Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler is a human male and main character of the TNT TV show The Last Ship. He is played by Eric Dane.
== History ==
===Early Life===
The son of U.S. Army veteran Jed Chandler, Tom Chandler was born in the state of Virginia. As a young man, Tom wanted to join the Navy to spite his father. Some time after joining the Navy, he married a woman named Darien and had two children with her, Sam and Ashley. 
At some point, Chandler learned and became fluent in Russian. 
===The Red Flu===
Chandler was the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Nathan James (DDG-151) when the Red Flu wiped out 80% of the Earth's population. Being one of the last hopes for the United States and the world, Chandler led the Nathan James and her crew on a mission to find a cure and save the world. Chandler led multiple teams through Guantanamo Bay and Nicaragua to find supplies needed to develop a cure, which was only possible thanks to the efforts of Dr. Rachel Scott. 
Aware of the importance of Dr. Scott and her research through a mole, Russian Admiral Konstantin Ruskov pursued the Nathan James and demanded that she be handed over or he would sink the Nathan James. Chandler, having learned about Ruskov's tactics and strategy through a book written by him, outwitted Ruskov and managed to sink his ship.
Upon landing in Baltimore, Chandler met with Amy Granderson, de-facto leader of Baltimore and in possession of labs that could mass produce the cure. However, Chandler realized that Granderson didn't want to distribute the cure to everyone; she had been luring people to Baltimore with the promise of better life and infecting them with the virus so she could feed the corpses to power specific buildings and keep a small portion of the population safe to rebuild society in the future. Her men seized control of the Nathan James and took the crew hostage while Chandler and other members of the crew were away. Chandler joined with an underground resistance movement to take down Granderson and retake the Nathan James. They succeeded, but Chandler was devastated when he found that his wife was infected with the virus and died in his arms.
Moving south to Florida, Chandler and the Nathan James discovered that a rogue Royal Navy submariner named Sean Ramsey had been spreading propaganda amongst survivors who had a gene that granted them immunity to the Red Flu. Ramsey and his multinational crew from Europe also had the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Jefferey Michener, following and supporting them, which gave them legitimacy amongst the American population. Chandler managed to isolate Michener and bring him aboard the Nathan James, where he convinced the reluctant Michener to take on the role of President of the United States. Ramsey attempted to attack the Nathan James, but the James repelled the attack and sank the sub, killing Ramsey and his crew.
===Rebuilding America===
Chandler was promoted to Captain and served as the Chief of Naval Operations under President Jeffrey Michener. During the reconstruction of the nation, the new government was faced with many challenges, including an aggressive China who sought to take advantage of the destabilized situation in East Asia. Chandler was sent to Asia to investigate a potential mutation of the Red Flu in Japan, where he became embroiled in local conflicts.
Upon returning home, Chandler was horrified to learn that Michener had been assassinated and local leaders had succeeded in a move to dissolve the United States and preserve their independent fiefdoms. Chandler and the crew of the Nathan James succeeded in stopping the coup and saving the government. However, Chandler was taunted into shooting the leader of the coup in cold blood, going against his values and principles. He then chose to retire from the Navy and move to Greece with his family.
===The Red Rust===
Sixteen months after the thwarted coup, a new virus affecting global agriculture put the world at risk of famine. Despite the new threat, Chandler refused to return to action and instead became a well-respected boxer in the Aegean Islands, gaining the nickname of Hercules. Meanwhile, the Nathan James was searching the Mediterranean for clues as to how to stop the Red Rust and crossed paths with Chandler, who agreed to return to the Nathan James once again and help find the cure. 
The trail led Chandler to a Dr. Vellek, who in cooperation with the remnants of the Greek Navy, planned to sabotage a potential cure to make the world's population subservient and lose their free will, allowing Greece to become a powerful nation again. Chandler thwarted Vellek's plans and tried to reason with the doctor, but Vellek leapt from his ship before he could be apprehended. 
===Gran Columbia===
Chandler attained the rank of Admiral and was a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy. He returned to the Nathan James after the nation of Gran Columbia decimated the fleet at Norfolk in a surprise attack. Chandler's relationships with his family, especially his daughter, began to show cracks as he became further estranged from them due to his time spent away at sea. 
Battling the naval forces of Gran Columbia, Chandler and the Nathan James faced off against a battleship, which succeeded in crippling the ship. Opting to do as much damage as possible, Chandler ordered the crew to abandon ship before ramming the Nathan James into the battleship, sinking both vessels and knocking Chandler unconscious. 
Below the water, Chandler entered a dream state where he saw numerous friends and enemies that had been killed, including Admiral Ruskov, Dr. Scott, and President Michener. Chandler then encountered Tex, who showed him footage of all his deceased friends on a TV. Tex then told Chandler that staying in this dream state won't change a thing and that he has to go back. Choosing to live, Chandler awoke from his dream state and swam to the surface, where he was rescued by his shipmates.
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Category:Live Action Heroes
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Category:Parents