" Marge's gift shop." " Marge?" " Molly Blane." " Marge?" "Molly Blane." " I remember you." " I remember you." " What's that?" " It's that old monkey that you sold me." "Monkey See, Monkey Say." "I did not sell you that toy." "I gave you that toy." " Yes, I'm sorry." " Yeah, I accept your apology." "I got your mirror right here." "Mom?" "Mom, can I have this?" "Not now, honey." "Hey." "Please ring these up, Marge." "And put 'em in a bag so Lissy won't see 'em." "Now hold on- Hold on, Molly." "I got Tiffy here." "They're sending Mack out so frequently, he wanted to get a few gifts... and keep 'em in the closet so he could bring 'em back to the girls when he came home." " Where are they sending him this time?" " Oh, that's nice." "What?" "Where are they sending him this time?" "Oh, they've got him working down on something in Saint Louis." "Shh" "We've got uninvited guests." " You wanna wait till they're gone, boss?" " No." "The plane only gets one shot." "We don't know where... our weapons dealer is headed next." "We've got to go now." "Block the alley with the mule." "The commander can see the laser designator." "Let them know target vehicle's arriving." "Come on." "Come on." "Got it." "Target locked." "Firing missile." "Weapon's released." "No!" "Secure, niner." "Niner one." "Report" "The one forJen says..." ""I love you." "I'll see you soon." "Love, Daddy. "" "And Lissy's says..." ""What do you want me to bring you back from the trip?" "Love, Daddy. "" " What am I bringing her back from my business trip?" " A doll." "Mack." "Tiffy." "Sorry to take him away so soon." "You just got him back." "No you aren't, Tom." "Nobody likes a liar." " Well, she could've married a banker." " Well, I didn't want a banker." " I wanted you." " I'll meet you in the Cave in five minutes... to go over orders." "Bye." "I love you." " What brings you down here, Colonel?" " We got a new man on the team." "He's out in the field with Jonas." " But his wife just arrived ahead of him." " This Kim Brown?" " Yes, ma'am." " We were waiting for her over at Molly's." "I got her the house across the street." "Well, she's in gettin' her gate pass." "Can you come pick her up?" " Ruthie." " Jonas." "How are you?" "Ah, the place looks lovely." "I don't want you riling him all up about coming back." " Wouldn't think of it." " No, I know you wouldn't think of it... but you'd do it." "This here is, uh, Bob Brown." " Ma'am." " How do you take your coffee, Bob?" " Uh, black, please, ma'am." " How's Molly?" "She especially asked me to ask you to call her." "He's happy here,Jonas." " Are you a married man, Bob?" " Yes, ma'am." "I am." "Fine institution, marriage." "I believe it even mentions it in the Bible." "Something in Proverbs... about not coming between a man and his wife." "I used to have a little girl that coincidentally used to be your age, Serena." "She's all grown now off in college." " But do you know what I did yesterday?" " What?" "I went through her abandoned things, laid them out in her old room." "And later today... you can have your pick of some of her outstanding toys." "Toys?" "Any help you need- hanging things, storing things." "That's sweet, but my husband's about as handy as could be." "Then you are one lucky woman, because my husband... couldn't pound sand with a plastic shovel." " Your husband's Bob." " Who do I ask for the date of his return?" "The commander will be with you soon, explain what he can." "Until then" "You two must be traveled out." " How would you like to see your new home?" " Our new home?" "I got you a place right on our street." "Are these the other members of the Unit?" "They used to be." "Uh, when- when are our husbands expected back?" "They're on deployment, which means" "Bob did two tours in Iraq." "I know what deployment is." "Where is he?" " How can I contact him?" " He's in Idaho... on a training mission with my husband,Jonas." "The commander's the only one who can get ahold of him." "You know, I think I'd like to talk to the commander now." " Here you go." " Thank you, ma'am." "Well, you have lovely manners, Bob." " My wife trained me." " How does she like the Unit?" " She" " She just went down." " Bob's new to the Unit." "Passed selection." "Did induction training." "This is his first time out." "We always sent the new man out to bird-dog the team leader." "Yeah." "Put a goat in the stall to quiet the young colt down." " Welcome to the Unit, Bob." " Thank you, Sergeant." " Oh,just Ron will do." " Welcome." "And should your friend... the sergeant major, try to lure my husband back to Boys Town..." "I hope you'll intercede on my behalf." " Why shouldn't he come back?" " Because we've got a new house." "Because he's makin' a fine living." "Because they didn't appreciate him when they had him." "And because he's doin' better than being paid 12. 50 an hour... as a civilian contractor building guns for a fictional agency of the government." "He'd be back with his friends, Ruthie." "What in the world, for real, are you boys doing up here?" "We are on a top secret mission in your fair state... laying out a new course for extended deployment with pack animals." " Mules." " You're kidding me." "Nope." "Scout's honor." "We are to learn to work with mules." "We had an incident with one." "Sent us back to first principles." "Then you sign up your mules, and you leave me mine." "Now what we got here is a U. S. government issue... . 22-caliber silent semiautomatic weapon." "It just happened to evaporate from company stores a few years back... and which I have been restoring for my personal use." "These, all of them, disappeared." "That is correct." "They did." "These fellas in the Unit carried 'em home to deal with squirrels." "But our young friend here came too late to that party." "And don't we think he ought to have one too?" "This is for me?" "May all your troubles be small ones, son." "Mrs. Gerhardt." "And you must be Mrs. Brown." "Colonel Tom Ryan." "No time to provide an actual welcome." "Usually, the, uh, family readiness group" "Thank you, Colonel." "They met me, and they were most helpful." "Good." "Now you know the men are deployed as needed." " Tiffy here" " My Mack's been out four times." "He comes in, Colonel bounces him back out like a Ping-Pong ball." " Because he's needed." " I understand that." " Then" " My plan, Colonel, which as you know... is within the regs for a family of my husband's rank to elect to live off-base." "Oh, that's fine after a period of adjustment." "But I find families do better with some support early on." " But my husband-We agreed" " Mrs. Brown, I understand... that you're under considerable pressure." " No, my husband's just on a training mission." " And who told you that?" "And this is why I'm here, Colonel." "I need to get a message to him... regarding our living arrangement." "Who told you, please, that he's on a training mission?" " Molly was just explaining why he wasn't here as expected." " Because" " Excuse me, please, ladies." "You wanna just take a look at the place?" "You know, some of your range records are still standing." "That's because the guns I set those records with have been mothballed." "No,just a few of'em." "Ron here went from being the best shot in the Unit... to best gunsmith in the world." "Ladies' man to being lady's maid." "Hu-ah." "We have breaking news in Wyndam." "Uh, a trade delegation on the ground in Wyndam, Idaho, has had their charter" "Hon, they say an airliner's been taken in Wyndam." "One moment." "We are live from the Memorial Airport... in Wyndam, Idaho." "Go." "Wyndam-where is it?" "What's your closest airfield?" " Forest Service got a strip right outside town." " U. S. Forest Service." " They got a plane there?" " Cessna 182." " All my maps, please, Ruthie." " Cessna 182." "Northern part of the state." "Topo maps." "You'll find them with the hunting things." " I know where they are." " What are you light?" "If you got 'em, I'll take two MP5s." "All mags and ammo to match." "Get my go-bag, please." " This is Ron Cheals." "Could I talk to the sheriff?" " Yeah." " And open up the safe." " Mm-hmm." "Yeah, Billy." "You got a cruiser in my area?" "No." "No, I'm fine." "I need" "Two minutes?" " I need you to run some boys down to the airstrip." " Yeah." "Yeah, wait!" "Is the Forest Service plane there?" " We need that wheels up and flight ready now." " What's my authority?" "Well,yeah." "The pilot would be good, but a key in the ignition'll suffice." "That's right." "Yeah, I'm looking at it too." "Okay." "And liaise to" " Upcon." "Commander General of the National Guard?" "Uh-huh." "And the ASAC." "And grab that rifle." "Yes, sir." "You got it." "You might need the ammo to go with that." "You don't wish it any more than I do." "Nice work in that village." "We got a medium sized charter plane hijacked on a runway in Wyndam, Idaho." "Blane and the new guy were nearby." "They're en route, 90 minutes out." "What do we know?" "Hostiles are Middle Eastern." "Beyond that, nothin'." "Most of our team is out of country." "Remaining 50 Unit members are converging here." "Their 737 is leaving in 30 minutes." "You two are leaving on a biz jet immediately." "On the ground, you'll hook up with Jonas, gather intelligence." "As soon as the rest of the team joins you on the ground... posse comitatus will be suspended and you'll be given command of the situation." " Yes, sir." " Suits in Washington... wouldn't mind keeping one or two of these guys alive for a little chat." "But do what you need to to come home." " Gear and chutes inside." "Packed it myself." " Thanks,Johnny." "Anything I can get you gentlemen?" "30,000 feet over Idaho." "Oh." "We'll get the windows open- get that paint smell out." "Hello." "This is Tiffy Gerhardt over in Belleau Woods." "We, um, make it a point" "Mrs. Brown?" "Six boxes." "Would you sign here, please?" "We make it a point to live off-base." "Close to the local college." "I take classes." "Off-base is tough in this market." "This is" " I work in real estate" " Ms. Brown, would you sign here, please?" "Thank you." "I can't accept those boxes here." " Thank you, but" " Uh, well" "Ma'am, if you're Mrs. Brown, this is your address." "Ah, base housing will be down most ricky-tick before your main shipment comes in." "Molly arranged- You did do that, right?" " That's right." " We intend to live off-base." " Well, Molly arranged a temporary" " Mattresses." " They were short bed frames, but I figured" " Wait." "Wait, wait, wait." "What is the 303rd Logistical Studies group?" "Would you excuse us for a minute?" " What is the 303rd" " The 303rd Logistical Studies Unit... is where your husband works." "That is his cover." "It is your cover." "Other than that, this unit has no name." "Other than that, it doesn't exist." "You will live that cover as if your husband's life depended on it." "As, believe me, it does." "Every person who knows one more piece of information... is one more person who could get our husbands killed." "You do not tell your mother, your best friend, your priest, what your husband does." " I need to talk to someone." " Would you like to talk to the chaplain?" " What denomination is he?" " He is the Unit chaplain." "He's your denomination now." "Please take those boxes away." "I'm not living here." "I am free to live off-base if I choose." " Army regulations state" " You aren't in the army." "You're in the Unit." " Forty-five minutes out." " Roger that." "What you got there?" "My wife and kid." "If you put those pictures away, you stand a better chance of going home to them." "Go for Blane." "Affirmative." "We have a charter aircraft being held by unknown number of hostiles." "Configured for 125 passengers." "This is a short-field commercial jet." "One, two main cabin doors." "One rear air stairs." "One emergency hatch for the pilot." "You with me?" "You got any questions about me, Top?" "You passed selection, didn't you?" "Well, then, I figure you're gonna come back as a hero... or as a real good anecdote." "Now, when I flip the switch on his back..." "I want you to say something, okay?" "Hello?" " Hello?" " That's funny." "That's funny." "This used to be my Betsy's room." "Now that she's gone, I'm gonna turn it into a sitting room." "Do you think your daddy can set that new mirror straight for me?" "Of course." "They've got fans at her house airing it out." "You're most welcome to stay here overnight." "Thank you." "Thank you." "I've- Serena, honey, come with me." "We'll just" " I'm gonna take my daughter and go to a motel." "She's already made quite an impression on the colonel." "Listen to me." "I know this has been a shock." "This is neither what you expected, or" "I'm not feeling well." "I need to lie down." " You can lie down here." " Someplace that's mine." "I'm not feeling well." "...a serious hostage situation unfolding." " The scene of this developing story" " Idaho." "the 727 grounded behind me on the tarmac" " That's where your husband and Bob are." " Yes." "Authorities say they have yet to make demands" "This is what they do." "Yes." "...will result in immediate retaliation." "I'm receiving word right now that there's some kind of activity going on." "What we're seeing now is- Oh, my God." "What" " Oh, no." " What we havejust seen is" "We've heard gunfire." "We've seen three National Guardsmen gunned down" "I'm really not feeling- Oh" "Uh, Tiffy, call Dr. Farris." "It happened right here on live television, folks." "The attempt to assault that airplane has resulted in gunfire." " Wind's out of the north." " I don't care where the wind is." "You have to come in aft of that aircraft." "Put us down in their blind spot." "Now, I will report to the C. O. of the guard unit." "You can "yes, sir" them all day long, but wherever I go, you go." "Whatever I do,you do." " How are you holding?" " Fine as kind." "You don't mind learning on the fly, do you?" " No, Top." "I do not." " Good." "Pack up that ammo." "I want you with 12 mags for the MP5." "Eight for the pistol." "You can tuck that hush puppy in your brassiere somewhere." "Coming up aft of the aircraft." " Terrorists shot the assault team." " What?" "National Guard sent out..." "an assault." "Team of three." "Approaching plane from aft." "Net Control." "This is Zulu-Six-X-ray, inbound." "I need confirmation your team of assaulters were approaching aft." "Making our approach." "Your team assaulters were approaching from their blind spot." "Hijackers got a spotter." "They have to have a spotter." "Three men were shot approaching the blind spot of the plane." "There it is." "There it is." "Abort.!" "Abort.!" "Bank left.!" "Bank left now.!" "Take a bearing on that." "It will bear 2-6-5 magnetic from the midpoint of the airfield." "We are about to eat a rocket." "Can you sideslip me and put it on the road?" " I didn't exactly faint." "But I felt" " Pregnant?" "Congratulations." " I'm pregnant?" " How about that?" " Why did I feel" " Faint?" "Happens to a lot of women in your condition." " It didn't with my first one." " Uh-huh." " Have you been under a lot of stress lately?" " Well, my husband's" " Her husband's late getting back to the base." " Uh-huh." " What's the punch line, Bill?" " Punch line's RR." "You got a pretty good group to take care of you." "Why don't you let 'em do that?" " I had a miscarriage before." " When?" "Last year." "Are you sure everything's all right with this one?" "You can do a couple of tests, can't you, Bill?" "Put her mind at ease." "Of course." "Yellow team, are you in position?" "We'll get back to you as soon as we have any further news." "There's nothing happening at this moment." "Just moments ago, the body of one more hostage... was unceremoniously tossed out the passenger door." "It is becoming abundantly clear that... these terrorists have a well-conceived plan... to take the life of one hostage every hour." " Update." " They just shot another hostage." " Where's Blane and Brown?" " Just arrived on scene." " Williams and Grey?" " Twenty minutes out." "The rest of the team's 20 minutes behind them." " And they're shootin' a hostage every hour?" " Yes, sir." " Eric?" " Sir." "We've sucked up some radio." "And they're speaking Arabic." " What'd he say?" "Can we hear it again?" " Yes, sir." "He's saying-Wait." "He's saying..." ""Yaala halan. "" " What else?" " The" " The other fellow is saying..." "Don't set it off until the news trucks come." "They're suckering in the first responders." "They're gonna shoot the rescue plane out of the sky." "When they get enough onlookers on the ground, they're gonna blow up the aircraft." "Give me a secure line with Blane." "After that, I need to talk to Washington." "The passengers are part of a trade delegation... touring the western states in an effort... to promote more European imports in this country." "Gentlemen." "As per my orders, you have no authorization until your entire team is in place." " I'm sure that authorization is forthcoming." " This operation's... under the control of the Boise ASAC." "As its representative, and on behalf of theJustice Department" " Would you excuse me, please?" " And on behalf of theJustice Department..." "I just want to advise you that any further action on your part... will be treated as a violation of federal law." "Yes." "We heard you." "We take down the plane, he takes credit." "We get everyone killed, he told us so." "We get a court-martial." "So let's not get everyone killed." "Most of the wives in the Special Forces community have girls." "What does yours feel like?" " The women mostly have girls?" " Why?" "No one knows." "No one knows." "Oh, honey, we're gonna spiritualize you to all sorts of mysteries." "Authorities say they have yet to make demands but clearly mean business." "Five minutes out." "Saddle up." "Targets have spotters." "No quick drop." "We gotta hey-ho." " What's our altitude?" " 30,000 feet." "Take it up to 35, please." "Thank you." "Roger that." "Well, we're gonna have to step things up a bit." "The bad guys, it seems, are waiting for a full-scale assault." "They want to lure more troops and more media to the area." "They don't care about the businessmen." "They want to kill the first responders." "They got some sort of cute bomb on the plane." "And these chuckleheads waiting for authorization... are gonna get a lot of people killed." "Now, we are gonna take down this plane." " "Yaala halan. "Say it." " "Yaala halan. "" "Meaning look out, or get ready." "It's what the lookout says when assaulters approach the plane." "It's the spotter's signal to lower the air stairs to repel an assault." " Say it again." " Yaala halan." "My name is Black, United States Special Forces." "Who can show me a Ranger tab?" "Grab your gear, gentlemen." "Come with me." "You." "You are now spotter for the sniper." "You go with and will answer to Mr. White." "You two with your shotguns, on my command we are gonna take down that plane." "Sniper team, you are to approach from the north." "I count a minimum of three spotters." "When you neutralize them, you are to break squelch three times." "That is my signal for stand by." "When you have done that... you will pick up their radio and signal them, Yaala halan." "Sergeant White, you're the sniper." "Sergeant." "You're under my command, and I'm ordering you to stand down... awaiting further orders should they be forthcoming." " Is that clear?" " Yes, sir." "It is clear." "Now, Rangers, did you sign on to get out of the house?" "Or do you want to come with me and kick the door down?" "Take down the spotters." "Three clicks." "Yaala halan." " How's the world look to you?" " Light and bright." "You've been training for this moment your entire life." "The universe has been conspiring, if you think about it... to put you right here right now." "Off you go." "We're all waitin' on you." "...joining us." "Events on this airfield appear to be unfolding at a dramatic pace." "Mack doesn't let the girls watch the news." " We're not allowed to watch the news." " Mack says" ""No truth in the news, and no news in the truth. "" "Your second?" "Well, you know what they say" ""Two times the kids, 10 times the work. "" " Are you excited?" " Of course." "So what's it like here on the base?" "Well, it's like it is anywhere." "Life is what you make of it." "And we've got the kids." "I've got Mack some of the time." "Others work." "Maybe not right away for you now." "But I teach school here." "And, you know, we do things in town." "Molly sells real estate part-time." "And I do some charity work." "What do you want to do?" "You said you wanted to take some classes." " I, uh" " I'm getting my degree." " Well, there you go then." "I, uh" " I" "I'd like to call my sister." "Tell her the news." "Of course." "I" " I" "No." "I just almost fainted, Zaisy." "That's all." "I'm fine, but- No, no, no." "The baby's fine." "It's just the housing situation's all screwed up." "Bob's not gonna be happy." "I'm not happy." "He's out on deployment." "Where?" "You wanna know where?" "Just turn on your television." "Just turn it on." "You hang up that phone." "What would you do if a woman came into your home to harm your family?" "You hang up that phone." "Your unit is restricted by the Posse Comitatus Act... from any action until released by theJustice Department." "Which will be when your complete team is on the ground." "By then, another hostage or two will be dead." "Do I have to place you in custody?" " I'm sure that won't be necessary." " So you're stepping down." "That won't be necessary either." "Nobody shoot." "They're friendlies." " Who the hell are they?" " That's Black." "And that's White." " I thought those were your names." " They're our brothers." "Where are you going in the middle of the night?" "Running away?" "I'm not running away." "Put that down, sweetie." "Get in your seat." "I'm going to my sister's." "Because I need her help." "I need" "Y'all been real nice to me." "But I need my family and" " We're your family." " Don't tell me you're my family now." "Because my husband gets shot in Idaho." "And in 90 days..." "I'm off the base, and you can't remember my name." "So if you'll excuse me" "I swear, if you walk out, that's the end of your marriage." " Your husband" " They can send him back to the cav." "And do you know what he'll think every time he looks at you?" "The woman who ruined his dream?" "Do you know how hard it was for him to get here?" "You're willing to throw that away?" "You say you love him." "Now are you brave enough to act on it?" "Here you are, pretty little girl, fine daughter... a child on the way, a man in combat." "You're frightened, and you want him home." "This is not your own special circumstance." "You know what this is?" "It is the history of the world." "You want to think about that for a moment?" "That's the signal." " Hey, Martin." " Sergeant." " Where do you think you're going?" " I'm gonna take down that plane." "And I've got my best man in the woods." "So if you give me up, he will come down afterwards and shoot you dead." "You, you and you, panic." "The rest of you come with me." "Yaala halan." "Nobody move." "Nobody move." "This is the United States Army." "Put your hands on your head and get out of this plane." "Proceed to the stairs towards the vehicles with your hands on your head." "Get off this plane." "Get off this plane." "Get off this plane!" "Keep it moving.!" "Let's go.!" "Let's go.!" "Keep it moving.!" "Hurry it up.!" "Hurry it up.!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "We're clear here." "Now I'm just gonna pluck the detonator out." "But tell the first responders to stand clear of the aircraft for the next minute or so." "Comin' out." "What an ordeal for every member of this trade delegation." "Within a matter ofhours, they finally find themselves... free of ruthless terrorists with a vision to kill." "Some observers say it is remarkable, perhaps miraculous..." " that only three hostages lost their lives" " Where's our 737..." " with the rest of the team?" " Still half an hour out." "As far as Washington's concerned... this was one hell of an operation by the National Guard." "Yes, sir." "You have witnessed what can only be described as one horrific day... for a group of visiting businessmen and women." "And it appears, as you can see behind me, that all the hostages are safe." "I know it's not much to look at... but it's ours." "Are you kidding?" "You get to shoot guns,jump out of airplanes and come home to your family." "It's damn near perfect." "This is my house here." "Which means that's your house there." " I don't even have a key." " There's not much crime in this neighborhood." "Hey" "Well done." "...carried out by the National Guard... under the direction of the F.B.I... was, in the president's words, a perfect example... of coordinated interagency cooperation." "How'd you know I was comin' home?" "I figured they'd have you back for debriefing." "How are things at the office?" "About the same as usual." "That's nice." "Trash needs to be taken out." "Mm-hmm." "I'll put in that new mirror." "What?" "I noticed you brought a new friend home with you." " Yeah?" " She probably needs your help... getting herself settled in here." "Well, maybe Tiffy and I can drop by tomorrow... introduce ourselves, make her comfy." "How is Tiffany?" "The colonel shipped Mack out again." "Well, if the colonel sent him out, he had a reason." "I don't think Tiffy's seen her husband three times in the last four months." "Yaala halan." "Yaala halan." "Yaala halan." "Was that a gunshot?" "Not on my phone." "This is Colonel Ryan." "I've got reports of gunshots on Maple Street." "Send some M. P. 's to check it out."