When Capt. Rabb gets out of his F-18 aircraft, the theme music from JAG (1995) plays in the background.
Harmon Rabb has held the rank of Captain since April 2005 (14 years). He promoted from Lieutenant to Lt. Commander in March of 1996, from Lt. Commander to Commander in November of 1999 (3 years), and from Commander to Captain in April 2005 (<6 years).
Somewhere along the line he left the JAG corps (where he was still assigned as of the series finale) and returned to being a line officer, so he did not follow in the footsteps of Admiral Chegwidden to become the Judge Advocate General as had been theorized in the former series finale.
Somewhere along the line he left the JAG corps (where he was still assigned as of the series finale) and returned to being a line officer, so he did not follow in the footsteps of Admiral Chegwidden to become the Judge Advocate General as had been theorized in the former series finale.
With Harmon Rabb holding the rank of Captain and still flying, his position on the carrier should be Commander of the Air Group, or CAG, not the Executive Officer or XO. He may have been doing some type of other flying such as qualifications. The role of the CAG was played by Terry O'Quinn on JAG (1995) as Captain and later Admiral Thomas Boone, who appeared 10 times.
David James Elliott reprises his role from 'JAG (1995)'.NCIS (2003) is a spin-off of JAG (1995) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) is in turn, a spin-off of NCIS (2003).
Donald P. Bellisario was also a former Marine, who helped serialized other shows which touched on the military such as Magnum, P.I. (1980), and Quantum Leap (1989).