Roosevelt Room Officer

An unnamed Major who stands among the field officers assembled in the Roosevelt Room, this officer embodies the military presence during tense policy confrontations. Trained to hold posture and hold silence, he straightens and remains largely mute when Admiral Fitzwallace bursts in and forces the conversation into plain language. He functions narratively as a disciplined, deferential exemplar of institutional reticence—his obedience and visible tension amplify the moral confrontation between civilian leadership and military caution, marking the stakes of presidential decision and the cost of bureaucratic cowardice.