Jack Nielsen

Jack Nielsen (8 June 2033 - 1 January 2102) was an American General during the Fourth World War. His titles include Supreme Allied Commander of the Anti-German League (2096-2102), Commander of the African Front (2092-2096), American Military Chair to the Anti-German League (2090-2092).

Military Carrier:
At the age of 18 Nielsen was accepted in to West Point and in 2056 he graduated. After graduating Lt. Nielsen commanded a platoon fighting Communist Rebels in Yemen. In 2058, at the Invitation of Col. Owen Maxwell Wilcox, Lt. Nielsen joined Task Force 899C under the code name 'Long Templer'. Over the next 8 years Nielsen would operate with Task Force 899C in RTO backed anti-communist special operations around the world. Nielsen would serve alongside Samuel J. Pierce ('Lonely Bandit') and Arthur Holland ('Deaf Riddler').

World War Three:
In 2066 Task Force 899C was dissolved and her members were folded into various RTO black ops and sabotage organizations. Nielsen, Pierce, and Holland were placed into the newly formed Fantômes de vermeil, or FdV, under the command of Col. Mickaël Béliveau. The FdV operated behind enemy lines as a special saboteur and assassination unit primarily operating inside the Soviet Union. In 2068 during the failed liberation of a prison camp in Siberia half of FdV was killed including Col. Béliveau. Pierce and Holland were forced to retreat into the wilderness and Nielsen was rescued by a group of POWs led by Ryker Savage.

Death and Legacy:

 * When George Thomas Taylor was appointing the first UAF Secretary of Defense he remarked that Mad Jack Nielsen was his first choice up unfortunately he's dead.