Major James Sealander was a Firethorn mercenary working for Maxwell Newbold. He was also second-in-command for his team. Sealander was one of the mercenaries in the Firethorn convoy who guarded the nuclear missiles they stole from the Barataria. After the team took the missiles to one of their compounds, Sealander informed Newbold that the chopper they were supposed to transport the missiles in was too damaged for repairs. Seeing no other option, Newbold told Sealander to set explosives on the downed chopper, and he proceeded to tell the mercenaries to regroup at a safe house in Berbera. Later, Sealander defended the convoy when Bashir Ćawil Hanad and his soldiers tried to steal the missiles. After Jack Bauer and Abigail Harper stole the missiles from the mercenaries, Sealander and the oth