Editing Debt of Honor (section)

===The United States government===
* '''[[Jack Ryan (character)|Jack Ryan]]''': [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] to President Durling. Previously worked at the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. Later appointed as [[Vice President of the United States]] for successfully handling the crisis between the United States and Japan, Ryan was to serve out the end of disgraced former Vice President Kealty's term with the assurance that, upon completion of that final duty, he could permanently retire from government service and be relieved of any future obligation to serve.  However, he becomes President after his superior was killed in the attack on the [[United States Capitol]].
* '''Roger Durling''': [[President of the United States]]. Succeeded J. Robert Fowler after his resignation in the previous novel. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Edward Jonathan Kealty''': Vice President of the United States who later resigns from his post after it was publicly revealed that he was under [[FBI]] investigation for sexual misconduct.
* '''Brett Hanson''': [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Bosley "Buzz" Fiedler''': [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]. Dies in the Capitol attack.
* '''Scott Adler''': [[United States Deputy Secretary of State|Deputy Secretary of State]] who later handles the negotiations with the Japanese over trying to recover the [[Mariana Islands]] by diplomatic means.
* '''Christopher Cook''': Deputy assistant secretary of state who unwittingly passes secret information to Japan in an effort to influence the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.
* '''Dan Murray''': Deputy assistant director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and lead investigator in the criminal case against Kealty
* '''Alan Trent''': Chairman of the [[House Select Committee on Intelligence]]. A vocal critic of the Japanese, he becomes instrumental in the swift passage of the Trade Reform Act, which would later cause war between the United States and Japan.

====The [[Central Intelligence Agency]]====
* '''[[John Clark (Tom Clancy character)|John Clark]]''': Operations officer
* '''Domingo "Ding" Chavez''': Operations officer
* '''Mary Pat Foley''': [[Deputy Director of Operations|Deputy Director (Operations)]]
* '''Chet Nomuri''': Field officer of Japanese descent working in Japan

====The United States military====
* '''Bart Mancuso''': Rear admiral and commander of submarine forces in the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] ([[COMSUBPAC]])
* '''Robby Jackson''': Rear admiral (lower half) working as Deputy J-3 in the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], later Commander of [[Task Force 77 (United States Navy)|Task Force 77]] (CTF-77) during the retaking of the Marianas
* '''Rear Admiral Mike Dubro''': Commander of the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|6}} and {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} carrier battle groups in the [[Indian Ocean]]
* '''Rafael "Bud" Sanchez''': Commander of the [[carrier air wing|Carrier Air Group]] (CAG) on {{USS|John C. Stennis|CVN-74|6}}
* '''Lieutenant Commander Wally Martin "Dutch" Claggett''': Commander of {{USS|Tennessee|SSBN-734|6}}, an {{Sclass|Ohio|submarine|2}}
* '''Sandy Richter''': [[Chief Warrant Officer]] 4 and one of the test pilots for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|Comanche helicopter]] program that later becomes central to the plan to retake the Marianas
* '''Captain Diego Checa''': Leader of a squad of [[United States Army Rangers]] who establish a mountaintop helicopter base in Japan
* '''Julio Vega''': Senior [[non-commissioned officer]] in the squad of Rangers assigned to Japan
* '''Chief Obrecki''': A [[non-commissioned officer]] contacted by Master Chief Oreza with the news that the Japanese have invaded Saipan. Obrecki was the seaman who diagnosed the turbocharger problem on the ''Panache''.