User:ED/Oliver Knight

Career Service Vitae: Knight, Oliver A.

Staff Sergeant Oliver Knight is a 12 year veteran of the UNSC Marine Corps and an outstanding example of a soldier. He has fought in two dozen engagements and been wounded four times, yet has never thought of retiring from the corps. Knight has garnered several major UNSC citations and countless commendations for bravery and distinction in combat. Sergeant Knight is currently serving in A Company of the 352nd Combat Brigade, 63rd Marine Division.

Biography
Knight has been fighting the Covenant virtually since he was able to carry a weapon. Born on the outer colony of Terminus at the edge of the "shock front," FLEETCOM Sector Eight, Knight enlisted with the local Marine unit on his eighteenth birthday. Since then, he has been a member of the 63rd Marine Division.

Knight's career includes visits to 48 UNSC colony worlds and systems and combat on twenty UNSC worlds. Among his numerous distinctions include the UNSC's Red Legion of Honor, awarded to him in 2540 during an engagement where he saved the lives of his entire platoon hijacking an enemy Wraith tank and turning it against the enemy. The tank was severely damaged and Knight was seriously wounded, but his bravery kept the unit from being massacred by an oncoming group of enemy forces. In this engagement, Knight recieved a scar on his face that he has refused to have repaired, even to this day.

Knight's current posting is aboard the UNSC Archon as a senior Non Comissioned Officer for the 63rd Division under Captain James Marley.