Garrett Sinclair is an officer with the U.S. Army.
He holds the very impressive rank of Lieutenant General, O-9, or the better understood 3-Star. This rank would normally be given someone who could be expected to command corps-sized units of 20-40 thousand soldiers. To put it in a different perspective, in a military force such as the current American Army with its 460,000+ active members, there are just over 40 with this rank and just over a dozen higher. Quite rare air for a member of this compendium.
We learn in a flashback that for a time Sinclair was high up in the Joint Special Operations Command with "responsibility for several dark sites - a euphemism for prisons, dungeons or chambers, or places very dangerous people go to be asked vehemently important questions and then never be heard from again.
Sinclair is a recently widowed father of two mostly grown children, his wife passing away just a few months before we meet him in the first recorded adventure. He is still grieving that loss and is truthful enough to admit he would be for a long time ahead.
"At six foot two inches with dark skin, I can pass for Arabic with the right headdress", Sinclair tells us. We also quickly learn that while his rank could easily have kept him out of the danger zone, a fact that according to him was a key motivator for many of his contemporaries, Sinclair thrives in the field and uses any excuse to avoid bureaucracy and get into the thick of things.
This eagerness for action, coupled with a keen desire to dig deeper into matters than many politicians and business/media tycoons want, will get Sinclair into a great deal of trouble and will alter his career in ways he never would have imagined. Luckily he has the loyal and dedicated members of his Dagger team to help him stay alive.
Good Lines:
- Concerning leadership, Sinclair says, "The moment never waited - you either commanded it or it commanded you, and even when you owned it, everything could go wrong."