Task Force 141

"Welcome to the 141. Best handpicked group of warriors on the planet."

— General Shepherd to Private First Class Joseph Allen

Task Force 141, colloquially referred to as the "One-Four-One", was a multinational special operations force comprised of members of the American, Australian, British, and Canadian armed forces. Its members served as the principal protagonists of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where their objective was to apprehend or kill Vladimir Makarov, a Russian Ultranationalist responsible for masterminding the Russian attack of the United States. In 2016, its members participated in notable special operations in Kazakhstan, Zakhaev International Airport, Brazil, a Russian gulag and a Russian submarine base, the Georgian-Russian border, and Afghanistan. Notably, during Day 6 of the crisis of 2016, numerous Task Force 141 special operators were killed by American forces led by General Shepherd, with the majority of Task Force 141 members believed to be dead at the conclusion of the crisis.

Composition

Task Force 141's special operators are drawn from Australia's, Canada's, the United Kingdom's, and the United States' militaries, although the vast majority of its operators appear to be either from the American or British militaries. The identities of most special operations forces that contribute operators to Task Force 141 are unknown, although it is known that at least some of its operators are contributed from the American 75th Ranger Regiment and Navy SEALs and the British Special Air Service.

By 2016, the commanding officer of Task Force 141 appeared to be Lieutenant General Shepherd, a U.S. Army officer who spearheaded the Task Force's operations. Additionally, British officers of the Special Air Service such as Captain "Soap" MacTavish and Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley appeared to serve as leaders during field missions. After his liberation from a Russian gulag, Captain John Price of the Special Air Service also appeared to serve as a field commander.

Task Force 141 has at least eighty-four known members, thus leading to speculation that it is a Company-sized formation.

List of Known Members

Prominent Members

Lieutenant General Shepherd - United States Army, Shadow Company, appeared to act as the commanding officer of Task Force 141, and spearheaded its operations during the crisis of 2016. Killed by Captain MacTavish in Afghanistan on Day 7.
Captain John Price - British Special Air Service, appeared to act as a field ommander after his rescue at the Russian Gulag at the hands of Task Force 141. Designated sharpshooter, and orchestrator behind Shepherd's assassination. Believed to be still alive after the events of Day 97. Now a wanted criminal.
Captain "Soap" MacTavish - British Special Air Service, appeared to act as a field commander and desgnated sharpshooter. Believed to be still alive after the events of Day 7. Now a wanted criminal.
Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley - British Special Air Service, appared to act as a field commander subordinated underneath Captain MacTavish. Condoned torture. Killed by Shepherd and Shadow Company soldiers on the Georgian-Russian border on Day 6.
Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson - Playable character who particiated in a number of Task Force 141's most notable special operations. Killed by Shepherd on Day 6.
Private First Class Joseph Allen - U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion, a veteran of combat operations in Afghanistan, hand-picked by Shepherd to participate in a CIA undercover operation to infiltrate the Ultranationalist cell led by Makarov. Killed by Makarov after his cover was blon in Zakhaev International Airport on Day 3.

Supporting Members

Archer - British soldier, sniper team leader, seen in Loose Ends
Driver - American soldier, team wheelman, seen in Takedown and killed by Faust at the start.
Meat- American/Canadian soldier, dies in the beginning of the mission Takedown.
Ozone - Canadian soldier, dies at the end of Loose Ends
Rook - Australian Soldier, killed in The Enemy Of My Enemy whilst driving Soap and Price to safety
Royce - Canadian soldier, takes charge of Favela TF141 squad, killed shortly after in Takedown
Scarecrow - American soldier, dies at the end of Loose Ends
Toad - American soldier, sniper and heavy weapons specialist, seen in Loose Ends
Worm - American soldier; asks "Who's Soap?", seen in The Gulag, successfully extracted.
Zach - American soldier, Navy SEAL, seen in The Only Easy Day...Was Yesterday

Other Members

These members are randomly generated or do not do anything notable. (* Indicates rarely generated names. It is unknown if the rarity has any significance.)

Aeon* - Seen in The Gulag.
Angel - Seen in TOEDWY and The Gulag. KIA by the bouncing mines on Loose Ends.
Apex - Seen in TOEDWY.
Avatar - Seen in TOEDWY.
Bear - Seen in TOEDWY. Possible reference to Bear Grylls.
Bearcat - Seen in The Hornet's Nest, The Gulag
Bishop - Seen in The Gulag.
Boomer - Seen in The Hornet's Nest, TOEDWY and Contingency. Possible reference to "Boomer" from the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series.
Boxer - Seen in The Gulag.
Bull - Seen in TOEDWY.
Canine - Seen in Contingency.
Cannibal - Seen in The Gulag.
Chemist - Seen in The Gulag.
Chemo - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.
Cherub - Seen in The Gulag.
Chino - Seen in The Gulag.
Coffin - Seen in The Gulag, Coffin is a US Marine.
Coma - Seen in The Hornet's Nest, and Loose Ends.
Cypher - Seen in The Hornet's Nest. KIA by the bouncing mines on Loose Ends.
Cyclops - Seen in Contingency.
Doc - Seen in The Hornet's Nest, TOEDWY.
Druid - Seen in The Gulag and Contingency.
Elder* - Seen in Contingency.
Exxon - Seen in TOEDWY.
Flux* - Seen in TOEDWY.
Gator - Seen in The Hornet's Nest. Possibly Australian or American judging by the nickname.
Hazard - Seen in TOEDWY.
Hercules - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.
Hitman - Seen in Loose Ends.
Jayhawk* - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.
Jester* - Seen in Contingency, and The Gulag. Possible reference to "Jester" from the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series.
Justice - Seen in Loose Ends.
Klepto - Seen in The Gulag.
Kojak - Seen in The Gulag.
Langley - Seen in TOEDWY.
Liquid* - Seen in The Gulag, and Contingency. Possible reference to "Liquid Snake" from the Metal Gear Solid Series.
Lord* - Seen in Hornet's Nest.
Mamba - Seen in The Gulag.
Messiah - Seen in Contingency.
Midnight - He helps Captain Price and Captain MacTavish in Contingency.
Monk* - Seen in The Gulag.
Neon - Seen in The Gulag, and The Hornet's Nest.
Neptune - Seen in TOEDWY.
Nomad - Seen in TOEDWY.
November* - Seen in TOEDWY.
Ogre - Seen in TOEDWY.
Patron - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.
Peasant - Seen in TOEDWY.
Phallus - Seen in Contingency.
Pharaoh - Seen in The Gulag.
Pieces - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.
Poet - Seen in The Gulag.
Preacher - Seen in TOEDWY.
Prophet* - Seen in The Gulag.
Reaper - Seen in The Gulag and in The Hornet's Nest
Redcell - Seen in The Gulag.
Roadie - Seen in The Gulag, he is American.
Robot - Seen in TOEDWY, he is a Navy SEAL.
Rocket - Seen in The Hornet's Nest, probably a reference to same character in the movie "City of God", set in Rio de Janeiro.
Rooster - Seen in TOEDWY and The Gulag.
Sandman - Seen in The Gulag. Possible reference to "Sandman" from the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo series.
Sorrow* - Seen in The Gulag and Contingency.
Sparrow - Seen in The Gulag and Loose Ends.
Spirit* - Seen in Contingency.
Taco - Seen in The Hornet's Nest and The Gulag.
Trojan - Seen in Contingency. Possibly refering to the brand of condoms of the same name.
Twister - Seen in The Gulag, Contingency and TOEDWY.
Undertone - Seen in The Gulag.
Utah - Seen in The Gulag.
Whiskey - Seen in Contingency.
Yankee - Seen in The Gulag and The Hornet's Nest.
Zero - Seen in The Gulag.
Zeus - Seen in The Hornet's Nest.

Equipment

M4A1
SCAR-H
ACR
AK-47
UMP .45
G18
USP .45
M14 EBR
Intervention
Vector
MP5k
M1014
M9
TAR-21
M16A4
Barrett .50 Cal
M1911

Trivia

It is highly likely that Captain Price was the leader or at least the first choice of leader of Task Force 141 before Soap. There is much evidence for this. In the art book purchased with the hardened edition it says that Captain Price was initially intended to be your team member in Cliffhanger. Price also appears to take joint command of Task Force 141 after he is rescued. Except it is already known that Mile High Club was intended to be used in the beginning of COD4, before Crew Expendable. However, more evidence is that Ghost asks Captain Price for permission to go with Roach to find Makarov in his safe house, instead of MacTavish, which ultimately leads to Soap surviving.
During E3 '09, CEO of Infinity Ward Vince Zampella jokingly called TF 141 the "International Coalition of Bad Asses" and in the June issue of GAMEINFORMER they referred to TF 141 as "Elite Badasses".
An interesting note is that as an irregular military unit, most of the named members go by nicknames, such as Roach, Meat, Ghost.
Whilst the British, Americans and Australians have their flags in their colors and on their shoulder patches, the Canadians have their flag on their back in green, not red and white. Much like real life Canadian soldiers
Robert Bowling, in an Australian gamer mag interview (PlayStation), stated that "it's a special ops thing to give everyone stupid names." This was referring to the short lived character Meat.
Despite the random appearances and nationalities of TF141 whilst in Brazil, Canadians are the only ones with fixed appearances, they wear olive green clothing with short sleeved shirts, whilst British, Americans and Australians have a mix and match.
The fate of the surviving TF 141 members still remains unknown after the incident with Soap and Captain Price. They are most likely fugitives as well, since Captain Price radioed the message about Shepherd's standing in the conflict. Rook is the last seen member besides Soap and Price, who is quickly killed off.
The picture of Task Force 141 (see below) at the end of the game is based on the picture at the end of "Mile High Club" in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The symbol of Task Force 141 seems to be a mix of symbols of the SAS and USSOCOM.
The actual name of Task Force 141 is likely taken from the real life joint-operations organization, Task Force 121, which was founded specifically to hunt down and capture high priority individuals in the War on Terror.
TF141 likely has no "standard" gear because as they are a special ops group, they would dress in gear specific to that particular mission. however, if they did, it would most likely be the MULTICAM pants and shirt because it is seen in the most environments compared to TF141's other uniforms.
Some of the names on the list above are codenames given to members of the Raptor team from Crysis. These names include Nomad, Jester and Prophet.
The generated members of TF141 have the exact same AI as any other enemy or character in the game; the only difference being health and weapon choice.
it is possible that Roach took the picture seeing that his face is not shown.