Mitchell Buford is an American Central Intelligence Agency agent featured in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. He is the main contact for the mercenary within the South Korean army. Although he is not technically a member of the South Korean army, he is the CIA agent who is working with them to help them take care of General Song due to their lighter armor and lesser numbered soldiers. This "alliance" is known as the SKU (South Korean Union), which is made up of the CIA backed ROKA (Republic Of Korea Army) in hopes that Buford can provide a happy and peaceful friendship between the East and West.