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Mind Over Matter in Conflict
Stitch Jones
You see, it's all a question of mind over matter. We no longer mind, cause, you don't matter. You've been voted out of office, baby.
Highway
Mister Jones, you fall out in that street or I'm gonna kick your ass right off this fuckin planet.
Stitch Jones
Oh, I don't think so, babe. Swede!
Recon Platoon
Swede, Swede, Swede, Swede, Swede!
[Chanting loudly]
Stitch Jones
Uh, Gunny, I'd like you to meet my big friend, Swede Johanson. Swede, say something charming to the man.
Swede Johanson
I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck.
Highway
Stick your chin up. Higher. Now get your ass out in that street, ladies. Right this second.
[Swede does; punches Swede, knocking him to the floor]
Stitch Jones
Uh, I'll catch you later, Swede!
[hastily]
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Tension and Chaos in a Combat Situation
Frageti
What the hell was that?
Highway
You're dead, Marine! You just stepped on four booby traps and blew your legs off! We'll have to send out a search party for your testicles! Now where the hell's your backup?
Frageti
Profile.
Highway
What the fuck good are you doing back there? Without any cover fire I get my ass blown off! While you guys are sitting there pumpin the neighbor's dog we get every swingin dick in this platoon killed!
[Turns back to the three Marines who tripped over the rope]
Stitch Jones
Hey, chill out, man; that's what we're here for.
Highway
Say what?
Stitch Jones
We're here for that! We've ambushed Major Powers three times and always right here; we know what we're doing.
Highway
Well, Shit-For-Brains, who says we're gonna ambush Major Powers right here?
Stitch Jones
Hey, you didn't hear Lieutenant Ring? Major Powers wants us to die in a loud, grotesque, military manner.
Highway
I don't give a fuck about Major Powers! My job is to keep you men alive. Let's move on.
Major Powers
We should be coming to the ambush site over the next hill.
Sergeant Major Choozoo
Sure does help knowin where and when you're gonna be hit, sir.
[sarcastic]
Highway
Easy. Give em a few more yards, then we'll nail the coffin shut. Okay now.
[''they let First Platoon walk farther into the ambush'']
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Understanding the Enemy's Weaponry
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway
This is the ] assault rifle, the preferred weapon of your enemy, and it makes a distinctive sound when fired at you, so remember it.
[[AK-47]
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Military Banter in Heartbreak Ridge
Sergeant Major Choozoo
Hey, crotch rot, you gonna slurp my lifer's juice out of my own cup?
[''Entering the office'']
Gunnery Sergeant Highway
Yeah, I should've gotten shots beforehand.
Choozoo
If your brain was half as quick as your mouth, skunk stool, you'd be a friggin twenty-star general by now.
Highway
And if I was half as ugly as you, Sergeant Major, I'd be a poster boy for a prophylactic.
Choozoo
Still a mean and nasty bastard. God-damn good to see you, Tom! Back where you belong!
[''Hugs Highway'']
Highway
Hey, go easy on me, or else everybody's gonna think I'm spoken for.
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Military Brotherhood in Action
Highway, Choozoo
Semper Fi, sir.
[Grinning and heading out]
Colonel Meyers
Ooh-rah...
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Debate on Loyalty and Comfort in Conflict
Webster
I thought you guys didn't like Highway. I heard that AK-47 fire comin from your A.O. Don't you guys wanna go back to the way things were? Nobody fuckin with you?
Stitch Jones
Looks to me like nobody's gonna fuck with us the way things are right now.
Webster
There's weekend liberty in it for all of y'all. I'll start with you.
Profile
I got nothin to say.
[flatly]
Webster
You.
Quinones
No habla inglés.
[grins]
Webster
Things are gonna go hard on all of you if you don't cooperate.
Fragetti
We ain't got nothin to say to you, Webster.
Stitch Jones
Why don't you take your ass back to that faggot 1st Platoon of yours? And, uh- Don't go away mad. Just go away. You been told.
[imitates Gunny Highway's deep voice]
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Chain of Command and Request Forms
Major Powers
Fill out the proper request forms and send it through the chain of command.
Highway
Request forms?
[''In disbelief'']
Major Powers
Ten-hut!
Colonel Meyers
At ease, men.
Major Powers
Major Malcom Powers, sir. Annapolis, Class of 71.
Colonel Meyers
How are your men doing, Major?
Major Powers
My men are ready to fight to the death to protect our country, sir.
Colonel Meyers
Let's hope that won't be necessary. Have we ever served together?
[A beat as Colonel Meyers, a combat veteran, looks at him; ''Notices Highway'']
Highway
I don't know, sir. Sergeant Major Choozoo and I were in 2nd Battalion, 7th in 68.
Colonel Meyers
I had a rifle company in 1st Battalion, 7th.
Highway
Well, we sure as hell chewed some of the same dirt, sir.
[smiles]
Colonel Meyers
That's for sure. What's your assessment of this alert?
Highway
It's a clusterfuck.
Colonel Meyers
Say again?
Highway
Marines are fighting men. They shouldn't be sitting around on their sorry asses filling out request forms for equipment they should already have.
Colonel Meyers
Interesting observation, Gunny. Carry on, Major.
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The Importance of Engagement and Challenge
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway
You can run me, you can starve me, you can beat me and you can kill me. Just don't bore me.
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Dating Expectations and Misunderstandings
Tom Highway
Hey, baby.
Little Mary Jackson
Well, I called his wife--
Tom Highway
Do you fool around on the first date?
Little Mary Jackson
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Little Mary Jackson
Damn you, girl. Do you know how to write and call?
Tom Highway
Well, I didn't want you to cause any sleepless nights thinking about me.
Little Mary Jackson
I'll get you a beer.
Tom Highway
Great. I could use one. Sure, you look great. They don't make them like you anymore, sweetheart.
Little Mary Jackson
(sits at bar) Oh, hell, sure they do. But if you want a lot from a woman, you have to give a lot.
Tom Highway
Yes, it's this kid. It seemed that marriage and the Marine Corps weren't too compatible.
Little Mary Jackson
Panther piss. The best years of my life were with a Marine. Now if I was a little younger, I'd make you eat your words and curl your toes.
Tom Highway
Yeah, I bet you could.
Little Mary Jackson
(smiling) Aggie always kept a smile on your face.
Tom Highway
That was pain.
Little Mary Jackson
Tom, she's in town.
Tom Highway
Oh, well, I figured as much. But if she's looking for more alimony, she's in real trouble this time. Because I got myself so broke, I couldn't get myself out of sight if it took a quarter to go around the world.
Little Mary Jackson
(smiling) She's cocktailing over at the Palace.
Tom Highway
Oh, well, I figure she'd be married to a general by now. Oh, can I get my old room back?
Little Mary Jackson
Hell, yes. You're going to see her?
Tom Highway
Hell no. Can I run a tab on this?
Little Mary Jackson
Hell, no.
Tom Highway
(laughing) Tough woman, tough woman.
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Controversy Surrounds Contest Results and Reactions
Roy Jennings
Tonight's winner is Miss Sarita Dwayne!
Stitch Jones
Wait a minute, man. That's bullshit.
Thomas Highway
I don't play none of this jail give-up-the-booty bullshit. Powers will thin-slice your prick as soon as the war goes.
Aggie
What a dirty mess.
Thomas Highway
What a dirty, stinking mess. He needs you, Aggie.
Aggie
Until the next war.
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The Significance of Heartbreak Ridge
Stitch Jones
I ain't never heard of no Heartbreak Ridge.
Choozoo
It ain't in any of the history books. Just a little piece of war. Hell, the place didn't even have a name; just a number. Stony Jackson took one look up and said, "Ladies, if it don't kill us, it'll surely break our hearts.
Stitch Jones
Who's Stony Jackson?
Choozoo
He was our platoon sergeant. He was the one recommended Highway for his Congressional ].
[[w:Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]
Stitch Jones
Gunny Highway won the ]?
[[Medal of Honor|CMH]
Choozoo
He charged two machine gun nests by himself. Didn't sleep for three days. The final ], he held off almost singlehandedly. When it was over, there's me, Stony Jackson, Tom Highway. We're the only ones still alive.
[[w:Human wave attack|human wave]
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Impending Military Operation Announcement
Stitch Jones
Yeah, Gunney, what's the deal, man? This is another bullshit alert, right?
Thomas Highway
We're going to war, men.
Stitch Jones
Mother of Jesus.
Thomas Highway
We're going to assist in an operation on the island of Grenada to rescue of the American citizens there.
Stitch Jones
The island of what?
Major Malcolm A. Powers
Grenada. It's a Caribbean island also known as "The Isle of Spice". It's 86 nautical miles from the northeast coast of Venezuela. Now our mission is to helo-cast into a small bay into the west side of the island and recon in advance before the Marine landing force.
Stitch Jones
Yes, yes, I can do that, man. I forgot my suntan oil.
Thomas Highway
Come on, it's time to earn your pay. Let's go.
Lieutenant Ring
Come on, pick it up. Let's go.
PA Announcer
Now hear this. Now hear this. Flight deck, prepare to launch helo. Prepare to launch helo.
Major Malcolm A. Powers
Over there!
Thomas Highway
Your glasses. Get ready!
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