"Eagle, say again." "Repeat, please, Eagle." "Can you confirm deployment?" "Roger that, Eagle." "Stand by." "Copy that." "We got a target confirmed." "Eagle is green for go." "Repeat." "Eagle is green for go." "Copy that." "Deployment in 1 5 seconds." "Bombardier, give me a confirm on target three-zero-nine." "That's three-zero-nine." "Confirm." "Copy, bombardier." "OK." "In three, two, one." "Falling." "My worst fear is falling." "Falling like a bomb." "You see, life for me is about distractions." "I try to keep looking up and forget about what's down." "But when I dream, I fall." "Left." "Left." " Oh, soldiers" " Oh, soldiers" " Combat soldiers" " Combat soldiers" " Pick up your weapon and follow me" " Pick up your weapon and follow me" " Follow me to victory" " Follow me to victory" " One-oh-one" " One-oh-one" " Screamin' eagles" " Screamin' eagles" " Pick up your ropes and follow me" " Pick up your ropes and follow me" " Follow me to victory" " Follow me to victory" " Eighty-second" " Eighty-second" " Airborne soldier" " Airborne soldier" " Pick up yourjumpers and follow me" " Pick up yourjumpers and follow me" " Follow me to victory" " Follow me to victory" " Man!" "You can't do that." " What?" " That's a foul." " l didn't grab you." "Dude, you grabbed me." "You can't do that." "Man, I didn't grab you." "Why you lying?" "Man, Elwood." "He grabbed me, right?" "You saw it." "I don't know." "Maybe." " You see?" "You can't grab like that." " Fuck you." "Vietnam was the thorn in everybody's side." "They stopped the draft and asked for volunteers." "Except nobody volunteered." "I mean, who wants to play for a losing team?" "So where'd they go to find the new patriots?" "Answer: prison." "Take felons and give them a choice." "Serve time or serve your country." "Criminals and high-school dropouts trained to kill." "I know something now." "Prison would have been a hell of a lot safer." " lt's holding." " You want to try again?" " Fine." " Let's go." "Hey, Video, throw me the goddamn ball." "OK, but I'm quarterback." " Come on." " All right." "Let's see what they got." " Hey." "Can I play?" " Whoa, Parsons." "Got something for me there?" " You put it in the battery?" " Yeah." "Can I play?" "I was wide receiver in high school." " l can catch that." " You couldn't catch a bus." "Stop being a pussy and let the brother play ball." "Fuck you too, man!" "Come on!" "Get down!" "On "hut"." "Down." " Set." " Come on." " Give me some, man!" " Hut!" "These were my guys." "Fighting the dull fight." "Soldiers with nothing to kill except time." "They know that war is hell." "But peace, peace is fucking boring." "Give me the ball." " Give me back the motherfucking ball." " No." "Guys?" " Guys!" " What?" "Just letting you know." "Parsons is dead." "Parsons McCovey was a casualty of war." "The difference was, this was the Cold War and he was a junkie." "There'd be no hero's burial for Parsons." ""l regret the death of your son immensely." "There was nobody in the battalion I would have trusted more with my life." "In him were resplendent virtues of honour and loyalty to his country that are what keep civilization together." "He fell off the rooftop while making repairs to the antenna" " we use to guard against the enemy." - "Technical repairs"?" "I tried to think what he might be doing up there." "OK." "Go on." ""He died, though not in combat, in the line of duty." "He had his country uppermost in his mind." "My deepest regrets." "Colonel Wallace Berman, US Army."" "You kept this short." "I thought it'd be better not to get lost in details." "I like the touch about me trusting him." "It's a new angle, sir." "Here's something." "The word "resplendent" I don't think describes a soldier." "Come up with something else there." "What about "contained"?" ""ln him were contained the virtues of honour and loyalty."" " That's better, you think?" " Much better." "Scratch "resplendent"." "Don't let that word leave this base." " What is this?" "What have we here?" " Just some requisitions, sir." "One thousand gallons of Mop and Glo." "My God." "Do we really need that much?" "Cleanliness is next to godliness." "Herman the German." "How goes it?" "How do you do?" "How are you?" "Doing just fine." " We do some business today?" " Sure thing." "Guys?" "I think you'll be pleased." "It's beautiful." "And look at the sparkle." "That's real cleaning power." "US Army's finest." "Five hundred gallons ready to go." "Three things I love about Germany:" "my Mercedes-Benz, no speed limit on the Autobahn and a black market for anything I can get my hands on." "Hey, Elwood." "What's up, man?" "Outstanding, Hicks." "How you doing?" "So..." " You don't look so good." " You got anything?" "Depends on what you want." "It's... horse." " Can't help you." " You know... fuck!" "I outrank you, man, so don't give me any crap." "I appreciate that, but I can't help you." "Look, I don't do retail." "I only cook the shit." "Why don't you go see Sergeant Saad?" "There's basically two kinds of guys in the Army." "The motherfuckers and the motherfucked." "Sergeant Saad is the third kind." "He fucks the motherfuckers." "It's doable when you're the chief MP by day and the director of retail heroin sales by night." "Me and Saad were able to coexist mainly because of my cooking skills." "In the dispensary building I'd cook Turkish morphine into high-grade heroin." "And then I'd wholesale it to him." " Everyone was happy." " How much we get?" "After we give The Turk back his share, we got... ..two, four, six, nine grams." "Nine grams?" "Six hours of cooking and we get nine grams?" "You want to tell The Turk you're not happy?" "We're the ones doing all the work, taking the risk, and Saad's making the profit." "Garcia, just do your job." "Can you watch those thermometers?" "Can you handle that?" ""Heroin, cocaine, marijuana, lysergic acid diethyl..."" "Whatever the hell it is." ""Amphetamines, traces of barbiturates, oestrogen."" "Oestrogen?" "McCovey was on the pill?" "How could this be possible?" " He might have taken it by mistake." " What?" "A birth-control pill." "Thought it was something else." "He didn't take heroin, speed and cocaine by mistake." "It seems unlikely, sir." "This isn't good, Elwood, drugs on the base like this." "Do you know about this?" "How could someone get drugs in?" "I really don't know, sir." "I keep away from people like McCovey." "We've got to try to clear this matter up, goddamn it." "I cannot..." "Scratch that." "I will not have this kind of thing going on at my base." "Do you understand?" "My evaluation goes in front of General Lancaster in three weeks." "I don't get that goddamn star, I'm finished." " You've got to relax..." " Don't you tell me to relax!" "You are an E-4." "I'm a goddamn full-bird colonel." "You don't talk to me like that." "Understand?" "Yes, sir." "Oh, Jesus. I'm... I didn't mean to take it out on you." "I'm sorry." "It's OK, sir." "I understand the pressure you're under." "This isn't mine." "I don't know anything about it." "And there's no smoking in here." "I need someone to sign here." "It says "Berman"." " You're Berman?" " l'm Colonel Berman, but I don't know about any goddamn chair." " l'm telling you, it's not mine." " lt is yours." " Liz." "Hello, darling." " lsn't it beautiful?" "It's for you." " lt's for me?" " l got it for under 30." " l don't think they knew what they had." " 30,000?" " lt was so cheap." " Dollars or deutsche marks?" "What do you think?" "Do you like it?" " Can you sit on it?" " Of course you can't sit on it." " lt's an antique." " Well, it's very nice." "Darling, can I borrow Elwood for a few hours?" "There are some things I need him to do." "God." "Wait." "Almost." "...the deal signed exactly a year ago in Stockholm to build East/West trust and reduce the risk of war." "East and West have feared that such an enormous exercise might be used as a cover for a build-up to war." "You didn't make it yet." "Sorry." "You angry?" "No." "Ray, honey, I need you to do me a favour." "The colonel's giving a party, and I need you to find out about decorations." " What's he want a party for?" " He wants to impress the general." "His position's under review, and I thought a party would help." "Will you?" "Oh, you mean a "party" party?" "Like, Berman's fun to ensure no cheating in the future." "And all sides agree this first on-site verification of conventional forces is a major step forward in building new trust and confidence." "Can you switch that off?" "Just turn that engine off and come on over here." " ls there a problem?" " Where are you taking this?" " We have orders from Colonel Berman." " OK." " Who are you?" " Specialist Ray Elwood." "What's this?" "We have orders to pick up party decorations in Mannheim." " Party decorations." " Yes, Sergeant." " Colonel's having a party." " Sounds like a dangerous mission." "No disrespect intended, but may I ask who you are?" "Yeah, you can ask." "I'm your new Top." "First Sergeant Robert E. Lee." "Well, pleased to meet you, Top." "Welcome to the 31 7th." " Thanks." " l didn't know we were getting a Top." "Why would you?" "I'm battalion clerk here." "I do paperwork on all the transfers." "OK." "Thanks, guys." "I'm sorry to keep you." "No problem." "Hold for a second, there." "You got the time, son?" "Oh, yeah." "It's almost 1 0.00." "That's a nice watch." "Show me that." "Where'd you get that?" " My father gave it to me." " Your father." "He must be quite a guy." "What's he do?" " He's a barber." " Barber." "He must cut a lot of hair." "Yeah." "OK." "You better be going, then." "Don't want to be late picking up them party decorations." "Let's go." "Bravo three-zero." "Bravo four-zero." "Bravo-two-zero." "Bravo-two-zero, come in." "Bravo-two-zero." "Bravo-two-zero, come in." "Shit." "Turn that down, man." "You're fucking closer." "Bravo-two-zero, please respond." "What's going on, Hicks?" "Bravo-two-zero here." "Commence attack on manoeuvre area two-niner-alfa-romeo." "Take position on phase line foxtrot-delta-four-seven." "Fuck." "What the hell's two-nine-alfa-romeo?" "I got a very weird vibe from that guy." "I didn't like him." "He's our new Top." "What was that shit about the Rolex?" "What was that?" "He could know about the operation." "He could know something." "Jesus Christ." "Don't get paranoid." " Just be cool." " l'm cool." " Fuck, man. I can be cool." " Good." "That's why I'm telling you." "Figured out where we're going yet?" "No." "We're going the wrong way." "Shit." "Johnnie, make a left." "I told you to make a left across that field." "I did, man. I went left." " What was that bump?" " Oh, shit, man." "We just ran over a car." "We just squashed a car!" " What kind of car?" " A Volkswagen." "A fucking Beetle." "Oh, no." "We squashed a Beetle." "Look out, man." "Stop." "Stop!" "What's going on?" "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" " Whoa!" " Stop!" " These dudes are freaking me out." " l don't like them either." "Johnnie, why don't you just get us away from these fuckers?" "What the fuck is he doing, man?" "Holy shit." "What the fuck was that?" "What's wrong with these monitors?" "They've gone all orange." "I thought I told you to get us out of here." "That's our fucking unit." "Just up ahead." "Is that you back there, bravo-two-zero?" "Did you complete your two-niner-alfa-romeo?" "We completed that." "OK." "Good work, guys." "Get in formation." "Oh, shit!" "Oh, Jesus Christ." "These guys are dead." "Garcia, get in the truck and follow me." " What?" " What's in the trucks?" "I don't know." "But let's find out." " Hey, no way, man." " Just get in the fucking truck." "All right." "Jackpot." "Oh, shit." "Holy shit." "Grenade launchers." "Mag guns." "Stinger missiles." "This is worth millions." "Three million." "Maybe five million dollars." " lt's all brand-new." " We got to take this back." "This gets us jail time." " We're not taking this back." " This is big." "We can retire." " l agree 1 00 percent." " This is way out of our league." "They kill you for stuff like this." "This is serious shit." "No time like now." "If we pull this off..." "There's no time like now?" "Are you crazy?" " We're not weapons dealers." " Will you shut up?" "You're negative. I don't like it." "I'm trying to think." "Hey." "We're smart, right?" "Yeah." "Then we can do this." "We can do this." "Oh, man." "What do we do with this shit?" "Well, first we need to store it." "I know the perfect place." "Hey, this place gives me the creeps." "Yeah. lt's supposed to." " Hey, Frank." "What's up?" " Hey." "What's going on?" "Nothing much." "I got some stuff to store." " Can you help me out?" " Sure thing, man." "Hey, are we gonna party afterwards?" "Does the Pope shit in the woods?" "We can do a lot of things with the cash we make off of this." "You know what I'm saying?" "So, what do you think about opening up a bar?" "A nice, classy place." "Me and you would be partners." " What do you think?" " Sure." "Why not?" "This one ready to go?" "Yeah." "Almost." "Easy." " You be all right?" " Yeah." " You ain't out in 30, I'm coming in." " Don't worry. I'll be fine." " How are you?" " Davood." "How are you?" "You want something to eat?" "I'm fine, thanks." "I'd better get up to..." "OK." "Say hi to your sister." "A lot of guns." "Where'd you get all this stuff?" " Santa Claus." " Santa Claus." "That's funny." "So he came down the chimney and put it under the tree?" "Yep." "So..." "How about this?" "I give you 20 kilos on top of my next shipment, and you cook that along with my share of the shipment, and you make a lot of money." "Twenty kilos?" "No. I want cash." "Twenty-five." "Look." "I know somebody else who's very interested in this merchandise." "OK." "Maybe they'll pay you cash." " Thirty-five." " Twenty-nine." "I hate to break that 30 mark." "It's a religious thing with me." "I'm afraid you have to, cos 30 kilos is my final offer." "He's sending us 30 keys." "One week." "Thirty keys?" " Holy shit." "That's a..." " A lot." "How do we cook that much?" "It'll take us a year." "It's gonna be cool." "Politically, Mr Gorbachev has never been more vulnerable." "This is really impressive." "Hey guys, Careful with my shit." "You're well-equipped for a Spec-4." " l got receipts for everything." " l'm sure you do." "Hey, Top." "Look at this." "Check and see if there's anything inside." "Nothing." "I'll bet this don't come cheap." "This ain't exactly regulation stuff, is it, soldier?" "Well, I don't really know." "No. I guess not." "I'm gonna come around tomorrow, and I want this place looking like a regular quarters." "You follow?" "I know it ain't regulation." "But the last Top didn't mind about all this." "Well, him and me are a bit different." "Look, Top, is there a way you and I could talk in private?" "These guys kind of make me nervous." "Does it really have to play this way?" "How do you suggest we play it?" "Well, what is it you want?" "I mean, you and me, I think we... I think we got a lot in common." "Barriers are coming down in Hungary." "So must they fall throughout all of Eastern Europe." "I see you're an admirer of Japanese technology." "No problem." "The TV is yours." "What I'm trying to say is what's it gonna take to make nice?" "Are you saying what I think you're saying?" "The world has waited..." "There's your answer." "Five meters." "Hey." "This will take a second." " l'll meet you down there." " All right." "Where are you off to in a hurry?" "Nowhere, really." "I just had a couple things to do." "You're always with your buddies." "I never see you anymore." "It's just because I've been really busy." " Busy?" " Yeah." " The guest list." " Guest list?" "Party?" "You're still helping me." "The part..." "Yeah." "Sure." "Definitely." "The colonel's related to the iron Boar." " The iron what?" " The Iron Boar." "As in male pig." "I had a lawyer trace his family tree, and he's a distant relative of a Civil War hero, John Bell Hood." "They called him "the iron Boar"." "He's going to announce it at the party." "I think it'll help his promotion." "Three meters." " Sergeant Lee's daughter." " That's Top's daughter?" "You're kidding." "See something you like?" "Eight meters." "Ten meters." "Nice dive." "Thanks." "The new Top." "What do you think he's up to?" "Just a vet who wants to throw his weight around." "But right now he's on your case, my man." "Yeah." "Well..." "Hey." "Check out this girl." "Why?" " That's Top's daughter." " No shit?" "You know what I'm thinking?" "You could be thinking almost anything." "Maybe I should ask her out." "You're fucking crazy." "Imagine how much that'll fuck with his head." "It's perfect." "Hey." " Sounds like a problem with your car." " Yeah. lt won't start." "Yeah. lt might be the battery." "You're Robyn Lee, right?" "Yeah." "How'd you know that?" "I'm battalion clerk here." "Kind of know everything." " Must be handy." " Hey, you're a good diver." "I saw you at the pool diving off the high platform." " l don't know how you do it." " What do you mean?" "You scared of heights?" "Well, you wouldn't get me up there." "You should try it. lt's fun." "Fun?" " Why is it fun?" " Falling through air. lt's cool." "You're kidding me." "You like falling?" "Sure." "Why not?" "I think I found the culprit." "You want to give that a try?" " What a guy." " That's me." "I'm Ray Elwood." "But everyone calls me Elwood." " Thanks for fixing my car, Elwood." " Yeah." "No problem." "You want to go out Friday night?" "It's a vineyard I visited last summer." "Just a small one in the Napa Valley." "Pinot grapes. lt's for sale." " You thinking of buying it, sir?" " Well, I wish." "No." "I have a decent collection, and I've always wondered what it would be like to make my own wine." "I could just about afford it." "Of course, it's unrealistic." "Have you heard about those two trucks gone missing?" " What trucks?" " During reforger two went missing." "The drivers were killed in an accident at a gas station near Karlsruhe." "They found bodies, they can't find the trucks." "How odd." " Wanna hear the best part?" " What's that?" "It's Colonel Marshall's infantry." "He's taking the heat." "Great news, sir." "Could I tell you a little secret?" "Of course, sir." "Have you heard of the Civil War general, John Bell Hood?" " The Iron Boar?" " You know of him?" "Everybody knows the iron Boar." "I didn't know he was well-known." "It turns out I am an actual relative." "A relative of the iron Boar?" "Awesome." "I want you to keep it under your hat." "I'm gonna surprise the general at the party." " Yeah." " Excuse me." "Private Brian Knoll reporting, sir." "I'm not an officer, so you can cut the "sir" crap." " Sorry." " What do you want?" "I just arrived." "The orderly sent me." "Oh." "Great." "What's that, your 201 file?" "Yes, sir..." "Yes." "You can sit down if you want." "So, how come they assigned you here?" "Oh, I put in for it." "My fiancée is here on base, so we arranged to transfer together." "How sweet." "Who's she?" "Margolis." "Carol Ann." "Private First Class." "You call her by her last name?" "What do you do, salute in bed?" "It says here they put you in room 51 9." "Yeah." "No." "That's my room." "Didn't Sergeant Lee tell you?" "We're gonna be roommates." "So, while Carol Ann's been here for six months, I'm stuck in San Antonio, just pulling whatever strings I could." "Kissing the base commander's ass." "Not literally." "But boy, oh, boy." " So, check this out." " Jesus Christ." "Shut the fuck up." "I guess I don't really give a shit." "You're here cos Sergeant fucking Lee is on my case." "I don't want to hear about your girlfriend or your transportation problems." "You roger that?" "...at Milwaukee as the starting quarterback..." "Hiya, Top." "How's it going?" " Daddy, this is Ray Elwood." " Oh, yeah." "We already met." "I'm going out." "I won't be home too late." "How the hell can you afford this car?" "Oh, I got a great deal." "Mercs are cheaper in Germany." "I don't believe it." " What?" " Your dad." "He's following us." "I don't believe it." " Hey." "How's it going?" "Good to see you." " Hey." "What's up?" " What's going on with you and my dad?" " What do you mean?" "There's something going on." "I'm the enemy of guys like your dad, because I don't give a shit about the Army." "If you don't give a shit, why'd you join?" "I didn't have much of a say in the matter." "I got caught stealing, they gave me a choice:" "Six months prison or three years in the Army." "I made the mistake of choosing the Army." "My dad has a problem with guys like you." "So you're out with me to piss him off." "No. I..." "That's it, isn't it?" "Yeah, that's..." "I'm fucked up." "I'm really sorry." "Yeah, that's definitely fucked up." "I didn't mean to get you in the middle of this." "You're out with me just to piss off my dad?" " Yeah." "That's right." " Are you crazy?" "He's the First Sergeant." "He's not somebody you want to piss off." "You realize he's gonna cut your balls off." "Yeah." "Probably." "So, what if I stay?" "There's a chance you're gonna lose your balls." " Do you think I'm worth it?" " Yeah." "Sure." "Why not?" "Fine." " Do you want one of these?" " What is that?" "Ecstasy." "I have something I want to show you." "What is it?" "A burn." "How'd it happen?" "When I was a kid, my dad was drunk and he dropped a cigarette on my nightgown and it caught fire." "It was an accident." "It's really ugly, isn't it?" "Get up!" "At the armoury!" "Full gear!" "Five minutes!" " Five minutes?" " Count 'em!" " What the hell are we doing?" " Target practice." "Hand me your rifle." "I want you to pack the M60." " l'm not qualified to operate it." " There's a time for everything." "You're gonna learn in the heat of battle." "Hand it to him." "The 60 is a heavy mother." "So am I." "What's the matter?" "Your fitness lacking?" "You want to do the confidence course to get you back into shape?" "No, thanks, Top." "I'll be fine." "I direct your attention to that spot that has been marked with an "X"." "We have here the prototype of a new Russian tank." "We are here to test the vulnerability of said tank to sustain fire from an infantry platoon." "Squad lock and load one magazine, take up a good firing position." "You will fire on my command." "Sustain fire until the order to cease fire has been given." "Ready!" "Fire!" "So, you did Top's daughter?" "Think I may have a problem." "No shit." "I like her." "I really like her, you know?" "She's different." "She's cool." "There's just..." "I fucking dig her, you know?" " That's a problem." " Yeah." " Heard you lost your ride." " l was getting bored with that car." "Well, you better take note, Stoney." "It ain't healthy hanging around this guy." "I mean, look at the shit he's making you eat." "You want some meatloaf, Saad?" "Now, that's a fucking insult to me." "I don't eat meat." "Human beings don't have the proper teeth and can't digest that shit." "It stays in your guts for three weeks and it rots." "That's your problem." "You got no discipline." "Are you trying to make some point, cos..." "Yeah." "The cabinet in the storage room was empty." " What do you mean empty?" " lt means nothing was in it." "It means I paid my hard-earned for air." "You looked inside the battery?" "Like always, except this time nothing was in it." "What is that?" "You trying to pick a fight with me?" "is that what you really want to do?" "I sent Parsons there to stash it." "Junkie probably did something with it." "Parsons ain't around, and ain't that convenient?" "Hey, relax, man." "It's already sorted." "I got a brand-new batch." "Maintenance area at the pool." "Usual place." "I put it there myself." "It's there." "It fucking better be." "You understand me?" "Do you understand me?" "This meatloaf looks great, doesn't it?" "In the article there was a photo of the Confederate general, John Bell Hood, affection affectionately known as "the iron Boar"." "Known as "the iron Boar"." " The Iron Boar." " Who are you talking to?" "No one." "How are things going downstairs?" " Guests will be arriving soon." " l'm coming." "I was reading a copy of The Modern Soldier, and there was an article on the fighters in the Civil War." "There was a photo of the general," "John Bell Hood, affectionate affectionately known as "the iron Boar"." " The iron what?" " Boar." "B-O-A-R." "As in male pig." "It was Liz who actually noticed it." "But the resemblance to myself was absolutely uncanny." "We commissioned a lawyer to track down records, passenger ship lists, and it was finally confirmed just last week via what is known here as a "Lynchburg Convergence", where a certain Trevor Berman and a hood girl known as Ethyl wed" "and had two boys in the town of Lynchburg, Virginia." "One of those boys, Gary Berman, is my great-great-uncle." "A descendant of the wild boar." "Sir, that's the iron Boar." "I guess I'm surrounded by people with famous relatives." " lsn't that so, Marshall?" " l try not to play it up." "But when I found out I was related to former Army Chief of Staff" "General George C. Marshall, I guess it gave me a strong sense of my heritage." "I'm proud of my family." "But knowing that I was from fighting stock affected me quite profoundly." "I seem to recall this General Hood." "He was involved in some disastrous battle and lost a leg, didn't he?" "I wouldn't say it was disastrous." "And an arm." "He lost an arm, didn't he?" "No." "He didn't lose an arm." "He lost the use of it." "He kept the actual arm." " Drink, General?" " Why, thank you." "Mrs Colonel?" "You know what?" "I don't go much for this lineage shit." "I'm not related to anyone famous, and this family-line bullshit makes me feel insecure." "My belief is if you come from dirt, you'll fight better." "You don't want to go back to the dirt." "The best fighters in the world are people with nothing to lose." "Get me another one of these, will you?" " Right away, sir." " Thank you." " How's it going?" " Oh, the usual." "Berman and Marshall trying to suck a general's dick." "What's he doing here?" "I don't know." "It's supposed to be a party for officers only." "Damn." "The general's sure happy to see his ass." "How's it going?" "What you doing here, white boy?" "You crazy?" "I'm trying to get back to my room." "I don't want any trouble or..." "No trouble?" "OK." "Say, you with Elwood now?" "You're Elwood's homey?" "Yeah." "He's my roommate." "Oh, you're roommates?" "That's real nice, man." "Scotch on the rocks and a Coca-Cola, please." "Didn't expect to see you here." "Yeah." "Well..." "Here I am." "There you go." "Jesus Christ." "Look how they got you dressed up." "You sick of being fucked by a white man?" "You and me can step outside right now." " You think you can take me?" " Customers." "Well, maybe straight-up, hand-to-hand, you got a shot." "Maybe." "But maybe I wear a blade." "Maybe I got a .45 cocked and locked to shove up your ass." "You ain't considered that, have you?" "Hey, you want to know something?" "You ain't like Elwood." "You got guts." " Guys like you get all the medals." " Hey, Bob." "There's someone I want you to meet." "Excuse me." "He murdered your car?" "Yeah." "Shot to pieces." "The entire unit used it for target practice." " Even me." " Why would he do that?" " That's extreme, even for him." " Yeah." "That's what I thought." "is there something going on I don't know about?" "What do you mean?" "Are you into some kind of shit on the side?" "I've lived on base my whole life." "I know what goes on." "I also know my dad doesn't take a disliking to just anyone." " Oh, really?" " Yeah." "You're into something, aren't you?" "A fiasco." " A debacle." "Wouldn't you say?" " Goddamn it. lt was your idea." "I'd never heard of the iron Boar." "Do something, then." "Marshall's going to take that promotion." "Take the initiative." "You're a soldier." "Go on the attack." " l've got an idea." " Tell me." "Don't worry." "I've got it under control." "You have a serious problem." "My dad's a pretty heavy guy." "He can really fuck you up." " When you say that, what do you mean?" " l mean fuck you right up." "He's done three tours of Vietnam." "He's killed people." " You're saying he's gonna kill me?" " l don't know, but he's not a guy to mess with." "Well, why are you telling me all this?" "I guess I don't want him to fuck you up." "That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in my whole life." "I love this guy, don't you?" "General, excuse me." "There's something I'd like to talk to you about." "What do you think about the idea of a training exercise?" " What do you have in mind?" " With the activity in the East, we should stay on our toes." "I could put my men up against Marshall's, see how they go." "You think you're up for this sort of thing?" "Oh, yes, sir. lt could be a straight defensiveloffensive exercise." "Maybe the nuclear facility." "I could put my men on a full alert, see how they'd hold up against an attack." "You want to defend the nuke base against Marshall's infantry?" "Yes, sir." " Can I see you in the kitchen?" " Just a moment." "Marshall, what do you think?" "Sounds good to me." "Excellent." "I think I know what your problem is." "What's that?" " You're bored." " l think you're right." "Hey, do you ever have falling dreams?" "Sure. I think so." "I have this same dream all the time where it's really high and I'm kind of floating and then I fall." "is that the same as yours?" "Kind of." "Well, what happens in yours?" "I wake up before I hit the ground." "I always hit." "I don't wake up." " That's not normal." " l know." "I got a bad feeling." "About what?" "Some strange shit's been going down." "Saad's up to something that's not good." "I keep thinking about that missing stash." "Parsons was stupid, but he wasn't crazy." " He wouldn't try to rip us off." " Yeah." "I'm going out to the storage room, check out that cabinet." "Maybe he put it in there wrong or Saad couldn't find it." "OK." "Do you want to kill Ray Elwood?" "Jesus Christ, Robyn." "What are you talking about?" "Do you?" "What's he been saying?" "Nothing." "I don't think you should be listening too much to Ray fucking Elwood." "But you've killed people before in war and stuff, right?" "And now you want to kill Ray Elwood." "It's no different, is it?" "I really don't think you know what you're talking about." "Holy shit." "What happened to you?" "Who the fuck did that to you?" "Those fuckers." " Those stupid..." " Hey." " Stupid fuckers." " Take it easy." "Let me look at you." "Oh, fuck." "Hey." "Come on." "Calm down." "Just let me clean it up, all right?" "I've got some stuff here." "Put this under your tongue." "Let it dissolve." " What is that?" " lt'll calm you down." "Man, I told you." "You can't walk around this end of the base at night." "It just ain't safe." "Hey, you want a beer?" "I'll get you a beer, yeah?" "OK." "Thanks." "You know, a lot of guys take a beating around here." "Just don't let it happen twice." "My dad, he still keeps in touch with his Army buddies." "The guys he knew from World War ll." "You know, they get together every year for a barbecue." "Friends for life, man." "Yeah." "I guess I've been kind of an asshole to you." "This place is fucked up." "It fucks with your head..." "Sometimes you don't know who to trust, you know?" "Yeah." "Well, I think tonight ended up OK." "Don't you think?" "A stunning success." "You should be very happy." "Why don't you put that down for a while?" "Well, honey, it's been a while." " Who do you think you are?" " What do you mean?" "When was the last time you held a rifle?" "Do you even know which end the bullets come out?" "Why was it a good idea to challenge Marshall to a training exercise" " when you're supply and he's infantry?" " You told me I should attack." "I said attack." "I didn't say fall on your own sword." "Well, I had to do something." "And I'll tell you what." "I think I've got Marshall's number." "I know how he thinks." "I know his battle strategies." "I've been supplying him in reforger, for God's sake." "I'm confident I can show him up." "All I've got to do is defend the nuke base for 48 hours, right?" "The deal's off." "I don't understand." "What do you mean it's off?" "There's just some bad shit happening and I can't do it. I'm sorry." "The guns are already sold." "You don't deliver, it's a big problem." "Look, they killed one of my guys." "What did you expect?" "Did you think this would be like a game?" " A bit of fun?" " l don't know." "Yeah." "Sit down, please." "Please sit down!" "We got nothing left to talk about." "They kill your friend?" "Some fucking Russians killed my son!" "You son of a bitch!" "Torture him and shoot him in the head." "You talk about your friend?" "I don't give a fuck about him!" "The deal is still on, or I'll fucking kill you." "I'll come and find you, and I'll fucking kill you." "OK, man?" " How'd it go?" " Great." "Just great." "How are we supposed to get the guns out of the base with the training exercise?" "If Berman's exercise lasts all weekend, there's no way to get the guns out." " The only way is if it finishes early." " Yeah, man." "If we're not dead by 1 700, we're fucking dead." " l'll take care of it." " How can you take care of it?" "I said I'll fucking take care of it." "Holy shit." "This here is closed for business, baby." " Get up." "Let's go." "Move it." " What you looking at, son?" "You better get on up out of here." "Move!" "Move it!" "Get up out of here!" "Let's go!" "Let's go." "Get out." "No." "Not you, Elwood." "You have no authority here, Sergeant." "You can't just walk in here and close this bar down." " You have no right." " You're a real bad motherfucker." "Take him to the shed." " Get the fuck off me!" " Kick his fucking ass." "Get the fuck off, you bastards!" "Get the fuck off me!" " What do you want?" " Investment advice." "On what?" "On how much you think you'll make on that shipment you've got coming in." "It'll tide me over." "Do you know what security on that will be?" "Well, I guess you're here to give me a price quote." "You know, the thing I love about you is that it don't take you long to figure out the play." "Get the fuck out." "Get the fuck out!" "You stupid fuck!" "Fuck!" " Get out, fuck!" " Calm down." "This motherfucker." "Fuck him." "Stupid motherfucker." "Don't you learn?" "Don't you fucking learn?" "You want to talk business, right?" "So let's talk business." "OK." "Let's talk business." " You want a cut." " A cut?" "What the fuck you talking about, a cut?" "I'm your brand-new fucking partner." "I think you might have saved my life back there." "Thanks." "I owe you one." "You OK?" "They hurt you again?" "No. I just kind of got a sore elbow." " l need a favour." " Yeah." "Anything." "Anything, man." "What is it?" "Cooking smack, to not get fucked up, you got to have a full stomach." "Cook on an empty stomach, you'll be stoned as any junkie." "Problem we got is we're cooking ten times more than before." "So to stay awake, we have to eat a burger like every 1 5 minutes." " So for six hours..." " Twenty-four burgers." "That's a lot of burgers." "They don't teach you this in basic." "I need you to do the shopping for me." "Go into the commissary and get food." "Burgers, hot dogs..." "Lots of meat." "Yeah." "OK." "No problem." "Catch my drift here, right?" "Saad doesn't eat meat." "He's decided to hold back." "He won't come until tonight." "No way he's going to mount an attack in the day." "I think you may be right, sir." "I know I'm right, Elwood." "He wants to wait till we're worn down." "Used up our supplies." "Had false alerts." " Two trucks coming, sir." " Breakfast." "We got fresh coffee, doughnuts, hash browns, eggs, flapjacks." " Garcia, let's get in there." " Yes, sir." " These two trucks, let them through." " Yes, sir." "Stop." "Why the hell did they go over there?" "Get the fuck in there now!" "Move!" " Drop your weapons!" " Move it!" "Bang." "You're dead." " Yeah!" " Come on!" "Let's go!" "Way to run it!" "Nice play!" " Here we go!" " Come on!" "Line up!" "Let's go, guys." "You OK, sir?" "Did I ever tell you I met President Kennedy?" "No." "He delivered the graduation address at the academy." "You can't tell it from his pictures, but up close, in person, he..." "He just had this charisma." "I shook the president's hand." "I felt his strength, and I thought "l can do anything I set my mind to."" "Do you know what General Lancaster called me?" "lncompetent." "Will he include that in your report?" "Oh, yeah." "Yes, I'm sure he will." "The general has relieved me of my command." "Marshall said his executive officer could take over." "I'm really sorry, sir." "You know what I'm going to do?" "I'm going to take my pension and buy that vineyard." "I think that's what I'm going to do." "That doesn't sound like such a bad idea, does it?" "Make sure and give The Turk all my love." "You feel bad about Berman?" "Oh, fuck, no." "You don't feel bad about tipping off Marshall?" "I thought you liked Berman." "Way I see it, I did him a fucking favour." "Berman's too nice of a guy for the Army." "I know I did it to save my own ass." "He's going to make wine." "We're here, up to our necks in shit." "Why the delay?" "Couldn't find the base?" " You look tense." " We're having a ball." "Let's get this stuff inside." "So, how long does it take to cook this stuff?" "Most of the night." "What the fuck is he doing here?" "He's with me." "Got a problem with that?" "Whoa." "Do me a favour and put that out... now." "I'm not fucking around." "This is highly flammable." "Listen up." "We cook six hours." "We have to keep it as close as possible to 85 degrees centigrade." "What if it goes below?" "If it goes below 80, we've got to cook longer." "If it goes above 90, the morphine is destroyed." "And if it boils, well..." "Well, what?" "Cooking smack is like preparing Thanksgiving dinner where one ingredient is a grenade." " This shit explodes?" " Kaboom." " You better know what to do." " l hope the ventilators can handle it." "This is way more than we've ever done before." "We'll change the filter every hour." " You on it, Garcia?" " l'm on it, man." " Do you want a hot dog?" " l don't want no fucking hot dog." "You ain't got no vegetarian shit?" "Hot dogs are made up of lips, udders and assholes." " l'm surprised you don't want one." " l'll fuck you up." "Please just fucking cut the sarcasm." "Can we just eat our hot dogs?" "Not you, of course, Saad." "OK." "Six hours." "Mark it now." "I'm gonna get some rest." "I'll be back." " You're in charge." " All right." "You leaving?" "Where you going?" "Why are you worried?" "Kick back." "Watch some TV." "Educate yourself." "You own this base, right?" "...all afternoon." "It is clear that this will be one of Berlin's most dramatic days." "Come on up." " l don't think so." " Just get up here." "Come on up." "Come on." "Just a bit further." "Jesus Christ." "This is not fun." " What's the matter, scared?" " Of course I'm not scared." " l won't push you." " Yeah, I'd appreciate that." "Come on." "Come out to the edge." "Take another step." "Take another two steps." "Just a little bit further." "Come on." "Sit down." " What would it take to make you jump?" " A parachute." "Oh, fuck." "That's really high." "Maybe you get used to it after a while." "I think the point is not to get used to it." "What are you doing?" "Why are you putting your arms up like that?" "Fuck it." "...Brussels changed all that." "Chancellor Kohl could offer his electorate what they were demanding, while the president seemed happy to celebrate..." "Mr President, we're glad you're here." "You are a friend among friends." "Why you motherfuckers eat so damn much?" "'Cause we're growing lads." "We need to keep our strength up." "I don't feel too good." "Let me get one of those burgers." "No way." "This shit's poison for your body." "Wouldn't want you blocking up your arteries." "Fuck you." "All right." "Fuck you." "Shit." "What time is it?" " lt's midnight." " Fuck." "What's going on?" "Where you going?" " Fuck. I got to go." " Can I come?" "They're in there." "Oh, fuck." "Leave him alone!" "Stop it!" "Sir, could I ask you to please take her out of here?" ""Sir"?" "What do you mean, "sir"?" "Let me go!" "Second Lieutenant Brian Knoll volunteered to go undercover." "PFC Knoll." "Our officer in the hole." "Don't kick me." "From the moment the first wave of East Germans crossed into Berlin" " in the early hours this morning..." " Where is the Berlin Wall?" "It's in Berlin, you dumb fuck." "I know it's in Berlin." "What country is it in?" "It's in Germany, man." "Fucking..." "Germany." " West Germany." " West Germany?" "Which one are we in?" "Are we in West Germany or are we in East Germany?" "We're in East." "We're in West Germany, you idiot." "Well, what's the difference?" "Fuck if I know, man." "Get your fucking hands in the air!" "You're all under arrest!" "Put your hands in the air!" "Get 'em up!" "I'm warning you!" "Drop that weapon." "You put your shit down." "Put it down!" " lt's my motherfucking house." " Drop the fucking weapon." " No." "Fuck that." " Don't make another move!" "No." "You put your shit down." "Fuck you!" "Come on!" "It's over." "It's all over." " What'd you do with Robyn?" " Don't you worry about her." "She's got nothing to do with you anymore." " Let me go, you fuck!" " Kimborough, you read me?" "Come in." "We got resistance, nothing we can't handle." "You've been putting it in my daughter, you think that's war?" "War, you dumb fuck, is playing for keeps." "Somebody as stupid as you deserves to go down." "Without your muscle, you turn to shit." "No backup." "Too easy." " What?" " Who do you think took out Stoney?" "You are fucking stupid." "He's gonna kill him." "Can you wait one second?" "Listen to me." "My dad is going to kill him." " He'll do something." " That's ridiculous." "Where's he taking him?" " He's taking him to the stockade." " He's not." "The stockade's the other way." "Can you please go and see where he's taking him?" "You want to hear the secret of Vietnam?" "The secret of Vietnam is simple." "I loved it." "Whole damn thing was nothing but fun." "I'm just being honest." "I fucking well loved it." "Everyone else would, too, if we'd have won." "And I did all sorts of shit." "Everything you've been doing here and more." "Lots more." "...a new era..." "Let go!" "Hold it, Sergeant." " Get away from the window." " What are you doing here, sir?" "Get away from the window, or I will shoot you, Sergeant." "You're gonna shoot me?" "You got the balls to do something like that?" "The boiling point." "When there is peace, the warlike man attacks himself." "That's Nietzsche." "And his point is that there really is no peace." "There's always some war somewhere with someone." "And there are no winners or losers, either." "Just those that are still around to fight another day." "23 US servicemen were killed last night when a huge explosion rocked the dispensary of the Theodore Roosevelt Army base in West Germany." "Army spokesmen blame the blast on a gas leak, although Pentagon sources have not ruled out a terrorist bomb." "A miraculous survivor of the blast, Raymond Elwood, is in critical condition after being blown from the fifth floor." "President Bush has sent the wishes of the American people to Private Elwood and all the other injured for a speedy recovery." "A purple heart and..." " No." "What is it?" " Defence Superior Service Medal, sir." "Gas explosion." "I read that in the Stars and Stripes." " They think it was a gas explosion?" " Yes, sir." "That's what they think." "And this Robert Lee, the sergeant who got the posthumous silver star, you knew him well, did you?" "His daughter's my sweetheart." "is that right?" "I didn't know that." " How's she doing?" " She's doing OK, sir." "She's at college studying political science." "She's got her break next month, and she's gonna come see me." "Well, I look forward to meeting her." "Are you sure you're OK standing?" "If the leg gets weary, you just cop a squat any time." "Oh, I'll be fine." "Thanks, sir." " OK." " lt really is healing quite nicely." "The tropical air is doing it good." " So, you like it here in Hawaii?" " Yeah. I'm settling in." "Well, that's good." "That's good." "Now, let's see." "What have we got here?" "Oh, just some requisitions, sir." "A thousand gallons of Mop and Glo." "Really need that much?" "Well, cleanliness is next to godliness." "Well, that's what I always say, sir."