James Ramirez

Private First-Class James Ramirez is a playable character and the protagonist of the United States campaign in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered. Ramirez is introduced in the mission "Wolverines!", serving alongside Sergeant Foley and Corporal Dunn in the 1st Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Two-One, and is the second playable Ranger character in the game.
==Biography==
===75th Ranger Regiment===
====Virginia====
After Joseph Allen was executed by Makarov in Russia during the airport massacre, Ramirez took over Allen's place within Hunter Two-One. Ramirez and his squad respond to an unexpected Russian invasion and move to Virginia. They then help friendly troops extract "Raptor", a High Value Individual, and then go on to Arcadia to rescue trapped civilians with the help of the Stryker armored vehicle codenamed "Honey Badger".
====Washington D.C.====
After destroying AA batteries threatening the civilian's evacuation transport, the Rangers move to a devastated Washington D.C. where U.S. troops are fighting a desperate battle against Russian troops to defend the capital. Hunter Two-One assaults and attempts to clear the Department of Commerce building, eliminating a 'crows nest' of Javelin Missiles and an M82 which they turn against the invaders, buying the evac site valuable time. They board a UH-60 Blackhawk and assault Russian ground forces, only to get shot down by SAM missiles over the Department of Justice building. After their helicopter crashes, Ramirez finds himself trapped in the Blackhawk with injuries and the squad is swarmed by Russian forces. As they run out of ammo, Pvt. Wade is killed while handing Ramirez an M4A1, Dunn announces, "Tracer, three rounds left!", and is then wounded as he leaves cover via a graze to the throat. Several squads of enemy soldiers assault their position while a nearby Mi-28 blinds the surviving Rangers with its searchlight.
====EMP====
All hope seems lost until an ICBM launched by Captain Price Explodes over the east coast of the US. The resulting EMP knocks the enemy Havoc and other aircraft, Russian and American out of the sky. The Rangers help Ramirez out of the helicopter and retreat with his squad into a nearby building while aircraft disabled from the EMP fall from the sky. After encountering a friendly runner, Pvt. Vaughan, who tells them to get to Whiskey Hotel, they fight their way through some office buildings. Despite heavy resistance from the Russians, they eventually regroup on the White House Lawn, where U.S. stragglers under the command of Colonel Marshall are attempting to retake Whiskey Hotel (The White House). Marshall orders the squad to proceed up the left and they fight through extremely heavy Russian resistance. After fighting through the desperate Russian troops, Ramirez and another Ranger take point and make their way to the roof. They wave green signal flares to call off the friendly airstrikes that are part of the "Hammerdown Protocol." The player can view that they're not the only ones that triumphed as green smoke can be seen puffing into the air from the Smithsonian and other Hammerdown target buildings.
==Locations==
*Northeastern Virginia, USA - Secured Raptor and evacuated civilians from Arcadia. (As shown in the missions "Wolverines!" and "Exodus".)
*Washington D.C., USA - Retook the Department of Commerce, helped the US Army evacuation site at the Washington monument. Took out enemy positions at the World War II Memorial and the Department of Justice. Secured Whiskey Hotel (The White House) and helped stop the bombing of the city. (As shown in missions "Of Their Own Accord", "Second Sun", and "Whiskey Hotel".)
== Trivia ==
*While his gloves are torn and wrist-mounted GPS device cracked during the helicopter crash and remain so during the events of "Second Sun", they seemingly repair themselves somehow at the start of "Whiskey Hotel". This was fixed in the Remaster.
*Due to Ramirez being given orders so frequently (a total of 56 scripted times during the campaign, usually given by Sgt. Foley), this has created a meme among players entitled "RAMIREZ! DO EVERYTHING!" which usually features a poster of Sgt. Foley giving impossible or absurd orders.
**Some may speculate that it's the way Foley's Voice Actor, Keith David, says his name throughout the game.
*Ramirez has one of the fastest Pit completion times at 28.7 seconds.
*In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, Ramirez can be seen with the Predator in the mission "Wolverines!".
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