NAME: TROUT, XAVIER
DOB: 1938
POB: WEST VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
HAIR/EYES: GRAY/BLUE
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5'11"/185
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
DEPENDENTS: PATTY TROUT, WIFE
ALISON TROUT, DAUGHTER
FAMILY:
PARENTS: UNKNOWN
SIBLINGS: UNKNOWN
SERVICE: US ARMY (RETIRED), DOD COVERT OPERATIONS (PRESENT, PRESUMED)
SECURITY CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET
RANK: COLONEL (O6)
CITIZENSHIP: UNITED STATES
CURRENT RESIDENCE: VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
SPECIALIZATION: COUNTER-TERRORISM, COVERT OPERATIONS, INTELLIGENCE, GOVERNMENT LIAISON
NOTES: EXTENSIVE MILITARY EXPERIENCE. SERVED FIVE TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM. PROFICIENT WITH LANGUAGES (6).EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH COVERT AND CLASSIFED OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE WITH NSA. PREVIOUS DIVORCE, ONE CHILD; NOW HAPPILY MARRIED.
BIO:
Xavier Trout was a U.S. Army officer. In the series premiere, Maj. Shepherd addresses him as Colonel Trout, then asks if it's now General Trout. Trout says that he no longer has a rank, he is just a number on an office door. It is implied throughout the show that he now works for the National Security Council, running covert operations for the government. It is never made clear as to whether or not Major Shepherd's team is his only responsibility or are there other covert teams he runs.
Most other information about Trout is classified and very little is revealed about him throughout the series of the show. He did several tours in Vietnam, first in the 101st Airborne Division, then as a member of the Army Rangers, and finally as a Green Beret. Trout would later be one of the officers that helped start Delta Force. It was in this capacity as a training officer that he would first meet Major Shepherd.
Trout keeps himself in shape by running at least two miles every day. Trout is divorced from his first wife but currently happily married to his second wife. He and his second wife tried for a long time to have a child before they conceived a daughter, Alison. Alison Trout is a covert operative for the CIA, with a cover that she works for the United States Department of State.
