Sometime inthe Ghosts were hit hard after Predator Team led by Joe Ramirez were sent on a mission in Nicaragua to disrupt an arm's shipment. Sometime in the near futurehe and his team consisting of himself, Pepper30K and Bones were deployed to Moscow, Russia to terminate Ivan Illitch Kerenskia wanted war criminal and leader of the nationalist crackdown to stabilize the civil unrest there. Nomad then told him that close calls were part of the game and that completing the mission was all that matters. Still, the young recruit admitted that mission was too close and almost got them all killed, something he might not be cut out for. Nomad responded that Kozak could take the next one. Making their way to the blast zone, the Ghosts cleared off the hostiles while Kozak attempted to disarm the bomb, to a no avail. Without him wanted to work in the field, the Ghosts would almost lose him to the tech company. During the mission, Kozak was able to show off his latest generation prototype optical camouflage installed on his suit by Skell Tech to make infiltrating easier and field test it at the same time. Kozak didn't like the call sign Little Brother and preferred Spade, although Nomad refused to compromise operational integrity by giving him a new name.īase jumping to the Unidad base, Nomad and his team alongside Kozak made their way to a Russian pilot of a helicopter carrying a cargo of uranium, who gave them access to the chopper, with Kozak protesting Nomad's rough treatment of the pilot, suggesting he could've interrogated him due to him able to speak Russian. Ghost lead Nomad was sent in to help Kozak stop the shipments from reaching their destination. Kozak found out that Unidad had been shipping uranium found beneath Bolivia's mines to the Russians. With him, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mitchell was sent alongside to oversee the operation. B Condor base to gather intelligence on the cartel and Unidad activities, as Washington had suspected them working with Russian nationalists. During Operation Kingslayer, Kozak one of the sharpest yet youngest recruit which was described by Mitchell who he had been telling himself he was just as cocky as Kozak at that age was sent into Media Luna province to Unidad 's M. He once turned in his cousin, Sergei, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation because he was running drugs and felt that he needed to save him from himself.Īt an unspecified time, he joined the United States Army and recruited into its special forces community, Group for Specialized Tactics.Īt some point inBolivia had been converted into a narco-state by a drug cartel called Santa Blanca. He is also the youngest among his teammates. His father and mother emigrated from Russia.