Last appearance of Joshua Bryant as Jack Scully.
This was fifth episode that cast member Harry Morgan (Col. Potter) had directed since joining the series at the start of the 1975-1976 season. His work on this segment behind-the-camera earned him a nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series during the 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Hawkeye tells Margaret that when he was in med school he couldn't change for the woman he loved. That's a reference to the backstory in The More I See You (1976), where Hawkeye's old flame, Carlye Breslin Walton (Blythe Danner), is assigned to the 4077th.
The title refers to the official Department of Defense publication that is independent of the government and has supplied news to American servicemen and servicewomen since the American Civil War (1861-1865).