Cerberus Squad

"You got any idea what they call teams like ours? They call us the American . Because we go in, the middle of the night, people disappear."

- Frank Castle

The Cerberus Squad was a former covert military death squad that was involved in Operation Cerberus, which was founded in order to smuggle heroin from Kandahar into the United States.

Operation Cerberus
After start of illegal CIA operation in Afghanistan William Rawlins with Ray Schoonover's help founded team of elite soldiers from various army sudivisions centered in Kandahar. Their missions would involve capturing, interrogating, and killing high value targets. Also Cerberus Squad included Colonel Morty Bennett and corrupt Homeland Security agent Carson Wolf. To finance the operation Rawlins used Afghan heroin, smuggled in bodies of American soldiers to United States. Later, Cerberus Squad captured officer of the Afghan National Police Ahmad Zubair who began investigating illegal activities in Kandahar. Zubair was falsely labeled as a terrorist by Rawlins, who tortured him to try and find out who else knew about operation. When Ahmad did not reveal his confidant, he was executed by Frank Castle and buried outside of Kandahar. Afghan terrorists and insurgent groups caught onto squad's tactics. They leaked information that a high ranking terrorist leader was located in Kandahar in an isolated compound. Rawlins ordered Squad to attack the compound despite the risk of ambush and a terrain unsuited for helicopter evacuation. The battle proved to be a disaster, with Schoonover losing an arm and most of the squad dead or injured. The remaining squad members were saved due to the actions of Castle, who single-handedly fought his way into the compound and killed the insurgents inside. When returning to base, Rawlins coldly and repeatedly asked the surviving squad members if they eliminated their target, unconcerned with the large casualty rate. Castle proceeded to punch Rawlins in the side of head hard enough to puncture the orbital socket and blind him in the left eye. With the squad heavily injured and the loss of confidence in Rawlins' leadership, Operation Cerberus shut down soon after and Cerberus Squad was demobilised.

Massacre at Central Park
In 2015 one of squad members Gunner Henderson leaked information about Operation Cerberus to NSA analyst David Lieberman. Rawlins knew about this, but framed Frank Castle. Ray Schoonover using his ties as Blacksmith organized big drug deal in Central Park where Castle spending time with his family. Squad opened fire on Castle, but he was just wounded and his wife and children was killed.

Members

 * William Rawlins † - Founder and Former Leader
 * Ray Schoonover † - Former Leader
 * Morty Bennett †
 * Frank Castle
 * Billy Russo
 * Gunner Henderson †
 * Carson Wolf †

Trivia
To be added