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* AgentsDating: She used to Alexander Hoffman's handler when he was carrying out missions for the U.S. It didn't take long for them to start sleeping with each other as well.



** InformedAttribute: Yet in spite of the above, he is easily fooled and held at gunpoint by the cute {{Hackette}} who turns out to be a Russian mole in "The Seville Defection."

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** InformedAttribute: InformedAbility: Yet in spite of the above, he is easily fooled and held at gunpoint by the cute {{Hackette}} who turns out to be a Russian mole in "The Seville Defection."



* RealMenLoveJesus: On top of his call sign, he wears a very prominent cross necklace and briefly discusses Christian theology with Alex Hoffman in "Close to Home, Part 1."

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* RealMenLoveJesus: On top of his call sign, he wears a very prominent cross necklace between missions and briefly discusses Christian theology with Alex Hoffman in "Close to Home, Part 1."



* ButNotTooForeign: He's a Muslim-American who grew up in Lebanon.

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* ButNotTooForeign: He's a Muslim-American Lebanese-American Muslim who grew up in Lebanon.



* MyGreatestFailure: When he was 19, he blew off [[spoiler: his younger sister and told her to take the bus rather than drive her like he was supposed to. [[DeadLittleSister The bomb that took out the bus]] was so powerful that there were no remains for the family to bury]], leading to Amir dedicating his life to taking down terrorist organizations.

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* MyGreatestFailure: When he was 19, he blew off [[spoiler: his younger sister and told her to take the bus home rather than drive her like he was supposed to. [[DeadLittleSister The bomb that took out the bus]] was so powerful that there were no remains for the family to bury]], leading to Amir dedicating his life to taking down terrorist organizations.



* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic, English and Farsi. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection." Subverted in episode 8, "Render Safe" when he's the only team member who knows the Kazakh language, but he can barely string together a coherent sentence and him invoking the name of Allah in the language angers the Kazakh nomads the team is trying to calm down.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic, English and Farsi. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection." Subverted in episode 8, "Render Safe" "Stealth" when he's the only team member who knows the Kazakh language, but he can barely string together a coherent sentence and him invoking the name of Allah in the language angers the Kazakh nomads the team is trying to calm down.



* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He is the prime infiltrator of the group whenever they need a closer look at things on the ground. Looking harmless and BeneathNotice enables him to fade into the background as easily as opening a door.
* SecretlyWealthy: He kept his family's wealth a secret from his team until he accidentally let it slip that his family had a cook when he was growing up, leading to Dalton to use his embarrassment to surmise that the Al-Raisinis actually had an entire household staff.

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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He is the prime infiltrator of the group whenever they need a closer look at things on the ground. Looking harmless and BeneathNotice enables him to fade into the background as easily as opening a door.
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* SecretlyWealthy: He kept his family's wealth a secret from his team until he accidentally let it slip that his family had a cook when he was growing up, leading to leading Dalton to use his embarrassment to surmise that the Al-Raisinis actually had an entire household staff.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Grounded" has her be the SOG team's primary point of contact, as she is Colombian, speaks the language, and knows the country well.



* CunningLinguist: Is fluent in English and Spanish.



* {{Omniglot}}: Is fluent in English and Spanish.



** InformedAttribute: Yet in spite of the above, he is easily fooled and held at gunpoint by the cute {{Hackette}} who turns out to be a Russian mole in "The Seville Defection."



* GoodIsNotNice: He shot Hossein's cousin, Omid, in the leg and threatens to let him die of blood loss in "Desperate Measures".

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* GoodIsNotNice: JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He shot Hossein's cousin, Omid, in the leg and threatens to let him die of blood loss in "Desperate Measures".



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He becomes incredibly reckless after Jaz is captured in "Desperate Measures."



* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English and French.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English English, French, and French. Arabic.



* ActionGirl: The only female commando in the SOG team.



* ButNotTooForeign: She's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated her ethnicity.

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* ButNotTooForeign: She's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated her ethnicity.Her exact ethnicity is never stated.



* FlatWhat: Her reaction to Alex Hoffman when he nonchalantly refers to Dalton [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend as her boyfriend.]]



* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English, [[AllThereInTheManual French]] and some Russian. Subverted on an op in Mexico where her not knowing Spanish almost blows the mission.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This tactic is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea since women aren't taken very seriously in special operations.

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* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English, [[AllThereInTheManual French]] and some Russian.Russian & Farsi. Subverted on an op in Mexico where her not knowing Spanish almost blows the mission.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This tactic is mainly used in some Middle Eastern countries like Israel and South Korea Syria & Iran since women aren't taken very seriously in special operations.
* TheSquadette: The only female commando in the SOG team.



* MyGreatestFailure: When he was 19, he blew off [[spoiler: his younger sister and told her to take the bus rather than drive her like he was supposed to. The bomb that took out the bus was so powerful that there were no remains for the family to bury]], leading to Amir dedicating his life to taking down terrorist organizations.

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* MyGreatestFailure: When he was 19, he blew off [[spoiler: his younger sister and told her to take the bus rather than drive her like he was supposed to. [[DeadLittleSister The bomb that took out the bus bus]] was so powerful that there were no remains for the family to bury]], leading to Amir dedicating his life to taking down terrorist organizations.
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* RealMenLoveJesus: On top of his call sign, he wears a very prominent cross necklace and briefly discusses Christian theology with Alex Hoffman in "Close to Home, Part 1."
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Hannah makes contact with DIA groups in the field.

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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Hannah makes contact with DIA groups in the field.
field. "Grounded" reveals it's the first time she's ever met any of them in person..
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* {{Omniglot}}: Is fluent in English and Spanish.

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* ButNotTooForeign[=/=]MixedRace: Her father's an American and her mom's a Colombian from Caracolí as revealed in "Grounded".



* YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily in "Break Out" when Patricia is trapped in Helmand Prison.

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* YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily in "Break Out" when Patricia is trapped in Helmand Prison.
Prison and in "Grounded" while Patricia was being suspended.
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* GoodIsNotNice: He shot Hossein's cousin, Omid, in the leg and threatens to let him die of blood loss in "Desperate Measures".
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-> ''Played by'': Mike Vogel
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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection." Subverted in episode 8, "Render Safe" when he's the only team member who knows the Kazakh language, but he can barely string together a coherent sentence and him invoking the name of Allah in the language angers the Kazakh nomads the team is trying to calm down.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic Arabic, English and English.Farsi. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection." Subverted in episode 8, "Render Safe" when he's the only team member who knows the Kazakh language, but he can barely string together a coherent sentence and him invoking the name of Allah in the language angers the Kazakh nomads the team is trying to calm down.

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[[folder:Special Operations Group]]
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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English and French.



* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea since women aren't taken very seriously in special operations.

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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This tactic is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea since women aren't taken very seriously in special operations.
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* NonActionGuy: He loves the fact that being an analyst means he can enjoy coffee and snacks while working.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English, Arabic, Pashto and Russian.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English, Arabic, Pashto Pashto, German, and Russian.
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* UpThroughTheRanks: He is a former enlisted man who earned a commission. His team continues to call him "Top", a nickname bestowed upon First Sergeants.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English, Arabic, and Russian.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English, Arabic, Pashto and Russian.
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An ex-CIA agent, who is currently a DIA analyst. She helps coordinates the DIA's activities.

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An ex-CIA agent, who is currently a DIA analyst. She helps coordinates coordinate the DIA's activities.



* BadLiar: In episode 6 "The Seville Defection," he tells Paloma he's a Canadian and a medic. The next morning, the tattoo on his back obviously gives him away as American special forces.

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* BadLiar: In episode 6 "The Seville Defection," he tells Paloma he's a Canadian and a medic. The next morning, the tattoo on his back obviously gives him away as American special forces. At least the medic part is true.



* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection".
* RealMenLoveJesus: He is a devout Muslim who makes sure to pray even when he is in the middle of a mission.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection".
Protection." Subverted in episode 8, "Render Safe" when he's the only team member who knows the Kazakh language, but he can barely string together a coherent sentence and him invoking the name of Allah in the language angers the Kazakh nomads the team is trying to calm down.
* RealMenLoveJesus: [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love Muhammad]]: He is a devout Muslim who makes sure to pray even when he is in the middle of a mission.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Jaz tells Amir that her previous partner, Elijah Vallins, died during an op because he went to the wrong room. She didn't want the same thing to happen to Amir.



* MoleInCharge: During his time undercover with ISIS he rose high enough in the organization that years later his name still carries a lot of weight. The leader of the Paris cell shows him great respect despite Amir showing up out of the blue and interfering in their operation.

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* MoleInCharge: During his time undercover with ISIS ISIS, he rose high enough in the organization that years later his name still carries a lot of weight. The leader of the Paris cell shows him great respect despite Amir showing up out of the blue and interfering in their operation.


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-->''Yes. I'm the traitor. (Stabs Omar in the chest) [[BadassBoast I have devoted my life to bringing down men like you, and I'm not going to sleep until all of you are in the hell you deserve.]]''
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* HappilyMarried: Has two daughters and is married. But he gets annoyed from time to time when his kids call him and ask him to buy stuff for them.
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* MoleInCharge: During his time undercover with ISIS he rose high enough in the organization that years later his name still carries a lot of weight. The leader of the Paris cell shows him great respect despite Amir showing up out of the blue and interfering in their operation.

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* ButNotTooForeign: He's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated his ethnicity.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before the show's event, he infiltrated ISIL in a covert operation years ago under the watch of the CIA.

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* ButNotTooForeign: He's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated his ethnicity.
Muslim-American who grew up in Lebanon.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before the show's event, events, he infiltrated ISIL in a covert operation and spent three years ago undercover under the watch of the CIA.



* MyGreatestFailure: When he was 19, he blew off [[spoiler: his younger sister and told her to take the bus rather than drive her like he was supposed to. The bomb that took out the bus was so powerful that there were no remains for the family to bury]], leading to Amir dedicating his life to taking down terrorist organizations.



* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He is the prime infiltrator of the group whenever they need a harlcloser look at things on the ground. Looking harmless and BeneathNotice enables him to fade into the background as easily as opening a door.

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* RealMenLoveJesus: He is a devout Muslim who makes sure to pray even when he is in the middle of a mission.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He is the prime infiltrator of the group whenever they need a harlcloser closer look at things on the ground. Looking harmless and BeneathNotice enables him to fade into the background as easily as opening a door.
* SecretlyWealthy: He kept his family's wealth a secret from his team until he accidentally let it slip that his family had a cook when he was growing up, leading to Dalton to use his embarrassment to surmise that the Al-Raisinis actually had an entire household staff.
* SupremeChef: He's the best cook in the team and fusses over his ingredients in contrast to how his teammates throw food that is vaguely edible onto the table.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: The show suggests that an op she was in nearly got her killed, which is why she went for a desk job.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: The show suggests that an op she She was in a field agent before being captured by a drug cartel and nearly got tortured to death. She has a large scar on her killed, which neck and Campbell is why she went for a desk job.seen reviewing photos that show it's just one of dozens that cover her body.

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* BadLiar: In episode 6 "The Seville Defection," he tells Paloma he's a Canadian and a medic. The next morning, the tattoo on his back obviously gives him away as American special forces.



* AmbiguouslyBrown: Amir uses his ethnicity to masquerade as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Amir uses his ethnicity to masquerade easily pose as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops.a local in a variety of locales from the Middle East to Mexico.



* TheInfiltration: He posed as an ISIL fighter years ago as a ReverseMole.

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* TheInfiltration: He posed as an ISIL ISIS fighter years ago as a ReverseMole.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: With a dose of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, Amir's infiltration op into the ranks of ISIL is similar to the BBC news headline that the Iraqi military revealed that they ran a black op on ISIL's forces in Iraq when some soldiers infiltrated the group and was able to get the names and affiliation of its fighters and leaders.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: With a dose of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, Amir's infiltration op into the ranks of ISIL ISIS is similar to the BBC news headline that the Iraqi military revealed that they ran a black op on ISIL's ISIS's forces in Iraq when some soldiers infiltrated the group and was able to get the names and affiliation of its fighters and leaders.




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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He is the prime infiltrator of the group whenever they need a harlcloser look at things on the ground. Looking harmless and BeneathNotice enables him to fade into the background as easily as opening a door.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English.
English. He spoke French briefly in "Enhanced Protection".
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* AdultFear: She lost her son in Afghanistan while fighting in combat ops.

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* AdultFear: She lost her son in Afghanistan while fighting participating in combat ops.a humanitarian operation to build a girl's school. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood The American Taliban member can't seem to get why he would do such a thing since he was a Marine]].




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* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Interogated a Somali pirate by herself with ice cubes by her side in Africa. A few days later, she was able to extract critical informnation.




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* YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily in "Break Out" when Patricia is trapped in Helmand Prison.



* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea.

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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea.
Korea since women aren't taken very seriously in special operations.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English and Russian.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English English, Arabic, and Russian.

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A Muslim-American raised in New York state. She serves as the team's main sniper.

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A Muslim-American raised in New York state. She serves as the team's main sniper. \n [[AllThereInTheManual Before joining the SOG, she was briefly trained in Delta Force]].



* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English and some Russian. Subverted on an op in Mexico where her not knowing Spanish almost blows the mission.

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* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English English, [[AllThereInTheManual French]] and some Russian. Subverted on an op in Mexico where her not knowing Spanish almost blows the mission.



The SOG's medic. He serves as the backup sniper in case Jaz is in the field.

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The SOG's medic. He serves as the backup sniper in case Jaz is in the field.
field. [[AllThereInTheManual Used to be with Delta Force like Dalton]].



* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Spent some time with Delta Force before he worked with the DIA.



The new recruit and ex-intelligence agent who infiltrated ISIL operations prior to recruitment to the SOG.

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The new recruit and ex-intelligence agent who infiltrated ISIL operations prior to recruitment to the SOG.
SOG. Used to be a field officer with the CIA.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before the show's event, he infiltrated ISIL in a covert operation years ago.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before the show's event, he infiltrated ISIL in a covert operation years ago.ago under the watch of the CIA.
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* ButNotTooForeign: He's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated his ethnicity.

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* MeaningfulName: He's called Preach because he uses his OlderAndWiser status to advice the younger members of the SOG in what to do in case things go south.



* ActionGirl: The only female commando in the SOG team.



* KnifeNut: Likes to use a combat knife when close quarters combat happens.



* RidiculouslyAverageGuy

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* RidiculouslyAverageGuy
RidiculouslyAverageGuy: She's used to infiltrate places where a woman is seen to be less suspicious than a man. This is used in some countries like Israel and South Korea.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Jaz uses her ethnicity to masquerade as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Jaz uses her ethnicity to masquerade as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops. She also has no problems pretending to be Latino.



* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English and some Russian.

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* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English and some Russian. Subverted on an op in Mexico where her not knowing Spanish almost blows the mission.
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* BadassBookWorm: Used to be a career CIA agent before he was recruited to work for the DIA.

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* BadassBookWorm: Used to be a career CIA agent before he was recruited to work for the DIA.DIA and is revealed to have been the top of his class during training at the Farm.
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!!Defense Intelligence Agency:

[[folder:Washington Headquarters]]

!!Patricia Campbell

The current Deputy Director of the DIA. She lost her son, who was killed in combat operations in Afghanistan.

* AdultFear: She lost her son in Afghanistan while fighting in combat ops.
* DaChief: In charge of the DIA's daily operations.

!!Hannah Riviera

An ex-CIA agent, who is currently a DIA analyst. She helps coordinates the DIA's activities.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The show suggests that an op she was in nearly got her killed, which is why she went for a desk job.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Hannah makes contact with DIA groups in the field.

!!Noah Morgenthau

An ex-CIA agent, who is currently a DIA analyst. He's one of the agency's many cultural specialists.

* BadassBookWorm: Used to be a career CIA agent before he was recruited to work for the DIA.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Enjoys a drink of coffee in the morning before he starts work.

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[[folder:Special Operations Group]]

!!Captain Adam Dalton

Leader of the SOG team based in Incirlik Air Base. He used to be with Delta Force.

* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Spent some time with Delta Force before he worked with the DIA.
* {{Omniglot}}: Can speak English and Russian.
* TheLeader: In charge of the DIA's SOG.

!!Chief Petty Officer Ezekiel "Preach" Carter

Ex-Navy [=SEAL=] and SOG team member who runs video/audio surveillance.

* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Spent some time with the [=SEALs=] before he worked with the DIA.

!!Sergeant Jasmine "Jaz" Khan

A Muslim-American raised in New York state. She serves as the team's main sniper.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Jaz uses her ethnicity to masquerade as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops.
* ButNotTooForeign: She's a Muslim-American, but the show hasn't stated her ethnicity.
* ColdSniper: To her enemies before she kills them.
** FriendlySniper: To her team when they need help.
* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks Arabic, English and some Russian.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy

!!Sergeant Joseph J. "[=McG=]" [=McGuire=]

The SOG's medic. He serves as the backup sniper in case Jaz is in the field.

* CombatMedic: His job is to patch up injuries of his comrades or allies in the field, unless the injury's serious that the person needs to go to the hospital.
* FriendlySniper: To his team.

!!Agent Amir Al-Raisini

The new recruit and ex-intelligence agent who infiltrated ISIL operations prior to recruitment to the SOG.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Amir uses his ethnicity to masquerade as an Arab Muslim during infiltration ops.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Before the show's event, he infiltrated ISIL in a covert operation years ago.
* TheInfiltration: He posed as an ISIL fighter years ago as a ReverseMole.
* NewMeat: Is the newest member of the SOG.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: With a dose of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, Amir's infiltration op into the ranks of ISIL is similar to the BBC news headline that the Iraqi military revealed that they ran a black op on ISIL's forces in Iraq when some soldiers infiltrated the group and was able to get the names and affiliation of its fighters and leaders.
* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks Arabic and English.

[[/folder]]

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