One of his first acts upon taking charge of the SGC was dismantling its flagship team, SG-1. Major Samantha Carter was assigned to assist in the development of a Naquadah bomb, despite her reservations about the project, while Dr. Daniel Jackson was relegated to work as a base consultant; Bauer stated that an archaeologist had no place on a front-line unit. After Colonel Jack O'Neill protested, displaying his usual tact, Bauer relieved him of duty and reassigned Teal'c to SG-3.