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Mercenary team
First	"The Constant"
Leader	Martin Keamy
Purpose	Capture Ben Linus and "torch the Island"
Connection	Sent to the Island from the Kahana

The mercenary team came to the Island aboard the freighter Kahana to apprehend Benjamin Linus and kill the rest of the Island's inhabitants. They were responsible for the deaths of at least six people on the Island, including Ben's daughter Alex. They were led by Martin Keamy, who was hired by Charles Widmore. All of the members of the mercenary team were killed while trying to bring Ben back to the freighter.

Activities

On the freighter

Michael, posing as a deckhand named Kevin Johnson, witnessed Keamy, Omar, and two other mercenaries along with one of the freighter's crew skeet-shooting off the deck. When Michael questioned Keamy about the need for firearms on what he had thought was a rescue mission, Keamy snidely dismissed him. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")

The mercenaries force Alex to deactivate the fence. From L to R: Lacour, Omar, Keamy, Mayhew, Kocol, and Redfern. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Later, after Frank's return from his first helicopter trip to the Island, he transported Keamy and five other mercenaries back there from the freighter at night. ("Ji Yeon")

On the Island

First mission

The mercenaries fatally shot Karl and Danielle Rousseau and took Alex hostage as the three were hiking to the security of the Temple. ("Meet Kevin Johnson") Upon coming to the sonar fence protecting the Barracks, they forced Alex to deactivate it. Unbeknown to them, Alex did so using a duress code which informed those in the Barracks that the fence had been shut down under threat. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

The mercenaries commenced an assault on the Barracks, shooting and killing Doug, a blonde woman, and Jerome, three Oceanic Flight 815 survivors who had followed Locke to the Barracks for its security. They destroyed Claire's house with a rocket launcher. (Claire survived the explosion and was rescued from the rubble by Sawyer.) The mercenaries then ceased fire as Sawyer brought Claire to Ben Linus's house, revealing Ben's hiding place. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Kocol fires an RPG round at Claire's house in ("The Shape of Things to Come").

Next, the mercenaries released Miles from his imprisonment in the boat house, giving him a walkie and sending him to Ben's house. Keamy used the walkie to negotiate with Ben, ordering him to come out and give himself up to the custody of the mercenaries. After Ben refused, Keamy directed Ben to watch as he held Alex at gunpoint, threatening to kill her if Ben did not give himself up. When Ben still refused to comply, Keamy executed Alex with a gunshot to the head, in Ben's plain view. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

The Monster drags Mayhew into the jungle in ("The Shape of Things to Come").

Ben promptly summoned the Monster, and it indiscriminately attacked the mercenaries. While Keamy screamed orders for the mercenaries to fall back, one unfortunate mercenary, Mayhew, was dragged back into the jungle by a tendril of the Monster. ("The Shape of Things to Come")

Mayhew was thrown 50 feet into the air, causing him internal injuries, leaving him bloodied and unable to walk without assistance. He later died of his wounds shortly after the helicopter flight back to the Kahana. ("Something Nice Back Home")  ("Cabin Fever")

Keamy shows Gault his device in ("Cabin Fever").

Second mission

After stopping for a brief respite back on the Kahana (allowing Omar time to strap a device to Keamy's arm and for Keamy to read the secondary protocol), the five remaining mercenaries returned to the Island after the shooting of Captain Gault. ("Cabin Fever")

Upon arriving on the Island five kilometers from the Orchid, the mercenaries handcuffed Frank to the helicopter and set off to the Orchid to await Ben's arrival, as predicted by the secondary protocol. Ben eventually did arrive, surrendering as a diversion so that Locke could sneak into the station. Keamy then knocked Ben out with the butt of his pistol. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")

Keamy encounters Kate in ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2").

The mercenaries, with Ben as a captive, returned to the helicopter, and were preparing to leave when Kate appeared from the jungle, surprising the mercenaries. Almost immediately after her appearance, the whispers began and the mercenaries fanned out into a defensive formation. Despite their precaution, the mercenaries Kocol, Lacour and Redfern were taken down by knives, bolas and electrical weapons as the Others ambushed. Under the intense gunfire, a grenade attack killed Omar, leaving only Keamy to chase Ben as him and Kate sprinted into the jungle. Keamy almost caught up to Ben as he tripped, but was tackled by Sayid, and engaged in a lengthy hand to hand melee. He was stabbed by Sayid, and then shot four times in the back by Richard Alpert, who appeared from the jungle with a Luger. Afterwards, Kate, Sayid, Ben, Richard, and the Others left Keamy presumed dead in the jungle.

Keamy is stabbed to death by Ben in ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2").

However, Keamy was wearing a bulletproof vest, and sneaked off into the jungle, returning to the Orchid with nothing but a combat knife to capture Ben. There he encountered Locke, who asked to talk, before being hit from behind by Ben with his telescopic baton, and then stabbed with his own knife. His death caused the Kahana to explode, marking the end of freighter mercenaries. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")

Members

Members
Picture	Name	Status	Position	History
	Martin Keamy	Deceased	Leader of group	Led mercenaries to destroy the Barracks, killed Alex, staged mutiny on Kahana, abducted Ben, Killed by Ben.
	Omar	Deceased	Possibly second-in-command, Keamy's confidant	Accompanied mercenaries to island to attack the Barracks, assisted Keamy in mutiny. Killed by grenade kicked towards him by Keamy (which had been thrown by the Others).
	Mayhew	Deceased	Member	Was mortally wounded by monster after assault on the Barracks.
	Kocol	Deceased	Member	Assaulted the Barracks, helped carry the injured Mayhew. Neck snapped by the Others.
	Lacour	Deceased	Member	Assaulted the Barracks, assisted an injured Mayhew. Killed by the Others.
	Redfern	Deceased	Member	Assaulted the Barracks, helped carry the injured Mayhew. Killed by one of the Others' stun darts.

Body count

Team deaths

• Mayhew died after being transported back to the Kahana. ("Cabin Fever")
• Omar was killed by a grenade blast along with Kocol, Lacour and Redfern during an Others ambush at their helicopter. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
• Keamy was stabbed to death in the Orchid by Ben.
• Keamy's C-4 explosives would have killed any remaining mercenaries still on the Kahana.

Inflicted casualties

Keamy and his mercenary team were responsible for a number of casualties, using small arms fire, hand-to-hand weapons, and C4 explosives.

Casualties
Picture	Casualty	Episode of Death	Comments
	Karl Martin	"Meet Kevin Johnson"	Member of the Others. The first known casualty inflicted by the mercenary team. Shot dead by unseen snipers as he, Danielle, and Alex were fleeing from the Barracks to the Temple under Ben's instructions.
	Danielle Rousseau	"Meet Kevin Johnson"	The second known casualty inflicted by the mercenary team. Shot dead by unseen snipers as she, Karl, and Alex were fleeing from the Barracks to the Temple under Ben's instructions.
	Doug	"The Shape of Things to Come"	Middle section survivor extra and member of Locke's team. He was the first of three extras shot in quick succession by unseen snipers from the mercenary team in front of Sawyer as he was searching for Claire. Hoban was officially credited with a speaking part as the character Doug in this final episode.
	Blonde casualty	"The Shape of Things to Come"	Middle section survivor extra and member of Locke's team. She was the second consecutive extra shot by unseen snipers from the mercenary team in front of Sawyer as he was searching for Claire.
	Jerome	"The Shape of Things to Come"	Middle section survivor extra and member of Locke's team. He was the third consecutive extra shot by unseen snipers from the mercenary team in front of Sawyer as he was searching for Claire. In previous episodes, this extra was referred to as Jerome by dialogue.
	Background survivor portrayed by Juliette Goodell	"The Shape of Things to Come"	Middle section survivor extra and member of Locke's team. Possibly killed by a mercenary.
	Alex	"The Shape of Things to Come"	Member of the Others, captured by the mercenary team, and eventually executed by Keamy during his bargaining with Ben.
	Ray	"Cabin Fever"	Doctor of the crew of the Kahana. In "The Shape of Things to Come" his body was discovered washed up on the shore of the Island. In "Cabin Fever" his death is shown: Keamy slits his throat in order to compel Frank Lapidus to fly the mercenary team to the Island, preventing further needless killings.
	Captain Gault	"Cabin Fever"	Captain of the Kahana. Shot and killed by Keamy on the deck of the Kahana.
	Michael Dawson	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	Crew member aboard the Kahana secretly working for Benjamin Linus. Tortured by Keamy, and then later died attempting to stop the bomb on the freighter.
	Jeff	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	Crew member aboard the Kahana. Aboard the ship during its destruction.
	Hendricks	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	Pilot of the Kahana. Aboard the ship during its destruction.
	Background survivor portrayed by Judy Chamness	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	Middle section survivor extra. She was on the first trip on the Zodiac raft to the Kahana. Therefore she was aboard the ship when the C4 blew it up and is presumed dead.
	Background survivor portrayed by Adelina Gregor	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	Middle section survivor extra and member of Jack's team. She was on the first trip on the Zodiac raft to the Kahana. She was aboard the Kahana and was depicted with the crew getting life-jackets and preparing to evacuate, immediately before the destruction of the Kahana.
	Background survivor portrayed by Scott Day	"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"	This Middle section survivor extra was on the first trip on the Zodiac raft to the Kahana. He was depicted with the crew getting life-jackets and preparing to evacuate, immediately before the destruction of the Kahana.

Trivia

Bret Hinson plays Omar.

• Damon Lindelof referred to the mercenary team as the "WET Team" in the featurette "The Right to Bear Arms" on the Season 4 DVD, WET being a Marine Corps acronym for "weather, enemy, terrain", three unknowns in any battle situation.
• Only Kevin Durand and Anthony Azizi are credited as Martin Keamy and Omar respectively. Tony Wade, Errol James Snyder and Shawn, as Lacour, Redfern and Kocol, as well as the unknown extra portraying Mayhew were never credited.
• Anthony Azizi did not appear in "The Shape of Things to Come" and "Something Nice Back Home"; Bret Hinson played the non-speaking role of Omar in those episodes.
• Redfern shares a name with a central character from the novel, Evil Under the Sun, Patrick Redfern.