As the plane drew closer to Denver, Jake began to wonder what the members of the SGC that knew him would think of him being a US Marine instead of being in the Air Force. His mind then went to his first week of basic training when he was questioned about his identity by the base commander as there was a section of his file that was classified and said to ask him or members of the SGC and for some reason he couldn't get a hold of the SGC so Jake was summoned to his office.

Jake walked into the office and waited tell he was told to sit down. He was a little bit worried about what was going to happen to him, was he being kicked out already, but he hadn't done anything yet. He was then asked about the information in the file that was classified, he then did something that probably should have got him kicked out right at that moment he questioned the CO of the base he was on about his clearance level. Once the base commander actually broke down and told him what it was , Jake told him all that he was allowed to tell him and that if he needed more info to contact Jack O'Neill.

Jake did very well in basic training and graduated top in his class, well he was there he also took some classes in Latin and during his leave time he visited with Dr Daniel Jackson to try and learn more about the langue of the ancients. After his time in basic training he served some time in Iraq and in Afghanistan, then one day well he was on base he was summoned again to the CO's office who told him that he (Jake) had to go to a special meeting at the pentagon about his next assignment.

When he arrived at the pentagon there were a couple of other marines, some air force personal as well as a couple of army personal all waiting in a room that he was escorted to. They were told to wait until they were called into another room for a briefing. One by one each of the people in the room was escorted to another room, until only Jake was left. Then it was his turn he was taken to an office that had a familiar name on it.

It said Lt. General J. O'Neill on the door and listed his department as "Home World Security", Jake had no clue what that meant but knew it must have something to do with the SGC or else his older self wouldn't be here and wouldn't have a big bird on him if it didn't. The door opened and he was asked to enter by the last recruit who wished him luck, it was one of his buddies from basic training. He hopped he would get to see him again.

As he entered he notice the chair behind the desk was turned with its back facing him. He closed the door and stood and waited for some acknowledgement. He wondered if he should salute, he knew he was supposed to but for some reason it just seemed awkward to salute yourself, even though they were different people they still and so much in common. The chair turned around as a familiar voice said "why aren't you saluting a soupier officer?" Jake medially snapped to attention and saluted he remained that way until he was told to be at ease and take a seat. Jack just laughed and said "A marine huh? You did make a different choice." Jake looked at him and said "yup I wanted a change in scenery you know see that land." Jack just laughed at that and said "well Mini me this is your chance to get back in, since you're not in the air force I can't offer you your cornels position back, however your presence has been requested on SG-1. Do you want it?"