- Terry MacDonald
- Self - Narrator
- Joseph Lee Galloway
- Self - Senior Military Correspondent, Knight-Ridder
- Judy Adamouski
- Self - James's Mother
- Gary Scurka
- Self - National Geographic Producer
- Charles Poe
- Self - National Geographic Producer
- Dana Priest
- Self - Washington Post Reporter
- Kris Kral
- Self - National Geographic Editor
- Robert Crear
- Self - U.S. Army
- Brian Krause
- Self - Boots & Coots
- Richard Meyers
- Self - Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Chris Gunderson
- Self - U.S. Navy
- Victor Renuart
- Self - U.S. Air Force
- Michael O'Hanlon
- Self - Brookings Institution
- Tariq Aziz
- Self - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
- Will Grimsley
- Self - U.S. Army
- David Howell
- Self - U.S. Marines
- Ryan Forestall
- Self - U.S. Marines
- Meighan Adamouski
- Self - James's Wife
- Matthew Ray
- Self - U.S. Marines
- James Adamouski
- Self - Helicopter Pilot
- Muhammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf
- Self - Iraqi Information Minister
- Vincent K. Brooks
- Self - U.S. Army
- George W. Bush
- Self - President
- Gary Cudney
- Self
- Jessica Lynch
- Self - U.S. Army
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Self - Secretary of Defense
