Harriet is promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade)
It is the second appearance of Montel Williams as Lieutenant Curtis Rivers. Two months later, he made a guest appearance as a diabolical cult leader in an episode of Touched by an Angel (1994).
Lewis Beecham said he served as a Boatswain's Mate Third Class on the Antietam. The USS Antietam (CG-54) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser commissioned on June 6, 1987, named after the Civil War battle of Antietam, Maryland in 1862. Antietam was one of the first warships sent to take part in Operation Desert Shield, a NATO military operation in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August of 1990; the Antietam provided fire support and rescue to a team of British SAS special forces operators whose plane was shot down by enemy fire. More recently the Antietam has been part of Carrier Strike Group Five in the Pacific in response to China's increasing aggression against Taiwan, between October of 1998 and July of 1999 the Antietam, along with the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54), transited the Taiwan Strait three times as a show of force and in defiance of China's illegal claim of controlling the Strait and declaring it Chinese territorial waters, which is not recognized by international law. When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan on August 28, 2022, after China's further acts of aggression against Taiwan, including firing cruise missiles off the coast and flying military aircraft in Taiwan airspace, the Antietam along with sister ships USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) & USS Shiloh (CG-67) and the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Taiwan to provide force protection services. After Speaker Pelosi departed the Antietam and Chancellorsville transited the Straight after being overflown by two Chinese Air Force Chengdu J-20 attack aircraft. The Antietam is slated to be placed in reserve in 2024 and likely replaced in service by the USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer launched on June 24, 2021 and is slated to finish sea trials and be commissioned in late 2023.
Actor Montel Williams was in the military in real life. He served in the Marine Corps for two years and the Navy for 20 years, he was a "mustang" meaning he entered the service as an enlisted Marine and later attended the Naval Academy and became an officer in the Navy. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander and earned a dozen commendations and awards. See trivia items for Above and Beyond (1997) for further details.