Vrieger

Summary
"Doug saw the lantern face of his lieutenant commander bearing down on him. He wasn't a handsome guy, with eyes too small for the broad circumference of his head and a big jowly mouth. The square metal-rimmed glasses added to the look of middle age though, at thirty-one, he was little more than a decade older than Doug. Vrieger was the only guy in the navy who knew more about him than the town he came from and the bases he'd trained at, and this counted for something."

A friend of Doug whom he met during his time in the Navy. He was superior to Doug as he was a Lieutenant Commander. He was one of the few people who actually knew Doug while he was in the Navy and was directly involved with the civilian plane that Doug shot down.