Yeah, this stuff gets more ridiculous than seeing later Advance Wars series things from the soldiers' perspectives. Great game.
As for squad suggestions, from what I can remember... Vyse, Hannes, and Jane for shocktroopers, Jann and Hector for lancers, Marina as a sniper.
As for how the bios work, once you have the journalist available, you can visit her. If she says "I sniped the rising star with a quick interview", then someone's bio is extended AND they have a new character potential that reflects that. Happens if you use that character in any battle enough, with killing units, grabbing them, getting turns, saving allies, that kind of thing. Really huge help on some people.
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