Cookie

"The difficult we do at once - the impossible takes a little longer."

Laura “Cookie” Randall’s dad retired from the US Navy when she was eight and opened up a restaurant. Her childhood from then on included countless hours of helping out with the family business- cooking, doing inventory, and learning to fix stoves and refrigerators to save a little cash. When she was 17, she graduated high school and joined the Navy’s SeaBees as a Construction Mechanic. Laura excelled in her rate, qualifying first as a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist and then as an Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, which allowed her to join the team of SeaBees supporting the Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia Beach. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and sampling whatever “local cuisine” she can find, and she’s both made and tasted a lot of odd foods while on shore leave.

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:
Laura’s dad was in the Navy when she was younger, but retired when she was eight. He opened up a restaurant and she spent much of her time in and out of its kitchen, learning to cook, take orders, and run inventory. Her dad wasn’t the only Navy and former Navy in her family, so she planned to join as soon as she could and did at the age of 17, fresh out of High School. She ended up as a Construction Mechanic (CM), part of the Seabees. Worked her way up to Petty Officer First Class, qualified as a Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist and served on a SERT. While on her shore rotation at Norfolk, she qualified as an Expeditionary Warfare Specialist and was assigned to the Combat Service Support team for the Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia Beach. Cobra’s takeover of DC, not too far away, has required some creative defensive work and led to some tense confrontations.