Russel Tinnier (Earth-5875)

"The trenches were supposed to be a last line of defense worst-case scenario sort of thing. We're Marines, we prepare for everything. No one thought they'd work against us. And we certainly didn't think they'd become the grave for so many of our own people. After the bridge was blown they came up the cliff in droves. My platoon was ordered to intercept, but we were out-manned and out-gunned. The Brutes quickly saw they could force us back into a trench and trap us like rats. That's when I saw the glow of the plasma grenades. It was all I could do to scramble up that wall. No one else even had the chance. I watched a lot of brave men die that day."

- - Russel Tinnier

Russel Tinnier (Ret.) (service number 10032-00154-RT) was an non-commissioned member of the UNSC Marine Corps and a veteran of the First Contact War.

Biography
A part of the 77th Marine Regiment, Tinnier fought at the Battle of Mombasa during the last year of the First Contact War in 2552. His entire platoon was surrounded by jiralhanae during the battle, who ambushed them at a trench by throwing Type-1 plasma grenades. Russel was the only survivor. He was later interviewed about the battle, and recalled the events.