-Thomas in the opening speech Thomas James Miller is a soldier for the US Governments Recovery and Reconnaissance Squadron or USRRS, Charlie Squadron. He is the rank of Sergeant and is second in command behind Captain Jonas Archer. He, along with the rest of Charlie Squad, were sent to a Middle Eastern village named Aku-Bakr in 1999 to retrieve a Bioweapon from a terrorist leader Muhammud Abu Buliji.