Hanlon Chief Hanlon is a grizzled old NCR Ranger and war hero living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281 . He is the de facto commanding officer of the NCR expeditionary force in the Mojave region , and is currently stationed at Camp Golf . Background . Hanlon can often be found sitting on the second floor balcony of the House Resort at Camp Golf . He is one of the oldest living human rangers in the Mojave , and was instrumental in the defeat of Caesar ' s Legion at the First Battle of Hoover Dam . Leading much of Joshua Graham ' s forces to ruin , Hanlon set the NCR ' s victory in stone by turning Joshua ' s minimalistic battle tactics against him , in which Joshua was unable to compensate . With most of his veteran forces already annihilated at the hands of both 1st Recon and the NCR Rangers , Joshua Graham and his Legion were quickly defeated at strategic locations on the Hoover Dam , and most of his foot soldiers were routed and killed . Afterwards , the NCR refused to listen to Hanlon ' s advice to destroy the rest of the Legion within the Mojave while they were weak , but was nevertheless honored as a war hero , and remains one of the most influential men in the NCR . Highly influential amongst the Rangers with over four decades of experience , Chief Hanlon has been honored many times for his contributions to the NCR . Although he no longer engages in combat operations due to his age , he nevertheless continues to assist the Rangers in their operations . Such is his influence that he even has the ear of the president of the NCR , as seen when asking for more rangers to be sent from Baja . His contributions and influence are seen spread across the Mojave , and those that are wise know not to attract his attention in the wrong way . However , the course of the Mojave campaign has made its mark on him - the war against the Legion has left its toll on the men and women of the NCR army , and alone with his frustrations born from New Vegas bleeding dry NCR soldiers while at the same time relying on their protection , has left Hanlon fearing for the future of the NCR even should they succeed against the Legion ; the sheer scale of the Mojave desert and the Colorado River being too much for an already overstretched NCR conscripted army to bear . This disillusion drives Hanlon to act with ill intentions towards the NCR forces by falsifying intelligence reports and deliberately miscommunicating information sent in from various NCR outposts , ultimately seeking to stir unrest in the NCR forces stationed in the Mojave and hoping to start a resistance against the higher echelons of the NCR military . The Courier can discover Hanlon ' s plans and subsequently choose how to deal with his actions during the quest Return to Sender . Interactions with the player character . Quests . Return to Sender : It is discovered that Hanlon is falsifying field reports . Once discovered , the Courier can either let Hanlon continue with his plan , turn him in to the NCR authorities , or convince him that falsifying the reports is pointless and Caesar is dead ( in the event of Caesar ' s death ) or dying ( by discovering his illness during the completion of Render Unto Caesar or receiving some information about it from Silus during " Silus Treatment " ) . Hanlon is typically found on the balcony of the House Resort within Camp Golf , and will not discuss quest matters except for when he is outside on the House Resort balcony . He mans the radio on the balcony from 8AM to 7PM . Endings . ¹ The narrator for this scene says " exhausted from a lifetime " instead of " exhausted after a lifetime " . Appearances . Chief Hanlon appears only in " " and also mentioned in " Lonesome Road " ( dialogue of Ulysses ) .