Alex Mitchell

== Alex Mitchell ==
Alex Mitchell was a Navy officer who became the leader of the joint-branch Recon Task Force, a unit of highly specialized military personnel under the Appalachian Republic.
== Life Before the Great Collapse ==
Born 15 May, 1995 in San Diego, California, Mitchell was raised in an upper-middle class family. His father was a high-ranking Navy officer, and always saw to it that his son would grow up in his footsteps. Mitchell was enrolled in a military boarding school when he was a teenager, despite his unspoken protest, as he saw no reason for the school other than what he believed was destroying normalcy in his teenage years. In 2013, Mitchell enrolled into the US Naval Academy, and graduated at the top of his class. He began to center his personality around his military ideals, and embraced it when he formally joined the Navy as an Ensign. He chose to specialize in Naval intelligence and mission planning.
In mid 2017, Mitchell's father was arrested after it was discovered he was running a child pornography ring. This coincided with the outbreak of the Jinanvirus, and the strange series of events through Alex Mitchell into a depression. He was put on mandatory leave following a diagnosis, as it had severe impacts on his performance. He then lived with his fiancé in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Coming to terms with what he saw as the destruction of his family and shattering of everything he believed, Mitchell regained his stability. However, by the time he was allowed to resume his duty in the Navy, the federal government happened to collapse.