Jason Morelli

Jason Morelli aka The Castaway is Jersey Morelli's father, a signalman in the Navy, has been away for over a year and a half. He is attached to Naval Intelligence, Radio Beacon Deployment Program, current tour of duty 513 days as of the date that Durga is found by Jersey Morelli. Likes classical/jazz music.

When Reach was glassed, Jason was assigned to a ship named the UNSC Soberg on a deep-space reconnaissance assignment.

In a live telephone call on October 19, Melissa confirmed that Jason is, in fact, the man she refers to as the The Castaway.

Partial transcript of Jersey.wav
Durga: ...Give me a target Jersey: Me Durga: Lock Jersey: What's my name? Durga: Jersey Morelli... Jersey: DAMN! Durga: Father Jason is a corporal in the signal core attached to Naval intelligence, Radio beacon deployment program. He left you the material currently playing over this room's audio servers.