Jack Ryan: President of the United States
Dr. Caroline “Cathy” Ryan: First Lady of the United States
Jack Ryan, Jr.: Campus operative
Dr. Olivia “Sally” Ryan: Ophthalmic surgeon
Kathleen “Katie” Ryan: Lieutenant Commander (Select), U.S. Navy
Kyle Ryan: Lieutenant, USN
Scott Adler: Secretary of state
Arnold “Arnie” van Damm: White House chief of staff
Mary Pat Foley: Director of national intelligence
Robert Burgess: Secretary of defense
Admiral Lawrence Kent, USN: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Major General Bruce Kudryk, U.S. Army: Joint Chiefs of Staff
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John Clark: Director of operations
Domingo “Ding” Chavez: Assistant director of operations
Adara Sherman: Operations officer
Bartosz “Midas” Jankowski: Operations officer
Rear Admiral Bentley Kiplinger, USN: Strike group commander
Captain Otis Mackenzie, USN: Commanding officer, USS Gerald R. Ford
Captain Sarah “Baby” Williams, USN: Executive officer, USS Gerald R. Ford
Commander MartinVasquez, USN: CAG Carrier Air Wing 8
Commander James “Spacecamp” Huddleston, USN: DCAG Carrier Air Wing 8
Commander Brian “Mr. Pibb” Hanson, USN: Executive officer VFA-31
LCDR Jaya Kumari, USN: Naval intelligence officer on the Ford
IS2 Caspar, USN: LPO of the intelligence shop, USS Gerald R. Ford
Commander Clint Houston, USN: Commanding officer
LCDR Dennis Knepper, USN: Executive officer
LCDR Jackie “Juggernaut” Guevara, USN: Weapons officer
Commander Bresnahan, USN: Commanding officer
LCDR Pifer, USN: Executive officer
Xavier Harris: Sonar Technician Second Class
Chief Schonauer: Sonar supervisor
Captain First Rank Konstantin Gorov: Commanding officer
Captain Second Rank Yuri Stepanov: First officer
Captain Lieutenant Blok: Conning officer
Starshina First Class Fyodorov: Quartermaster
Captain Lieutenant Ivan Tarasov: Engineering officer
Captain First Rank Lev Denikin: Commanding officer
Captain Second Rank Mats Tamm: First officer
Nikita Yermilov: President of Russia
Colonel General Oleg Andreyev: Director, National Defense Management Center
Admiral Ivan Boldyrev: Commander in chief, Russian Naval Fleet
General Aralovich: Director of the FSB
Colonel General Nikolai Ilyin: Former KGB, retired
Admiral Rodionov: Director of the GRU
Erik Dovzhenko
SOCS Max Harden, USN: SEAL strike team leader
SOC Reed Johnson, USN: SEAL/Special operations combat medic
SOC Billy Harper, USN
SO1 Owen Delacorte, USN
SO1 Marty Rich, USN
SO2 Scott Todd, USN
SOCS Dwight Merrell, USN
Captain Russ Ferguson, USN: Commanding officer, Nimitz Warfare Analysis Center
Intelligence Specialist Second Class “Bubba” Pettigrew, USN: Office of Naval Intelligence
Dr. Ronald Jones
Captain Pete Miller, USN (retired): Undersea Weapons Program manager at the Naval Research Lab
Matthew Reilly: Retired CIA case officer