In the wake of the NCR's capture of Navarro, the group fled the area and attempted to integrate into civilian life, but this was short-lived. As he grew up, he bonded closely with his mother and his de facto family, the Enclave Remnants, a group that had formerly served in the same unit as his father. To this day, the specifics of his father's death are unknown to him.
His father died while Arcade was still an infant, killed in combat on an away mission.