29 TV Characters Who Have Served Their Country

Owen Hunt arrived on Grey's Anatomy as an Army trauma surgeon who was the sole survivor of an attack on his unit in Iraq. The experience has left him affected for life.

Well... Dick Whitman, really. But while Don Draper is at war with himself on Mad Men, his identity crisis started soon after serving in the Korean War.

Steve McGarrett served as a Navy SEAL. He returned to Hawaii to track down the man that killed his father, using his investigative and interrogation training to get that job done.

Joe "Bear" Graves spends his days and nights slinking in during the dead or night or under the cover during the light of day to save those who need the very best of Navy SEAL Team SIX's elite mission expertise and is tasked with leading his unit in and out of the most dangerous of situations, keeping them and those they rescue safe.

Digging back to another absolutely brilliant series that aired on ABC for some female representation. First Lieutenant Colleen McMurphy was a nurse with the 510th Evac Hospital in Vietnam. The character was always finding ways to help the incoming battle fatigued soldiers as well as the wounded and was later promoted to Captain

Rip Taggart was once the leader of the elite military squad Navy SEAL Team SIX and went on to offer his well-honed skills privately afterward.