STRIKE

"S.T.R.I.K.E., you heard the Cap! Gear up!"

- Brock Rumlow

S.T.R.I.K.E. is subdivision of S.H.I.E.L.D.​ led by Brock Rumlow, whilst Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff participate in some of their operations. However, all members of the team are actually undercover HYDRA agents.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Strike team was sent to rescue hostages from a S.H.I.E.L.D ship, the Lemurian Star, which had been hijacked by the mercenary Georges Batroc and his band of pirates. Strike. fought the pirates and rescued the hostages, but with some difficulty when Natasha Romanoff abandoned her part in the mission to pursue a mission of her own. Her mission to retrieve restricted data from the ship allowed Batroc the opportunity to escape.

Members of Strike, and other agents, later sent to capture Steve Rogers in one of the lifts in the Triskelion, on the orders of Alexander Pierce. They were soundly defeated however, and Steve made his escape. After this failure they were tasked with finding and capturing the fugitive, who had gone on the run in the company of Natasha. Their first attempt failed when the pair eluded them at a shopping mall, and they missed a second chance when Steve and Natasha escaped a missile strike at Camp Lehigh. This prompted Rumlow to call in the "asset," a HYDRA operative known as The Winter Soldier.

Strike and the Winter Soldier attacked Steve, Natasha and their new ally Sam Wilson on a highway while they were transporting Jasper Sitwell. The Winter Soldier's abilities won out over those of the fugitives, allowing Strike to finally captured them. However, while they were transporting their captives to a secure location, the three heroes were rescued by Maria Hill, an act that went unnoticed until Strike reached their destination.

They were subsequently called into action once more when Alexander Pierce issued his take over directive to HYDRA agents embedded within S.H.I.E.L.D. Rumlow led the remnants of the team in securing an operations room, and personally issued launch codes for three Insight helicarriers when a gun fight broke out against loyal S.H.I.E.L.D agents. Following these actions, and a collision between Insight helicarrier IN-01 and the Triskelion, the ranks of Strike were left decimated.



Trivia

 * In the comics S.T.R.I.K.E. was the British equivalent of S.H.I.E.L.D., its name being an initialism for Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies.

Members
Brock Rumlow- The team's leader and expert soldier

Jack Rollins- Rumlow's loyal second in command.

Several unknown agents