Department of Defense

• Forever won the love of Morgan Gower by correctly using "carrier battle group" in a sentence [5.14].

Admiral Percy Fitzwallace Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1998 - 2003)

• He goes by the nickname "Fitz." 
• He offered some sage advice to the president and Leo McGarry after an American jet was shot down by the Syrians [1.3] and informed the president of the conflict between India and Pakistan [1.11].
• Fitz stopped by Sam Seaborn's meeting on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to put in his two cents [1.19]. 
• Along with the Vice President, Fitz was one of the 14 people who were told of Bartlet's MS prior to the assassination attempt [2.1].
• He trained with a Haitian general named Francis St. Jacques at Annapolis and was sent to Haiti to help with the coup [2.22].
• He opposes the war crimes tribunal. [3.5].
• In 2002, Fitz has been a soldier for 38 years [3.21].
• Fitz calls Nancy McNally "Dr. Strangelove"; she calls him "Admiral Sissy Mary" [4.2].
• After his retirement and on the President's behalf, Fitz went on a CODEL to Israel and Gaza.  The motorcade was bombed in Gaza, and Fitz was killed [5.21].

Notable Quotes

"It isn't virtuous, Mr. President.  It's all there is, sir." [1.3]

"I've got some real, honest-to-God battles to fight, Leo.  I don't have time for the cosmetic ones." [1.3]

"I also think the military wasn't designed to be an instrument of social change... Problem with that is, that's what they were saying about me 50 years ago. Blacks shouldn't serve with whites, it would disrupt the unit.  You know what?  It did disrupt the unit.  The unit got over it.  The unit changed.  I'm an admiral in the U.S. Navy and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Beat that with a stick." [1.19]

"Wait a second, hang on--You're telling me that foreign policy of this magnitude is conducted through Sam and I'm still alive?" [3.19]

"Have you changed shampoo?  You have.  I can tell because your hair seems bouncier and more manageable." [3.21]

"I don't know who the world's leading expert on warfare is, but any list of the top has got to include me, and I can't tell when it's peacetime and wartime anymore." [3.21]

"We measure the success of a mission by two things:  Was it successful, and how few civilians did we hurt.  They measure it by how many.  Pregnant women are delivering bombs, you're talking to me about international laws?  The laws of nature don't even apply here." [3.21]

• A secretary on the national security team, Hutchison was present when the president received the briefing on the Phoenix the night before the Syrian air strike [1.3]. He was also present when the president brokered a solution to the situation in Kashmir [2.18]. 
• Hutchinson worked with Nancy McNally and the White House counsel to determine who was in charge while the president was under anesthesia after the shooting at Rosslyn [2.2]. 
• Leo McGarry conferred with him and Secretary Berryhill about the foreign tanker suspected of smuggling illegal oil [2.7].
• He is a potential Democratic presidential candidate [2.22].
• He supports the war crimes tribunal. [3.5].
• Although previously referred to as "Bill," he goes by "Miles" now, apparently [4.14].
• He lacks respect for President Bartlet because Bartlet never served in the armed forces [4.14].

• A Pentagon official [1.3]
• He opposes the war crimes tribunal. [3.5].

• Barrie is a three-star general who planned to appear on Meet the Press upon his retirement and rail against President Bartlet for what he felt was an egregious lack of preparedness in the U.S. Armed Forces [2.5]. 
• He received the Distinguished Combat Service Medal while doing temporary duty on the U.S.S. Brook, even though the Brook was never fired upon and never fired its guns. CJ. Cregg used this fact as leverage to prevent him from going to the press, but Bartlet said to let him go ahead and do it because he'd earned it [2.5].

• He is a secretary -- or deputy secretary -- who met with the president, Toby, Fitzwallace, Cashmen and the secretary of state about the American jet shot down by the Syrians [1.3].
• Berryhill and Cashmen were responsible for revising the retaliatory scenario in order to speak to State Department concerns and the president accused them of dragging their feet [1.3].  
• Leo McGarry conferred with him and Secretary Hutchinson about the foreign tanker suspected of smuggling illegal oil [2.7]; he was also present when the president brokered a solution to the situation in Kashmir. [2.18].
• He supports the war crimes tribunal. [3.5].

• An Air Force pilot in the 27th Fighter Wing out of Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico who flew his F-16 into a mountain, sending the radio transmission, "It wasn't the plane" [2.10].
• Cano received the Purple Heart after being shot down over Bosnia [2.10].
• He had the same birthday as Josh Lyman [2.10].

• He is a secretary -- or deputy secretary -- who met with the president, Toby, Fitzwallace, Berryhill and the secretary of state about the American jet shot down by the Syrians [1.3].
• Cashmen and Berryhill were responsible for revising the retaliatory scenario in order to speak to State Department concerns and the president accused them of dragging their feet [1.3].  
• He is a member of the national security team, but not a secretary or officer -- Fitzwallace called him "Mr. Cashmen" [1.3].
• Cashmen was also present when the president brokered a solution to the situation in Kashmir. [2.18].

• Died in a friendly fire incident in Kundu [4.19].
• Resident of Mark Richardon's Congressional District in Brooklyn [4.19].

• Works in the Staff Secretary's office and plays in a band [4.4].
• Impersonated an NSA agent at Donna's behest to exact revenge on Josh [4.4].

• One of three Americans kidnapped in Kundu. During his cpativity, he is beaten, but is rescued [4.17].
• His wife's name is Diane and he has a three-year-old daughter named Betty.

• One of three Americans kidnapped in Kundu. During his cpativity, he is beaten, but is rescued [4.17].
• His parents are Esteban and Luisa Hernandez.

• A Navy pilot who was court martialed for not following orders when she continued to have an affair with a LTJG [4.10].
• She was one of the first women at Miramar and she flew an F-14 Tomcat [4.10].

• He works at the Pentagon and plays basketball with Charlie Young [4.12].
• His commanding officer is Colonel Wolf [4.12].

• While he prefers to be on a Los Angeles class submarine, he's following up his previous work as Regional Director for the Joint Chiefs of Southeast Asia by joining Nancy McNally's staff [4.07].
• He meets Donna in D.C. on Election Day, when she convinces him to swap votes with her, after she incorrectly fills out her absentee ballot [4.07]. He intended to vote for Ritchie because of Bartlet's position on Pentagon procurement [4.08].
• LCDR Reese is a graduate of the Naval Academy [4.08].
• On Election Night 2002, LCDR Reese is the 2 a.m. watch commander in the Sit Room.  His first night on the job, there's a coup in Venezuela [4.08].
• Jack has a thing for blondes [4.08] and asked Donna out for drinks despite being slightly weirded out by Josh's obvious affection for his assistant [4.10].  Jack's relationship with Donna seems to have taken off, as he got a room at The Washington, an exclusive bed and breakfast outside of D.C., for them to spend the holidays [4.11].
• At some point after Election Day, Reese is promoted to Commander, and his assistant is Chief Petty Officer Harold Wendall [4.10]. 
• After providing a force depletion report for the President -- and leaving Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson out of the loop -- Jack was transferred to Aviano Air Force Base in Italy  [4.14].

Notable Quotes

"We lead a slightly different life out there and it costs a little bit more money." [4.08].

"I have an aide who, in my life, I haven't talked about as much as you've talked about Donna during our entire relationship, yours and mine, which has is cumulative total of seven minutes old." [4.10]

• One of three Americans kidnapped in Kundu. During his cpativity, he is beaten, but is rescued [4.17].

• A Marine stationed at the White House whom Leo McGarry called "great" [1.21].

• Retired General who sits on the Base Closing Commission [5.15].

• A relatively junior Department of Defense staffer who met with Sam Seaborn about the administration's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [1.19]. 
• Tate is opposed to gays serving openly in the military [1.19].

• A relatively junior Department of Defense staffer who met with Sam Seaborn about the administration's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [1.19]. 
• Thompson is opposed to gays serving openly in the military [1.19].

• A Naval officer and physician who treated President Bartlet four or five times [1.2].
• He had a wife named Angela and newborn baby daughter named Corrie, and was killed en route to a teaching hospital in Amman when his plane was shot down by the Syrians [1.2].

• Weiskopf had the unenviable task of telling President Bartlet that after many, many hours in the air on the way home from the Philippines, there was a problem with an indicator light and they'd be circling until a military jet could meet up with them and see if the front landing gear was working [4.19].

• CDR Jack Reese's assistant [4.10].

• Informs Leo about the coup in Venezuela [4.08].

• Works at the Pentagon. Charlie contacts him about food stamps for a servicewoman [4.12].

• The president's physician prior to Morris Tolliver. He was a higher ranking Naval officer than Tolliver, presumably an admiral of some grade [1.2].