|Phillip takes you under his wing and responsibility, seeing great potential and future in you.|

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Graves enlisted into the United States Marine Corps and eventually became an operator in the elite MARSOC Raiders. However, at some point, Graves began to feel disillusioned with the military, thinking that the uniform he once proudly wore was limited and held back men like him.

After leaving the military, in 2017, Graves set up his own private military company, which he named Shadow Company. The company specialized in troop, air, and maritime deployment anywhere in the world, mainly employing former special operations members from around the globe; the most skilled of these employees, including "Lerch", were hand-picked and recruited by Graves himself.

During one of their missions, where his company was Shepard's mercenary, they had to betray Task Force 141, with whom they were walking side by side. And then, a little later, he took the base from Alejandro.

Flip did not manage to avoid the trial, but he won it and got away with it. After that, he lay low for a couple of years to think everything over before he went to war again.