1 00:00:15,742 --> 00:00:17,901 I'm just happy to be getting off the ship. 2 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,620 We got the place for the whole weekend, that's the good thing. 3 00:00:25,838 --> 00:00:28,330 You finished already, Granato? 4 00:00:32,347 --> 00:00:34,672 You're getting better at this. 5 00:00:34,850 --> 00:00:37,638 Whatever. Do you think I could put this gear away now? 6 00:00:38,354 --> 00:00:41,356 Absolutely. There's plenty of deck for you to swab. 7 00:00:42,526 --> 00:00:43,807 Haven't I done enough, 8 00:00:43,987 --> 00:00:46,027 - Petty Officer Rowe? - No. 9 00:00:46,239 --> 00:00:50,285 You've got three hours and 12 minutes left on your watch. 10 00:00:50,453 --> 00:00:51,652 Oh, forget it. 11 00:00:54,667 --> 00:00:57,622 Stow the Brasso and swab the deck, Seaman Granato. That's an order. 12 00:00:59,048 --> 00:01:01,753 Do it now, Granato. 13 00:01:02,385 --> 00:01:04,711 Do it yourself. 14 00:01:06,307 --> 00:01:08,596 - Look what you did. - I quit. 15 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:12,221 - You can't just quit the Navy. - Watch me. 16 00:02:14,061 --> 00:02:16,351 Good evening, and thank you for coming. 17 00:02:16,523 --> 00:02:19,275 Every time the Navy unveils a new recruiting commercial, 18 00:02:19,443 --> 00:02:20,523 we all have a stake in it. 19 00:02:20,695 --> 00:02:23,269 But tonight, for those of us at JAG, stakes are even greater 20 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:28,485 because the commercial stars our own Commander Harmon Rabb. 21 00:02:30,541 --> 00:02:31,620 With the commander tonight 22 00:02:31,792 --> 00:02:34,201 is the director of the commercial, Renee Peterson. 23 00:02:34,379 --> 00:02:39,126 I understand she's still trying to stop him from ad-libbing. 24 00:02:39,970 --> 00:02:41,132 Let's all now take a look 25 00:02:41,305 --> 00:02:45,090 and see how the nation's gonna see us this week for the first time. 26 00:02:49,649 --> 00:02:51,191 I'm Commander Harmon Rabb. 27 00:02:51,401 --> 00:02:54,605 The Navy has given me not one, but two careers. 28 00:02:54,822 --> 00:02:58,109 The first you've just seen, flying F- 14 Tomcats. 29 00:02:58,327 --> 00:02:59,786 The second I'm working at right now, 30 00:02:59,995 --> 00:03:02,617 as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General Corps. 31 00:03:02,791 --> 00:03:04,451 The great thing about the Navy 32 00:03:04,626 --> 00:03:07,462 is the challenges don't stop with courtrooms and jets. 33 00:03:07,672 --> 00:03:11,540 You could work in nuclear propulsion or computer electronics. 34 00:03:11,719 --> 00:03:13,095 Or you could stand tall 35 00:03:13,262 --> 00:03:15,968 with the world's elite fighting force, the SEALs. 36 00:03:16,183 --> 00:03:19,719 So if you think the Navy is for you, take my advice. 37 00:03:19,938 --> 00:03:22,394 Step up and meet the challenge. 38 00:03:29,116 --> 00:03:31,690 - Very good, sir. - Very professional. 39 00:03:33,205 --> 00:03:35,613 - Nice job, commander. - Thank you, sir. 40 00:03:35,791 --> 00:03:39,458 You know, I was under the impression that Miss Peterson was going to use... 41 00:03:39,630 --> 00:03:43,463 Your line, sir, was edited out. 42 00:03:43,635 --> 00:03:47,087 Renee will explain it to you. She's right over there. 43 00:03:50,686 --> 00:03:52,061 If I'm not mistaken, commander, 44 00:03:52,229 --> 00:03:57,652 the only thing those three women have in common is you. 45 00:04:04,871 --> 00:04:06,780 Did you see what she was wearing? 46 00:04:06,998 --> 00:04:09,122 I can't believe he's dating that girl. 47 00:04:09,293 --> 00:04:11,999 - Good morning, lieutenant. - Good morning, sir. 48 00:04:12,172 --> 00:04:15,873 We can discuss it later, colonel. Commander. 49 00:04:16,344 --> 00:04:20,177 - I scare her off? - She's a little high-strung. 50 00:04:20,349 --> 00:04:23,101 Listen, colonel, on another note, 51 00:04:23,269 --> 00:04:26,224 what were you and Bobbi Latham talking to Renee about last night? 52 00:04:26,398 --> 00:04:28,771 Just girl talk. 53 00:04:28,943 --> 00:04:30,984 Admiral's waiting. 54 00:04:34,951 --> 00:04:37,407 Nice to see Commander Rabb could step out of the spotlight 55 00:04:37,580 --> 00:04:39,787 long enough to join us. 56 00:04:40,625 --> 00:04:42,915 First order of business is Andrea Granato. 57 00:04:43,087 --> 00:04:45,661 Apparently decided she had enough of the Navy 58 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:49,210 and walked off her ship, the USS Hartung. 59 00:04:49,386 --> 00:04:53,966 Witnesses said her parting words were, "I quit." 60 00:04:54,184 --> 00:04:56,391 Didn't anyone explain that quitting wasn't an option 61 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:58,354 when Seaman Granato enlisted, sir? 62 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:01,611 Apparently, Generation X only worries about itself. 63 00:05:01,819 --> 00:05:04,358 This sounds like a simple case of unauthorized absence, sir. 64 00:05:04,531 --> 00:05:06,239 Why is JAG involved? 65 00:05:06,408 --> 00:05:08,947 Because Seaman Granato is being charged 66 00:05:09,162 --> 00:05:11,867 with dereliction of duty, missing ship's movement 67 00:05:12,041 --> 00:05:15,292 and, as a result of 47 days of absence, desertion. 68 00:05:15,795 --> 00:05:18,548 Ouch, sir. 69 00:05:18,716 --> 00:05:22,050 Ouch is what you get when you walk off a Spruance-class destroyer 70 00:05:22,220 --> 00:05:23,881 getting ready to deploy to the Adriatic. 71 00:05:24,056 --> 00:05:26,049 The skipper drops a ton of bricks on you. 72 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:29,144 - Up to prosecuting, colonel? - Absolutely, sir. 73 00:05:29,355 --> 00:05:32,309 - Commander, you will defend. - Yes, sir. 74 00:05:32,484 --> 00:05:34,940 Admiral, I'd like to volunteer to assist Commander Rabb. 75 00:05:35,154 --> 00:05:37,942 Oh, I don't think that will be necessary, lieutenant. 76 00:05:38,450 --> 00:05:41,321 - My plate's clear, sir. - Well, then let me fill it. 77 00:05:41,537 --> 00:05:44,290 It seems a young petty officer took a car from the motor pool 78 00:05:44,457 --> 00:05:46,616 at Bethesda Naval Hospital and got caught drag racing. 79 00:05:46,794 --> 00:05:48,752 You'll be handling his special court-martial. 80 00:05:48,922 --> 00:05:50,120 Yes, sir. 81 00:05:50,340 --> 00:05:53,176 - So that does it unless-- - One more thing, sir. 82 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:56,637 These bricks that Seaman Granato's CO is dropping on her, 83 00:05:56,807 --> 00:05:58,349 why so many? 84 00:06:01,062 --> 00:06:03,020 I'd been hearing about Seaman Granato's attitude 85 00:06:03,190 --> 00:06:04,305 since her first day aboard. 86 00:06:06,402 --> 00:06:08,230 From her leading chiefs in CIC, mostly. 87 00:06:08,405 --> 00:06:11,027 What sorts of things were you hearing, Commander Woodling? 88 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,487 - She's a whiner. - Not the first one in the service. 89 00:06:14,663 --> 00:06:16,324 Did you whine when you were working toward 90 00:06:16,499 --> 00:06:18,077 those silver oak leaves on your collar? 91 00:06:18,251 --> 00:06:20,540 - I couldn't afford to. - No woman in the military can. 92 00:06:20,754 --> 00:06:22,712 You know it and I know it. 93 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:25,131 And Seaman Granato just failed to get the message. 94 00:06:25,343 --> 00:06:28,630 But her records don't show any previous instances of trouble. 95 00:06:28,806 --> 00:06:30,883 She was near the top of her class at boot camp. 96 00:06:31,101 --> 00:06:34,138 Well, that ceased to matter when she walked off this ship 97 00:06:34,313 --> 00:06:36,271 and missed the berth switch the next morning. 98 00:06:36,441 --> 00:06:37,770 Is this personal, commander? 99 00:06:38,694 --> 00:06:42,740 Stereotypes are the curse of every woman in the military. 100 00:06:42,950 --> 00:06:44,907 After what I went through... 101 00:06:47,330 --> 00:06:52,670 Well, I don't have to tell you about discrimination, now, do I, colonel? 102 00:06:52,837 --> 00:06:55,839 - I'm not the issue here, commander. - Oh, no, you're wrong. 103 00:06:56,008 --> 00:06:59,212 We both are. And you'd better understand that 104 00:06:59,387 --> 00:07:03,220 if you wanna successfully prosecute this case. 105 00:07:11,361 --> 00:07:13,319 I never pictured you working behind a desk. 106 00:07:13,489 --> 00:07:17,108 Not after seeing how much you hated it those two months in Saigon. 107 00:07:17,285 --> 00:07:18,614 Well, hell, I found one that fit. 108 00:07:18,787 --> 00:07:20,496 Besides, I'm not like you damn aviators. 109 00:07:20,665 --> 00:07:23,702 - I don't suffer from oxygen deprivation. - Sir. 110 00:07:23,877 --> 00:07:25,752 Hell of a lot better than lack of action. 111 00:07:25,922 --> 00:07:27,547 I haven't missed a war since Vietnam. 112 00:07:27,716 --> 00:07:30,254 All right, all right. Quit patting your damn chest 113 00:07:30,427 --> 00:07:32,468 and tell me why the hell you called me out here. 114 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:34,513 I need your help, admiral. 115 00:07:35,392 --> 00:07:38,596 I had a little problem with an aircraft. I got my ass grounded. 116 00:07:38,772 --> 00:07:41,976 My FNAEB is in a couple of days, and if I don't win it, 117 00:07:42,151 --> 00:07:44,524 it could mean no flying, no command. 118 00:07:44,738 --> 00:07:46,861 Sounds like more than just a little problem. 119 00:07:47,658 --> 00:07:51,739 I ran off the end of a damn taxiway. Got stuck in the mud. 120 00:07:51,913 --> 00:07:54,120 I foddered the engine when I tried to power out. 121 00:07:54,292 --> 00:07:56,368 - What the hell happened? - My eyes. 122 00:07:56,544 --> 00:07:58,419 - Are they that bad? - No, they're fine. 123 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:01,549 But the flight physical found something in my bloodstream, 124 00:08:01,718 --> 00:08:02,881 screwed up my vision. 125 00:08:03,053 --> 00:08:05,841 I couldn't tell the taxiway lights from the runway approach lights. 126 00:08:06,015 --> 00:08:07,558 Well, what do you mean, something? 127 00:08:09,686 --> 00:08:10,932 Viagra. 128 00:08:12,190 --> 00:08:14,230 Oh, hell, Pete. 129 00:08:14,401 --> 00:08:15,979 I told you the problem wasn't my eyes. 130 00:08:16,153 --> 00:08:19,819 You know the rule. You can't take Viagra and fly. 131 00:08:19,991 --> 00:08:22,483 The FAA says six hours is enough to get it out of your system. 132 00:08:22,661 --> 00:08:24,453 That's a civilian rule. 133 00:08:24,622 --> 00:08:29,286 Admiral, I thought it would be enough. 134 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,678 Let me see what I can do. 135 00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:50,777 I really did wanna be in the Navy, sir. 136 00:08:50,990 --> 00:08:53,446 Well, some people are gonna have a hard time believing that, 137 00:08:53,618 --> 00:08:54,816 Seaman Granato. 138 00:08:54,995 --> 00:08:57,237 Including you, commander? 139 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:02,493 I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I am your lawyer, after all. 140 00:09:02,671 --> 00:09:04,581 Yes, sir. 141 00:09:05,884 --> 00:09:09,088 I thought it would be a good way to better myself. 142 00:09:09,263 --> 00:09:11,387 The Navy, I mean. 143 00:09:12,225 --> 00:09:14,017 The kind of scores you got on your ASVABs, 144 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:15,764 college would have been an option too. 145 00:09:15,939 --> 00:09:17,517 Too expensive, sir. 146 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:19,648 Bu then I was hearing about the Navy, you know. 147 00:09:19,819 --> 00:09:23,402 And I thought, "Wow, where else am I gonna get a chance like that?" 148 00:09:23,573 --> 00:09:26,112 What kind of chance were you looking for? 149 00:09:27,245 --> 00:09:30,116 The recruiter told me that I could be an air traffic controller, sir. 150 00:09:30,332 --> 00:09:32,124 Oh, interested in aviation, huh? 151 00:09:32,335 --> 00:09:34,624 Totally, sir. 152 00:09:34,796 --> 00:09:38,581 I'd never been in a plane before I was flown to boot camp. 153 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:39,839 That was cool. 154 00:09:40,011 --> 00:09:42,764 Not the pilot part, but the getting it back down on the ground. 155 00:09:42,932 --> 00:09:44,011 Whenever I was flying, 156 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:46,141 getting back on the ground was always important. 157 00:09:46,311 --> 00:09:48,933 - What did you fly, sir? - F-14s. 158 00:09:51,860 --> 00:09:53,402 You can't be my lawyer, sir. 159 00:09:54,405 --> 00:09:55,484 Excuse me? 160 00:09:55,698 --> 00:09:59,150 I saw your television commercial last night. You're just another recruiter. 161 00:09:59,370 --> 00:10:01,577 - I've already had one lie to me. - What lie? 162 00:10:01,789 --> 00:10:05,491 The lie they told me about how I could be an air traffic controller, sir. 163 00:10:05,669 --> 00:10:08,505 - Like that's ever gonna happen. - Go on, I'm listening. 164 00:10:09,174 --> 00:10:11,844 First they told me that my school was postponed, 165 00:10:12,053 --> 00:10:15,220 so they send me to fleet as an undesignated striker. 166 00:10:15,432 --> 00:10:17,805 Then three months later, 167 00:10:17,977 --> 00:10:20,979 they tell me that they are over-quota'd on air traffic controllers. 168 00:10:21,607 --> 00:10:23,018 They offered me some other schools, 169 00:10:23,192 --> 00:10:24,936 but they were not what they promised me. 170 00:10:25,111 --> 00:10:27,484 Well, I'm sure it wasn't personal, Seaman Granato. 171 00:10:27,656 --> 00:10:29,400 These things happen in the military. 172 00:10:29,617 --> 00:10:32,453 But nobody told me that, sir. 173 00:10:32,621 --> 00:10:36,999 If you can't get your head around that, then you should not be defending me. 174 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:10,124 I don't know what to tell you, Chief Pearson. 175 00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:13,213 Maybe I am backing away, sort of. 176 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:15,132 That's what I just-- 177 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:16,921 - Commander. - As you were, chief. 178 00:11:17,136 --> 00:11:19,130 Thank you, sir. 179 00:11:19,306 --> 00:11:21,714 Look, Ronnie, if you want to go to college, 180 00:11:21,893 --> 00:11:24,384 put in your four years and the Navy will pay your way. 181 00:11:24,563 --> 00:11:28,858 And by that time, you'll probably have a lot better idea about what you-- 182 00:11:29,027 --> 00:11:31,020 You're Commander Rabb. 183 00:11:31,196 --> 00:11:33,355 That's him. He's in our new recruiting commercial too. 184 00:11:33,533 --> 00:11:35,193 On TV. You seen it, Ronnie? 185 00:11:35,368 --> 00:11:36,827 I don't remember. 186 00:11:36,995 --> 00:11:41,208 When you do, you will definitely wanna play on the commander's team. 187 00:11:41,376 --> 00:11:42,954 Yeah. Okay, Chief Pearson. 188 00:11:43,128 --> 00:11:46,214 - All right, think Navy, Ronnie. - Sure. 189 00:11:49,094 --> 00:11:50,174 I had him locked in. 190 00:11:50,346 --> 00:11:53,550 Then his mother offers him 500 bucks to go to a community college. 191 00:11:53,725 --> 00:11:55,553 Economy like it is, I usually hear them saying 192 00:11:55,728 --> 00:11:57,555 they found a job that pays better than we do. 193 00:11:57,730 --> 00:11:59,724 Yeah. Sounds like tough duty, chief. 194 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:02,059 Oh, at least they lowered my quota, sir. 195 00:12:02,236 --> 00:12:04,479 Now if I sign three kids every two months, I'm a hero. 196 00:12:04,656 --> 00:12:06,899 A year ago, they wanted four a month. I was going nuts. 197 00:12:07,118 --> 00:12:09,788 That would be about when you signed Andrea Granato, wouldn't it? 198 00:12:09,996 --> 00:12:11,277 Oh, yes, sir, it was. 199 00:12:11,457 --> 00:12:13,948 A total homerun that girl. Is she working for you? 200 00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:15,283 I'm her lawyer, chief. 201 00:12:15,462 --> 00:12:18,499 - She's been charged with desertion. - Andrea? 202 00:12:18,674 --> 00:12:21,878 Claims she did it because she didn't get the school you promised her. 203 00:12:22,054 --> 00:12:24,759 Did you guarantee she'd be an air traffic controller, chief? 204 00:12:24,974 --> 00:12:27,300 I didn't guarantee anything, sir. 205 00:12:29,146 --> 00:12:31,104 Neither do college football recruiters, chief, 206 00:12:31,274 --> 00:12:34,608 but they sometimes wind up with two quarterbacks both guaranteed to start. 207 00:12:34,778 --> 00:12:37,864 Commander, I never made her a promise the Navy couldn't keep. 208 00:12:38,074 --> 00:12:40,744 You just told me you were up against a wall back then, chief. 209 00:12:40,911 --> 00:12:43,533 - You had to sign four a month. - That's right, sir. 210 00:12:43,706 --> 00:12:46,494 So I talked faster, worked harder. 211 00:12:46,669 --> 00:12:48,413 Bought myself a great-Iooking SUV 212 00:12:48,588 --> 00:12:52,337 to keep recruits from thinking the Navy is as butt ugly as this office. 213 00:12:53,052 --> 00:12:55,175 Are you taking new recruits for a ride, chief? 214 00:12:55,764 --> 00:12:58,137 Only in my car, sir. 215 00:13:05,943 --> 00:13:07,687 JAG Ops, Gunnery Sergeant Galindez. 216 00:13:07,863 --> 00:13:09,571 Gunny, have you seen Lieutenant Singer? 217 00:13:09,740 --> 00:13:11,817 Yes, sir. I just picked her up on my radar. 218 00:13:11,993 --> 00:13:14,401 Lieutenant Singer? Telephone, ma'am. 219 00:13:14,580 --> 00:13:15,991 It's Commander Rabb. 220 00:13:16,165 --> 00:13:19,499 I'll take it at your desk, gunny. Yes, sir? 221 00:13:19,670 --> 00:13:21,829 Lieutenant, I've got my hands full here in Baltimore. 222 00:13:22,006 --> 00:13:24,462 I was wondering if you could find time to help me out. 223 00:13:24,634 --> 00:13:25,880 On the Granato case, sir? 224 00:13:26,053 --> 00:13:27,797 - It would be an honour. - Great. 225 00:13:28,347 --> 00:13:31,266 Granato's recruiter's name is Chief Roger Pearson. 226 00:13:31,435 --> 00:13:33,724 I need you to find out if there is any evidence 227 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:36,180 that he has trouble telling the truth on the job. 228 00:13:36,358 --> 00:13:38,600 I'm sure his unhappy recruits would tell you that, sir. 229 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:41,732 I need better than unhappy, lieutenant. I need lied to. 230 00:13:41,907 --> 00:13:44,778 - Yes, sir. I'll get right on it. - Thank you. 231 00:13:46,579 --> 00:13:47,955 - Gunny? - Yes, ma'am? 232 00:13:48,123 --> 00:13:50,116 I need a favour. 233 00:13:55,007 --> 00:13:57,083 - Colonel MacKenzie? - What is it, Bud? 234 00:13:57,301 --> 00:14:01,217 Well, you're busy with your case. I'll come back later. 235 00:14:01,390 --> 00:14:03,182 No, no, no. It's not a problem. 236 00:14:03,351 --> 00:14:05,344 Let's talk in my office. 237 00:14:16,117 --> 00:14:18,407 It's Harriet, ma'am. 238 00:14:18,579 --> 00:14:21,153 Do you think she's still mad at me about Australia? 239 00:14:21,374 --> 00:14:22,952 No, Australia is ancient history, Bud. 240 00:14:23,126 --> 00:14:25,166 Besides, Harriet's not the type to hold a grudge. 241 00:14:25,379 --> 00:14:28,085 Well, last night, I asked her what was for dinner, 242 00:14:28,258 --> 00:14:30,050 and she made me sleep on the couch. 243 00:14:30,678 --> 00:14:32,338 Enter. 244 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:35,713 - Congresswoman Latham. - I was just visiting the admiral, 245 00:14:35,893 --> 00:14:37,803 and while I was there, I thought we could chat. 246 00:14:38,354 --> 00:14:39,979 By all means. 247 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:42,682 We'll talk later, colonel. 248 00:14:43,444 --> 00:14:45,236 What happened to your jaw, lieutenant? 249 00:14:45,405 --> 00:14:48,323 Oh, Commander Rabb punched me. 250 00:14:48,492 --> 00:14:49,987 Oh, Commander Brumby too. 251 00:14:51,288 --> 00:14:54,124 It was an accident. Ma'am. 252 00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:57,622 - Please. - Someday, I'd like to hear that story. 253 00:14:57,796 --> 00:15:00,584 But right now, I'm more interested in the Granato case. 254 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,042 Well, the court-martial starts tomorrow. 255 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:06,091 - So the charges remain the same? - Yes, ma'am, they do. 256 00:15:06,724 --> 00:15:08,385 Colonel MacKenzie, doesn't this strike you 257 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,262 as a prime example of using an axe to peel a grape? 258 00:15:12,482 --> 00:15:15,020 I didn't know you had a personal interest in the case. 259 00:15:15,235 --> 00:15:17,644 Well, I'm making arrangements for Seaman Granato 260 00:15:17,822 --> 00:15:19,899 to testify before my subcommittee. 261 00:15:20,826 --> 00:15:22,404 On national security? 262 00:15:22,578 --> 00:15:24,702 On the retention of women in the military. 263 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,996 We lose a third of them every three years. 264 00:15:28,169 --> 00:15:32,084 - A statistic I assume would alarm you. - I'm well aware of that. 265 00:15:32,257 --> 00:15:34,879 But the kind of women who should be in the military don't desert 266 00:15:35,052 --> 00:15:37,425 because they're pouting over the school they didn't get. 267 00:15:38,265 --> 00:15:40,424 They wouldn't pout if they were given accommodations. 268 00:15:40,601 --> 00:15:41,716 Accommodations? 269 00:15:41,936 --> 00:15:44,772 I think you've got this thing backwards, Congresswoman Latham. 270 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:48,108 Women, like men, are in the military to serve our country. 271 00:15:48,278 --> 00:15:49,357 Not vice versa. 272 00:15:49,529 --> 00:15:51,688 Nobody's serving anybody if the Navy recruits women 273 00:15:51,866 --> 00:15:53,111 and then chases them away. 274 00:15:53,326 --> 00:15:55,652 Andrea Granato wasn't chased, she ran. 275 00:15:55,871 --> 00:15:57,615 From what, colonel? 276 00:16:10,765 --> 00:16:12,675 - Hi. - Hello. 277 00:16:14,645 --> 00:16:17,766 Doctor Walden, Doctor Sidney Walden? 278 00:16:17,941 --> 00:16:20,480 That's right. It's an old family name. 279 00:16:20,653 --> 00:16:23,441 You're not the first to expect my grandfather. 280 00:16:24,658 --> 00:16:27,328 So, Admiral Chegwidden, how can I help you? 281 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:32,334 Well, actually, I'm here about a friend. 282 00:16:32,752 --> 00:16:35,789 Admiral, there is no shame in erectile dysfunction. 283 00:16:36,632 --> 00:16:38,625 Doctor Walden, I am the judge advocate general 284 00:16:38,801 --> 00:16:39,916 of the United States Navy. 285 00:16:40,095 --> 00:16:42,847 And as such, I think I possess enough respect for the truth 286 00:16:43,015 --> 00:16:46,717 to be forthcoming if I had a problem, which I don't. 287 00:16:46,937 --> 00:16:48,562 Not that I've... 288 00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:54,445 ...lately, but the... 289 00:16:54,655 --> 00:16:56,565 I know what you mean, admiral. 290 00:16:56,783 --> 00:17:00,034 Work doesn't leave much time for relationships. 291 00:17:00,204 --> 00:17:02,197 Kind of ironic for me, I guess. 292 00:17:08,256 --> 00:17:11,293 - Is this your son? - Yes. 293 00:17:11,468 --> 00:17:14,139 My husband died almost 12 years ago. 294 00:17:14,347 --> 00:17:17,384 Danny plays lacrosse for Maryland. Just a freshman. 295 00:17:17,601 --> 00:17:20,389 Listen, I hope I wasn't too strident. I... 296 00:17:20,564 --> 00:17:23,518 It's refreshing to meet someone who doesn't mince words. 297 00:17:25,194 --> 00:17:27,188 Now, about your friend. 298 00:17:28,365 --> 00:17:29,776 Oh, yeah. Right, right. 299 00:17:29,951 --> 00:17:33,368 Well, he's a Naval aviator. 300 00:17:33,539 --> 00:17:34,950 Flew after taking Viagra. 301 00:17:35,583 --> 00:17:39,498 Foolish maybe, but it wasn't an issue until he had a mishap. 302 00:17:39,713 --> 00:17:40,793 No fatalities. 303 00:17:40,965 --> 00:17:43,373 - But the Navy is touchy about it. - Right. 304 00:17:43,551 --> 00:17:45,212 I know the common wisdom about the drug 305 00:17:45,387 --> 00:17:48,674 is that it decreases the ability to distinguish blue from green. 306 00:17:48,892 --> 00:17:50,932 Exactly. The colour of the lights on the taxiway 307 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:52,384 where the accident happened. 308 00:17:52,563 --> 00:17:54,272 Look, have your friend come in, admiral. 309 00:17:54,441 --> 00:17:56,350 I'll examine him and we can determine exactly 310 00:17:56,527 --> 00:17:58,270 what the drug does to his sight. 311 00:17:58,487 --> 00:18:01,240 Well, I don't know if he's gonna be comfortable with that. 312 00:18:02,075 --> 00:18:04,116 Even if it gave him a defence? 313 00:18:11,379 --> 00:18:13,622 Andrea's sisters, her brother. 314 00:18:13,841 --> 00:18:16,415 We were all excited she was gonna be working with airplanes. 315 00:18:16,594 --> 00:18:18,172 The whole block was. 316 00:18:18,346 --> 00:18:21,597 But I guess she never got close to an airplane, did she, Commander Rabb? 317 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:24,888 - No, ma'am, I'm afraid she didn't. - Oh, that recruiter. 318 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:29,442 He filled her head with all kinds of jets and fancy uniforms. 319 00:18:29,611 --> 00:18:31,604 You know, glamorous stuff she was never gonna get 320 00:18:31,780 --> 00:18:32,943 if she stayed around here. 321 00:18:33,115 --> 00:18:36,532 Did you hear the recruiter promise or guarantee anything? 322 00:18:36,703 --> 00:18:39,824 I never met him. Too busy working here. 323 00:18:39,999 --> 00:18:44,330 Plus, I thought Andrea-- She was 19 then. 324 00:18:44,505 --> 00:18:46,249 --She could make her own decisions. 325 00:18:47,008 --> 00:18:48,836 Sounds like you have a lot of faith in Andrea. 326 00:18:49,011 --> 00:18:52,297 Nothing but, commander. She was great in school. 327 00:18:52,474 --> 00:18:54,930 She took care of my other kids after her father passed 328 00:18:55,102 --> 00:18:56,763 and I had to be out of the house so much. 329 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:59,222 Did Andrea ever have an attitude problem, Mrs. Granato? 330 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,195 Oh, well, she could be a little bossy. 331 00:19:03,363 --> 00:19:05,439 But other than that, she was like a second mother. 332 00:19:05,657 --> 00:19:08,363 Did she tell you that she was planning on leaving the ship? 333 00:19:09,245 --> 00:19:14,454 I didn't even know she was unhappy. She wrote to me, everything was swell. 334 00:19:14,627 --> 00:19:16,834 But when she got home, it all came out. 335 00:19:22,763 --> 00:19:26,928 Big improvement over premieres and hijackings, huh? 336 00:19:27,561 --> 00:19:29,518 It is, isn't it? 337 00:19:30,064 --> 00:19:31,808 You sound surprised. 338 00:19:31,983 --> 00:19:35,768 Well, I just haven't had many evenings like this recently. 339 00:19:35,946 --> 00:19:39,897 Well, things can change, Harm. 340 00:19:40,077 --> 00:19:44,242 I think I'm looking at a very interesting future. 341 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:49,796 Whoa, it's a little early for predictions, huh? 342 00:19:52,301 --> 00:19:54,971 You're not very good at relationships, are you? 343 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:58,265 I just don't think we should be getting ahead of ourselves. 344 00:19:58,476 --> 00:20:01,596 Oh, no, no, no. Harm. 345 00:20:01,771 --> 00:20:04,061 - No, you don't understand. - I think I understand. 346 00:20:04,275 --> 00:20:08,060 You said that you think there's an interesting future and-- 347 00:20:08,238 --> 00:20:10,777 No, no. It's a movie, Harm. 348 00:20:10,992 --> 00:20:13,281 The budget's only about two and a half million, 349 00:20:13,453 --> 00:20:16,870 but it's a really great opportunity. 350 00:20:20,462 --> 00:20:22,669 What's the movie about? 351 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,880 It's actually about Ioneliness. 352 00:20:25,594 --> 00:20:26,709 Love triumphs? 353 00:20:27,847 --> 00:20:30,338 Well, not in the script that I read, 354 00:20:31,435 --> 00:20:35,683 but they had a really great time along the way. 355 00:20:36,483 --> 00:20:38,310 - Really? - Really. 356 00:20:38,527 --> 00:20:41,648 - A really good time? - Really good. 357 00:20:51,252 --> 00:20:53,826 Is everybody getting court-martialled this nervous, sir? 358 00:20:54,005 --> 00:20:56,378 - Comes with the territory, I guess. - Commander. 359 00:20:56,550 --> 00:20:58,378 Just who I was looking for. 360 00:20:58,553 --> 00:21:01,127 An addendum to our witness list. 361 00:21:03,017 --> 00:21:04,927 Paul Skowron? 362 00:21:05,145 --> 00:21:08,811 - Ask your client. - He's a guy I know. 363 00:21:09,025 --> 00:21:12,146 More like the boyfriend she deserted the Navy to be with. 364 00:21:25,129 --> 00:21:27,371 Boyfriend just slip your mind, Seaman Granato? 365 00:21:27,549 --> 00:21:29,542 I didn't think he mattered, sir. 366 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,762 Well, you better believe he matters if he's the reason you left that ship. 367 00:21:32,931 --> 00:21:34,723 No, commander. 368 00:21:34,892 --> 00:21:37,763 Everything I told you is the truth about my recruiter lying to me, 369 00:21:37,937 --> 00:21:40,643 promising me things that were never gonna happen. 370 00:21:41,650 --> 00:21:45,352 How long after you left the ship did you go to your boyfriend's house? 371 00:21:46,156 --> 00:21:49,608 Right away, sir, but it's not what you're thinking. 372 00:21:50,328 --> 00:21:51,491 Enlighten me. 373 00:21:52,790 --> 00:21:54,997 I didn't have anywhere else to go. 374 00:21:55,209 --> 00:21:57,832 How many days did you stay at Paul Skowron's? 375 00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:01,249 Three days, sir. 376 00:22:02,385 --> 00:22:04,675 Four days, sir. 377 00:22:04,847 --> 00:22:07,932 And in those four days she spent at your apartment, Mr. Skowron, 378 00:22:08,101 --> 00:22:09,928 did Seaman Granato talk about the problems 379 00:22:10,104 --> 00:22:13,105 - she was having with the Navy? - She said she couldn't deal with it. 380 00:22:13,274 --> 00:22:17,404 Anything about a recruiter? Anything about broken promises? 381 00:22:17,572 --> 00:22:20,146 We actually didn't do a whole lot of talking. 382 00:22:20,325 --> 00:22:22,283 I see. 383 00:22:22,703 --> 00:22:25,788 So while Seaman Granato was at your house, 384 00:22:25,957 --> 00:22:28,532 she was just enjoying your company. 385 00:22:28,711 --> 00:22:31,084 Yeah, I knew she'd been hearing from her friends 386 00:22:31,256 --> 00:22:33,214 that I was seeing other girls, 387 00:22:33,384 --> 00:22:35,673 so I figured she wanted to try and get us back together. 388 00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:38,805 - Because she was jealous? - I think so, yeah. 389 00:22:38,974 --> 00:22:41,217 Jealous enough to desert from the Navy? 390 00:22:41,436 --> 00:22:44,141 Objection, this calls for the witness to be a mind reader. 391 00:22:44,356 --> 00:22:47,311 - Sustained. - No further questions. 392 00:22:49,071 --> 00:22:51,989 Mr. Skowron, prior to these four days 393 00:22:52,158 --> 00:22:54,068 that Seaman Granato spent with you in March, 394 00:22:54,244 --> 00:22:56,284 when was the last time you saw her? 395 00:22:56,455 --> 00:22:58,698 I don't know. Maybe nine, ten months ago. 396 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:00,702 Which would be before Seaman Granato 397 00:23:00,877 --> 00:23:02,289 entered the Navy, correct? 398 00:23:02,463 --> 00:23:03,542 I guess. 399 00:23:03,756 --> 00:23:06,248 Had she been back to Baltimore in this time? 400 00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:08,633 I think so. I heard she was. 401 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:10,590 - She didn't see you then? - No. 402 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:13,892 So since she lived with you for four days in March, 403 00:23:14,061 --> 00:23:16,304 has she moved back in with you? 404 00:23:16,523 --> 00:23:19,643 - No, she's staying with her mother. - So, what you're saying is, 405 00:23:19,818 --> 00:23:23,319 is that she treated your apartment like a hotel, only cheaper. 406 00:23:23,532 --> 00:23:25,572 - Objection. - Sustained. 407 00:23:25,785 --> 00:23:27,778 We are still seeing each other. 408 00:23:27,996 --> 00:23:30,285 - Every week? - Sometimes. 409 00:23:30,499 --> 00:23:34,035 - Are you engaged, Mr. Skowron? - No. 410 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:36,039 So really, what you and Seaman Granato have 411 00:23:36,215 --> 00:23:39,051 is a casual social relationship. 412 00:23:42,014 --> 00:23:44,137 I suppose so, yes. 413 00:23:44,684 --> 00:23:45,929 Thank you. 414 00:23:46,102 --> 00:23:49,519 She dropped her Brasso, ma'am, splashed it all over my trousers. 415 00:23:49,690 --> 00:23:51,434 And then she walked right over the brow. 416 00:23:51,609 --> 00:23:53,318 Without permission, Petty Officer Rowe? 417 00:23:53,487 --> 00:23:56,738 I couldn't believe it, ma'am. You don't just quit the Navy. 418 00:23:56,908 --> 00:23:59,364 Did you have any other reaction? 419 00:23:59,536 --> 00:24:02,111 Oh, yes, ma'am. Anger. 420 00:24:02,290 --> 00:24:03,833 We were preparing to deploy, 421 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,287 loading gear, testing systems, working like plough horses. 422 00:24:07,505 --> 00:24:10,258 Seaman Granato couldn't have picked a worse time to jump ship. 423 00:24:11,427 --> 00:24:14,429 Thank you. No further questions. 424 00:24:16,684 --> 00:24:20,469 So you were understaffed. You were preparing to deploy. 425 00:24:20,647 --> 00:24:22,307 Checking systems, loading gear. 426 00:24:22,483 --> 00:24:24,275 And you couldn't find anything better 427 00:24:24,444 --> 00:24:27,813 for Seaman Granato to do than to polish brass? 428 00:24:27,990 --> 00:24:31,775 It's a part of Navy life, sir. Like swabbing the deck. 429 00:24:31,995 --> 00:24:33,787 Which is exactly what you had ordered 430 00:24:33,956 --> 00:24:36,530 - Seaman Granato to do next, isn't it? - Yes, sir. 431 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,252 Were you singling Seaman Granato out 432 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,212 for drudgework, Petty Officer Rowe? 433 00:24:40,422 --> 00:24:44,124 I wanted to make a point, sir, that she needed to apply herself. 434 00:24:44,302 --> 00:24:49,215 Was that the point? Or was the point that Seaman Granato is a woman? 435 00:24:49,392 --> 00:24:51,184 No, sir. 436 00:24:58,112 --> 00:25:00,105 Yeah, got it. 437 00:25:00,281 --> 00:25:02,358 I owe you one. Thanks. 438 00:25:03,118 --> 00:25:04,993 Lieutenant Singer. 439 00:25:05,955 --> 00:25:07,996 I checked around like you asked. 440 00:25:08,167 --> 00:25:12,000 - Found somebody interesting. - Let's take a look. Isaac Crawford. 441 00:25:12,172 --> 00:25:14,498 He lives in Pikesville, in case you need him as a witness. 442 00:25:14,675 --> 00:25:17,167 Good, good. 443 00:25:17,929 --> 00:25:19,803 Commander Rabb. 444 00:25:21,601 --> 00:25:24,519 I found someone you can use to counter Granato's recruiter. 445 00:25:24,688 --> 00:25:27,524 And he lives in Maryland, so it will be easy to call him as a witness. 446 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:29,436 Nice work, lieutenant. That was fast. 447 00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:32,399 - Thank you, sir. - Let's take a look. 448 00:25:36,161 --> 00:25:38,735 - Can I help you with that, Sims? - You don't want the admiral 449 00:25:38,915 --> 00:25:40,955 catching you with a messy desk, gunny. 450 00:25:41,126 --> 00:25:44,543 I thought she was just bringing me my lunch. She's been like this for days. 451 00:25:44,755 --> 00:25:47,212 Isn't there a drawer we can put these in? 452 00:25:51,180 --> 00:25:53,470 So the good news is this lady doctor could maybe prove 453 00:25:53,642 --> 00:25:56,560 - that Viagra didn't affect my eyesight? - Right. 454 00:25:56,729 --> 00:25:58,888 Which leaves only one other explanation. 455 00:25:59,066 --> 00:26:01,736 That I'm a half-assed aviator who should be kept away from planes 456 00:26:01,903 --> 00:26:03,896 for the rest of his natural life. 457 00:26:04,072 --> 00:26:07,109 So we're back to square one. 458 00:26:08,077 --> 00:26:09,821 I'll plead ignorance. 459 00:26:09,996 --> 00:26:12,453 Ignorance does not become a base commander. 460 00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:15,710 - Especially at a FNAEB. - I know. 461 00:26:16,087 --> 00:26:19,339 I really did think that stuff would be out of my system by the time I flew. 462 00:26:19,509 --> 00:26:21,169 Pete, the rule is clear. 463 00:26:21,386 --> 00:26:23,842 Is there a rule that says I can't have a happy marriage too? 464 00:26:24,014 --> 00:26:25,509 That is not the issue here. 465 00:26:25,725 --> 00:26:28,727 You mean we're just Naval officers, nothing else, right, admiral? 466 00:26:28,896 --> 00:26:30,521 When it comes to that board, you bet. 467 00:26:33,735 --> 00:26:37,437 I'm not making it very easy for you to be a character witness, am I? 468 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,859 Well, it's not me I'm worried about. 469 00:26:43,873 --> 00:26:46,579 Two days after Seaman Granato deserted, 470 00:26:46,752 --> 00:26:51,415 we began tactical testing in preparation for deployment to the Adriatic. 471 00:26:51,592 --> 00:26:55,425 We had general quarters drills, fired all of our weapons, 472 00:26:55,597 --> 00:26:59,643 did everything we could possibly do to achieve combat readiness. 473 00:26:59,811 --> 00:27:02,018 Should Seaman Granato have been there, commander? 474 00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:03,725 Oh, without question, colonel. 475 00:27:03,899 --> 00:27:07,565 Her absence simply made life that much harder for everybody else. 476 00:27:07,779 --> 00:27:09,274 Thank you. 477 00:27:13,203 --> 00:27:16,988 Commander, how did the Hartung perform in its TAC tests? 478 00:27:17,166 --> 00:27:20,370 We scored 97 percent or better on every one. 479 00:27:20,546 --> 00:27:24,627 I was very proud of my crew. The ones who chose to stay. 480 00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:27,513 So then you are fully prepared to deploy next week, correct? 481 00:27:27,722 --> 00:27:28,967 Yes, we are, commander. 482 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:32,557 Then Seaman Granato's absence did not affect your combat readiness. 483 00:27:32,770 --> 00:27:34,929 Well, that's no excuse for what she did. 484 00:27:35,106 --> 00:27:37,313 Commander, isn't what she did generally punished 485 00:27:37,484 --> 00:27:39,394 with a lesser charge than desertion? 486 00:27:39,612 --> 00:27:42,780 - Objection. Relevance? - I'll allow it. Overruled. 487 00:27:42,991 --> 00:27:46,942 I don't know what's generally done, commander. 488 00:27:47,163 --> 00:27:50,284 I assume you know what is specifically done aboard your ship, then. 489 00:27:50,501 --> 00:27:51,664 How many absence offences 490 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:54,791 have you sent to courts-martial in the past year? 491 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:59,674 - Two or three. - Maybe this list will jog your memory. 492 00:28:05,395 --> 00:28:07,388 There were four. 493 00:28:09,651 --> 00:28:12,023 For three men prosecuted for unauthorized absence. 494 00:28:12,196 --> 00:28:15,363 One woman, Seaman Andrea Granato, prosecuted for desertion. 495 00:28:15,533 --> 00:28:16,944 Her timing was worse. 496 00:28:18,245 --> 00:28:20,653 Her attitude was worse. 497 00:28:20,873 --> 00:28:23,745 And her sex was worse too, wasn't it, commander? 498 00:28:24,962 --> 00:28:27,999 Are you using Seaman Granato to prove that a woman CO 499 00:28:28,175 --> 00:28:29,800 can be as tough as any man, commander? 500 00:28:30,010 --> 00:28:31,256 No, I am not. 501 00:28:31,429 --> 00:28:34,134 Are you trying to weed out somebody who doesn't meet your standards 502 00:28:34,307 --> 00:28:35,553 of what a Navy woman should be? 503 00:28:35,726 --> 00:28:37,849 They're not my standards, commander. 504 00:28:38,021 --> 00:28:40,014 Whose standards are they, commander? 505 00:28:40,190 --> 00:28:41,768 The Navy men who might use a woman 506 00:28:41,942 --> 00:28:44,101 like Seaman Granato against a woman like you? 507 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,571 - Objection. - That's enough, commander. 508 00:28:47,741 --> 00:28:50,316 I have no further questions, Your Honour. 509 00:28:54,292 --> 00:28:55,371 Let me get this straight. 510 00:28:55,543 --> 00:28:57,999 A woman commanding officer is a male chauvinist pig? 511 00:28:58,172 --> 00:29:00,628 Mac, you know she's doing exactly what I said she is. 512 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,126 What I know is that your client jumped ship. 513 00:29:03,303 --> 00:29:05,047 Harm. 514 00:29:07,392 --> 00:29:09,634 I thought you had a meeting about the movie. 515 00:29:09,812 --> 00:29:11,187 Got cancelled. 516 00:29:11,355 --> 00:29:13,847 Well, don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see you. 517 00:29:14,317 --> 00:29:15,598 Well, you shouldn't be. 518 00:29:15,778 --> 00:29:18,186 Colonel MacKenzie here called me as a witness. 519 00:29:32,049 --> 00:29:34,208 Now, what could Renee possibly have to do with this? 520 00:29:34,427 --> 00:29:36,918 She fits into my case. 521 00:29:37,097 --> 00:29:38,508 - Really? - Yeah. 522 00:29:38,682 --> 00:29:41,008 Would she fit into your case if she wasn't my girlfriend? 523 00:29:41,185 --> 00:29:43,973 Do you think I'd let your social life dictate my trial strategy? 524 00:29:44,147 --> 00:29:46,307 How would you like it if I called Brumby as a witness? 525 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:48,643 How soon can you get him here? 526 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,612 Anything you'd like to share with the court, 527 00:29:50,781 --> 00:29:52,406 Col. MacKenzie? Commander Rabb? 528 00:29:52,617 --> 00:29:53,696 - No, sir. - No, sir. 529 00:29:53,910 --> 00:29:56,402 Then call your first witness, commander. 530 00:29:56,622 --> 00:29:59,410 Was it difficult to convince 531 00:29:59,584 --> 00:30:01,458 Andrea Granato to enlist, Chief Pearson? 532 00:30:01,628 --> 00:30:03,918 No, sir. She was very positive about the Navy. 533 00:30:04,090 --> 00:30:07,258 - Very enthusiastic. - So you didn't have to mislead her 534 00:30:07,428 --> 00:30:09,836 about anything that might happen to her in the Navy? 535 00:30:10,014 --> 00:30:12,257 - I don't do that, sir. - Really? 536 00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:16,684 Do you recall recruiting Isaac Crawford, chief? 537 00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:19,686 - I beg your pardon, sir? - You convinced Mr. Crawford to enlist 538 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,271 back in June of 1998. 539 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:23,694 He was honourably discharged eight months later 540 00:30:23,907 --> 00:30:26,066 because the Navy failed to honour a contract 541 00:30:26,243 --> 00:30:28,284 containing promises you made him. 542 00:30:28,496 --> 00:30:30,620 That was an unusual case, sir. 543 00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:34,369 What promises did you make Andrea Granato, Chief Pearson? 544 00:30:34,546 --> 00:30:36,586 I told her there was an excellent chance 545 00:30:36,757 --> 00:30:38,382 she'd become a flight controller, sir. 546 00:30:38,593 --> 00:30:40,171 You didn't know that there was a chance 547 00:30:40,345 --> 00:30:42,089 she wouldn't become a flight controller? 548 00:30:42,306 --> 00:30:44,762 I didn't know the school was almost over-quota'd, sir. 549 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:48,476 Did you explain to Andrea Granato that something like this might happen? 550 00:30:49,732 --> 00:30:51,310 I didn't tell her any lies, sir, 551 00:30:51,484 --> 00:30:56,397 but a recruiter stresses what's likely to go right, not what might go wrong. 552 00:31:03,834 --> 00:31:06,076 Admiral Hodges, members of the panel. 553 00:31:06,253 --> 00:31:08,247 In the 31 years that I have known him, 554 00:31:08,423 --> 00:31:11,840 Captain Peter Tully has always been a consummate warrior. 555 00:31:12,011 --> 00:31:14,170 He has flown combat missions in every conflict 556 00:31:14,347 --> 00:31:18,560 this nation has faced, from Vietnam to Bosnia. 557 00:31:18,728 --> 00:31:21,979 You need only look at his chest to understand this is a man 558 00:31:22,149 --> 00:31:25,899 who has never taken a backwards step in the face of danger. 559 00:31:26,488 --> 00:31:27,947 I'm proud to call him a friend. 560 00:31:28,115 --> 00:31:30,523 I am honoured to call him a fellow Naval officer. 561 00:31:30,702 --> 00:31:33,158 Admiral Chegwidden, you say that knowing 562 00:31:33,330 --> 00:31:35,370 that Captain Tully violated a general order 563 00:31:35,541 --> 00:31:37,867 from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 564 00:31:38,044 --> 00:31:40,501 The Judge Advocate General's office must not be as unbending 565 00:31:40,673 --> 00:31:41,954 as I've always thought. 566 00:31:42,175 --> 00:31:44,583 We're not talking about a crime here, admiral. 567 00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:50,226 He took a normal 50-milligram dose a full 21 hours before he flew. 568 00:31:50,394 --> 00:31:53,395 Almost four times the waiting period required of civilian pilots. 569 00:31:53,606 --> 00:31:56,228 And now his career hangs in balance. 570 00:31:56,443 --> 00:31:58,483 A career, gentlemen, I believe, 571 00:31:58,654 --> 00:32:01,775 does not deserve to end on such a note. 572 00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:03,825 Thank you, Admiral Chegwidden. 573 00:32:04,912 --> 00:32:06,822 Captain Tully. 574 00:32:08,333 --> 00:32:11,750 You stand here today because you put yourself before the Navy 575 00:32:11,921 --> 00:32:15,208 and thereby risked your career, your life, 576 00:32:15,384 --> 00:32:18,303 - and conceivably the lives of others. - Yes, sir. 577 00:32:18,472 --> 00:32:20,429 But as Admiral Chegwidden said, 578 00:32:20,599 --> 00:32:24,515 your record should count for more than a single foolish mistake. 579 00:32:24,730 --> 00:32:28,894 It will, however, do so only once. Come this way again, captain, 580 00:32:29,069 --> 00:32:31,394 you'd better strap yourself in for a court-martial. 581 00:32:31,572 --> 00:32:33,565 - Dismissed. - Aye aye, sir. 582 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,208 Admiral, I owe you one. 583 00:32:42,795 --> 00:32:44,871 Why don't you come to dinner with me and Mary Anne? 584 00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:46,714 Bring a date, if you're seeing someone. 585 00:32:46,883 --> 00:32:48,711 With my workload? 586 00:32:48,886 --> 00:32:50,760 I'll give you a call. 587 00:32:56,062 --> 00:32:58,732 All I wanted was to be an air traffic controller, sir. 588 00:32:58,899 --> 00:33:01,817 And that is what you were led to believe you'd be trained as? 589 00:33:01,986 --> 00:33:06,234 Yes, sir, by my recruiter, Chief Petty Officer Pearson. 590 00:33:06,408 --> 00:33:09,909 And then school got delayed, and then there were too many people. 591 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,788 And then I was just out of luck. 592 00:33:11,999 --> 00:33:16,164 - Is this why you left the Hartung? - No, that was not the reason. 593 00:33:16,380 --> 00:33:17,755 Then why, Seaman Granato? 594 00:33:17,965 --> 00:33:20,254 Because they acted like they didn't need me, sir, 595 00:33:20,802 --> 00:33:22,879 the way that my recruiter said that they did. 596 00:33:23,097 --> 00:33:24,840 Thank you. 597 00:33:26,810 --> 00:33:29,136 Seaman Granato, isn't it true that the Navy 598 00:33:29,313 --> 00:33:32,184 offered you other schools when Air Traffic Controller School 599 00:33:32,358 --> 00:33:34,102 - was no longer available? - Yes, ma'am. 600 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:36,022 Do you recall what those schools were for? 601 00:33:36,238 --> 00:33:39,739 - No, ma'am, not really. - Let me refresh your memory. 602 00:33:39,952 --> 00:33:44,414 Cryptology, information systems, aviation electronics. 603 00:33:44,583 --> 00:33:47,157 But they weren't in my contract, ma'am. 604 00:33:47,378 --> 00:33:50,000 Do you mean this contract, Seaman Granato? 605 00:33:52,968 --> 00:33:55,127 - Yes, ma'am. - Is that your signature? 606 00:33:58,517 --> 00:34:00,676 That is my signature. 607 00:34:01,104 --> 00:34:04,604 It said I could go to Air Traffic Controller School, ma'am. 608 00:34:04,817 --> 00:34:07,819 - You read the contract carefully? - Yes, ma'am. 609 00:34:08,029 --> 00:34:09,489 I'm sure you recall this sentence. 610 00:34:09,698 --> 00:34:14,029 "Scheduling of the above school is subject to the needs of the Navy." 611 00:34:18,418 --> 00:34:20,495 - No, ma'am, I don't. - Are you sure? 612 00:34:20,671 --> 00:34:22,664 Because it's very important upon entering the Navy 613 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,210 that you realise its needs come before yours. 614 00:34:26,428 --> 00:34:29,050 I'm sorry, colonel, but I do not remember that. 615 00:34:29,265 --> 00:34:31,424 It was there for you to read, wasn't it? 616 00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:33,891 It was in your hands. You signed it. 617 00:34:34,063 --> 00:34:36,934 Yes, but Chief Pearson should have said something. 618 00:34:37,150 --> 00:34:39,820 Why is that, Seaman Granato? Was he the one enlisting? 619 00:34:41,156 --> 00:34:42,947 No, ma'am, I was. 620 00:34:43,617 --> 00:34:45,860 No further questions. 621 00:34:46,830 --> 00:34:47,909 Redirect, Your Honour. 622 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,371 Seaman Granato, you were 19 623 00:34:52,545 --> 00:34:54,585 - when you enlisted, correct? - Yes, sir. 624 00:34:54,756 --> 00:34:57,213 Had you signed many contracts at this point? 625 00:34:57,802 --> 00:35:00,887 - No, sir. - None? 626 00:35:01,223 --> 00:35:02,504 None, sir. 627 00:35:02,683 --> 00:35:05,389 In light of this fact, did Chief Pearson encourage you 628 00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:07,389 to read the fine print in this contract? 629 00:35:07,898 --> 00:35:09,523 No, sir. 630 00:35:10,318 --> 00:35:13,771 - The defence rests, Your Honour. - Colonel, any rebuttal? 631 00:35:18,996 --> 00:35:21,238 Yes, Your Honour. I'd like to call Renee Peterson. 632 00:35:21,916 --> 00:35:23,957 Your Honour, may we approach? 633 00:35:28,008 --> 00:35:30,796 Sir, Miss Peterson is not an appropriate witness. 634 00:35:30,970 --> 00:35:33,722 She certainly is, Your Honour. She is an expert on recruiting. 635 00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:36,684 She directed a commercial that Commander Rabb himself starred in. 636 00:35:36,894 --> 00:35:39,468 - I've seen it. - That hardly makes her an expert. 637 00:35:39,689 --> 00:35:42,775 Sir, this is a blatant attempt to put the focus on me. 638 00:35:42,944 --> 00:35:44,604 Embarrassed by your performance, commander? 639 00:35:44,779 --> 00:35:45,811 No, sir. 640 00:35:45,989 --> 00:35:48,279 Did you think his performance was embarrassing, colonel? 641 00:35:48,492 --> 00:35:51,245 - Absolutely not, Your Honour. - Then we agree. 642 00:35:51,413 --> 00:35:54,118 Miss Peterson may testify. 643 00:35:54,750 --> 00:35:57,836 I've shot a dozen or so rock videos and two documentaries, 644 00:35:58,005 --> 00:35:59,380 and people were impressed. 645 00:35:59,548 --> 00:36:01,707 - Navy people. - Why the Navy, Miss Peterson? 646 00:36:01,885 --> 00:36:05,551 My edge, my honesty, my reputation for independence. 647 00:36:05,765 --> 00:36:07,722 Did your reputation remain intact 648 00:36:07,892 --> 00:36:09,684 when you made your commercial for the Navy? 649 00:36:09,853 --> 00:36:11,348 - Yes. - Did you write the script 650 00:36:11,522 --> 00:36:14,192 - for your commercial, Miss Peterson? - Yes, based on my research. 651 00:36:14,359 --> 00:36:16,933 Were you ever instructed by anyone from the Navy 652 00:36:17,113 --> 00:36:19,485 to sugarcoat your subject? 653 00:36:19,658 --> 00:36:21,318 I don't operate that way, colonel. 654 00:36:21,493 --> 00:36:24,199 The Navy wanted to present a fair picture of itself to recruits. 655 00:36:24,372 --> 00:36:28,074 - And that's what I gave them. - Thank you. 656 00:36:28,252 --> 00:36:30,329 Your witness, commander. 657 00:36:42,354 --> 00:36:43,848 Miss Peterson. 658 00:36:45,274 --> 00:36:47,516 How many people did you interview at JAG 659 00:36:47,694 --> 00:36:49,734 in your preparation for the commercial? 660 00:36:49,947 --> 00:36:54,574 Four: Admiral A.J. Chegwidden, Lieutenant Bud Roberts, 661 00:36:54,744 --> 00:36:57,782 Petty Officer Jason Tiner and you. 662 00:36:57,957 --> 00:37:00,246 But they didn't end up in your commercial, did they? 663 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:02,038 No. 664 00:37:04,257 --> 00:37:08,042 Why? You can start with Admiral Chegwidden. 665 00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:10,130 He... 666 00:37:10,849 --> 00:37:12,889 He was a little stiff. 667 00:37:13,060 --> 00:37:15,053 Lieutenant Roberts? 668 00:37:16,940 --> 00:37:19,858 His work in the Navy wasn't very interesting. 669 00:37:20,027 --> 00:37:24,026 You actually shot some film with Petty Officer Tiner, didn't you? 670 00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:27,534 - Yes. - But you didn't use it, why? 671 00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:34,413 Because all he could talk about was his filing system. 672 00:37:34,588 --> 00:37:38,586 - It bored me out of my skull. - So you picked me. 673 00:37:39,594 --> 00:37:40,792 You weren't boring. 674 00:37:41,972 --> 00:37:43,965 I wasn't a typical JAG lawyer? 675 00:37:45,268 --> 00:37:48,389 No, you flew Tomcats. 676 00:37:48,606 --> 00:37:51,394 Doesn't this contradict your earlier testimony, Miss Peterson? 677 00:37:51,609 --> 00:37:54,232 You said that you gave potential recruits 678 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:56,647 an honest depiction of Navy life. 679 00:37:56,825 --> 00:37:59,281 - Objection, argumentative. - Overruled. 680 00:37:59,453 --> 00:38:02,739 Miss Peterson, did putting me in your commercial 681 00:38:02,916 --> 00:38:05,407 faithfully represent the Navy as you saw it? 682 00:38:08,256 --> 00:38:10,415 It was a commercial. 683 00:38:10,884 --> 00:38:13,590 Commercials are made to sell. You show the best. 684 00:38:16,558 --> 00:38:19,050 I thought you were the best. 685 00:38:19,979 --> 00:38:22,269 I made a mistake. 686 00:38:24,610 --> 00:38:26,983 No further questions. 687 00:38:27,197 --> 00:38:28,989 You may step down, Miss Peterson. 688 00:38:40,714 --> 00:38:44,713 - I request a recess, Your Honour. - Fifteen minutes. 689 00:38:52,313 --> 00:38:53,973 Renee... 690 00:38:56,902 --> 00:38:59,026 It's my job. 691 00:38:59,238 --> 00:39:02,691 - To humiliate me? - I'm defending my client. 692 00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:04,903 At my expense. 693 00:39:11,129 --> 00:39:12,327 Renee. 694 00:39:24,771 --> 00:39:27,892 When Seaman Granato didn't get the school she wanted, 695 00:39:28,067 --> 00:39:30,606 she caved in to selfishness. 696 00:39:30,779 --> 00:39:33,401 And became a deserter instead. 697 00:39:33,574 --> 00:39:35,152 When she was apprehended, 698 00:39:35,327 --> 00:39:40,204 she tried to dodge responsibility by saying her recruiter lied to her. 699 00:39:41,167 --> 00:39:45,546 But she is an adult and she did sign on the dotted line. 700 00:39:46,383 --> 00:39:52,090 I ask you to convict Seaman Granato on all charges and specifications. 701 00:40:01,402 --> 00:40:04,238 There are no villains in this case. 702 00:40:05,991 --> 00:40:10,072 Though there is a victim. 703 00:40:10,247 --> 00:40:11,492 Seaman Andrea Granato. 704 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,584 We cannot castigate the Navy for wanting to bolster its ranks, 705 00:40:16,755 --> 00:40:20,374 and we cannot pillory its recruiters for responding aggressively 706 00:40:20,552 --> 00:40:21,963 to the Navy's requirements. 707 00:40:22,179 --> 00:40:24,967 These charges against Seaman Andrea Granato, 708 00:40:25,475 --> 00:40:28,726 who joined the Navy eagerly yet blindly, 709 00:40:29,605 --> 00:40:32,975 far outweigh her transgressions. 710 00:40:33,318 --> 00:40:35,358 Acquit her. 711 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,235 In the name of basic decency. 712 00:40:47,753 --> 00:40:49,165 Would the defence please rise? 713 00:40:51,633 --> 00:40:54,339 Captain Imhoff, will you announce the findings, please? 714 00:40:54,512 --> 00:40:58,178 On the charge and specification of dereliction of duty, 715 00:40:58,350 --> 00:41:02,764 this court-martial finds you not guilty. 716 00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:05,431 On the charge and specification of desertion, 717 00:41:05,651 --> 00:41:09,602 this court-martial finds you not guilty. 718 00:41:09,782 --> 00:41:12,949 On the lesser included offence of unauthorized absence, 719 00:41:13,161 --> 00:41:17,409 this court-martial finds you guilty. 720 00:41:17,583 --> 00:41:21,582 On the charge and specification of missing ship's movement, 721 00:41:21,756 --> 00:41:25,090 this court-martial finds you guilty. 722 00:41:25,260 --> 00:41:27,966 I'll commence sentencing at 0900 tomorrow. 723 00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:30,257 This court is adjourned. 724 00:41:34,063 --> 00:41:35,771 What's gonna happen to me now, sir? 725 00:41:37,192 --> 00:41:38,651 If we're lucky, no confinement, 726 00:41:39,445 --> 00:41:42,115 but a bad-conduct discharge. 727 00:41:55,174 --> 00:41:59,338 - Not out celebrating? - I don't feel like it. 728 00:42:01,056 --> 00:42:04,473 You did what you could, Harm. It was a loser case. 729 00:42:05,353 --> 00:42:07,097 Have you talked to Renee? 730 00:42:07,273 --> 00:42:10,025 Since when did you start worrying about Renee? 731 00:42:11,987 --> 00:42:14,858 Colonel, commander. Harriet's not angry at me anymore. 732 00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:17,441 Harriet's not mad at him anymore. 733 00:42:20,081 --> 00:42:22,572 - Baby? - I'm pregnant. 734 00:42:23,377 --> 00:42:25,251 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 735 00:42:25,421 --> 00:42:27,710 - Oh, congratulations, Bud. - Thank you, sir. 736 00:42:27,924 --> 00:42:29,633 - Oh, that's great. - Way to go, Bud. 737 00:42:29,843 --> 00:42:32,465 - Thank you, sir. - That's so great. 738 00:42:42,777 --> 00:42:45,185 Way to go, Bud. 739 00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:17,400 Dr. Walden? A.J. Chegwidden. 740 00:43:18,364 --> 00:43:21,401 No, no, actually, I don't think you'll have to testify. 741 00:43:21,577 --> 00:43:24,151 Things went pretty well for my friend. 742 00:43:25,540 --> 00:43:28,458 No. Yes, he really does exist. 743 00:43:28,627 --> 00:43:31,298 But that's not why I was calling. 744 00:43:31,464 --> 00:43:36,757 I was hoping-- Wondering if you were free Saturday night.