Josh Stone

Delta team, Captain Stone.

Biography
Captain Josh Stone is a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance's (BSAA) West Africa division, although upon further inspection, his BSAA patch says North America (This could be a case of texture short-cutting). He was the leader of Delta team for the Kijuju mission. Josh was the Captain of the first team Sheva Alomar joined with the BSAA and trained Sheva for eight months. After the training was complete, Sheva and Stone remained close friends or as he puts it, siblings.

Kijuju
Josh first appears at the crash site of the downed helicopter flown by Kirk Mathison. Josh and his team help Chris and Sheva as the two are being overrun by Majini. Chris, Sheva, and Josh reunite at the train yard. Josh and Chris introduce themselves and Chris is surprised to see that Josh and Sheva already know each other. Sheva tells Chris that she trained under Josh, and Josh thinks of Sheva as a little sister. Josh then hands Chris a PDA that has information on it. Some containing a picture of Chris's former partner Jill Valentine. Josh then exits the room. Josh is then attacked by a B.O.W. that was released by Excella Gionne. Then Josh runs into Chris and Sheva at the Oil Refinery. Josh and Sheva have a brief moment and Josh then asks the two why they didn't retreat. Chris states that he is here more on personal terms rather then the mission, and Sheva explains the situation about Jill. The trio are then attack by Majini, fighting off relentless waves of them. Josh unlocks the elevator and they make it up to a higher level. Josh unlocks another door, which leads to their safety. At this point, Josh leaves Chris and Sheva behind. As the oil refinery is about to explode, due to Irving, Josh rescues Chris and Sheva in a speedboat. the team make it just out of reach from the explosion, and they decide its time to stop Irving once and for all. Josh, Chris, and Sheva are floating in the boat until Majini in speed boats come and attack them. The team are shot at and Chris and Sheva take them out as Josh drives them out of danger. Through the mist, Irving's boat comes out of nowhere and Josh slams into the side of his boat. Chris and Sheva enter the boat and Irving transforms, thanks to a sample Jill gave to him. Josh then leaves the area under Chris's orders. After Irving is defeated, he reveals to Chris that all of the answers he wants awaits him in the caves. Josh takes Chris and Sheva to the caves and then retreats to HQ. He then went back and followed Chris and Sheva, although they didn't realize that.

Desperate Escape
Josh enters the monarch room just missing Chris and Sheva, the two he came back for. As he heads up the stairs he notices a woman passed out. As he wakes the woman, he realizes that she is the one and only Jill Valentine. He helps her up and he reveals to her that he is looking for Chris and Sheva. Jill tells him that they just went after Wesker and that he is aboard a tanker. Josh tells Jill that he has a helicopter waiting and he is going after Sheva. He agrees to take Jill along, after flirting with her, and the two leave the room. Jill tells Josh that she had to go to the communication facility in order to tell Chris how to defeat Wesker. Throughout their journey, the two are attacked by waves and waves of Majini. Josh and Jill use the Majini's weapons to their advantage, seeing as if it is the only way to escape. Once they reach the facility, Jill contacts Chris, with Josh's help, and she tells him that an overdose should do the trick. The radio is cut and Josh and Jill exit to the rooftop. Doug, the BSAA agent who has the helicopter, has not reached the rooftop yet. Josh and Jill are forced to fight off Majini until Doug finally arrives. Once there, Jill is blown back by a blast from a rocket launcher. Josh helps Jill to the helicopter and notices Doug is not aboard yet. Doug is then killed from the same man who tried to kill Jill. Jill holds off other Majini along with Killing the Majini with the RPG. Josh flies the two out of the area, and they both agree to help Chris and Sheva with their fight against Wesker.

Mercenaries Reunion
Josh Stone is a playable character in Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition Mercenaries Reunion mode.

Weapons
 * 1) The Benelli M3 Shotgun loaded with 7 shells, with an extra 10 shells in his inventory.
 * 2) An RPG-7 Rocket Launcher
 * 3) A Beretta 92F/FS Handgun loaded with 100 rounds, with an extra 10 rounds in his inventory. This weapon is BSAA issued and what Josh uses in Resident Evil 5 and Desperate Escape.
 * 4) 3 Hand Grenades

Resident Evil 4 players will notice that Josh plays similarly to Leon in the RE4 Mercenaries, both having the second pump-action shotgun available in the game and a handgun for their main weapons. Josh even uses the Suplex, one of Leon's melee moves, also some of Josh's melee moves resemble modern day wrestling moves.

Original Role During RE5 Development
Josh was originally intended to die at the Oil Refinery. In his place, Sheva was to operate the boat during the race to Irving. Due to the development of co-op gameplay, the developers decided to make Josh the driver of the boat so that both Chris and Sheva could be playable at that point in the game.

Trivia

 * Looking at Josh's BSAA patch, you will notice that it says North American Branch rather than West African Branch. This still hasn't been fixed in Alternative Edition.
 * Josh's shotgun in mercenaries will kill any normal majini, no matter what distance.
 * His voiceactor TJ Storm also voiced Brad Garrison in Dead Rising, another game made by capcom.