Jonas Blane

Command Sergeant Major Jonas Blane is a highly accomplished special operations soldier who has helped save the United States from devastating national security threats on numerous occasions.

Jonas was born in San Mateo California. His father, Charles Blane, was a deputy sheriff and former U.S. Army military policeman. His mother, Gladys Blane, was a homemaker and house cleaner. After Jonas graduated from high school, he married his girlfriend, Molly. Shortly afterwards, he enlisted in the United States. Jonas decided to become an Army Ranger.

After completing basic combat training and advanced individual training at the U.S. Army Infantry School, he went on to the U.S. Army Airborne School. Upon completing airborne training, Jonas went through Ranger indoctrination training and was then assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion. He later attended and passed the U.S. Army Ranger School, earning the Ranger Tab. Jonas eventually became a fire team leader. Soon after, he attended the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course. Upon its successful completion, Jonas went through the Special Forces Qualification Course and then joined the United States Army Special Forces as a junior special forces weapons sergeant in the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group.

He eventually rose to the position of a senior weapons sergeant. A little while after being promoted to Sergeant First Class, Jonas became an assistant operations and intelligence sergeant. Sometime later, his extraordinary work during counterinsurgency and anti-terrorism operations caught the attention of several officials in the Joint Special Operations Command. He was invited to apply to join an elite ultra-clandestine special operations unit.

Designated "1st Special Actions Group", this black ops team is simply referred to as "The Unit" by its members. The Unit officially does not exist and its immediate chain of command goes to The Unit's commanding officer straight to the President of the United States; this bypasses the Secretary of Defense. It operates under the cover of being known as the 303rd Logistical Studies Group, and its operators are all under cover of being desk bound clerks and military logistics personnel.

Jonas accepted the offer and applied to join the 1st Special Actions Group. After completing the selection and training process, he was assigned to the The Unit's Alpha Team. Jonas eventually rose to the position of an assistant team sergeant and then a team sergeant after his promotion to Master Sergeant. He became a team leader upon being promoted to Sergeant Major. In that capacity, Jonas leads Alpha Team in such missions as hostage rescue, the capture and elimination of terrorist forces and intelligence gathering on terrorist threats, as well as various other "projects" authorized by the U.S. government deemed unsuitable and too risky for standard military forces.

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 * This character appeared in the CBS television series, The Unit.