
The soldier passes the time by telling a story of his friend, Simon "Ghost" Riley on a mission in Mexico. The first mission depicted in the series has a captured Special Ops soldier wearing a skull-patterned balaclava in a classroom filled with children of a Ukrainian school that has been taken over by terrorists (who threaten to kill one child each hour if their demands are not met). Simon managed to help Tommy break from his drug addiction, and made him marry a woman named Beth, as he kicked his father out of their home. He returned home in 2003, and refused to return to the military until he fixed his family, as his father was cheating on his mother, and Tommy began a drug addict.

While working as an apprentice butcher, Simon saw the 9/11 attacks and joined the British military, and later became a member of the Special Air Service. Simon Riley was born in Manchester, England to unnamed parents and a older brother named Tommy, who would often scare him when he slept. 1.6.3 The Search for Vladimir Makarov and Death.1.6.2 Infiltration of a Russian submarine base.

1.6.1 Infiltration of the Russian Oil Rig and rescuing Prisoner 627.In Find Makarov, he was portrayed by Cameron Rufelds, and in Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish, he was portrayed by Kegan Wilson. In Call of Duty: Mobile, he is voiced by Jeff Leach, who voiced the character's 2019 reboot iteration. He was voiced by Craig Fairbrass, who also voiced Gaz in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Wallcroft in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Tee in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

His death would be avenged by Captain Price and Soap MacTavish, who then went on to end the war and later eliminate Makarov. Ghost was tasked with finding Vladimir Makarov after the terrorist leader enacted World War III via the Zahkhaev Airport massacre, but would be betrayed and killed by General Shepherd. He was a British special forces operator who is is the second-in-command of Task Force 141, and is seen wearing dark red sunglasses and a skull-patterned balaclava along with headphones with a mic. He also appears as a supporting character in Call of Duty: Online, a playable skin in Call of Duty: Ghosts and a playable character in Call of Duty: Heroes and Call of Duty: Mobile (and also appears as a main character in Mobile's comic storyline). Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley is a major protagonist of the 2009 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and its 2020 campaign remaster, and the titular protagonist of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 graphic novel comic series Modern Warfare 2: Ghost. ~ Soap on Ghost, referencing Captain Price's line from Call of Duty 4.
