David "Section" Mason

David Mason (codenamed: Section) is the main protagonist of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. He is a Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy SEALs and SEAL Team Six. He's also the only son of CIA Special Ops Agent Alex Mason.

1978 or 1979
In either 1978 or 1979, David Mason was born to CIA Operative Alex Mason and his unnamed mother. Several years after birth, David's mother passed away leaving behind him and his father, and immediately after, Mason was deployed by the CIA.

1986
In year 1986, David and his father, Alex, were scaling a tree in Alaska. David was getting scared, but was scolded by his father, telling him to stop acting like a baby, much to David's chagrin as he fell from the tree, resulting in a scar on his right hand. After David got up by himself, his dad was approached by Agent Jason Hudson and Lt. Col. North Oliver North of the National Security Council.