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Wendall "Elvis" Haynes : A Marine who is a close friend of Love Machine, Elvis attempted a kamikaze strike on the 7th Squadron Unit, Bravo Unit, to avenge the death of Love Machine. Although Elvis himself was killed, he managed to foil Bravo Unit's attempt in killing the US president
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Sinovirus, both Reccondo commandos and a rogue 7th Squadron Unit attempted to retrieve Kevin from American soil. He managed to escape from the two threats with the help of the Marines and survived the day's
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officer, Webster was responsible for the security of the Football, a briefcase important to the President himself. However, he betrayed the President and leagued with Caesar, triggering his plan by giving him the Football. He was later killed by
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Lucifer James Leary : A serial killer based in Area 7 as a test subject, he is known to have committed several acts of cannibalism during his criminal career. Leary was later killed by Schofield who dropped him into a pool of Komodo
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Major Kurt Logan : The overall commanding officer of the 7th Squadron Units in Area 7 (who were ordered to assassinate the US president) and the commander of Alpha Unit, one of the 7th Squadron Units in Area 7. He was killed by
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Staff Sergeant Elizabeth "Fox" Gant : Another Marine who is a close friend of Schofield and Mother. Together with Schofield, the two managed at the last moment to foil Caesar's revolutionary plan. Fox survived the events of the
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Colonel Jerome T. Harper : The Commanding Officer of Area 7, Harper was revealed as leagued with Caesar in achieving his revolutionary plan. He was killed in a brutal fashion by Lucifer Leary, a serial killer within the
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Doctor Herbert Franklin : An immunologist involved in highly classified projects within Area 7, he was killed by the Reccondos who attempted to steal a vaccine against the Sinovirus and retreat from American
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Gunnery Sergeant Gena "Mother" Newman : A Marine and close friend of Schofield. Was presumed to have been killed by the 7th Squadron, but was later revealed to have cheated death. Her call sign is short for
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Seth Grimshaw : The presumed leader of Area 7's prisoners, Grimshaw attempted to escape Area 7 after the majority of prisoners were killed by Harper's Sino Virus agent. He was later killed by Janson.
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so that to prevent the detonation of the warheads, the president must place his hand on the fingerprint sensor on the Football (that is being kept in Caesar's possession) every 90 minutes.
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Captain Luther "Python" Willis : The commander of Charlie Unit, one of the 7th Squadron Units in Area 7. He was killed by the rogue Echo Unit, in league with the Chinese Government.
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Lieutenant Colonel Michelle Dallas : The copilot of Marine One, she was never mentioned to have escaped Area 7 and was most likely killed around the same time as Grier.
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Nicholas Tate III : The President's Domestic Policy Adviser, Tate managed to survive the day's events, although he was horrified by several elements of the novel.
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containing the Sinovirus) the scientists had to create a genetically engineered human, a boy named Kevin, whose blood could be used to produce
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