▁to ▁the ▁highly ▁class ified ▁nature ▁of ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁miss ions , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁mentioned ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁deployed ▁to ▁Afghan istan , ▁Ira q ▁and ▁North ▁Korea , ▁served ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁USS ▁Enter prise , ▁was ▁station ed ▁at ▁Cor on ado ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁in ▁his ▁career ▁and ▁was ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁nick name ▁" S mo oth ▁Dog ". ▁He ▁is ▁mult iling ual ▁and ▁is ▁mainly ▁convers ant ▁in ▁Asian ▁languages ; ▁he ▁understand s ▁Pas ht o ▁( he ▁did ▁several ▁t ours ▁in ▁Afghan istan ), ▁speak s ▁and ▁reads ▁Mand arin ▁flu ently ▁and ▁knows ▁convers ational ▁Korean ▁and ▁Japanese . ▁He ▁is ▁friends ▁with ▁former ▁Navy ▁SE AL ▁Senior ▁Chief ▁Pet ty ▁Officer , ▁now ▁NC IS ▁Special ▁Agent ▁Sam ▁H anna ▁from ▁NC IS : ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁and ▁former ▁D elta ▁Force ▁oper ative ▁turned ▁Phoenix ▁Foundation ▁agent ▁Jack ▁Dal ton ▁from ▁Mac G y ver . ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁background ▁in ▁intelligence ▁and ▁special ▁o ps , ▁he ▁is ▁well - connected ▁to ▁high - ran king ▁officials ▁in ▁the ▁Navy ▁and ▁the ▁C IA , ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁used ▁to ▁his ▁advantage ▁on ▁several ▁occasions . ▁Prior ▁to ▁his ▁father ' s ▁murder , ▁he ▁served ▁on ▁a ▁" black ▁op " ▁with ▁his ▁best ▁friend , ▁Fred die ▁Hart , ▁but ▁the ▁mission ▁went ▁south ▁and ▁Hart ▁was ▁killed ; ▁his ▁body ▁was ▁not ▁recovered ▁until ▁Season ▁ 3 ▁when ▁McG ar rett ▁personally ▁fle w ▁to