Editing Red Storm Rising (section)

===NATO===
* Edward Morris: Commanding officer of {{USS|Pharris|FF-1094|6}} and later {{USS|Reuben James|FFG-57|6}}.
* Daniel X. McCafferty: Commanding officer of {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}} {{USS|Chicago|SSN-721|6}}.
* Robert A. Toland III: [[National Security Agency|NSA]] analyst and naval reservist, later promoted to commander in the [[United States Navy Reserve]].
* Michael D. Edwards, Jr.: [[First lieutenant]] in the [[United States Air Force]] serving as a meteorological officer at [[Naval Air Station Keflavik]] in Iceland. Leads intelligence gathering there during the Soviet occupation of the island with the code name of "Beagle", later receiving a [[Navy Cross]] for his bravery.
* Jerry "The Hammer" O'Malley: Lieutenant Commander in the USN serving as a helicopter pilot aboard ''Reuben James''. Receives a [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his antisubmarine warfare work.
* Amelia "Buns" Nakamura: [[F-15 Eagle|F-15C]] pilot for the USAF who becomes the first American female [[fighter ace]] by shooting down three [[Tupolev Tu-16|Tu-16 Badger]] bombers while on [[Ferry flying|ferry]] duty and later using [[ASM-135 ASAT|ASM-135]] anti-satellite missiles to destroy at least two Soviet [[RORSAT|naval radar reconnaissance satellites]]. She also becomes the first Space Ace because of her satellite shoot-downs.
* Terry Mackall: Sergeant First Class in the [[United States Army]] serving as an [[M1 Abrams]] tank commander in the [[11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States)|11th Armored Cavalry Regiment]] on the German front. Receives a [[battlefield promotion]] to lieutenant for his valor and leadership skills.
* Colonel Douglas "Duke" Ellington: USAF officer and commander of the [[F-19]] Stealth squadron
* Colonel Charles DeWinter "Chuck" Lowe: Officer in the [[United States Marine Corps]] who works with Bob Toland before the conflict and later as the commanding officer of a Marine regiment in the invasion force that recaptured Iceland. Lowe served three [[Tour of duty|Tours of duty]] in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] and received a [[Navy Cross]] for his bravery in that war.
* General Eugene Robinson: [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]]. Robinson served three [[Tour of duty|Tours of duty]] in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] and commanded the [[101st Airborne Division]]. Robinson is a supremely-skilled gambler, which he uses to hide how desperately-overstretched NATO forces are late in the war when personally meeting with Colonel-General Alekseyev to negotiate a cease-fire.
* William Calloway: British [[Reuters]] correspondent and [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] agent.
* James Smith: Sergeant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] serving under lieutenant Edwards in Iceland.