- "What does FNG mean again?"
- —Buddy Whistler[src]
Buddy "Brando" Whistler is a Private in the United States Colonial Marine Corps. He was a part of the platoon of Colonial Marines dispatched to investigate the USS Sulaco 18 weeks after its deployment to LV-426.
In-game Bio[]
NAME: Buddy "Brando" Whistler
RANK: Private (E-1)
SEX: Male
AGE: 20
BLOOD TYPE: O+
BIOGRAPHY: Buddy Whistler had the unfortunate luck of being named both Buddy and Whistler. To make matters worst, he was a scrawny youth who developed into a scrawny young man. In school he was teased, never too savagely, but enough to want to set the record straight that Buddy Whistler was all man! He joined the U.S. Colonial Marines right out of High School and to everyone's surprise, passed Marine Recruit Training and chose to be an Infantry Rifleman. Whistler wanted to experience combat, but he always seemed to miss it. Whistler loved old movies and does great impressions, including a spot-on "Godfather" impression that earned him his nickname. Despite what people think, Whistler isn't afraid... Maybe that's his problem.