A member of USMC Force Recon callsign Sabre Team, Kaminski served as the team's heavy gunner for the duration of the 27th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (27th MEU) deployment to the Green Sea nation of Chernarus. He was subordinate to Sabre's team leader, Sergeant Ian Simmons.
On the MEU's lead ship, Sabre Team were briefed on their upcoming mission. In preparation for the main invasion of the South Zagoria province, all Force Recon fireteams would be tasked with the goal of destroying ChDKZ supply dumps and other coastal defences.[3] Kaminski's team would first be targeting the village of Mogilevka. His team managed to neutralise their objectives and proceeded to another stronghold further south at the base of Pik Kozlova, at the village of Prigorodki.
However, in the process of doing so, one of his team members got pinned down by the insurgents and his position was compromised. Fortunately, another Force Recon fireteam in the area, callsign Razor, was available to provide support. Kaminski's team member marked the targets using red smoke[4], and is able to successfully flee after all targets were destroyed by laser-guided artillery.[5]
Afterwards, Kaminski's team moved towards the regional capital of Chernogorsk. Chernarussian ground forces and the 27th's main elements were already laying siege to the city, and Sabre (along with all other available Force Recon teams) were called upon to assist in the offensive.[6] Not long after the siege begins, the whereabouts of the insurgency's leader and his senior commanders was discovered. Since Razor Team was closer to the targets, Sabre would be left on standby instead until the leaders were secured.[7]
When Razor Team fails to report in with the captives, they discovered that the operatives had been ambushed and were captured by the insurgents at a warehouse on the outskirts of the city. Sabre would quickly move into position to breach the warehouse. Simmons ordered Kaminski to pursue the fleeing ChDKZ leaders but was already too late and returned empty handed.[8]
One week later, Kaminski's team were relocated to FOB Manhattan, an outpost established in the north of the province close to the border with the Russian Federation. From there, they would conduct counterinsurgency operations as well as searching for clues on the whereabouts of the fugitive insurgent leader.[9] However, when Chernarussian extremists supposedly carry out a terrorist attack in the Russian capital[1], the U.S. deployment mandate is revoked and the 27th MEU are forced to withdraw from the country within 48 hours.[10]
Death[]
Prior to departing, Captain Shaftoe assigns Kaminski's team with one final task. They were to bring back an insurgent defector known only by the name of "Spukayev". He apparently held critical information on the terrorist attack in Moscow; plans for a so-called "Operation Cobalt".[11] Kaminski's team quickly retrieved the man from the village of Khelm and brought him back to the FOB first. They waited patiently for Razor Team's members to return with the defector's documents from his safehouse in Krasnostav.[12]
However, alongside the rest of Sabre, Kaminski is slain by a team of supposedly Russian Spetsnaz operatives when they ambush the FOB with a hail of gunfire and grenades. A mysterious blond-haired man proceeded to interrogate everyone and demanded to know where Master Sergeant Matthew Cooper and the rest of Razor Team's members were. Kaminski and the others refused to divulge their location; in exchange, the blond-haired man fatally stabbed them all with a knife.[13]
Kaminski's remains would later be discovered by Razor Team upon their return to the FOB.[14]
Personality and Appearance[]
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Kaminski was a Caucasian male with a partially bald head and black hair. On most deployments, he donned the basic attire of a Force Recon heavy gunner consisting of a Rhodesian Recon Vest (RRV) plate carrier with belt pouches, a MARPAT-camouflaged Flame Resistant Organizational Gear (FROG) uniform, as well as a woodland-camouflaged ILBE Assault Pack.
His normal headgear consisted of a MARPAT-camouflaged booniehat and headset but wore a tan-coloured Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH) and a customised RRV for direct assault missions.
Trivia[]
He is nicknamed as "Kami-Kaze" by the other members of Sabre Team. Kamikaze (Kanji: 神風) is a Japanese term that literally translates into "divine wind".
Kaminski and the rest of the members of Sabre are the only named USMC characters shown wearing multiple kinds of clothing, the regular recon outfit and unique "assault" gear when the team breaches the warehouse.
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Into The Storm, "Sabre have been compromised. However they still have a man down there so we're gonna improvise. Sabre's man will pop red smoke at the command structure any time now. After that he's gonna bug out and mark secondary targets for you to lase, understood?"
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "Most of the GCE rolled right over the second line right up to here. We're on the outskirts of Cherno' right now. That's also why your still here, boys. [...] Sorry guys, I need every infantry unit I can lay my hands on for the assault on the city."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Harvest Red, "Razor this is Swordsman, listen up, over. [...] Spotters have eyes-on a high value target entering a warehouse at 065125. Your team's the nearest SOC unit I have so you get the duty, over. [...] The spotter in that area is callsign Scarecrow. He'll guide you in when you're near the target, over."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Manhattan, "The Chernarussian Defence Force is in control of the majority of the country thanks to the swift and decisive involvement of the USMC. However, insurgency is on the increase. The Krasnostav area is still seeing heavy counter-insurgency fighting between the CDF, ChDKZSotnya remnants and NAPA guerilla groups. Although enemies of the ChDKZ, there is no 'official' line concerning the NAPA group's attitude toward the USMC and it's allies. They should be approached with caution. The ChDKZ are operating from the forests that dominate this area of operation, popping up for occasional hit and run strikes on weak targets. Forward Operating Base 'Manhattan' has been established east of the town of Krasnostav to deal with the conflict in this area. Immediate USMC intervention is needed to assist the CDF who largely lack the appropriate counter-insurgency training for this area of operations. Our role in the AO is to find and eliminate key ChDKZ personnel, camps, strong-points and supporters. Razor Team will redeploy from Elektrozavodsk and rendezvous at FOB Manhattan checkpoint 'Brooklyn'. From there Razor should report to Capt. Shaftoe re: their deployment in the AO."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, "The 27th MEU is leaving Chernarussian territory today, 17. October 2009 at 1700hrs, to be replaced by Russian Federationpeacekeepers. The Kremlin claimed that USMC forces were incapable of controlling terrorist organizations - namely NAPA - convincing the UN to rescind it's approval. Many feel the Russians would have invaded anyway and that the UN complied so as not to seem toothless should the Federation act unilaterally. Without UN backing, the US feel forced to abandon Chernarus to the Russians. After the attack on Moscow sympathy and support for this position is widespread, with global public opinion and many national governments supporting the move. Razor Team will secure FOB Manhattan until it is dismantled and will then transfer directly to the Khe Sanh, leaving the region via the Khardaran strait. The transition from US to Russian control will of necessity be chaotically swift, USEUCOM has ordered there be no contact between the two powers."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, "Simmons, I'm sending your team in after him. Cooper, Spukayev has a safehouse west of Krasnostav at 028104. I want you to take Razor and recover those files. [...] Simmons, Spukayev himself is at Khelm so your part in this won't take long. Rendezvous with him there and provide a safe escort back here for extraction."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, "Razor this is Sabre, message over. [...] Hey boys, just thought you'd like to know we're back at Manhattan already. Just getting ready to bug out with Spukayev here, Manhattan's..."
↑ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, "I didn't even get a shot off. I was on the horn to you, heard a bunch of thumps, then it started raining grenades. When I came round most of the guys were dead, there were 'dakis picking through the mess. Some of them looked like Russian Spetsnaz too. Right gear, right face. Should've guessed the Reds would fuck us. [...] They were asking for you! By your damn names. You guys are so fucked! There was this one really blond guy, Russian for sure. "Are you Razor? Where is Cooper?" He flipped when we wouldn't tell him, just went down the line and knifed us, one, two, three, like that. I'm pretty screwed, right Scarlet?"
