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The Director of Field Operations is the person in charge of field agents at a particular CTU Domestic Unit. The position is below Special Agent in Charge and either equal to or higher than Chief of Staff. The Director of Field Operations has their own office. Under Section 1.12 they have the authority to remove the CTU Special Agent in Charge as Jack Bauer did to Tony Almeida during Day 3 and Curtis Manning with Lynn McGill during Day 5.

CTU Los Angeles Edit

The following people have held the position of Director of Field Operations at CTU Los Angeles:

Picture	Name	Served during	Status
	Christopher Henderson	Chaos Theory	Deceased
	Christopher Henderson served as the Director of Field Operations one year before the events that took place in Day 1. When Jack Bauer busted Henderson for taking bribes, Henderson was fired, but he wasn't officially charged due to lack of evidence.
	Jack Bauer	Days 2, 3, 4, 6	Alive
	After the events of Day 2, Jack Bauer was reinstated to CTU on a regular basis and earned the position as Director of Field Operations. When Erin Driscoll took command of the office, she fired Jack due to his former heroin addiction. He was later reinstated when Ronnie Lobell was killed. He was later the acting Director of Field Operations in day 6 until Mike Doyle could arrive.
	Ronnie Lobell	Day 4	Deceased
	When Jack Bauer was fired from the position, Erin Driscoll hired Ronnie to take over. Ronnie held the position until the second hour of Day 4, when Kalil Hasan shot and killed him.
	Curtis Manning	Days 5, 6	Deceased
	After the death of Ronnie Lobell and presumed death of Jack Bauer, Curtis Manning went from Chief of Staff to the Director of Field Operations. He held the position throughout Day 5 and through the first few hours of Day 6. After President Palmer put Jack in charge of the investigation on Abu Fayed, Curtis lost the position and he was eventually killed by Jack, after he took Hamri Al-Assad hostage.
	Mike Doyle	Day 6	Alive
	Mike Doyle arrived from Fort Bragg to replace Curtis Manning. He had a history working at CTU Denver with Milo Pressman. His first assignment at CTU Los Angeles involved assaulting the Russian Consulate and apprehending Anatoly Markov.

CTU New York Edit

The following people have held the position of Director of Field Operations at CTU New York:

Picture	Name	Served during	Status
	Cole Ortiz	Day 8	Alive
	Cole Ortiz is the Director of Field Operations for CTU New York during Day 8.
	Owen	Day 8	Deceased
	Owen took over as temporary Director of Field Operations when Cole could not be found. He was killed by Samir Mehran's men and Cole resumed his post.
	Nate Burke	Day 8	Alive
	Nate Burke took over as temporary Director of Field Operations after Cole was arrested for working with Jack Bauer to try to expose the Russians as part of Omar Hassan's death. When Chloe O'Brian retook her position as Special Agent in Charge she released Cole from custody and reassigned him to DoFO. Burke seemed displeased with Cole, who he thought a traitor to CTU, regaining his position.

CTU Boston Edit

The following people have held the position of Director of Field Operations at CTU Boston:

Picture	Name	Served during	Status
	Curtis Manning		Deceased
	Before being transferred to CTU Los Angeles, Curtis Manning went from field agent to Director of Field Operations at CTU Boston.