(Unknown Soldier IV #2-6) - Jack fought in the Congo War, but went AWOL. He made his way to Uganda, enjoying the nightlife, hard drinking and prostitutes. UPDF soldiers found him, and said all would be forgiven if he located Moses Lwanga, a famous doctor who'd gone missing after an encounter with the LRA. Howl visited Moses' IDP clinic in Alcholiland, and asked to talk to his wife Sera, claiming he was a member of Human Rights Watch. Sera took him to where Moses was last seen, and he found some of his personal effects, but hid them from her. She started to question his credentials, but he waived her off, and went looking for any nearby shelter where Moses might have gone after the LRA attack. He found a nearby Catholic mission, and Sister Sharon said Moses had been brought there by a herdsman, his face in shambles. She didn't like the looks of Jack, and told him he could meet with Moses in the chapel, away from her girls' school. Howl instantly recognized Moses was far more than a doctor, and Moses didn't believe for a second that he was a human rights' crusader. Howl admitted he was working for the CIA and Moses said he never wanted to see his face again. Moses left to return to the IDP camp, but the LRA came looking for him, so Howl gave up his location to Sister Sharon, but asked her to keep his name out of it. The LRA attacked, and Moses cut them down. The CIA checked in on Howl, and he said he had no idea where Moses was; that he was probably dead in the bush. The agents didn't believe he'd really tried, and told him he'd blown his only chance at a clean record and leaving Africa. Howl said he loved Africa, even though the rest of the world was always trying to pick the meat from it's bones, and told the agents to get lost.

(Unknown Soldier IV #8, 9) - Jack was kidnapped by Kiwanja, who ran a group of political refuges that were an economic liberation movement. He was prepared to execute Jack on camera to bring US attention to the Sudan's plight, but preferred that Jack bring him Moses Lwanga. Jack said he'd get him, but was lying and twice tried to leave town, but Kiwanja's men foiled him. When he ran into Jack ran into Moses in Gulu, where the UPDF were pursuing him for killing one of their own. He told Moses he'd become a celebrity because of his one man war against the LRA, and offered to introduce him to some friends and a safe space. Moses didn't trust him, but agreed anyway, having no other options. Howl introduced him to Kiwanja, who told Moses he admired his fight, and said his organization planned on killing American celebrity and humanitarian Margaret Wells and blaming it on the LRA, hoping to gain international recognition of Uganda's plight and to put pressure on President Museveni to kill Joseph Kony. Moses refused to discuss the details of the meeting with Howl, who told him a story about encountering Siafu, the driver ants of Africa, and how they crawled down your throat and choked you. He said ideals were the same way, the little things choked you from inside, and he was confident he'd gained a bit of trust from Moses, and could use him to kill his enemies for him.

(Unknown Soldier IV #11, 12, 15 (fb)) - Moses went to Kiwanja's hideout, and found a drunk Jack Lee Howl, who wasked if he was there to kill Kiwanja or collaborate with him more. Moses told Jack it was obvious he was trying to manipulate him despite constantly calling him friend, but they both agreed Kiwanja had to be taken down, and Moses explained that after he chose not to kill Margaret Wells Kiwanja and his crew must have left for the memorial benefit in his honor that she was hosting. Howl called Jan Heemskerk, head of Mura Trust Pharmaceuticals, and got them cover jobs and booking at the hotel in Kampala where Wells was staying. Once they arrived Moses bemoaned that he'd done horrible things recently, and Jack said that was inevitable when you were waging a war. Moses told Jack that if they were really friends he'd never call him by his old name ever again. At the benefit Jack lured Kiwanja up to his room, and Moses beat him until he admitted that he wasn't calling the shots, his ally T'any was, but he acted as front man because many of his followers wouldn't listen to a woman. Moses failed to kill T'any, but shot off her ear and killed a number of her collaborators. Jack had Kiwanja at gunpoint while Wells gave a speech honoring Moses' life's work and introducing Sera Lwanga to the crowd. Kiwanja signaled a sniper, but Jack interfered in the shot, which hit Rachel Callos, Moses ex-fiancée who'd come to mourn Moses. Jack and Moses fled, but when Sera spotted them she was infuriated that her husband was leaving her again. Moses told Jack he was returning to the bush to wage his war, and Jack said he sounded like somebody had programmed him to be a killer, and he should give some thought to who might do that.

(Unknown Soldier IV #22, 23) - Sera shut down her clinic to devote all her time to finding Moses, but the decision left her feeling empty inside. Jack Lee Howl found her, and showed her a newspaper article saying the bandaged man had been captured by US forces after a clash with the UPDF, and told her if she wanted to know more he'd meet her at a hotel in Kitgum. Moses was in CIA custody, and remembered the programming that made him a sleeper agent. He pretended to be back in the fold, and after passing a psychological assesment he requested Howl be his handler. His first assignment with Howl was to take out an Islamic fundamentalist camp in Kenya, but Moses had Jack surreptitiously use his uplink computer to access the CIA's information on Joseph Kony and locate him, which Howl found surprisingly easy to do. Moses broke out of the compound with Howl using a stolen armored truck, and Howl told him he'd left Sera waiting for information about her husband in Kitgum. Howl arranged their meeting, and he told her to live her life and do good, but the Moses she knew was gone. She was furious he'd dragged her into his violent world without a word of explanation and they parted paths. Jack was still happy he'd tried to bring closure to Sera, one of the only selfless acts he'd ever done, knowing she represented a good and beautiful world he was not a part of. Jack told Moses he was parting paths, and Moses told him he was an old dog ready to curl up and die while Moses was going to make the world a better place by destroying Kony.

(Unknown Soldier IV #25) - Moses found Kony's camp and died trying to kill the head of the LRA. Howl vanished into the bush, and contracted HIV. He received top-notch treatment, but no one knew where it came from.

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