so al has been glf for the better part of 20 years. he lead a black ops unit during the expansion war and once the ceasefire was called he stepped back into a more training and recruiting role. eventually he was convinced to lead another kinda sorta black ops team (yet unnamed) that is more about infiltration and espionage.
THAT BEING SAID: he could use family, former teammates, current teammates, people he's trying to recruit for his team