Petty Officer Jessica Turner was not your normal sailor, in fact the brunette EOD specialist the distinct honour of being the first female to ever join a tier 1 seal unit and Bravo was the team Lindell had assigned her to when she moved to the states. She had been trained by the Australians primarily a EOD but also had extensive training in tactical and counter terrorism. Despite this however they refused to use her in the field and had been the subject of harassment and abuse from her command.

Lindell had come across her while attached to NATO himself and found her to be a highly talented, very athletic, dedicated, determined, reliable and always willing to put the safety and needs of others above her own, while the Australians preferred to use the words troublemaker, not a team player and lazy to describe her. Her fitness scores would outshine a good 95% of tier one operators and had passed all of Australia's selection process easy and he knew she would be the perfect addition to his command. When he found out she actually had dual citizenship with America he immediately contacted the secretary of the navy to discuss the possibility of having her transferred to DEVGRU program. He had met with strong opposition as she 'hadn't had enough experience in theatre' from what was in her service record from the RAN, however when they went through her NATO service record his request to transfer her was approved immediately.

Convincing the Australians to let her go was easy as they didn't want her, and as soon as he assured Jess she would still be doing the job she was with NATO and not every command would treat her like the Australians had and would value her she was keen to come over.

The Australians knew that if they reassigned her without a valid reason it would ruin the positive image that had been developed with Canberra in 'succesfuly intergrating females in combat'. They had actually expected her to 'wash out' of selection to prove to Canberra that females had no place in combat, but when she successfully completed selection they realised they would have to find another way to get rid of her. They decided that if they couldn't find a reason to transfer her and save face then they would find a way to ensure she requested the transfer herself because she couldn't handle the job, they would make her handle all their gear, washing, cleaning and fetching while the rest of the team got to relax and put there feet up. They would take her underwear and hang it up everywhere they could on base calling it a fun joke. Made open remarks in front everyone asking her which superior she was currently sleeping with to convince them she was good enough to be there and give her the high fitness and competence scores she would get. She was always referred to as 'Little Jessie' by command if they weren't calling her hunny or they were telling her to 'be a good little girl' before getting her to do something. That was only the stuff she would mention if asked what was happening, everyone else suspected there was more going on than she admitted but she wouldn't discuss it. If she even attempted to open her mouth to say something about the behaviour they displayed she was told they were just having a little fun and joking with her and if she couldn't handle it then she should transfer to the gally.

She had a lot of trust issues because of this, she could do her job in theatre, she had to be perfect, couldn't show even a small hint of weakness even if it was tearing her apart inside she didn't even dare speak up. Everything was always fine, she was fine and no one was allowed to suggest the possibility that it wasn't. So the last challenge was going to be finding the ideal team for her

While he had butted heads with Jason Hayes in the past he knew that he and Bravo would be the ideal environment and Eric was the type of CO that could provide that extra support and encouragement she needed to learn and trust again. He also knew that Bravo would always get frustrated waiting for a translator if Clay wasn't aware of the language, or being held up in the field waiting for an EOD to get dispatched because they found something or having to be assigned a cultural liaison in dealing with situations in the middle east with a particular focus on having to leave one of the team behind in favour of the liaison they were expected to carry, they were all skills Jess could bring to the team.

Lindell knew it would be hard convincing Bravo than her being assigned was not a punishment but once he disclosed in confidence to Eric what she had gone through with the Australians and still not throwing everything in and walking away he knew she was a fighter who would never give up, after Eric explained the situation to Jason and the others, minus a lot of what she had gone through in the past with the Australians they quickly warmed up to the idea of having a sister on the team. 6 months later it had become impossible to imagine Jess not being on Bravo.

In Jason's opinion, bringing Jess in and assigning her to Bravo was the best decision Lindell had made since taking command, and while some of the other teams had made fun of Bravo getting dumped with her initially, with the exceptionofAlpha, Jason would now promptly remind them all, that she was his EOD specialist when they came to him asking for her assistance with anything