|- style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;" | colspan=2 |Unit awards |- | |Presidential Unit Citation |- | |Meritorious Unit Commendation |- style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;" | colspan=2 |Campaign and Service medals'' |- | |National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star |- | |Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars |- | |Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal |- | |Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |- | |Overseas Service Ribbon with award numeral 4 |} |valign="top" | |} Tom Ryan Brigadier General Tom Ryan (portrayed by Robert Patrick) is the colonel on the series. During Season 1, Colonel Ryan was having an affair with Tiffy Gerhardt, the wife of Mack Gerhardt, but breaks that off before Season 2 and marries Charlotte Canning, a Washington insider. The newly wed Charlotte was shot twice in the back when a Serbian war criminal discovered the Unit's headquarters and attacked Alpha Team at Ryan's post-wedding celebration. In early Season 3, Ryan finds out that his wife, Charlotte, has been selling secret information about his unit and rogue CIA agents use it against him and his unit. After successfully breaking out the CIA's conspiracy, he decides to end his marriage. He joined the army after being beaten by his stepfather, just as Bob Brown did, many Special Forces soldiers having overcome adversity at a young age. His middle name was listed as starting with an R, indicated by the initial both on the Unit's sign and when Colonel Ryan was attempting to mail orders to discreet locations, but a police detective gave Ryan's full name as "Thomas Culver Ryan". This discrepancy has not been explained. In the last episode, Ryan accepted that he must leave the Unit having lost the trust of his men due to his affair with Tiffy and subterfuge with Sam McBride. Instead he accepted promotion to become a brigadier general. In the course of the series, he kills 8 people. According to the writers had the series continued into a fifth season, the now Brigadier General Ryan would realize that his promotion had actually sidelined him into a meaningless staff post. He would eventually resume his relationship with his ex-wife Charlotte and at the end of the series, call in the numerous favors owed to him in order to resume control of the Unit. Awards and decorations The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by General Ryan. Bridget Sullivan Warrant