David Montes

Sergeant David "Dave" Montes is a character that appears in the single-player campaign of Battlefield 3. He is first heard at the start of the campaign (Operation Swordbreaker) with him asking "Hey, what the fuck are we stopping for?" He later asks why the Middle East is always "so fucked up," to which a fellow Marine, Jack Chaffin, replies "I just work here, Dave."

Montes is also seen in the mission Uprising. In this mission, it is the aftermath of the Iranian earthquake and Henry Blackburn is walking in the devastated, city streets. Eventually Montes spots Blackburn and, thinking that he was a PLR insurgent, he orders him to freeze, but then, realizing that Blackburn was a friendly, fights alongside him and the rest of the Marines.

He also participates in Operation Guillotine alongside Blackburn and the rest of his squad.

He later appears in Rock and A Hard Place where he, Blackburn, and the rest of the squad pursue Kaffarov, and alongside Blackburn is the only surviving member of the squad.

Finally, he appears in The Great Destroyer. Held in captivity by the U.S. government, he and Blackburn escape and chase down Solomon, where he assists Blackburn in stopping Solomon's plot to destroy New York with a Russian nuclear device. Near the end of the mission, Montes steals a police car to help Blackburn go after Solomon. After a short chase, Montes crashes the car to Solomon's and goes through the window and on top of the hood, on his back. Solomon then comes out battered from the crash, but alive. Solomon then starts to get close to two of them, Montes then shouts "You'll never win!" and raises his right arm to shoot Solomon, but he is killed by a shot to the head before he is able to fire.

Montes is a Machinegunner and carries a M240 medium machine gun with an M145 optic attached in the official game, as seen in Uprising. On the front and back of his helmet, there's a label showing his last name. His personality includes joking around, insulting other squad mates, and talking a lot. At times he could act serious, especially during the mission Rock and A Hard Place (when Campo and Matkovic were killed).

Montes might be of Puerto Rican descent, hinted by is name, although the loading screen hints state that he was born in Encino, California.

Trivia

 * The role of Montes is played by the actor Ronan Summers.