They eventually divorced after four years of marriage, and at some point in 1992 Regan died of ovarian cancer. Air Force Base in western Germany, where he later met and fell in love with Regan Burns while allegedly working as a "diplomatic aide." In 1985, she gave birth to their only daughter, Sarah (born May 31). What little unclassified data is known about Fisher states that during the 1980s he was stationed at a U.S. Documentation on his activities from the 1970s to the 1990s are unavailable and considered classified. He later spent two years as a Political Science major. While not much is known about his early life, it is known that Fisher attended a military boarding school shortly after his parents died when he was a child. Samuel Fisher was born in 1957, in Towson, Maryland. When possible, Fisher operates almost exclusively at night and prefers to work alone in the field.Ī young Sam Fisher as a Navy SEAL operator serving in Iraq during the Gulf War. He is extremely proficient in both armed and unarmed combat, specifically SEAL CQB and Krav Maga, and can also speak a wide variety of foreign languages including Russian, Korean, Arabic, Chinese, Persian, and Spanish among others. Fisher is an expert in the art of stealth, trained in various techniques and tactics. He retired from active duty sometime in 1996, but later returned to work for the NSA in 2004, when he was recruited into Third Echelon.
Navy SEALs, in which he served as an operator in both SEAL Team 3 and DEVGRU, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Prior to joining the NSA, Fisher had an extensive service career, working as a member of the CIA's Special Activities Division (Special Operations Group) and as a highly decorated soldier in the U.S. 2.3 Cyber Attacks of 2007/East Asian CrisisĪ combat veteran of over a hundred silent wars, Sam Fisher is one of the most experienced and highly-respected covert operatives in the U.S.