Norman Walter Davis Harriman

"The SG teams just agree that you know, when they send their iris code through the wormhole, they like to know that there's a real person on the other ... other end, someone that they can trust to get it right."

- Walter Harriman

Norman Walter Davis Harriman is a Chief Master Sergeant at Homeworld Command. He was formally stationed at Stargate Command. His post was as technician in the Stargate Operations room, responsible for the activities there.

Background information
He is trusted with much, and is known to be loyal to his work. He is the one who began the "chevron seven locked" phrase on the Stargate completing its dialing sequence, as part of a way to change things up. He's following the strict protocols in the military, and is known to know exactly what the commanding officer wants, before he even has to say it. This was the fact when Brigadier General Jack O'Neill took command over Stargate Command and seemed to be helpless without him. He also did such actions when Major General Henry Landry succeeded O'Neill as commander of the SGC. As of his promotion to Chief Master Sergeant, he was the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO) at the SGC.

1997
When the Stargate program was restarted, he dialed Abydos in order for Colonel Jack O'Neill to retrieve Dr. Daniel Jackson. Later, he dialed Chulak for SG-1 and SG-2 to attempt to rescue Sha're and Skaara.

He attempted to stop the Goa'uld in Major Charles Kawalsky from dialing the Stargate to Chulak but the Goa'uld overpowered him and broke his arm.

1998
During Apophis' attack on Earth, he detected the flash from a shock grenade on Klorel's Ha'tak and helped coordinate the evacuation of the Alpha list to the Alpha Site.

2000
When the Eurondans attempted to contact Stargate Command, he assisted Major Samantha Carter in deciphering their radio signal.

2001
When an Entity from P9C-372 entered the Stargate Command mainframe, he along with Major Samantha Carter suffered electrical burns.

When Stargate Command was negotiating with the Aschen, Major Samantha Carter assigned him to search for planets that held a Stargate in a 300 Light year radius of Volia. He discovered that one of the four planets found was P4C-970 that had been locked out of the Dialing computer by Major General George S. Hammond's order a year earlier.

2002
When Anubis tried to destroy Earth with a Naquadah asteroid, he evacuated to the Alpha Site.

2003
He traveled to Vis Uban with Major General George S. Hammond to run the mission control during the Battle to destroy Anubis' mothership. He evacuated to Earth when Anubis targeted the base with his superweapon.

2004
He was stationed on Prometheus with Major General George S. Hammond during the Battle of Antarctica. He manned the weapons chair.

On the mission to Atlantis,he flew an Alkesh when the crew of the Prometheus returned to claim it from Vala Mal Doran.

When an plant from P6J-908 affected power throughout Stargate Command, he worked with MSgt. Sylvester Siler to get the Stargate back online.

He was in the Stargate Operations room when the Stargate was stolen by The Trust. He along with Sgt. Mackenzie were questioned by Dr. Daniel Jackson.

He was aboard the Prometheus when it attempted to make a voyage to the Pegasus galaxy to assess the Atlantis expedition's situation (No one had heard from them since their departure). He was one of the officers offloaded to a Goa'uld Al'kesh by Vala Mal Doran who intended to sell the Prometheus to a fellow arms dealer, Tenat. He and Dr. Lindsey Novak repaired the Al'kesh and followed Prometheus. Eventually, Dr. Daniel Jackson was successful in securing the ship, turning it around to pick up Harriman and the others who were stranded. Prometheus did not make it to Atlantis.

2005
The Atlantis expedition had an opportunity to send a very brief data transmission to Earth. The "intergalactic e-mail" is successfully sent to Stargate Command and received by Harriman and Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter.

He informed Major General Henry Landry that the Daedalus had headed back to Atlantis and was out of range.

2009
He transferred to The Pentagon possibly working for the Homeworld Command.

Alternate realities

 * In an alternate reality Walter Harriman was a technician for the SGA. His position was similar to the one he holds in our reality. He was killed by the Jaffa invading Cheyenne Mountain. For reasons unknown, he wore civilian clothes in this reality.


 * In another alternate reality, he was at Area 51 working to locate the Wraith that had crashed on Earth.

Alternate timeline

 * In a alternate timeline where the Aschen were present on Earth, he was no longer part of the United States Air Force as there was no need for the military. He was the operations tech adviser at the SGC that had now become a museum for people to visit. He discovered Jack O'Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter when they attempted to steal a GDO to restore the past.

Service Awards and Decorations
Over the course of his military career, Walter Harriman has received a number of awards and decorations for his service in the United States Air Force. .


 * Outstanding Unit Award
 * Outstanding Unit Award

Harriman's rack on his shirt depicts the following decorations:
 * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
 * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
 * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
 * Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

Behind the scenes

 * He was sometimes referred to as Walter Davis, although Harriman is the most commonly used, and the name Walter Harriman is told by the character himself in the episode "Avalon, Part 1".
 * His name (Walter) and ability to answer leaders before they even make a request are reminiscent of Cpl. on.
 * The reason for his being called both Walter Davis and Walter Harriman was that, originally, his name was supposed to be Walter Davis but it was changed in season 8 by the show's writers, due to the existence of a "real" Walter Davis in the U.S. Air Force.
 * "Norman" was a result of the name "Sgt. Norman Davis" being visible on his uniform during an episode of SG-1.
 * The name "Walter" came from an ad lib made by Richard Dean Anderson during the Season 4 episode 2010.
 * He is one of the few characters to have been in all SG-1 season premieres and both the series premiere and series finale.
 * Walter and Samantha Carter are the only two characters to appear in every season of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis; and the first season of Stargate Universe. (see: List of Appearances)
 * Along with Samantha Carter and Kevin Marks, he is one of only three characters to appear in the final episodes of both Stargate SG-1 ("Unending") and Stargate: Atlantis ("Enemy at the Gate").
 * Walter appeared in the series premieres of both Stargate SG-1 ("Children of the Gods") and Stargate Universe ("Air"). The only other characters to do so are Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter.
 * Walter is one of only eight characters to appear in all three series, the others being Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Rodney McKay, Richard Woolsey, Bill Lee and Kevin Marks.