capability in Urzikstan was temporarily limited allowing Western forces to move through the country.
Capture of the Wolf[]
Following a raid on a London townhouse by John Price and Kyle Garrick, the location of Al-Qatala's leader, Omar Sulaman, also known as the Wolf, was found in a hospital in Rammaza. In the morning of October 28, Alex and several Marines of the Demon Dogs unit, led by Sergeant Marcus Griggs, launched an assault against the hospital occupied by Al-Qatala and captured the Wolf before he could kill Marines that was taken prisoner during the fight. Sulaman was then brought to the US Embassy in Sakhra for interrogation.
Defending the US Embassy[]
Later that day, Al-Qatala's second in command, Jamal Rahar, also known as the Butcher, rallied insurgents in front of the Embassy calling for the release of the Wolf. As Price and Kyle Garrick arrived via helicopter to extract Sulaman, the insurgents breached through the gates of the embassy while also shooting at the helicopter, leading to its crash on the embassy roof. Price and Kyle rushed through the building as Al-Qatala was slaughtering staff and their families, including a child shot by the Butcher, as well as the Marines stationed in front of the embassy. They met Alex, Farah, Hadir and the Wolf at a saferoom in the basement. They, however, needed a keycard that was used by US Ambassador Harris, who was killed during the attack. Kyle guided Stacy Davidson, Harris' assistant, to safety so that she could give them the card.
The group then moved to the Ambassador's residence to wait for extraction. While outnumbered, Alex and the team managed to repel the attackers, forcing them to retreat. The Wolf, however, managed to escape after Al-Qatala breached a wall of the residence.
Hunting the Wolf[]
The next day, as the Wolf and the Butcher went into hiding, the team separated in two groups. Price and Kyle started to clear house to house in Sakhra with the help of the ULF. Alex, Farah and Hadir prepared an ambush near Darus, an abandoned village at a crossroad of Tariq Almwat, a highway that was bombarded by Russian forces during the initial invasion of Urzikstan 20 years prior. The highway was the only road to escape to the mountains.
Tariq Almwat[]
After the ULF set traps along the highway, Alex engaged the scouting forces of Al-Qatala sent by Sulaman. Fighting occurred between the Militia forces and the rest of Al-Qatala. Eliminating suicide trucks, mortar crews and snipers, Alex and the ULF managed to cripple the enemy movements until the Russians intervened, bombing Al-Qatala and sending an armored force to intercept the Wolf and eliminate all resistance, which included Farah's forces.
Outnumbered and desperate, Hadir asked Alex to help him getting more weapons in his truck. The weapons were revealed to be the stolen chlorine gas. Hadir used the gas against the Russians, killing everyone in the area. As Alex and Farah were incapacitated, Hadir apologized to them as he was desperate to defeat the Russians so he decided to steal the gas in Verdansk. Some time later, with the gas dissipating, Alex and Farah were rescued by Price and Kyle. Farah told them she didn't know Hadir was responsible for the stolen gas.
The Wolf's Den[]
Back at the base of operation, Laswell informed them that Hadir made contact with the Wolf and Rahar who were now in possession of the chlorine gas. Farah no longer considered Hadir as her brother but just another terrorist of Al-Qatala and was willing to participate in the operation to capture him. During the briefing, they learned that Hadir, Rahar and Sulaman went to what was believed to be the Wolf's stronghold in Takkari located in the Aqrus Mountains.
Later that night, Price and Kyle led the assault on the Wolf's compound and learnt he was hiding in the tunnels beneath the compound. Alex and Farah entered the tunnels but a booby trap triggered as they descended which collapsed the tunnel entrance, cutting the duo from the outside world. Alex and Farah slowly progressed through the tunnels but, eventually, some Al-Qatala soldiers discovered them and cut the power, leaving them in the dark. They continued to walk through the tunnels fighting Al-Qatala and avoiding tripwire traps. As the two slowly made their way to the other end, Hadir spoke to Alex, asking why Farah was brought along with them, to which Farah explained she came willingly. Hadir pleaded for them to leave, and to trust Al-Qatala, but Farah instead berated Hadir for his decisions.
At some point, Alex got separated from Farah when the floor beneath him broke apart. Al-Qatala soldier ignited an erupting fire forcing Alex to hastily climb upward as the Sulaman was giving a small speech about his views of Western treatment and conflict. As the fire quickly ascended, Alex was saved by Farah who led him to the room where the Wolf fled. They killed Sulaman before he could activate his bomb vest. But the vest was still armed and with only 20 seconds from exploding. Following Farah's instructions, Alex disarmed the bomb.
Defying Orders[]
With Omar Sulaman dead, Al-Qatala has no field leader, but with the gas unaccounted for, the United States were forced to assign the Urzikstan Liberation Force as a terror organization, a decision that the team disagreed with, even forcing Price to threaten Colonel Norris over the decision. Disappointed and outraged with the decision, Alex decided to defy Laswell's orders and attached himself with the ULF, to Farah's surprise.
Hunt for Barkov[]
Few days later, Price and Kyle arrived in Urzikstan to meet with Farah and Alex. The day before, Price acquired intel and details on the location of Barkov's chemical facility during the capture of Hadir in Barkov's residence in Moldova. Knowing that a direct attack of the chemical plant would be seen as an act of war, Price convinced Farah to launch an attack against the gas factory.
The next day, on November 3, the ULF, accompanied by Price, Kyle, Farah and Alex with air support provided by Laswell, stormed Barkov's factory. With explosives and detonaters supplied by Nikolai, Price and Kyle planted the charges on the pipelines while Farah and Alex made their way to the main furnace. During the fight, Alex's detonater was destroyed. Knowing Barkov was on the site, Alex chose to fight for something he believed in and was willing to sacrifice himself by rigging the furnace from the inside, allowing Farah to pursue Barkov. After Farah killed Barkov, Alex detonated the charge, destroying the entire facility.
War Against Al-Qatala[]
Alex managed to survive the explosion but did not walk away unscathed, as he lost his left leg and had it replaced with a prosthetic from the knee down. Charged with desertion after defying his orders, Alex remained in hiding for five months until Price recalled him to duty in early 2020. Now part of the Warcom unit of the Coalition, Alex was sent by Price to a classified location in Urzikstan in order to assist Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley as the situation in Verdansk turned into chaos after the release of massive gas clouds in the city and the dissolution of Armistice, causing the operators to fight among themselves.
Stopping Zakhaev[]
Eventually, Armistice discovered the location of Victor Zakhaev, who was preparing to launch a nuclear missile from one of the hidden bunkers in Verdansk. Alex, alongside Farah, assisted Task Force 141 in seizing the bunker, while Price confronted Zakhaev alone and killed him. Price managed to stop the missile launch with Nikolai's help. In the aftermath, Alex follows the team as Price receives a request for support from Johnny "Soap" MacTavish.
Atomgrad[]
Following the discovery of a Soviet-era nuclear bunker in the Sattiq Mountain of Urzikstan, Alex led a team of three Urzikstan Liberation Force fighters into the bunker in the morning of December 12th, 2022, and later lost contact with Watcher at 11:10 A.M. of the same day.
Price, Gaz, and Farah later made entry into the bunker in order to find out what happened to the team. The trio then proceeded to fight their way inside and later found the bodies of the three ULF fighters who went in with Alex in a missile silo, but he himself was nowhere to be found. Further investigation of the silo revealed a Soviet-era ICBM.
Alex is later revealed to be alive at the top of the silo, having been spared by Hadir - now the commander of Al-Qatala - to relay a message to his sister, Farah, about how he would use the nuclear warhead, which was already stolen from the Russians; as well as an ultimatum: join forces with Al-Qatala, or turn back. Alex then joined force with Price and Farah to retrieve the warhead from Al-Qatala and thwart Hadir's plan. The trio ultimately succeeded and killed Hadir in the process. After the raid, Alex and Farah parted way with Price and Gaz to head back to Urzikstan.
Allying with Shadow Company[]
Several months after securing the warhead, Alex and Farah met with Commander Phillip Graves and Interim Commander Osmond "Oz" Ryan of Shadow Company - the former of which was thought to be killed - to discuss the recent presence of Ultranationalist PMC Konni in Urzikstan. Unaware of Shadow Company's previous scuffle with Task Force 141, the two of them agreed to partner with Graves' forces to prevent Konni forces from establishing a foothold in Al Mazrah and Urzikstan.
Battling Konni Group[]
As a result of the partnership with Shadow Company, the ULF were provided by General Herschel Shepherd with ballistics missiles. However, months later, on November 10, Konni forces attacked the Port of Urzikstan and stole the missiles from the ULF. Alex, who was present at the port with Farah and other ULF members, attempted to fend off the Konni attack, but failed, though Farah was able to place trackers on the missiles. The incident was reported to Laswell, who informed them of the recent escape of Konni commander Vladimir Makarov. Farah would later accompany Task Force 141 to another Atomgrad bunker in Urzikstan to retrieve the missiles, though they were unable to stop them from launching and destroying the Arklov Military Base in Verdansk.
The next day, Farah and Alex investigated the crash site of Russian Flight 761, which was caused by Makarov. They found recordings of former ULF member Samara Jalal, who was forced to wear a bomb vest during the flight, in order to shift the blame onto the ULF. Alex provided overwatch for Farah, who recovered the evidence before Konni forces could. Farah later saved Alex from a group of Konni operatives who ambushed him, then both of them escaped the site.
Several days later, Alex was part of a strike team that raided a Konni air base in Urzikstan, with aerial assistance from Graves and Shadow Company. They took down a chopper that was suspected to be housing Makarov, but Shepherd prevented them from searching its remains to properly confirm Makarov's death. After this operation, Alex and Farah returned to overseeing Urzikstan.
Personalization[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]
Skins[]
| Name | Rarity | Image | How to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automaton | Legendary | 
|
Operator Mission |
| Back For More | Legendary | 
|
Operator Mission |
| Eliminator | Legendary | 
|
Operator Mission |
| Hard Wired | Legendary | 
|
Battle Pass Season Three Tier 0 |
| Indomitable | Legendary | 
|
Battle Pass Season Three Tier 100 |
| Lucky Streak | Legendary | 
|
Operator Mission |
| Sidewinder | Legendary | 
|
Alex: Death Stalker Bundle |
Quips[]
| Name | Rarity | How to obtain |
|---|---|---|
| All Or Nothing | Rare | Unobtainable |
| In Hell | Rare | Unobtainable |
| Karma | Rare | Unobtainable |
| Kiss My Ass | Rare | Operator Mission |
| Meet Your Maker | Rare | Operator Mission |
| Rest In Piss | Rare | Unobtainable |
| Sleep Tight | Rare | Unobtainable |
| Suck On That | Rare | Unobtainable |
| What You Give | Rare | Unobtainable |
| Like A Light | Epic | Alex: Death Stalker Bundle |
Finishing Moves[]
| Name | Rarity | How to obtain |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2,3 | Epic | Unlocked by default |
| Sweep the Leg | Legendary | Unobtainable |
| Universal Finishing Moves | ||
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]
Skins[]
Note: Skins also available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
| Name | Image | How to obtain |
|---|---|---|
| Alex | 
|
Complete the Atomgrad Special Ops Raid Episode 03 |
| Echo 3-1 | 
|
Alex Operator Bundle |
| HandlerMWII HoundsmanMWIII |
|
Tracer Pack: Ruff Day Bundle |
| The Bishop | 
|
Battle Pass Season Five Sector E13 |
| The Bishop BlackCell | 
|
Battle Pass Season Five Sector E13 (BlackCell Exclusive) |
| Warrior | 
|
Alex Operator Bundle |
Gallery[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Alex's blood type is AB-.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]
- A uniform patch that is located on Alex's left shoulder is reminiscent of the emblem of Task Force 141.
- As an NPC, Alex is seen with a unique variant of the 1911 that is later identified as Riptide during Season One.
- Alex wields a variety of weapons. However, in cinematic cutscenes as well as his in game appearance as an NPC in The Embassy, his preferred loadout is the EBR-14, later identified as the Stay Frosty blueprint during Season One.
- Alex's hair is noticeably darker and more adjusted when he appears in Season Three.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]
- At some point between the events of the first and second game, Alex swapped his original prosthetic leg for a new one, made from titanium.
- Alex's "The Bishop" skin features a Task Force 141 patch on his chest, despite him not being an official member. The BlackCell variant of this skin also weirdly features the Scorpious Military Group patch in place of the Task Force 141 patch.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III[]
- Alex's "Handler" skin was renamed to "Houndsman" following an unknown update. This change is exclusive to Modern Warfare III.
References[]
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