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US Navy
Kaffee
Lieutenant Junior Grade Daniel Kaffee
Played By: Tom Hulce (play), Tom Cruise (film)
"You don't even know me. Ordinarily it takes someone hours to find out I'm not fit to handle the defense."
A talented but somewhat lazy lawyer assigned to defend Dawson and Downey.
- Arch-Enemy: Immediately becomes one with Lt Kendrick after Kendrick openly shows his contempt for Danny and the Navy while down in Cuba. Kaffee makes it a point later on that Kendrick's time on the witness stand will be a very uncomfortable one.
- Batman Gambit: He's very prone to this, often Obfuscating Stupidity so he can gauge people's reactions and use it in court. He ultimately brings down Jessep by analyzing that the man's Fatal Flaw is his massive ego, and subtly bruising it until he erupts and confesses.
- Batter Up!: He's a diehard Baseball fan, seeming to care more about the base softball team than his case work, and carries a bat around with him while doing prep work for the trial, claiming it helps him think better.
- Berserk Button: He's unaffected when Ross tells him he was bullied into the trial, but erupts when he insinuates that Kaffee is a "Well Done, Son" Guy.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He's got Tom Cruise's laidback charm and is a very fun, easygoing guy but he isn't afraid to take the gloves off with those on the witness stand who he holds in contempt, making Stone and Kendrick deeply uncomfortable and reducing the smarmy Jessep into a frothing rage. Jessep's subsequent efforts to attack him and Danny not even flinching and shooting a look of utter hatred even implies he'd have loved the chance to take him on in a fight.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Kaffee is a brilliant lawyer and a charismatic orator, but he's content to coast by until he leaves the Navy and enters the civilian world.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's undisciplined, somewhat lazy, and rather quirky in general, but he quickly proves to be an incredible lawyer. Even after he outgrows his laziness, Kaffee is still pretty eccentric.
- Deadpan Snarker: Mixes his quirkiness with very sarcastic barbs and especially whenever he's annoyed.
- Flaw Exploitation: He ends up getting Jessep to confess in court by taking advantage of the man's out of control ego.
- Heroic BSoD: After his star witness Markinson kills himself, Kaffee goes out and gets drunk.
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- His justifiable frustration and irritation when Dawson and Downey won't take the two year deal that Ross offered, knowing that their fate will out be out of his hands and theirs once they go to trial and basically Dawson's ungrateful attitude in general at first.
- Also his drunken rant at Jo's suggestion for putting Jessep on the stand might be harsh and unintentionally hilarious but his very valid concerns about the serious consequences of accusing one of the most heralded high ranking officers in the USMC for partaking in a murder are not unreasonable.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Danny can be abrasive, lazy and incredibly snarky at times but beneath all that he's got a very good heart.
- Large Ham: Whenever he's frustrated or angry? He is this and of course he goes above and beyond in Ham-to-Ham Combat with Jessep when he gets him to admit he ordered the Code Red.
- Unconventional Courtroom Tactics: Kaffee is a pitch-perfect practitioner, anything from convincing a prosecutor in a drug case to let Kaffee's charge get minor jail time for a misdemeanor (because the idiot bought oregano thinking it was marijuana) by threatening to drag the case on for months with by-the-book counter-lawsuits and defenses if the guy tries to go for anything stronger than said misdemeanor charge (in his first scene, even) to bluff Jessep into screaming he ordered the Code Red on the stand by bringing two mechanics into the courtroom that don't know Jack and lie that they know Jessep erased a flight from the Gitmo records. Ross even tells the jury in his opening statement that Kaffee will try to razzle-dazzle them with the "Code Red" and they must see beyond that and right to the truth: that Dawson and Downey are guilty.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: It's implied that Kaffee's laziness stems from insecurities about following in the footsteps of his legendary father.
Galloway
Lieutenat Commander JoAnn Galloway
Played By: Megan Gallagher (play), Demi Moore (film)
A passionate investigator and lawyer assigned to supervise Kaffee.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Inverted. She's an excellent investigator, but her inability to compromise on the simplest of matters makes a terrible lawyer.
- The Dilbert Principle: She's a terrible attorney, but was Kicked Upstairs and thus outranks Kaffee and Weinberg. She's actually quite competent in her current position.
- Fatal Flaw: Her inability to compromise.
- Kicked Upstairs: She was rapidly promoted after taking weeks to resolve a simple trial. She works far better in her current rank than she ever did as an attorney.
- Knight Templar: She has shades of this as well. She is so hell bent on exposing the abusive practices at Guantanamo Bay that when Jack Ross offers a plea to involuntary manslaughter (which the defendants are actually guilty of) she immediately rejects it and insists on going to trial, risking her clients getting the death penalty.
Weinberg
Lieutenant Sam Weinberg
Played By: Mark Nelson (play), Kevin Pollak (film)
A lawyer assigned to assist Kaffee.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has a dry remark for every occasion. Being played by Kevin Pollak certainly helps.
- Freudian Excuse: It's implied his hatred of Dawson and Downey stems from Santiago's mistreatment reminding him of bullying he received.Galloway: Why do you hate them so much?
Weinberg: Because they beat up on a weakling! That's all they did! All right? The rest is just smoke-filled coffee-house crap! They tortured and tormented a weaker kid! They didn't like him. So they killed him. And why? Because he couldn't run very fast! - Punch-Clock Hero: He loathes Dawson and Downey for their crime, but still works valiantly to defend them.Kaffee: You don't believe their story, do you? You think they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives.
Weinberg: I believe every word of their story, and I think they ought to go to jail for the rest of their lives. - What the Hell, Hero?: He delivers a well deserved one to Jo after her Epic Fail of a "strenuous objection" during Dr. Commander Stone's testimony.
Stone
Commander Walter Stone
Played By: Fritz Sperberg (play), Christopher Guest (film)
The chief doctor at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
- Dirty Coward: He blames Santiago's death on poisoning so that it won't be discovered he ignored the signs of Santiago's coronary heart disease and won't face serious consequences.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears glasses and is a despicable coward.
- Hate Sink: Stone is a coward trying to throw two men under the bus by letting them take the blame for a death ultimately caused by his own mistake.
- Offscreen Karma: Heavily implied. He's never brought to justice on screen but, since the film ends with Jessep in custody and Jack Ross about to arrest Kendrick, it's a safe bet that Stone will face similar charges very soon and will lose his medical license at the very least.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: So much trouble could have been avoided had he detected Santiago's heart condition.
US Marine Corps
Jessep
Colonel Nathan R. Jessep
"You can't handle the truth!"
Played By: Stephen Lang (play), Jack Nicholson (film)
The commanding officer of the Marine Ground Forces at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
- Berserk Button: Any perceived disrespect or insufficient respect, which basically means anyone who dares to act like he's not an absolute authority, brings out Jessep's nasty side.
- Big Bad: His order of the Code Red that resulted in Santiago's death and subsequent attempts to cover it up are what drive the conflict.
- Can't Take Criticism: Jessep does not tolerate any questioning of his orders or authority and responds to such with barely restrained rage.
- Colonel Kilgore: Jessep is convinced that all of his methods are Necessarily Evil, and will indulge in them without tolerating them being questioned.
- Dirty Coward: In spite of his rants about his own courage, Jessep spends the entire film ducking the consequences of his actions. He also seems noticeably uneasy when Judge Randolph makes clear that he will not tolerate backtalk or disrespect and Jessep is not the one in charge in his courtroom.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He admits in private that he finds Kendrick to be a weasel.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He seems genuinely baffled that he's being taken into custody at the end, even after openly admitting to breaking the law. He accuses Kaffee of endangering the country by having him arrested.
- Fatal Flaw: His pride, which Kaffee exploits to get him to confess, knowing that Jessep is so arrogant that he's proud of ordering the Code Red and wants to admit as much.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's very charming, but it's an act that goes away the second his ego is bruised.
- General Ripper: He cannot accept that the Cold War is over, and treats the Cubans as though they are already at war with the US.
- Hate Sink: A smug, egotistical, and utterly unrepentant Jerkass who attempts to weasel his way out of culpability for his actions.
- He-Man Woman Hater: He makes an extremely crass joke about how the only thing female superior officers are good for is being pined for by their male underlings.
- Hypocrite:
- For all of his talk about how Marines never disobey orders, Jessep thinks nothing of ignoring the orders of his own superiors because he thinks he knows better. When Jessep preaches about the importance of following orders without question, he just means his orders.
- He lectures about loyalty and shows contempt for Santiago snitching on Dawson for his own benefit yet is more than willing to throw two of his men under the bus to save his own hide.
- He also expects absolute respect but shows no respect for anyone else, not even other experienced Marines like his friend Markinson. Best exemplified when he demands to be referred by his rank or "sir" during the trial, claiming he's earned it, and then openly mouths off and disrespects Judge Randolph who politely but firmly puts Jessep in his place.
- He claims that he's keeping the United States safe and that "you want me on that wall!", except the 'wall' in question is a quiet posting in a noncombat zone (Guantanamo Bay).
- Jerkass: He's an egotistical, abrasive, prejudiced hypocrite. All he really has going for him is his fake charm.
- Knight Templar: Jessep truly believes that he's doing the right thing.Jessep: We're in the business of saving lives.
- Large Ham: The whole "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" rant.
- Lack of Empathy: He doesn't give a damn about Santiago or Markinson's death, in spite of the latter having been one of his closest friends.
- Narcissist: Jessep goes beyond even having a massive god complex. He disobeys his superior officers because he thinks he knows better than them, loves to hear himself talk, rather flippantly exploits others for his own gain, has a colossally overblown sense of self-importance, seems to think he and he alone is somehow 'special' ("I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom."), demands excessive admiration and unquestioned obedience he clearly doesn't deserve while refusing to show any even to his own superiors, ignores orders when he believes he knows better, has no regard for other people except for how they can appease his ego and is seemingly incapable of even considering the mere possibility that he is ever wrong about anything. Kaffee gets him to confess because he realizes Jessep is so convinced of his inherent superiority that he's proud of Santiago's death and wants to boast about it.
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Jessep sees the Code Red as an invaluable tool in keeping discipline at Guantanamo Bay, which in turn will keep his troops alive and America safe. He even claims that Santiago's death potentially saved many lives (though given the US isn't at war with Cuba, whose lives are being saved isn't exactly clear). At the end of the day, however, Jessep's supposed righteousness is more a product of his own narcissistic mind than anything else.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He makes very sexist comments about female officers and uses homophobic slurs. Though his respect for the civil rights work done by Kaffee's father implies he's at least not a racist. Then again, it's debatable whether or not he only said it to rub Kaffee Sr.'s abolitionism in the face of Kendrick who's certainly implied to be racist.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Despite being a Marine colonel with decades of experience, Jessep is ultimately an egotistical bully who treats everyone around him horribly, believes he has the right to act however he wants, and flies into a rage whenever his colossal ego is threatened in any way.
- Sarcastic Well Wishing: After he is restrained following his trying to attack Kaffee as part of his Villainous Breakdown, Jessep insincerely commends Kaffee for endangering the country by arresting him: "Sweet dreams, son."
- Small Name, Big Ego: Jessep is the base commander at Guantanamo Bay, a fairly important posting (note that the movie predates The War on Terror) which at least de facto borders enemy territory, and has a large contingent of Marines under his command. However, this isn't nearly enough for a man of Jessep's inflated sense of importance: he constantly plays up how he's supposedly "on the wall" defending civilization from such terrifying enemies as the Cubans and how he, a mere colonel, understands how to defend the nation (in peacetime!) better than anyone alive. To hear Jessep tell it, society will collapse if he isn't allowed to act however he sees fit, even if that means taking illegal actions.
- Smug Snake: When he thinks he's got the upper hand or can intimidate people, Jessep absolutely oozes smarmy self-confidence, best illustrated in his condescending reply to Danny's question about Santiago not having packed or called anyone despite supposedly being set to leave the next morning.
- Sociopathic Soldier: Though his charm disguises it, he has a Lack of Empathy for pretty much everyone and is actually proud of his role in Santiago's death.
- Straw Misogynist: He's deeply sexist, and makes an extremely crass joke about the uselessness of female officers outside of their sex appeal.
- The Vietnam Vet: He served in Vietnam with Markinson.
- Villainous Breakdown: Jessep completely loses it in court as Kaffee repeatedly bruises his ego, ultimately resulting in him confessing. At this point, he loses it completely and lunges after Kaffee, being dragged out of the courtroom snarling and raving as he's arrested for his crimes.
- Windmill Crusader: Jessep honestly believes that by standing post at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he is keeping the world safe for democracy.
Markinson
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Andrew Markinson
Played By: Robert Hogan (play), J. T. Walsh (film)
Jessep's moral but spineless second-in-command.
- Alliterative Name: Both his first and last names start with M.
- Ate His Gun: How he kills himself.
- Co-Dragons: With Kendrick to Jessep, serving as the ignored voice of reason.
- Dirty Coward: A unique variant in that he's morally cowardly. He's clearly disgusted by Jessep's actions, but too afraid to admit culpability and break the chain of command.
- Driven to Suicide: Torn between exposing Jessep and breaking his code or keeping quiet and living with his guilt over Santiago's death, he solves his dilemma by eating his gun.
- Face Death with Dignity: He dresses in full uniform before shooting himself.
- Guilt-Ridden Accomplice: He is Jessep's XO and second in command, and signed a phony transfer order to cover up Jessep's role in the Code Red. He is clearly wracked with guilt about Santiago's death and tries to help Kaffee get Dawson and Downey acquitted of the murder.
- It's All My Fault: In his suicide note addressed to Santiago's family, Markinson tells them this. Notably, even in death he refuses to point any fingers at Jessep.Markinson: [Voice over of his note, as we see Markinson putting on his full class A dress uniform] Dear Mr. and Mrs. Santiago, I was William's executive officer. I knew your son vaguely, which is to say I knew his name. In a matter of time, the trial of the two men charged with your son's death will be concluded, and seven men and two women whom you've never met will try to offer you an explanation as to why William is dead. For my part, I've done as much as I can to bring the truth to light. And the truth is this: Your son is dead for only one reason. I wasn't strong enough to stop it. Always, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Andrew Markinson, United States Marine Corps.
[Puts pistol in his mouth, we hear a gunshot as the scene changes back to the courtroom] - Only Sane Man: Of the three Marines in charge at Guantanamo Bay, he's the most reasonable, lacking Jessep's ego and Kendrick's butt kissing and abrasive attitude. Sadly, he tends to be ignored by the two of them who don't show him the respect he truly deserves.
- Stealth Expert: His career path has made him this. He's described as "a ghost" and demonstrates that you don't find him, but he finds you by sneaking into the backseat of Kaffee's car while he goes to get a newspaper.Kaffee: You think I can't subpoena Markinson?
Ross: You can try, but you won't find him. You know what he did for the first 17 years of his career? Counterintelligence. Markinson's gone. There is no Markinson. - Undying Loyalty: Zig-zagged. He is "disloyal" enough to give a few faint hints to Kaffee that lead him in the right direction to get Jessep arrested in the end, but he remains "loyal" enough that he prefers to blow his brains out and blame the whole tragedy on his lack of willpower in his suicide note rather than sit on the witness stand and expose Jessep himself.
Kendrick
First Lieutenant Johnathan James Kendrick
Played By: Ted Marcoux (play), Kiefer Sutherland (film)
A platoon commander at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
- Bad Boss: He's implied to enforce Code Reds on his own men even without Jessep's prompting.
- Berserk Button: He responds with barely concealed rage as Kaffee daring to question his orders in court and generally not show him the respect he feels owed and even subtly mocking him and undermining his authority. Had it happened anywhere else, it's likely Kendrick would have tried to assault him and is clearly only just stopping himself from going apeshit.
- Co-Dragons: With Markinson, serving as Jessep's loyal attack dog.
- Disproportionate Retribution: The Code Red he applies on Private Bell for just stealing liquor from the Officers Club. While it was wrong for Bell to steal the liquor, a week without food and barracks restriction was a tad bit excessive.
- That's not even getting into giving Dawson a below average rating on his last evaluation report and denying him a promotion from Lance Corporal to Corporal just for disobeying his order to give the starving Bell food.
- Gung Holier Than Thou: He's fanatically loyal to marine doctrine and Jessep.Kendrick: I have two books at my bedside, Lieutenant: the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible. The only proper authorities I am aware of are my commanding officer, Colonel Nathan R. Jessep, and the Lord our God.
- Hate Sink: He's unpleasant, abrasive and self-righteous without even Jessep's fake charm. Even Jessep outright calls him a weasel and doesn't seem to like him.
- Hiding Behind Religion: His open religiousness only exposes his utter lack of compassion.
- Jerkass: Kendrick is a self-righteous, callous jerk who openly states he think Santiago deserved to die and doesn't even pretend to be charming, treating Kaffee with open contempt.
- Offscreen Karma: The film ends with Jack Ross about to take him into custody.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: It's never openly confirmed but he's implied to be racist with Jessep noting he comes from an area that was adamantly opposed to racial integration and hated Lionel Kaffee for his work in that area and he's noticeably hostile to Danny although that could be simply because Kendrick is just a jerk.
- Semper Fi: He's basically every rotten stereotype about Marines in one unsavory package: Rude, unpleasant, self-righteous, massively egotistical, proudly ignorant, unthinking and views everyone who isn't as tough as he thinks he is with open contempt.
- Sociopathic Soldier: He's callous, cruel, and lacks all of Jessep's charm.
Dawson
Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson
Played By: Victor Love (play), Wolfgang Bodison (film)
A Marine accused of murdering Santiago.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's left ambiguous as to whether the fenceline shooting was self-defense or not.
- Heel Realization: He ultimately realizes he deserves to be dishonorably discharged because he failed to uphold his responsibility to protect the weak (i.e., Santiago).
- Honor Before Reason: He refuses to take a plea bargain because a dishonorable discharge would negate everything he's done as a Marine.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: It's implied he turned on Santiago because he tried to sell Dawson out over the fenceline shooting after Dawson protected him from the other Marines.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Dawson is largely disrespectful towards Kaffee through most of the film, despite the fact that Kaffee is doing his best to get Dawson off for a murder that he admits he took part in and openly doesn't think much of him or Sam for not being Marines o sharing his belief in the Corps. It's only at the end when Dawson has his Heel Realization that he shows some respect for Kaffee and what he did.
Downey
Private Louden Downey
Played By: Michael Dolan (play), James Marshall (film)
A Marine accused of murdering Santiago.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Downey has a unique interpretation of right and wrong. He doesn't understand why he's still punished for Santiago's death despite Jessep ordering it, ignorant of the fact that he still killed a man.
- The Ditz: Downey is very slow-witted, almost impossibly so, resulting in him generally following Dawson's lead and nearly tanking the whole case by not revealing crucial information, that he wasn't present for Kendrick's order, simply because he wasn't asked, nearly destroying the whole case.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: He's an utter moron, but a polite one.
- Manchild: Downey is fairly childish and simple, despite being a fully grown man.
Santiago
Private First Class William T. Santiago
Played By: Arnold Molina (play), Michael DeLorenzo (film)
A Marine at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base who died, seemingly at the hands of Dawson and Downey.
- Accidental Murder: Santiago wasn't poisoned, but an undetected coronary heart condition caused him to die from anabolic shock after being gagged.
- Asshole Victim: Played with. While Santiago is shown to be a pitiable figure during his brief screentime, he still tried to sell out Dawson, his only friend, over something that might have been self-defense.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death is what kicks off the entire film.
- Posthumous Character: He is murdered during the film's prologue and only appears in person in a flashback. Everything the audience knows about him is through other characters talking about him and Jessep reading his letter requesting to be transferred out of Gitmo (during which the aforementioned flashback appears alongside his voice narrating the Voiceover Letter).
- Ungrateful Bastard: Dawson was his only friend and protected him from his fellow marines. Santiago rewarded him by trying to sell him out for a transfer order. Worse, it's strongly implied that he lied about Dawson's shooting being illegal.
Ross
Captain Jack Ross
Played By: Clark Gregg (play), Kevin Bacon (film)
A lawyer serving as the prosecutor in Dawson and Downey's case.
- Actually Pretty Funny: He can't help but let out an amused grin at Kaffee using his own line of questioning about Code Red's not being in any manuals against him and even compliments him on it later.
- Amoral Attorney: He is an antagonist, but he is an actually correct example of this trope (in the "amoral, not immoral" sense): in his own words, he thinks Dawson and Downey are a pair of idiot kids who got delivered a lousy hand and their superiors are the true assholes of this story (he even tells Kaffee to not put him together with Jessep), but "he represents the United States Government without passion or prejudice" and he will make sure that Dawson and Downey pay for their crime to the utmost of his abilities. When Jessep confesses his role as the one who ordered the Code Red, he does his duty by requesting the judge to pause the hearing and arrests Jessep.
- Berserk Button: He's insulted at Kaffee putting him in the same category as Jessep and Kendrick due to them all being Marines.
- Friendly Enemy: With Kaffee. The two actually are friends outside of the courtroom.
- Good Counterpart: To Jessep and Kendrick. Ross is also a Marine but a good and intelligent person who doesn't buy into the same fanatic rhetoric as other Marines.
- Hero Antagonist: Jessep may be the Big Bad, but Ross is Kaffee's more direct opposition in the case. It doesn't help Kaffee's position due to the fact that Ross has a strong case and that Dawson and Downey did kill Santiago.
- Nice Guy: He's good friends with Danny outside the court and is never less than friendly and reasonable, trying to talk Danny out of his ploy with Jessep because he doesn't want to see it backfire on him.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Ross isn't a bad guy by any means, he's just doing his job, and is disgusted by Jessep and Kendrick.Ross: Don't you dare lump me in with Jessep and Kendrick just because we wear the same uniform! ... I represent the United States Government without passion or prejudice. And my client has a case.
- Token Good Teammate: He's a Marine but doesn't have Jessep and Kendrick's attitude or repellent personality traits.
- Worthy Opponent: He respects Danny a lot as a lawyer, even complimenting him on a skillful redirect after and his ploy with the airmen brought in as witnesses that caused Jessep to panic and reveal his part.
Randolph
Judge (Colonel) Julius Randolph
Played By: J.A. Preston
The judge who presides over Dawson and Downey's case.
- Berserk Button: He does not tolerate any disrespect from those in his court, firmly putting Jessep in his place when he does so.
- Deadpan Snarker: When Jessep disrespects him, he asserts his authority while throwing his words right back at him:Jessep: I would appreciate it if he would address me as "colonel" or "sir". I believe I've earned it.
Randolph: Defense counsel will address the witness as "colonel" or "sir".
Jessep: I don't know what the hell kind of unit you're running here...
Randolph: And the witness will address this court as "judge" or "your honor". I'm quite certain I've earned it. Take your seat, colonel. - Reasonable Authority Figure: He never shows preference for either side and gives everyone as much leeway as he can, while also refusing to let any of them be disrespectful in his courtroom.
- Stern Old Judge: A downplayed example. While he won't tolerate any outright disrespect or breaches of procedure by the lawyers, he does give them a fair amount of leeway towards making their cases.
- Tranquil Fury: He keeps it under control but he's clearly furious at Jessep's open disrespect and makes it clear he won't be tolerating it again before commanding him to take his seat. The brash Jessep immediately does as he's told.
Hammaker
Corporal Carl Edward Hammaker
Played By: Cuba Gooding Jr. (film)
A Marine at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
- Nothing Personal: It's clear during his testimony that he doesn't want to throw Dawson or Downey under the bus, but he's required by oath to truthfully answer that Kendrick instructed the Marines not to touch Santiago during their meeting.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Like the other Marines, he was furious that Santiago betrayed their code and would have made him suffer for it were it not for Kendrick's orders.
Barnes
Corporal Jeffrey Owen Barnes
Played By: Noah Wyle (film)
A Marine at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
- Actually Pretty Funny: He seems to find Kaffee's line of questioning about the mess hall amusing.
- Good Counterpart: He's the flip side of the other Marines: Polite, driven, humble and believing in the Marine code without using it as an excuse for awful behavior
- Nice Guy: He's nothing but polite and friendly when Kaffee calls him to the stand and when greeting them on base.
- Token Good Teammate: He's one of the few Marines who isn't horrible in some way.
