User:ThePeteFiles/Minor Characters List

Gracie Armstrong

 * Born in 1986
 * GWOT Gold Star Family Member - Older Brother was a Special Forces Sergeant KIA'd in OIF in 2007.
 * Military Family - Lived by Fort Campbell, Kentucky where father was former 5th SFG (A).
 * Work at CIA as a Targeting Analyst from (2009 to 2014) then join Boston Consulting Group for two years (2015 to 2017).
 * Join Third Option Foundation in 2018, marry Gunner in 2020.

Sydney O'Brien
Sydney attended the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with an athletic scholarship and declared a Major in Communication Studies. She was recognized as a standout player on the lacrosse team and became well-known across the campus. Throughout the 2007 season, she reached the NCAA Tournament but was eliminated. She suffered an injury and redshirted to extend her eligibility in 2008. In her free time, she reconnected with Emerson and began dating him again. In 2009, she was selected for Team USA in the Women's World Lacrosse Cup in 2009 and traveled with the team to win Gold. In the remaining three years, she led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Tournament three times and were eliminated each time. In 2010, she graduated with a Bachelors of Art in Communication Studies and enrolled into the Masters of Accounting then graduated in 2011.

In 2011, Sydney was hired by the university as an Assistant Coach and won her first National Championship in 2013. In-between, she traveled to Germany to visit Emerson and celebrate major events such as Christmas. Throughout the travels, she began to realize her time as a lacrosse player and coach was becoming tough to balance with her relationship. Ultimately Sydney decided to pick Emerson after having a long distance relationship for nearly five years. She let the Head Coach of UNC know she was not returning for the 2014 season. She was then selected for Team USA in the Women's World Lacrosse Cup and competed with the team in 2013 to win Gold again.

After winning Gold, Sydney returned to the United States and joined Emerson in Federal Way, Washington by 2014. She was hired by PricewaterhouseCooper in Seattle as an Associate. In her free time, she learned to adjust to living with a significant other in the military. She was promoted to Senior Associate and Manager within PwC in 2017, which also came with the birth of their first child named Rachel. While Emerson was deployed, Sydney learned about the valuable 1st SFG (A) support network to help with stressful situations. She helped with expanding lacrosse into the Seattle area by volunteering at camps and clinics along with helping club teams for universities and high schools.

Moving to Alexandria, Virginia, she was close to home in McLean, Virginia where she had their second child, Bear Reed in 2021. Sydney left PwC in 2022 as a Senior Manager and joined the Third Option Foundation after networking with Gunner Rawley and meeting his wife. She opened a door into learning about the clandestine force of the United States and their work to ensure the safety of Americans. She grew to appreciate the work Emerson was doing and saw him becoming more comfortable with opening up about his life and work to her. In her free time, she was a volunteer for Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School as a lacrosse coach and became an informal advisor to the head coach.

Jonathon Reed
Graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1980, Jonathon commissioned into the United States Army as an Intelligence Officer. He served in Germany for three years before returning to the United States to become a Signals Intelligence Officer. Upon completing his training, he was assigned to Washington DC where he worked in a staff position within the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. Jonathon met Heather, married her after two years, and had their first child in 1984 with their second born in 1986. He left the Army after eight years and joined Raytheon Company where he rose the ranks within the Raytheon Intelligence, Information, and Services business unit.

Throughout his business career, Jonathon amassed a strong political and military network. He left as a Vice President in 2002 to join CACI International Inc. and rose to be a President of National Security and Innovative Solutions. In 2011, he retired from CACI International Inc. and joined the Center for a New American Security.

Tara Tempier

 * Enlisted Career (2009 - Present)
 * 38M - Human Intelligence Collector
 * Cultural Support Team - 4 Tour of Duty
 * USASOC Support Work - 5th SFG (A), JSOC Intel Brigade and JREG
 * HUMINT and Targeting Work.