Now that he could believe. There were a few people that relied on the M249 in SHIELD as the favoured weapon of choice, and he could name all of them. HYDRA was a little more complicated since not everyone knew each other and secrecy was to be respected until the call out where their sheer numbers had seemed impressive until it all went to shit.

It was almost too easy, and he wondered if the Soldier was baiting him. He turned his head from his work and raised his eyebrows instead, letting the idea of 'special category' and 'classified' would go hand-in-hand in military operations. If only this guy knew how much he was aware of how 'special' he was. No matter, he was playing a different hand here.

"Afghanistan mostly," he said airily with a grin. "I wasn't special, but my work was also classified. Black ops." He shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal. "So it seems we have a few things in common. Nice to meet a fellow soldier." God, this guy had no idea.