{"id":29968,"date":"2025-01-28T15:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/new-modern-warfare-3-army-veteran-operator-is-actually-the-rocks-cousin-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:20:12","slug":"new-modern-warfare-3-army-veteran-operator-is-actually-the-rocks-cousin-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/new-modern-warfare-3-army-veteran-operator-is-actually-the-rocks-cousin-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"New Modern Warfare 3 army veteran Operator is actually The Rock\u2019s cousin &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Modern Warfare 3 army veteran Operator is actually The Rock\u2019s cousin ActivisionCall of Duty Modern Warfare 3 has just unveiled its newest operator, with Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson revealing online that Koa King is in fact inspired by his cousin who is a real-life Navy Veteran of the United States. Call of Duty is one of the most famous video game franchises of all time. As a result, it has become commonplace for the series to introduce celebrity operators for gamers to embody throughout multiplayer mayhem. The likes of Nicki Minaj even being transformed into a playable CoD player most recently. The newest Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Operator, while not directly a celeb, is in fact a relative of one of the biggest names in Hollywood, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson. In collaboration with Veterans Day, a federal holiday in the United States that recognizes and celebrates the dedication of those who have served in the military, CoD has introduced its newest Operator, Koa King. Koa meaning warrior in Samoan. On Twitter, The Rock confirmed that the Koa King is played by his cousin Ben, who he calls an \u201cinspiration\u201d and states that his inclusion in the game is a \u201cphenomenal partnership.\u201d \u201cThis is my cousin, Ben, who I consider my brother \u2013 and this is incredible. Ben is a 16-year decorated Navy Seal, command member of SEAL TEAM 6, multiple Bronze Stars, and Purple Heart recipient. \u201cHe served our great nation and now he serves the veteran community as the inspiration behind the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Warrior Pack, which incorporates his military service and our Samoan heritage.\u201d The Rock then added that, \u201cevery purchase of the pack in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 goes directly towards the placement of U.S. and U.K. veterans in great jobs &#038; careers.\u201d Johnson then finally added that he thinks \u201cthis whole thing is very cool and badass,\u201d with many CoD fans flooding the comments section and also sharing their love and admiration for Ben and CoD for recognizing Army Vets in this way. For all the latest Call of Duty news and updates, be sure to check out Dexerto\u2019s full coverage here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Modern Warfare 3 army veteran Operator is actually The Rock\u2019s cousin ActivisionCall of Duty Modern Warfare 3 has just unveiled its newest operator, with Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson revealing online that Koa King is in fact inspired by his cousin who is a real-life Navy Veteran of the United States. Call of Duty is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}