<strong>Tanaka Akiko, NCIS Office, 0900 21 April</strong><br/><hr/><hr/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96531.msg4197662#msg4197662">Quote from: Vergil1989 on 30-01-2011, 03:33:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Of course, she knew how ugly cases could get, so there was a measure of trepidation in her green eyes as the fax on her desk came up.  "What do we have here?"  She asked aloud, pulling the fax out of the machine once it was transferred completely.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"<strong>That would be my orders, mostly likely,</strong>" came a young-sounding voice. Standing at the 'entrance' to the area was a petite Asian-American woman, her brown eyes hard as she appraised the woman sitting before her.<br/><br/>She held out a hand, "<strong>Staff Sergeant Tanaka. Wait, sorry, I'm not in the Corps any more. Special Agent Tanaka Akiko, ma'am.</strong>"<br/><hr/><hr/><strong>Name</strong>;  Tanaka Akiko<br/><strong>Gender</strong>;  Female<br/><strong>Age</strong>;  29<br/><strong>Appearance</strong>; (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/00091009m.jpg)<br/><strong>Eye Color</strong>;  Brown<br/><strong>Hair Color</strong>;  Black<br/><strong>Height</strong>; 5'1"<br/><strong>Weight</strong>; 101 lbs.<br/><strong>Orientation</strong>;  Lesbian<br/><strong>Equipment</strong>;  Standard issue 9mm handgun, two extra magazines on her at all times.  Often carries an Asp-type extendable baton at the back of her belt. Sunglasses. USMC M40A3 sniper rifle (kept in case in car trunk). Burgundy 2010 Dodge Challenger.<br/><strong>Hobbies</strong>;  Swimming, tai chi, fencing, jiu jutsu, reading, cats, sharp shooting.<br/><strong>Personality</strong>;  Akiko, while not a cold individual by any means, rarely engages in parlay with coworkers, and is even less likely to crack a joke. Always punctual, the field agent is not known for giving suspects the benefit of the doubt.<br/><strong>Ons</strong>;  ((Please see my O/O page.))<br/><strong>Offs</strong>;  ((Please see my O/O page.))<br/><strong>History</strong>;  The ever serious little Japanese-American woman is known for her cold demeanor and ‘get it done’ attitude. What few understand is that she really isn’t a cold or distant individual. She’s learned her lesson, in the past, when serving in Afghanistan and watching fellow Marines and Soldiers, some of whom she’d gotten attached to, get killed. She learned that getting involved in her profession was painful and dangerous.<br/><br/>Tanaka Akiko is formerly Staff Sergeant Tanaka Akiko, a rare female 0317(Scout Sniper), who saw action in the early hours and weeks of Operation Enduring Freedom, helping spot for Allied air strikes and even take down the occasional target of opportunity.<br/><br/>Four years later, Staff Sergeant Tanaka returned to the United States and was attached to US  Naval Intelligence as a ballistics expert. Now, no longer serving in the US Marine Corps, pursuant to an apparent ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy infraction, Staff Sergeant Tanaka seeks to continue service as a field agent with the Navy’s Criminal Investigative Service, now armed with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Arizona State University.