Location
Parris Island
Parris Island surges as the Marine Corps stronghold where the 8-80th Hostage Task Force explodes into motion under Nancy McNally's iron command—boots thunder across drill fields slick with resolve, helicopters spool in humid salt air thick with crisis adrenaline, hurtling elite squads toward Haiti's rebel inferno where 500 AR-15-toting fighters and Bradleys crush the embassy's 37 Marines. Urgency coils in every barked order, a distant fortress priming Bartlet's fractured response.
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S2E21
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18th and Potomac
Situation Room: Rebel Firepower Overwhelms Embassy, Triggers Hostage Task Force
Nancy invokes Parris Island as origin point for the 8-80th Hostage Task Force mobilization order to Fitz, positioning it as the launchpad for Marine elite response to the embassy siege, injecting imminent reinforcement hope into the room's despair.
Atmosphere
Implied distant urgency of drill fields and spooling helos
Functional Role
Military staging base for hostage rescue deployment
Symbolic Significance
Bastion of U.S. Marine precision striking from afar
Access Restrictions
Marine Corps installation, task force only
Humid salt air
Thunderous boot and rotor sounds
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