Sam Hanna

Osama "Sam" Hanna is a former Navy SEAL-turned-NCIS Special Agent who is assigned to the Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles and is currently partnered with NCIS Special Agent, G. Callen.
He is the widower of Michelle Hanna, and the father of Aiden Hanna and Kamran Hanna.
==Biography==
===Pre-Series===
Born on January 14 (the same date as his actor, LL Cool J) in New York City to Raymond Hanna who became a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, and an unnamed mother. Sam grew up in New York and harbored the dream of being a Navy SEAL from a very early age.
As a child, Sam was sent to school by his father who was a Colonel with his father disciplining young Sam very hard. 
During his time in high school, Sam was a wide receiver on his high school football team and had plans to go pro, but a shin injury prevented this.
After graduating from high school, Sam later joined the United States Navy, greatly disappointing his father who had hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps and become a Marine instead. During his time as a SEAL, Sam learned to swim after realizing he needed to be proficient. Sam would rise to the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer in DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six), and his reputation made him be regarded as a legend by his fellows. He served in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. While on one mission in Bosnia, Sam along with another member of his unit, Dickerson were both captured and tortured before being buried alive. Tragically, Dickerson who had been shot later succumbed to his wounds and died while Sam was eventually rescued by the other members of their team. 
At some point, Sam met and befriended Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett with the two training together and during that time, Steve promised Sam a steak dinner.
In the early 2000s, Sam was called to Sudan and along with some SEALs, helped free a group of aid workers under attack from the Janjaweed. Sam killed one in self-defense who also happened to be the father of Mowahd Dusa.
Feeling guilty over his involvement, Sam brought Moe to the United States.
Sam eventually left the active duty with the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer, joining the Navy Reserves in 2002, having served the Navy for twenty years. He is often regarded as legend for his duty.
After retiring from the Navy in the early 2000s, Sam spent some time at the VA hospital with the staff there helping him get his life together.
Once he was better, he applied to join NCIS which resulted in him being assigned to the Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles which presumably occurred after he completed his training at FLETC.
During that time, he also met Michelle while working on a joint task force with the CIA with the two later marrying and having two children together, a boy named Aiden and a girl named Kamran.
Upon becoming an NCIS Special Agent, Sam was first partnered with fellow agent Mark Ruiz with their partnership lasting for a year before Ruiz later left NCIS due to him suffering from a problem with drugs. Sometime after that, Sam was assigned to the Office of Special Projects and met fellow agent G. Callen, the two working together although they remained wary of each other. 
On New Year's Day 2007, Sam and Callen, having been partners for less than a month, implying they met each other during December 2006, worked together on a case concerning an Armenian mob boss with the two going undercover, Callen's role unknown while Sam was assigned as Callen's backup. During the operation, Sam ended up being caught by a sentry with the unnamed mob boss handing Callen a gun while demanding Callen shoot Sam as proof of his loyalty.
 did so and fired his gun at Sam's head, knowing the gun was empty due to its weight. From that moment onwards, Callen and Sam became good friends.
===NCIS Season 6===
Along with Callen, Kensi Blye and Eric Beale, Sam made his debut appearance in the NCIS Season 6/NCIS: Los Angeles backdoor pilot episode, Legend (Part 1) (episode).
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1===
Sam made his debut appearance in the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1 premiere episode, "Identity".
 
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3===
===Hawaii Five-0 Season 2===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 6===
===NCIS: Los Angeles: Extremeis===
Sam appears in this novel.
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 9===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 10===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12===
===NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13===
=== NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 ===
===NCIS Season 20===
Sam and Callen went to D.C. to attend the upcoming retirement party.
===NCIS: Hawaii Season 3===
Sam was sent to Hawaii to work for NCIS: ELITE action team. 
==Personality==
As a former Navy SEAL, Sam is emotionally distant but has a good friendship with his partner, Callen and Operations Manager, Hetty Lange.
He takes great pride in his status as a SEAL and becomes offended at anyone who would dare insult the name, even possessing a hatred for SEALs who shame themselves which is demonstrated when he arrested Navy Chief Petty Officer Thomas Argento for killing civilians.
==Physical Appearance==
Sam is a tall, African-American man in his mid-forties with a shaved head and brown eyes.
While in the field, participating in a raid, he, like Callen, Kensi and Deeks wore an NCIS bulletproof vest with the word "NCIS" located in the center of it, the vest also covering the upper and lower areas of Sam's chest. Beginning with the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode, Angels and Daemons (episode), Sam starts wearing a much smaller version of the vest, one that covers the center of his chest with the words "NCIS" in the center of it, the 
==Abilities==
A former Navy SEAL and also an NCIS agent, Sam has a variety of skills that make him an asset to both the NCIS agency and the Office of Special Projects.
===Hand to Hand Combat===
Having learnt fighting techniques while in the SEALs, Sam is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and can defend himself in a fight, often using his surroundings to his advantage, allowing him to regularly subdue an opponent or suspect he and his OSP colleagues have been searching for.
===Firearms===
Like his fellow NCIS colleagues, Sam is trained in using firearms and fire a shot capable of either injuring or killing his target.
===Languages===
Sam is multilingual being fluent in many languages with prime examples being Arabic, Hebrew, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Farsi, Korean and Spanish. 
In the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4 premiere episode, Endgame (NCIS: Los Angeles episode), Sam reveals that he knows Farsi but acknowledges that a long time has passed since he used it and that he might be rusty. Despite this, Sam is able to translate an encrypted document and explain its contents to his fellow NCIS colleagues.
===Explosives===
Sam has great knowledge on various types of explosives that he and the OSP team often come across. He is also capable of dismantling a bomb, having been trained to do so. 
==Hanna Household Rules==
In the Hanna household there are 52 rules, as confirmed by Sam himself in The Frogman's Daughter. 
Known rules: 
*1. Never lie.
*4. Always return phone calls within 12 hours.
*29. No unauthorized excursions.
==Awards and decorations==
Here is a list of awards and decorations worn by Senior Chief Hanna:
*Bronze Star
*Purple Heart
*Joint Service Commendation Medal
*Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal
*Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, w/1 gold award star (2nd award)
*Combat Action Ribbon, w/1 gold award star (2nd award)
*Presidential Unit Citation
*Navy Unit Commendation
*Navy Good Conduct Medal, w/4 bronze service stars (5th award)
*National Defense Service Medal, w/1 bronze service star (2nd award)
*Southwest Asia Service Medal
*Kosovo Campaign Medal
*Afghanistan Campaign Medal
*Iraq Campaign Medal
*Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
*Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
*Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, w/1 silver service star (6th award)
*Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon, w/3 bronze service stars (4th award)
*United Nations Medal
*NATO Medal
*Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
*Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
*Navy Expert Rifleman Medal
*Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
*Special Warfare insignia
*Naval Parachutist insignia
*5 service stripes (reflecting 20 years of service)
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