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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nuke261" data-source="post: 865267" data-attributes="member: 11182">Not my daddy's Stargate?  Good, then you won't mind if I rock the boat a little...CRAIG RUSSELL DURANT Fast 1/Strong 3/Navy SEAL 2STR   14  +2DEX   16  +3CON  14  +2INT    12  +1WIS   12  +1CHA   10  +0STARGATE COMMANDTO:  GENERAL GEORGE S. HAMMOND IIRECRUITMENT PROFILE: COMMANDER CRAIG RUSSELL DURANT, USNATTACHMENTS:  FILE PHOTO (1)As per your request, this office entered into an investigation of Commander Durant as a possible Stargate team leader.  To begin with, the Secretary of the Navy was embarrassed to release his files to us.  After reviewing the files and conducting interviews with some of Durant’s past commanders, it is highly understandable why.It is hard to comprehend how Durant ever got his own command, much less how he was able to build one of the nation’s top anti-terrorist units.  The man is one disaster after the next.  He has a long history of getting his way by using physical force on his fellow soldiers and even his superiors!  There are documented cases of Durant assaulting officers of the Navy, on four occasions.  There have been several charges of theft, fraud and insubordination.  The Navy Investigative Service has attempted to have Durant court-martialed, more than once.  These proceedings have always been halted under mysterious circumstances, that no one seems able to explain.Durant appears to view military protocol and chain of command as an option.  He has a regular habit of disregarding direct orders, simply because he chooses to.  He has even ran his own missions without any authorization but his own.Off the record, we have learned Durant has a possible alcohol problem.  He has become rowdy and uncontrollable at several diplomatic functions due to his lack of control.  There is also an unwritten order, within the Navy, that Durant no longer be granted access to any of the special operations teams he has been a part of in the past.  His reckless demeanor will no longer be tolerated by that community and they do not want him to set any kinds of examples with the younger men in the ranks.Overall, it is the opinion of this office that bringing Commander Durant into this program would be a monumental mistake.  Politically alone, being associated with him could destroy everything.   Commander Craig R. Durant should not be considered for ANY position within this organization. REQUEST DENIED General Hammond,    Don't let this guy pass us by.  This is the best man for the job.     Colonel O'NeilIt was a clear, crisp morning as Commander Craig Durant stepped from the doorway of his cargo plane.  He stopped to stretch his legs after the long plane flight from Europe.  I can’t believe it has been a year since I have been back in the states, thought Durant to himself.  He looked out across the field of planes and troops, all busy with their assignments.  “I won’t have to deal with that anymore,” he laughed.  No, Craig Durant knew he was at the end of his career.  This little trip overseas had only prolonged that.  Great Britain and Israel had put together a joint anti-terrorist unit and both insisted that the United States should send Durant to aid them.  Of course it didn’t hurt that the founders of the new unit and Durant had been friends since the beginnings of their careers in special forces.  It is good to have friends.  But Durant knew he had worn out his welcome in the Navy.  They didn’t care how much he had done for them, they wanted nothing more to do with his actions.As Durant began his climb down the stairs he noticed an Air Force Lieutenant, standing beside a staff car, a few feet from the stairs.  He briefly wondered if he could convince the officer he was a photo journalist and pass by.  He certainly looked much more the part than Navy Commander.  Dressed in a turtleneck sweater, tactical vest, khaki cargo pants, brown boots, past the shoulder hair and a scraggly goatee, he looked anything but military.  Can’t look like a soldier when you are hunting bad guys in their own back yard.  “Nah, might as well get this over with,” he sighed.  As he ended his descent, setting his duffel bags on the ground, he greeted the officer.  “Morning, L-T.  What can I do for the Air Farce today.”  He tried not to let his smirk grow into a smile.  The Lieutenant simply replied with, “Commander Durant.” And handed him a folder with a “Top Secret” color tab and “Eyes Only” stamped across it.  That certainly got his attention.  “Well at least he’s not here to arrest me,” he thought.  “At least I don’t think so.”  With that Commander Durant read the enclosed letter.  Then read it again.“This is different,” he muttered.  He had heard rumors of a secret Air Force Project in Colorado, but never anything solid.  He had always figured it was some no-big-deal experimental plane thing like at Area 51 and Wright Patterson.  Hell, some people even said Colonel Jack O’Neil was running it, but Jack was supposed to have killed himself after his boy died.  How do these rumors ever get started.  But why did the Air Force want him.  Was this some trap to try and set him up as a spy from the Navy to the Air Force?  Seemed pretty elaborate.  Well it wasn’t like anyone else was knocking down his door to work with him.  Might as well see what the Air Force is trying to hide out there, he thought.  And that kind of paycheck was worth it alone.“Alright, Lieutenant.  Looks like my plane trips aren’t over for the day.”  With that said, Craig Durant climbed into the car to begin another adventure.  “And don’t forget to get my bags, too.”</blockquote>

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