Christian Matkovic

"Thirty four minutes... I've been asleep for thirty four minutes. Drinking a vanilla milkshake."

- Matkovic, after waking up at the start of Rock and a Hard Place.

Private First Class  Christian Matkovic was a character featured in the singleplayer campaign of Battlefield 3. He was first seen in the Fault Line and Operation Guillotine trailers.

Biography
Matkovic is a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician attached to Misfit 1-3. He is seen in the game following orders from Misfit Actual or Captain Quinton Cole, assisting him in squad missions, and briefly assisting Staff Sergeant Henry Blackburn in some operations.

Matkovic, along with Sergeant Steve Campo, was killed by a Russian Su-25 in the Araz Valley, northwestern Iran.

Personality
Christian Matkovic's personality is referred by David Montes during Operation Swordbreaker to be like a "boy scout". He is a strategist and tactician of the squad in some scenarios: he formed the idea of crossing two buildings with a plank, and using an M136 AT4 to take out an enemy sniper in a distant building. He also seems to be laid back, falling asleep in the truck on the way to assaulting Amir Kaffarov's villa.

Trivia

 * Matkovic is always seen with an AT4 Rocket Launcher on his back, and even though the AT4 is needed in some stages of the campaign, he never uses it himself. In one instance, he passes the AT4 to Blackburn while trying to eliminate an enemy sniper in the mission, Operation Swordbreaker.
 * In the mission, Night Shift, Matkovic is seen manning an M240B machine gun, wearing a MARPAT uniform, and sunglasses. This is the only mission where Matkovic had a different appearence.
 * Matkovic wears MultiCam (rather than MARPAT) patterned fatigues. As the United States Marine Corps does not use MultiCam, it is a clear indication that Matkovic is an attached Naval EOD tech rather than a Marine.
 * In the Fault Line Gameplay Trailer, however, Matkovic is wearing MARPAT camouflage.
 * He may take his physical apperance from Kyle Siebert, who played Cpl. John Burris on Generation Kill.
 * Matkovic seems to be open about his personal thoughts. This is shown in the mission, Rock and a Hard Place, when he wakes up to tell about his dream about drinking a vanilla milkshake.
 * Seaman Apprentice is his real rank if he is an EOD technician of the United States Navy.