Abdul Jackson

### Overview

**Abdul Jackson**, is an American Task Force Mercy operative and member of the Central Intelligence Agency.

## Biography

### Early Life

Abdul Jackson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on January 14th, 1983, to Abdul Hadi and Jean Jackson. Abdul's mother was an immigrant from Haiti. Abdul's father, whose birth name was Jon Majors, had a previous history of violent crime and substance abuse, before becoming a strong beleiver in the Islamic religion, however, still suffered from impulsive actions as a result of immense anger. Abdul remained in his mother's custody all his childhood, however, both parents often argued over the matter along others, including that his surname was Jackson as opposed to Hadi. Despite his complicated living conditions with his parents, including often moving from apartment to apartment due to his mother's financial status, Abdul kept a loving relationship with his father.

By the 1990s, Abdul's father began to participate in substance abuse as he struggled to find a long-term proffesion. In 1993, Abdul's father was arrested for unlawful herione and firearm possession, and later pleaded guilty and was convicted of both crimes. In early 1995, Abdul's father died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl. The same year, while coping with his fathers death, Abdul got into a fight with another middle-school student, Freddy Crawford, in which he broke his leg over a bench. The same night, Abdul was subsequently arrested and charged with assault. Abdul challenged the criminal charge, however, was nevertheless convicted of assault and imprisoned at the Baltimore City Juvenile Detention Center. The following year, Abdul was released, and him and his mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

Over the next few years, Abdul and his mother moved from Georgia, to Montgomery, Alabama, to Memphis, Tennessee, to Kansas City, Kansas, and eventually to Denver, Colorado, where they remained for the next 2 years until Abdul was 17 years old, and they moved to San Bernardino, California, where Abdul's mother was killed during a store robbery, 2 months after their relocation. Shortly later, Abdul moved to Los Angeles, California, where he eventually shared an apartment at 19 years old with another man, Chris Riley, who was a drug addict and failed drug dealer. In 2002, both Abdul and Chris Riley were arrested on unlawful drug posession charges. Upon investigation, Abdul was released from custody as he had not participated nor known of the drugs in the property.

### Military Career

In 2002, after his arrest and release on drug possession charges, Abdul enrolled in an Alcoholics Anonymous program, where he met Tyrus Bakerson, Anthony Garcia, and Liam Miller, all of whom he later enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, alongside. In 2005, Abdul served his first tour to Iraq, where he was subsequently awarded the Achievment Medal. In 2006, Abdul was accepted into the Marine Raider Regiment within MARSOC. In 2008, Abdul's friend and brother-in-arms, Liam Miller, was killed in combat during their tour to the Phillipines and participation in Operation Enduring Freedom. In tribute to Liam Miller, Abdul enrolled in Arizona State University's online program, as he had been encouraged to by Liam, but refused. Abdul went on to graduate with an undergraduate degree in marketing in 2010. A year before in 2009, Abdul served his fourth tour to Iraq, after which he was awarded the Iraqi Campaign Medal. In 2011, Abdul served another tour in Pakistan, where he was awarded a Purple Heart after risking his life. A year later, Abdul served a sixth tour to Somalia, where he participated in Operation Power Strike, in which him and nearly 50 other special forces soldiers raided an al-Shabaab safehouse, which proved a successful mission. In 2013, Abdul was was deployed on his final tour to Niger, where he trained Nigerian soldiers and later fought alongside them, and was later awarded a Silver Star. In 2015, Abdul received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps.

### Career Within J.S.O.C. and the C.I.A.

In 2015, Abdul joined Task Force Green and JSOC, where he spent the 6 years before he joined the Central Intelligence Agency and Task Force Mercy under the Directorate of Operations.