This episode guest stars Joel David Moore, who is Zachary Levi's best friend in real life and business partner. Together they produced (with Moore starring and directing) the indie film Spiral (2007).
The members of Casey's combat unit are all named after electronics brands; Packard, T.I., and Mackintosh.
Dave Bautista becomes the third WWE performer to guest star on the show following Steve Austin and Stacy Keibler.
When Casey and Morgan are breaking into the bunker in Iran, on Casey's helmet "Better dead than red" is written in sharpie.
Guest star Eric Roberts portrayed Will Butler in the sitcom Less Than Perfect (2002) with Zachary Levi.