8-80th Hostage Task Force
Description
National Security Advisor Nancy McNally grips the phone amid Situation Room frenzy, mobilizing the 8-80th Hostage Task Force from Parris Island to shatter the Haitian rebels' stranglehold on the U.S. embassy. This elite rescue force hurtles into the breach against 500 AR-15-toting soldiers backed by Bradleys and artillery overwhelming 37 Marines, transforming Leo McGarry's barked demands for enemy tallies into boots-on-ground deliverance. Commanded remotely by Nancy's directive to Fitz, it embodies Marine Corps precision strike amid siege chaos and Bartlet's political inferno.
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S2E21
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18th and Potomac
Situation Room: Rebel Firepower Overwhelms Embassy, Triggers Hostage Task Force
Nancy decisively recommends mobilizing the 8-80th Hostage Task Force from Parris Island directly to Fitzwallace via phone, marking the pivotal shift from intel chaos to active rescue operation against the rebel siege.
Active Representation
Via Nancy's remote command directive to military leadership
Power Dynamics
Empowered by White House authority to override embassy peril
Institutional Impact
Accelerates U.S. military intervention in Haitian coup
Internal Dynamics
Task force priming under barked orders
Organizational Goals
Rapid deployment to relieve besieged embassy
Execute hostage rescue protocol
Influence Mechanisms
Elite Marine resources
Chain-of-command activation
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