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Because of your God-given abilities,
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you have the unique opportunity
to become
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Marine Corps snipers.
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In today's warfare
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where nearly 200,000 rounds
are fired for each enemy kill.
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A Marine Corps scout sniper average
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is 1.3 rounds per kill.
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If you follow carefully
the instructions I give you
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you will live a long and happy life.
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But screw one thing up
in even the slightest way,
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and you will go home in a body bag.
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At ease on the firing line!
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- Welcome to the range, Colonel.
- Thank you, Gunnery Sergeant. At ease.
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You're a lucky man, Crockett.
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- Yes, sir.
- Bosnia.
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- Best duty a U.S. Marine could hope for.
- I don't understand.
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I only wish I was going with you.
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Sir, if you'll permit me,
I think a mistake has been made.
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You ship out tomorrow at 0600.
Destination Tuzla air base.
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But my boys need me, sir.
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Peacekeepers in Bosnia
need you more, Gunny.
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Sir! If you'll permit me,
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I made a deal with Colonel Garcia.
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- Lf I could just explain...
- Get his replacement out here ASAP.
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Trevino, front and centre! Inspection!
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One round in the magazine,
Gunnery Sergeant.
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What's your zero, Trevino?
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Eight hundred metres with 2.5 right
cranked in for wind.
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What's the trajectory for
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say 1,000 metres?
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Five metres.
Too much for a decent shot, Gunny.
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Wrong, Trevino.
If you can see it, you can hit it.
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Gunny!
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Just like I said, boys.
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Objectify your target.
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Fire between the heartbeats.
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All right. Move out.
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All right, guys.
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There were a total of 18 shots
that night.
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Sunrise, we found 18 dead NVA.
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All around my position.
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- All killed with single shots.
- All killed by one sniper?
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When we got back to base,
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we heard that marine recon
had a man up the trees,
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a Lance Corporal Ray Crockett.
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And now he's a Gunnery Sergeant
taking pot-shots at full bird colonels?
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I tracked him down in Saigon.
Wouldn't even let me buy him a drink.
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- Didn't want to dull his senses.
- Snipers can be pretty hardcore.
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It's called over the edge.
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Sir, if Ray Crockett took a shot
at Colonel Gordon,
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it'll be hard to avoid
a general court martial, Admiral.
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Fair investigation first. That's all I ask.
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When the press gets hold of this...
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See that they don't.
The man saved my life, damn it.
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- Do what you can to save his.
- Understood, sir. I'm on my way.
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Perhaps I should accompany
Commander Rabb to Quantico, sir.
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He can handle this on his own.
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Yes, sir.
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A fine move by JAG
getting the jump on this, Commander.
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The sooner you're done with Crockett,
the better for troop morale.
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Done, sir?
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What exactly are the penalties
for attempted murder
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of a superior officer, Commander?
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UCMJ gives the court
pretty wide latitude, Colonel.
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Anything from a dishonourable
to 20 years confinement.
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- What about a firing squad?
- It would have to be a capital offence.
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One of you would have to be dead, sir.
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You understand
that Admiral Chegwidden
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wants this matter contained.
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This isn't the Navy, Commander.
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We marines clean our own house
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and let the media bottom-feed
off crap like Tailhook.
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I just want the full force of justice
brought to bear
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on Gunnery Sergeant Crockett.
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We're prepared for an article 32 Prelim
to a general court martial.
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Following the investigation
of all the pertinent facts.
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You want a pertinent fact?
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Crockett scoped me with a rifle
and pulled the trigger.
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Is that pertinent enough for you, mister?
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Yes, sir.
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Good hands.
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Yes, sir.
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- You just have to know how to wait, sir.
- I'm Lieutenant Commander Rabb.
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Admiral Chegwidden sent me
to see you.
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- He says he still owes you one.
- Yes, sir. If you say so, sir.
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As you were, Gunnery Sergeant.
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He was just a young lieutenant
at the time.
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He tells quite a story about a night
on the Thanh Hoa river back in Nam.
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He says you saved his life.
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I saved a lot of young lieutenants' lives.
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The Admiral's name
doesn't ring any bells.
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I've been assigned to represent you
during your article 32 Investigation.
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Grease the wheels where I can.
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I don't need any help, sir.
I'm holding the high ground.
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Man who holds the high ground
usually calls the shots.
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- It'd be kind of hard from in here.
- Maybe so.
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But I'm going to make the Marine Corps
live up to our deal.
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See, sir, I just need three more years.
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I can retire with everything I need.
I just have to stay here at Quantico, sir.
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No more combat assignments.
That's my deal.
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Agreed to by both
Colonel Garcia and Colonel Ainesworth.
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- You explained this to Colonel Gordon?
- I've tried, sir. He wouldn't listen.
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So I had to get his attention.
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Attempting to kill a man
is a hell of a way to get his attention.
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- I don't kill people anymore, sir.
- But that's what snipers do, Gunny.
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That's what you've been training
your men for.
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Nobody trains you
for what happens when you kill a man.
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My last kill,
that boy went straight up in the air
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arms and legs thrashing
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blood spewing around like
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something beyond human.
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- Sounds pretty ugly.
- They're all ugly.
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Colonel Garcia said
I'd be valuable here,
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teaching the troops how to stay alive.
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You see, I know things, sir.
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For instance, I know you're either
a cross-dressing weirdo
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or you work real close with a woman.
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Perfume. Lilacs.
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French, I'd say.
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Chanel.
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You're out in the woods,
you don't need to see a target.
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You can smell it.
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Like I said, I know things, sir.
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- You know you're facing a court martial?
- I wouldn't count on it, sir.
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How'd it go?
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Gunnery Sergeant Crockett's
a pretty interesting guy.
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Well, you couldn't prove it by this.
What's not deleted is encrypted.
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- Why would they do this?
- It's called morality, Pentagon style.
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John Wayne was never a bushwhacker.
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But I don't understand.
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You seemed so eager to go down there
and take the bull by the horns.
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I was. I am.
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I just have a feeling
I'm about to be gored by the bull.
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How am I supposed to defend
or even investigate
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a man who is an official
Marine Corps enigma?
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If you can't handle the case,
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I'll be happy to send down
someone more qualified.
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I can handle the case.
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It would just be nice to have a little help
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getting some background
on Gunnery Sergeant Crockett.
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Excuse me, Commander?
But did I just hear the "H" word?
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- What?
- Help.
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- It sounds like you're asking for my help.
- I didn't say that.
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Perhaps you should.
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Yes, ma'am, perhaps I should.
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I would appreciate any...
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help that you could provide.
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I'll do what I can.
And, Commander, you'll owe me.
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Colonel Gordon had
a dozen men at my door at 0600
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to give statements
against Sergeant Crockett.
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He has a way of getting what he wants.
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Where is everybody?
There was a guard here before.
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My God. Harm, look.
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Crockett. No.
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Damn it!
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It's Crockett, ma'am.
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Get the hell
out of the way, Commander.
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The armoury's been penetrated.
I got weapons missing.
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Gunnery Sergeant Crockett's
escaped, sir.
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- Call the provost Marshall. Lock it down.
- Yes, sir.
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I don't want Crockett
getting off this base.
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Looks like your JAG investigation
is over, Commander.
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- They'll never spot him from the air, sir.
- Like hell they won't.
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The Lieutenant has a point, sir.
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A sniper in a Ghillie suit
can't be seen from five feet away.
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UAS Tact four infrared, Commander.
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If Crocket's above room temperature,
we'll find him.
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- And then what?
- Then we go down and get him.
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My regrets to Admiral Chegwidden.
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But under the circumstances,
I think he'll understand.
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JAG still has an interest in this matter.
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Your matter has just escaped the brig,
stolen government weapons
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and headed for the hills.
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Now, that brig,
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those weapons, those hills
and the men in them are my interests.
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So why don't you
and the lovely lieutenant
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go have your nice uniforms pressed
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while my men conduct the business
of the United States Marine Corps.
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Lieutenant.
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- Lovely lieutenant?
- I think he likes you.
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That should have cleared
the deer out of the valley.
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Now we can make an infrared pass.
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Here's his room, Meg.
Gunnery Sergeant Ray Crockett.
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You really think
we'll find something in here
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- to bring Crockett out of the woods?
- No.
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But at this point,
the more we know about him
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the better our chances
of keeping him alive.
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Suppose I told you
he was a tennis player?
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- Right.
- No. Check it out, sir. Wimbledon.
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That's the Marine Corps
Wimbledon Cup.
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It goes to the best long-distance
rifleman in the service.
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He won it six years in a row.
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Terrific. If he digs in
with Gordon going after him
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we won't just have legal action,
we'll have dead marines.
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Perhaps this can help prevent that.
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- Commander.
- As you were.
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We didn't expect to see you here.
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I informed Commander Krennick
we were having trouble
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getting a background on Crockett.
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Actually, he used the "H" word.
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- The "H" word, ma'am?
- Help.
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I brought these just in case you ever
get your hands on Crockett again.
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His entire service record book.
Non-redacted.
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- It's Crockett's kill book.
- Kill book?
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Yeah. Combat snipers
usually keep a record
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of each and every assignment.
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Targets, assessments, results.
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A hundred and sixty-three entries.
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Imagine one person killing 163 men.
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Yeah, well, it's real easy to imagine
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if you've ever fired
a Tomahawk missile in combat.
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I'd like a billet in BOQ.
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Yes, ma'am.
I'll check with Colonel Gordon's office.
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I want this mess wrapped up
before the weekend.
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- That doesn't leave me much time.
- I've planned an officers' retreat
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at Admiral Chegwidden's beach house
on Hilton Head.
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I expect you to attend.
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I may have to send my regrets
to the Admiral.
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Actually, the Admiral won't be there.
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Just you and me.
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My chopper got an infrared fix
on Crockett.
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They found him?
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Dug into an oak grove
halfway up the mountains.
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- Sir, that's not the high ground.
- It's high enough.
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Made damn good time
for a man his age.
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- But I told you we'd spot him.
- What are they going to do, sir?
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Their orders are to bring him back
one way or another.
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- I'm going with them.
- The hell you are!
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Sir, either I'm on that chopper
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or I'll charge you with interfering
in a JAG investigation.
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- That'll never fly.
- Probably not, Colonel,
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but we all know that JAG charges,
regardless of outcome,
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frequently have a chilling effect
on career advancement.
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So why not let Commander Rabb
have his little helicopter ride, sir.
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You guys ready?
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We will be.
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Where's your weapon, Commander?
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The last thing we should do
is make a show of firepower.
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I forgot. You're a lawyer.
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He's going to talk Crockett
out of the woods.
241
00:18:09,067 --> 00:18:11,308
There he is.
I've got an infrared signature.
242
00:18:13,864 --> 00:18:15,738
I'll set you down in that clearing.
243
00:18:24,834 --> 00:18:26,328
Ready to drop!
244
00:18:52,572 --> 00:18:53,901
Bang. Bang.
245
00:19:20,227 --> 00:19:22,553
Palmer. Pavin. Move out.
246
00:19:27,485 --> 00:19:29,858
Trevino. Floyd. Flank them.
247
00:19:32,407 --> 00:19:35,575
- I think I should stay here.
- Understood, sir.
248
00:19:35,828 --> 00:19:39,612
The Navy stands off-shore
while the marines hit the beach.
249
00:20:04,734 --> 00:20:06,062
Freeze! Drop your weapon!
250
00:20:06,152 --> 00:20:08,525
Drop it! It's all over, Gunny!
251
00:20:14,578 --> 00:20:16,321
It's a wild boar.
252
00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:21,415
But it's staked out, Lieutenant.
Who did this?
253
00:20:21,711 --> 00:20:23,289
Who the hell do you think?
254
00:20:23,713 --> 00:20:27,249
Sorry, boys. You're on my turf now.
255
00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:44,309
MCRDC Flight Control. Do you copy?
256
00:20:45,237 --> 00:20:46,861
Flight Control. Ident.
257
00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:49,616
This is Gunnery Sergeant Ray Crockett.
258
00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:53,319
Advise Colonel Gordon
to send his chopper back out here
259
00:20:53,705 --> 00:20:56,112
and tell him to bring body bags.
260
00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:39,126
Crockett got the drop on us, sir.
He said,
261
00:21:39,212 --> 00:21:41,620
"Tell the Colonel I want my deal."
262
00:21:41,923 --> 00:21:44,841
Then he took our gear
and disappeared into the bush.
263
00:21:44,926 --> 00:21:48,047
- One man did this?
- He's good, Colonel.
264
00:21:51,684 --> 00:21:55,183
- Where's Commander Rabb?
- He dropped off our patrol, ma'am.
265
00:21:55,271 --> 00:21:58,391
Did a Lone Ranger.
I don't think much of his chances.
266
00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:01,318
- You don't know the Commander.
- You don't know the Gunny.
267
00:22:02,278 --> 00:22:03,654
Move out!
268
00:23:37,674 --> 00:23:40,794
I ain't gonna sucker
for that one, Commander.
269
00:24:33,234 --> 00:24:35,357
Come on! Move them, Hogan!
Move them!
270
00:24:36,947 --> 00:24:39,023
Austin, fall out!
271
00:24:45,247 --> 00:24:46,363
Yes, sir!
272
00:24:46,458 --> 00:24:48,415
Stand down, Lieutenant,
you're not going anywhere.
273
00:24:48,501 --> 00:24:52,166
- My partner is out there, sir.
- This is a live fire exercise, Lieutenant.
274
00:24:52,255 --> 00:24:55,625
There are no time-outs.
It's not a place for a non-combatant.
275
00:24:55,718 --> 00:24:58,754
A JAG officer goes
where her cases take her, sir!
276
00:24:58,846 --> 00:25:02,179
I hope that the JAG officer knows
how to cover her back
277
00:25:02,349 --> 00:25:04,508
because she is on her own!
278
00:25:16,198 --> 00:25:17,989
Get up there! Move!
279
00:25:47,023 --> 00:25:49,265
It's okay, Gunny, I'm alone.
280
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,277
If that had been a mine
instead of a flare
281
00:25:52,571 --> 00:25:54,694
you'd be dead, Commander.
282
00:25:55,407 --> 00:25:57,650
I appreciate your restraint.
283
00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:00,614
I thought...
284
00:26:00,705 --> 00:26:02,946
I thought JAG was full of puffballs
285
00:26:03,457 --> 00:26:07,159
but you got some gung-ho in you.
How'd you find my hide?
286
00:26:07,712 --> 00:26:10,916
Part of a misspent youth in Laos
with a guy named Striker.
287
00:26:11,007 --> 00:26:13,166
Not Colonel Francis Striker?
288
00:26:13,635 --> 00:26:16,921
- Only his mother called him Francis.
- You're yanking my wire.
289
00:26:17,014 --> 00:26:21,142
Striker and I humped our way
through Indian country back in '71.
290
00:26:21,227 --> 00:26:22,389
1971.
291
00:26:23,437 --> 00:26:24,849
You were patrolling the Cade river.
292
00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:27,312
You're too young
to know about the Cade river.
293
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,187
- Or Striker.
- My father was MIA.
294
00:26:30,278 --> 00:26:32,318
When I was 16,
I went looking for him with Striker.
295
00:26:32,405 --> 00:26:33,735
Sixteen?
296
00:26:34,742 --> 00:26:37,696
Throw down the Kabar, Commander.
Stand up!
297
00:26:38,078 --> 00:26:41,328
Turn around.
Put your hands on your head.
298
00:26:42,751 --> 00:26:44,375
Walk backwards.
299
00:26:45,545 --> 00:26:47,917
You and your spotter
had a company-sized element of NVA
300
00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:51,173
pinned down near the Cade.
It was early April.
301
00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:54,551
You took out an NVA officer
with your first shot.
302
00:26:54,638 --> 00:26:57,308
You had three confirmed hits that day,
four probables.
303
00:26:57,391 --> 00:27:00,476
The only reason you bailed,
your spotter came down with dysentery.
304
00:27:00,562 --> 00:27:03,479
You carried him on your back,
10 klicks to the LZ.
305
00:27:04,482 --> 00:27:08,527
That's classified information.
Nobody's supposed to know about that.
306
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,904
It's in your kill book.
307
00:27:10,990 --> 00:27:15,118
You're the best the marines ever had.
I don't want to let them forget it.
308
00:27:15,619 --> 00:27:19,831
The truth is, I never liked the job.
I just got good at it.
309
00:27:20,583 --> 00:27:22,576
You know we have to go back.
310
00:27:23,586 --> 00:27:25,662
Not until I get my deal.
311
00:27:39,312 --> 00:27:40,723
Hear them?
312
00:27:41,731 --> 00:27:44,935
- At least two of them.
- Three, more than likely.
313
00:27:45,736 --> 00:27:48,606
The Colonel's a good line officer.
He knows the drill.
314
00:27:48,780 --> 00:27:52,280
The trouble is, he forgets.
I wrote most of it.
315
00:27:52,868 --> 00:27:55,111
We're getting way too many weapons
in the field, Gunny.
316
00:27:55,204 --> 00:27:57,991
You know better than anyone
this can't have a happy ending.
317
00:27:58,082 --> 00:28:00,655
I think it's time to change
your makeup, Commander.
318
00:28:04,589 --> 00:28:05,918
Let's go.
319
00:28:35,664 --> 00:28:37,990
Let's go! To the trees!
320
00:29:07,032 --> 00:29:09,820
Tango leader to tango one.
Comm check.
321
00:29:10,077 --> 00:29:11,405
One.
322
00:29:11,537 --> 00:29:13,364
- Tango two.
- Two.
323
00:29:18,336 --> 00:29:19,711
What now?
324
00:29:20,088 --> 00:29:21,286
Now
325
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,708
we see if the Navy knows
how to do anything besides eat fancy.
326
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,547
You're the spotter.
327
00:29:28,722 --> 00:29:32,851
Dead ahead, say about 1,000 metres
between 10 and two, that's our target.
328
00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:41,228
How do you know?
329
00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:44,521
I told you. I know things.
330
00:29:44,740 --> 00:29:46,863
It's what's kept me alive.
331
00:29:48,952 --> 00:29:52,405
- Like Beirut in '83?
- You read about that, too huh?
332
00:29:53,499 --> 00:29:55,243
That was lousy duty.
333
00:29:55,710 --> 00:30:00,040
But that Shiite sniper I faced
was maybe the best I ever duelled.
334
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:03,999
Every day around lunch time,
he's set up in a bombed out building
335
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,388
just like he was running a falafel stand.
336
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:11,099
He'd just squeeze off a few shots
at the marines guarding the airport
337
00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:13,890
and then he'd pull back
for lunch time the next day.
338
00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:20,525
'Cause of the open ground,
I couldn't work in close enough
339
00:30:20,821 --> 00:30:24,949
with my regular smoke pole.
Get off a reliable shot.
340
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,739
- You never heard of a mortar?
- No.
341
00:30:27,870 --> 00:30:30,112
There was too many civilians
in the area.
342
00:30:30,206 --> 00:30:32,875
I needed reach and reliability.
343
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:38,495
So I had the company armourer
rig me up a Browning.50.
344
00:30:38,882 --> 00:30:43,295
Took me near a week to get that shot.
Afterwards, the spotter paced it off.
345
00:30:43,637 --> 00:30:45,879
He said it was 2,500 metres.
346
00:30:46,307 --> 00:30:48,098
A mile and a half?
347
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:50,884
The Browning's a fine weapon.
348
00:30:51,896 --> 00:30:54,103
You find it yet, Commander?
349
00:30:54,608 --> 00:30:56,102
Well, you tell me.
350
00:30:56,485 --> 00:30:59,485
It's between 1:00 and 2:00
left of the fallen tree trunk.
351
00:30:59,571 --> 00:31:00,982
Looks like a boot heel.
352
00:31:10,541 --> 00:31:12,451
Very good, Commander.
353
00:31:12,794 --> 00:31:17,670
- You got good eyes.
- Yeah. Except for night carrier landings.
354
00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:21,586
Can't work in close
to get an angle on them.
355
00:31:21,679 --> 00:31:23,718
They'd peg us for sure.
356
00:31:24,139 --> 00:31:26,049
So we call it a draw?
357
00:31:29,229 --> 00:31:31,850
No such thing as a draw, Commander.
358
00:31:37,530 --> 00:31:40,614
Bees! Bees! Bees!
359
00:31:47,082 --> 00:31:49,489
- Leader to one.
- Bees!
360
00:31:49,584 --> 00:31:51,411
One. This is leader.
361
00:31:52,629 --> 00:31:54,502
- Leader to two.
- Two.
362
00:31:56,008 --> 00:31:59,092
Two. We lost Comm with one.
What's your sitrep?
363
00:32:02,765 --> 00:32:04,045
No joy.
364
00:32:06,394 --> 00:32:07,674
No more.
365
00:32:09,355 --> 00:32:12,890
Well, like the song says,
you go your way, I'll go mine.
366
00:32:12,984 --> 00:32:14,894
I can't convince you
to come back with me?
367
00:32:14,987 --> 00:32:17,822
No way. Not till I get my deal.
368
00:32:23,788 --> 00:32:26,160
Let's go, Marine.
We're walking out of here.
369
00:32:26,249 --> 00:32:30,496
- You double-dealing son of a bitch.
- I'm trying to save your life.
370
00:32:31,713 --> 00:32:35,925
You read about me
so you think you know but you don't.
371
00:32:39,721 --> 00:32:42,094
Most men don't have what it takes.
372
00:32:42,809 --> 00:32:45,430
Look another man in the eye
and pull the trigger.
373
00:32:48,689 --> 00:32:50,979
You got the high ground now.
374
00:32:52,235 --> 00:32:53,778
Take your shot.
375
00:32:55,363 --> 00:32:58,235
One shot. One kill.
376
00:33:24,395 --> 00:33:26,435
How far do you want to take this?
377
00:33:28,525 --> 00:33:31,858
Don't ever let me
see you in my scope, Commander.
378
00:33:46,795 --> 00:33:49,286
- Morning, Colonel.
- Commander Rabb.
379
00:33:49,381 --> 00:33:52,916
To what do I owe the honour
of your company this fine morning?
380
00:33:53,010 --> 00:33:56,675
I was hoping we might discuss
Gunnery Sergeant Crockett, sir.
381
00:33:57,848 --> 00:34:01,218
The Colonel is aware
that Gunny is the genuine article?
382
00:34:01,311 --> 00:34:03,054
He's genuine, all right.
383
00:34:03,146 --> 00:34:06,230
Genuine homicidal burnout,
no longer fit for duty.
384
00:34:06,357 --> 00:34:08,433
On the contrary, sir,
I think he demonstrated
385
00:34:08,526 --> 00:34:11,314
what a good marine sniper can do
in the face of overwhelming odds.
386
00:34:11,405 --> 00:34:15,485
If that's your idea of humour, mister,
you're flirting with insubordination.
387
00:34:15,576 --> 00:34:18,780
With all due respect, sir,
I'm merely stating the facts.
388
00:34:18,872 --> 00:34:21,493
For 27 years, the Corps asked
Gunnery Sergeant Crockett
389
00:34:21,583 --> 00:34:24,120
to put his soul in storage
and perform a duty
390
00:34:24,210 --> 00:34:26,535
which few men are capable of.
391
00:34:27,046 --> 00:34:30,796
I submit it's time to give Crockett
the space his soul needs
392
00:34:30,884 --> 00:34:32,841
to find some peace, sir.
393
00:34:33,345 --> 00:34:36,180
If the Colonel is trying to run me
in the ground, it won't work, sir.
394
00:34:36,265 --> 00:34:38,970
Neither will playing
on my sympathies, Commander.
395
00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:41,977
Your client is a danger
to himself and others.
396
00:34:42,063 --> 00:34:45,515
He deserves to spend
the rest of his life in the brig.
397
00:34:45,818 --> 00:34:48,771
The Colonel may find
this interesting reading.
398
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,688
It's Crockett's kill book, sir.
399
00:34:53,033 --> 00:34:56,284
The intimate details
of 163 confirmed kills.
400
00:34:56,371 --> 00:34:58,992
I know what
the Gunnery Sergeant is, Commander.
401
00:34:59,082 --> 00:35:01,619
Yes, sir. But you don't know who he is.
402
00:35:06,465 --> 00:35:10,249
As the Colonel will see,
Crockett's book is full.
403
00:35:11,428 --> 00:35:13,421
There are no empty pages, sir.
404
00:35:15,683 --> 00:35:19,099
We're contacting
Colonel Ainesworth and Colonel Garcia.
405
00:35:20,187 --> 00:35:22,514
You really believe in your client,
don't you, Commander?
406
00:35:22,607 --> 00:35:24,185
Yes, sir. I do.
407
00:35:24,609 --> 00:35:27,895
Good. 'Cause I don't.
408
00:35:32,118 --> 00:35:34,443
Since Colonel Gordon
is so hard-headed
409
00:35:34,537 --> 00:35:36,410
we'll just have to talk
some sense into the Gunny.
410
00:35:36,497 --> 00:35:39,071
I spent time with the man, Meg,
up close and personal.
411
00:35:39,167 --> 00:35:41,326
I'm afraid the only retreat
Crockett understands
412
00:35:41,419 --> 00:35:43,542
is the lowering of colours at sunset.
413
00:35:50,012 --> 00:35:51,886
How can I help you, sir, ma'am?
414
00:35:51,972 --> 00:35:54,214
Lieutenant Commander Rabb
and Lieutenant J.G. Austin
415
00:35:54,308 --> 00:35:56,384
- to see Gunnery Sergeant Crockett.
- Sorry, Commander.
416
00:35:56,477 --> 00:35:58,435
Prisoner Crockett has requested
no visitors, sir.
417
00:35:58,605 --> 00:36:00,432
We're not visitors,
Staff Sergeant Davies.
418
00:36:00,523 --> 00:36:02,350
We're JAG, the Gunny's our client.
419
00:36:02,442 --> 00:36:05,015
Yes, ma'am. Prisoner Crockett
has specifically listed your names
420
00:36:05,111 --> 00:36:07,520
as people he declines to see, sir.
421
00:36:07,615 --> 00:36:10,616
- Will that be all, sir?
- As you were, Staff Sergeant.
422
00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:12,279
Aye, aye, sir.
423
00:36:13,037 --> 00:36:14,317
What do you do when you're trapped
424
00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:17,830
between an immovable object
and an irresistible force?
425
00:36:17,917 --> 00:36:19,744
Drop and cover, sir.
426
00:36:36,354 --> 00:36:38,347
Lieutenant Commander Rabb
and Lieutenant J.G. Austin
427
00:36:38,439 --> 00:36:40,895
- reporting as ordered, sir.
- Stand at ease.
428
00:36:41,150 --> 00:36:42,610
- Ma'am.
- Ma'am.
429
00:36:42,695 --> 00:36:45,067
Colonel Gordon and I were
just discussing your case.
430
00:36:45,155 --> 00:36:47,064
In lieu of a general court martial
431
00:36:47,157 --> 00:36:49,446
Commander Krennick has
convinced me of the wisdom
432
00:36:49,535 --> 00:36:53,201
of having Crockett submit
to a 706 sanity evaluation.
433
00:36:53,289 --> 00:36:54,700
He's not crazy, sir.
434
00:36:54,791 --> 00:36:57,412
After which he will
voluntarily separate from the service
435
00:36:57,502 --> 00:37:01,121
with loss of benefits, of course,
and accept a bad conduct discharge.
436
00:37:01,215 --> 00:37:02,958
Meaning the Colonel
is prepared to overlook
437
00:37:03,050 --> 00:37:05,801
the deal Gunnery Sergeant Crockett
had with his former CO?
438
00:37:05,886 --> 00:37:08,923
There is no record of any deal.
439
00:37:09,015 --> 00:37:11,767
Sir, we have a sworn statement
from your predecessors,
440
00:37:11,851 --> 00:37:16,014
Colonels Garcia and Ainesworth,
confirming that there was a deal.
441
00:37:16,772 --> 00:37:18,232
Damn it, Lieutenant.
442
00:37:20,777 --> 00:37:24,229
The man tried to kill a Colonel
in the United States Marine Corps.
443
00:37:24,323 --> 00:37:26,066
Begging the Colonel's pardon, sir
444
00:37:26,158 --> 00:37:29,113
if Gunnery Sergeant Crockett
was trying to kill you, you'd be dead.
445
00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:33,450
A free hand snapshot at a moving target
over 1,000 metres away
446
00:37:34,292 --> 00:37:36,119
and you have the...
447
00:37:38,130 --> 00:37:40,621
The gall to claim
he hit what he was aiming at?
448
00:37:40,716 --> 00:37:44,797
- Not gall, sir. Confidence.
- Davy Crockett couldn't make that shot.
449
00:37:44,887 --> 00:37:47,592
With your permission, Colonel,
I'd like to prove otherwise.
450
00:38:06,494 --> 00:38:08,367
If you're ready, sir.
451
00:38:21,635 --> 00:38:22,833
Good morning, Colonel.
452
00:38:22,928 --> 00:38:25,217
Prisoner Crockett
is present as ordered, sir.
453
00:38:30,812 --> 00:38:31,927
Good morning, Colonel.
454
00:38:32,022 --> 00:38:35,188
Good morning, Gunnery Sergeant.
Stand at ease.
455
00:38:36,276 --> 00:38:37,651
Gunnery Sergeant Crockett,
456
00:38:37,735 --> 00:38:40,062
is it your contention
you had no malicious intent
457
00:38:40,155 --> 00:38:42,481
when you fired on
Colonel Gordon's vehicle?
458
00:38:42,741 --> 00:38:45,944
Sir. The Colonel wouldn't let me explain
my deal.
459
00:38:46,370 --> 00:38:49,288
I was just trying to get
the CO's attention, sir.
460
00:38:49,457 --> 00:38:52,458
The Colonel has agreed
to let us duplicate your shot.
461
00:38:52,544 --> 00:38:56,328
Rather than ask the Colonel
and his aide to drive the vehicle,
462
00:38:56,674 --> 00:38:58,797
that task has fallen on me.
463
00:38:58,968 --> 00:39:02,052
Sir, the Gunnery Sergeant
meant what he said
464
00:39:02,137 --> 00:39:05,223
when he warned the Commander
about not getting in his scope.
465
00:39:05,308 --> 00:39:07,764
Your sincerity is not
at issue here, Gunny
466
00:39:07,852 --> 00:39:09,679
your intentions are.
467
00:39:20,199 --> 00:39:22,238
Attention on the range.
468
00:39:24,954 --> 00:39:28,572
- What the hell's he doing here?
- Making sense of nonsense, I hope.
469
00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:31,074
I didn't want to see
you get yourself killed.
470
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,127
- I'm flattered.
- Don't be.
471
00:39:34,631 --> 00:39:38,463
I have enough work without investigating
the death of one of my lawyers.
472
00:39:40,512 --> 00:39:44,463
- Good morning, Admiral.
- Good morning, Colonel. As you were.
473
00:39:46,978 --> 00:39:49,054
Hello, Gunny. Long time.
474
00:39:50,107 --> 00:39:52,894
Yes, sir, Admiral. Welcome to MCRDC.
475
00:39:55,153 --> 00:39:57,940
I understand
you're putting on a shooting exhibition.
476
00:39:59,325 --> 00:40:01,650
- Lovely day for it.
- Yes, sir.
477
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,528
A little windier than I'd like.
478
00:40:10,545 --> 00:40:12,289
Well, what are we waiting for?
479
00:40:13,131 --> 00:40:14,294
Sir.
480
00:40:19,305 --> 00:40:22,306
Are you sure
this is such a good idea, sir?
481
00:40:23,976 --> 00:40:26,385
A little late for doubts,
isn't it, Lieutenant?
482
00:40:39,118 --> 00:40:41,525
Corporal, clear your weapon
483
00:40:41,620 --> 00:40:44,195
and present it
to Gunnery Sergeant Crockett.
484
00:40:49,671 --> 00:40:50,951
What's your zero, Trevino?
485
00:40:51,047 --> 00:40:53,254
Gunny, my weapon
is zeroed for 800 metres.
486
00:41:51,530 --> 00:41:53,273
Good shot, Gunny.
487
00:41:55,201 --> 00:41:57,407
One shot. One kill.
488
00:42:01,374 --> 00:42:03,497
Gunnery Sergeant Crockett,
489
00:42:03,584 --> 00:42:06,622
the Corps cannot allow
prior gallantry to be used
490
00:42:06,713 --> 00:42:08,872
as an excuse for reckless behaviour.
491
00:42:08,966 --> 00:42:12,216
Therefore, I have no choice
but to find you guilty
492
00:42:12,302 --> 00:42:13,714
of wanton destruction
493
00:42:13,805 --> 00:42:16,342
of miscellaneous items
of government property.
494
00:42:16,432 --> 00:42:19,468
You are hereby ordered
to make full restitution.
495
00:42:19,810 --> 00:42:23,346
In addition, you're restricted to base
for 60 days at half pay.
496
00:42:24,608 --> 00:42:27,359
- Any questions?
- Sir, no, sir.
497
00:42:31,073 --> 00:42:33,232
Pin your chevrons back on.
498
00:42:35,077 --> 00:42:36,785
Return to duty, Gunny.
499
00:42:37,872 --> 00:42:39,330
Aye, aye, sir.
500
00:42:45,964 --> 00:42:49,215
Thanks, Commander.
You got some major brass.
501
00:42:56,767 --> 00:42:59,603
Eight weeks.
I'll make you a hell of a sniper.
502
00:42:59,688 --> 00:43:02,642
Maybe next time. I'll keep it in mind.
503
00:43:04,526 --> 00:43:05,936
Gunnery Sergeant Crockett?
504
00:43:08,614 --> 00:43:12,446
I believe I still owe you a drink
if you're done shooting for the day.
505
00:43:12,535 --> 00:43:15,156
Sir, I'd be honoured, sir.
506
00:43:16,331 --> 00:43:18,904
You still don't remember him,
do you, Gunny?
507
00:43:19,209 --> 00:43:20,619
Commander,
508
00:43:21,127 --> 00:43:24,295
a gunnery sergeant don't tell
the two star he don't remember him.
509
00:43:38,688 --> 00:43:39,803
Lieutenant Austin,
510
00:43:39,898 --> 00:43:42,686
you're dismissed until
0700 hours Monday.
511
00:43:42,776 --> 00:43:44,057
Thank you, ma'am.
512
00:43:44,695 --> 00:43:46,937
- Commander Rabb?
- Sir.
513
00:43:47,031 --> 00:43:48,311
Why don't you join us?
514
00:43:49,241 --> 00:43:50,735
Aye, aye, sir.
515
00:43:58,626 --> 00:44:00,703
Big plans
for the weekend, Commander?
516
00:44:00,796 --> 00:44:02,290
Not anymore.