Object

Jack Reese's Transfer Orders

Administrative documents detailing Lieutenant Commander Jack Reese's reassignment to Aviano Air Force Base. Staff reference them in the Roosevelt Room as Donna confirms the sudden orders amid Bartlet's intelligence briefing and Leo's disclosure of Pentagon retaliation. Bartlet, Charlie, Clark, and others react with concern, the papers embodying swift bureaucratic punishment that pulls Reese from Washington duties.

3 appearances

Purpose

Authorize and document Jack Reese's personnel transfer to Aviano Air Force Base

Significance

Crystallizes political fallout from Bartlet's forced-depletion report, imposing real consequences on a junior naval officer and exposing tensions between White House moral stances and Pentagon resistance.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

From Routine Briefing to Khundu's Moral Reckoning

Jack Reese's Transfer Orders are referenced as proof of immediate Pentagon retaliation; the paper functions narratively to show cost to a junior officer and illustrate institutional pushback.

Before: Issued by the Pentagon and delivered into personnel channels.

After: Acknowledged by staff as active: Reese is reassigned to Aviano Air Base, creating personal fallout and internal White House concern.

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S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

When Words Become Images: The Khundu Atrocity Revealed

Jack Reese's transfer orders are referenced and discussed in the hallway and bullpen; the paperwork embodies Pentagon retaliation and is the tangible justification for his sudden reassignment to Aviano.

Before: Processed and issued within Pentagon/White House personnel channels, available to staff who check orders.

After: Executed — Reese is reassigned and the orders circulate as the cause of workplace dislocation and political dispute.

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S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

Interagency Blowback — Reese Reassigned

Jack Reese's Transfer Orders function as the tangible evidence of administrative punishment: Donna and Josh discuss the orders as proof that Reese has been reassigned to Aviano, turning abstract Pentagon displeasure into a real, human consequence.

Before: Generated within Pentagon/personnel channels but not yet widely known to White House staff.

After: In the possession of Reese (implied) and now known to White House staff (Donna and Josh); serves as immediate cause for concern and internal discussion.

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