Actor Adam Baldwin portrays the character named Commander Michael Rainer. He portrays the same character in Good Intentions (2004),
This episode contains not one, but two actors from Joss Whedon's "Buffyverse" (specifically Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)'s spin-off Angel (2004). Actor Adam Baldwin as Cmdr. Michael Rainer in this episode and Marcus Hamilton in Angel (1999), as well as Jayne Cobb from one of Whedon's other shows, Firefly (2002).
Julie Benz played Darla in both "Buffy" and "Angel"
Julie Benz played Darla in both "Buffy" and "Angel"
Marines are seen loading supplies labeled Task Force X-ray which was from the Vietnamese War. They wouldn't still be used in operations today.
In one scene Gibbs says "I seen a single mother drown her children because her boyfriend didn't like them". (I believe) this is a reference to Susan Smith from Union SC who let her car roll into a lake with her two son's inside.