combat: the first department ever created for the black ops, combat's mission is straightforward: to locate and destroy the enemy at all costs. its ops, called "grunts" by the others, are nearly all experts in hand-to-hand combat (even beyond that of other ops) as well as in the use of multiple weapons and explosives. in contrast to their brutish exterior, however, most combat ops are as intelligent and refined as the rest of the academy's graduates, and many are known to appreciate fine art and literature as much as they do their weapons.