They're tasked with meeting with an informant called Tariq. He's riding in white trucks with the three other soldiers of his squad (Mother, Voodoo, Preacher) towards the village of Gardez. The camera descends into the perspective of Rabbit, a Tier 1 soldier part of AFO Neptune. The camera zooms in onto Afghanistan and gives a birds eye view of Afghanistan land through a UAV drone. Players also hear the military talking about the Taliban and how they're playing planing something big, which has been referred to as the "wedding". Players hear news broadcasts including which say the words "beautiful morning in NYC", "live from downtown New York", "Dark smoke coming from the Pentagon". are in Afghanistan without ever using the phrase "9/11". During this sequence, the story manages to explain why the U.S. As the opening credits roll, the camera pans around Earth. Just when his feet brutally hit the ground, rockets fly everywhere and hit the helicopter, blacking the player out. A man who seems to be the commanding officer jumps out of the helicopter first. The game starts as US Army Rangers are in the back of a helicopter, flying over a snowy valley. The game also has players controlling Tier 2 operatives (US Army Rangers) and Tier 3 operatives (10th Mountain Division). Tier 1 operators are trained in counter terrorism and can only be deployed by the President or the Defense Secretary. These operators are part of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He is currently referred to as a "Tier 1 Operator," nicknamed "Cowboy", and works for the National Command Authority. One of Medal of Honor's main protagonists, pictured on the box art, is rumored to be a real veteran of the current war in Afghanistan.
The Tier 1 operators that the player play as did not exist even though certain team mates of the player00 such as Dusty have existed in the past. It's also one of the few airfields in Afghanistan where Air Force One is authorized to land.
This airfield is extremely important as it houses part of the US Marines and air forces in Afghanistan. This airfield really exists and has been under US control since December 2001. In the game, the player is tasked with capturing the Bagram Airfield. Of course, the Generals and Colonels leading the operation don't have the same names as the ones who lead the actual operation (Anaconda was lead in real life by LTG. The operation involved both US and Afghan forces, like in the game, and the Taliban suffered losses of about 500 causalities which is probably the body count the player will find themselves with by the end of the game. The American lead coalition succeeded in hunting the Taliban out of the region and as the game indicates, the Taliban numbers were estimated to be up to 1,000 troops strong. The operation was lead from Mauntil March 19, 2002. This large scale operation had as a goal to root out Taliban forces hiding in the surrounding mountains. This battle was part of Operation Anaconda. The game centres around one particular battle: the Battle of Shah-i-Kot. Actual US troops deployed in the Shah-i-Kot valley. Multiplayer features standard deathmatch, as well as objective based modes, where players can select from multiple classes including special ops, assault and recon specialists. Also playable in the single player are U.S. war machine, whose missions favor restraint and require discretion. In campaign the player will control several Tier 1 Operators, that liken themselves as the "scalpel" of the U.S. Medal of Honor focuses on the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, referred to as "Operation Enduring Freedom", as the US led invasion forces fight Taliban insurgents.