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Master Miller

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Master Miller
File:Master Miller.jpg
Kazuhira Miller, circa 2005.
Real name Kazuhira Miller
Also known as McDonell Benedict Miller
"Master Miller"
"Hell Master"
Nationality USA American
Japan Japanese
Affiliations Japanese Self Defense Force
Militaires Sans Frontieres
FOXHOUND
SAS
Green Berets
FBI
Marine Corps
Alaskan Scouts
Current status Deceased
Hair Colour Blond
Family Nadine (ex-wife)
Catherine (daughter)
Appears in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
First game Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Created by Hideo Kojima
Designed by Yoji Shinkawa
English voice Cam Clarke (MGS)
Robin Atkin Downes (PW)
Japanese voice Banjo Ginga (MGS)
Tomokazu Sugita (PW)

McDonell Benedict Miller (マクドネル・ベネディクト・ミラー Makudoneru Benedikuto Mirā?), also known as Kazuhira Miller and Master Miller, was FOXHOUND's survival trainer during Roy Campbell's command of the unit.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

McDonell Benedict Miller was born in the United States sixty years after his grandparents immigrated there from Japan. The child of an American GHQ officer and a Japanese woman, he was born during Japan's occupation by US military forces and was given the name "Kazuhira" - a name that represents "Peace" in Japanese. Upon graduating from college in the US, he joined the Japanese Self Defence Forces. After being discharged, he drifted from one region to another as a mercenary.[1]

[edit] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Miller's travels eventually led him to meet Big Boss in Colombia. Miller played a vital role in the management of the Militaires Sans Frontieres and supported Big Boss during his missions in Colombia.

[edit] Later Career

In his later career, Miller served as a survival master in the SAS, The Green Berets, a US Marine boot camp, and FOXHOUND. He also served in the FBI and also volunteered as a coach in a Mercenary School twice a year but eventually retired. When he served as a drill sergeant in FOXHOUND, he was referred to as a "Hell Master" and draftees called him "Master Miller" with the utmost respect. It was while serving in FOXHOUND's boot camp that he met and helped train Solid Snake. At some point in his life, Miller divorced his first wife, Nadine, and resided in Los Angeles with his daughter, Catherine. [2]

[edit] Zanzibar Land Uprising

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Master Miller, circa 1999

Master Miller served as an adviser for FOXHOUND during Roy Campbell's days in the unit. As a FOXHOUND adviser, Miller reunits with Solid Snake and assists Snake throughout the Zanzibar Land Uprising, providing him with health and wellness information, as well as information on the general area of Zanzibar Land, fighting against Metal Gear D, Gray Fox, and Big Boss. After Zanizibar, Miller retired and moved to Alaska to live in solitary in a three story house with his huskies. He sometimes trained the Alaskan scouts during his free time.

[edit] FOXHOUND Rebellion

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Three days prior to the FOXHOUND Rebellion, Miller was murdered in his home, poisoned by a nerve toxin.[3]

Liquid Snake, the leader of the FOXHOUND unit in Shadow Moses, then assumed Miller's identity and posed as him during Snake's mission on Shadow Moses. "Miller" was supposedly called out of retirement to help Solid Snake with his mission, providing him with health and wellness information, as well as information on the general area he's in. Late into the mission, Liquid revealed himself to Snake by removing his sunglasses and untying his hair.

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Behind the scenes

  • In the original MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Miller had a distinctively Asian appearance. The later versions of the game released for mobile phones/PlayStation 2 redesigned his character to resemble his appearance in Metal Gear Solid with his blond hair and sunglasses.
  • How Master Miller was killed is not mentioned in Metal Gear Solid. It is only mentioned in the official novel by Raymond Benson.

[edit] References

  1. ^ METAL GEAR SOLID PEACE WALKER OFFICIAL SITE
  2. ^ Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - User's Manual (1990)
  3. ^ Raymond Benson (2008). Metal Gear Solid ISBN 1841497355