A Few Good Men Page #15

JESSEP:

Yes.

KAFFEE:

If you feel there are any details

that I'm missing, you should free to

speak up.

JESSEP's not quite sure what to say to this Navy Lawyer

Lieutenant-Smartass guy who just gave him permission to speak

freely on his own base.

JESSEP:

Thank you.

KAFFEE:

Now it was at this point that you

called Captain Markinson and Lt.

Kendrick into your office?

JESSEP:

Yes.

KAFFEE:

And what happened then?

JESSEP:

We agreed that for his own safety,

Santiago should be transferred off

the base.

Here's something else KAFFEE didn't know. Neither did Jo.

SAM jots something down on a small notepad.

MARKINSON doesn't flinch.

KAFFEE:

Santiago was set to be transferred?

JESSEP:

On the first available flight to the

states. Six the next morning. Three

hours too late as it turned out.

KAFFEE nods.

KAFFEE:

Yeah.

There's silence for a moment.

KAFFEE takes a sip of his coffee. Then drains the cup and

puts it down.

KAFFEE:

(continuing)

Alright, that's all I have. Thanks

very much for your time.

KENDRICK:

The corporal's got the jeep outside,

he'll take you back to the airstrip.

KAFFEE:

(standing)

Thank you.

JO:

Wait a minute, I've got some

questions.

KAFFEE:

No you don't.

JO:

Yes I do.

KAFFEE:

No you don't.

JO:

Colonel, on the morning that Santiago

died, did you meet with Doctor Stone

between three and five?

KAFFEE:

Jo --

JESSEP:

Of course I met with the doctor. One

of my men was dead.

KAFFEE:

(to JO)

See? The man was dead. Let's go.

JO:

(to JESSEP)

I was wondering if you've ever heard

the term Code Red.

KAFFEE:

Jo --

JESSEP:

I've heard the term, yes.

JO:

Colonel, this past February, you

received a cautionary memo from the

Naval Investigative Service, warning

that the practice of enlisted men

disciplining their own wasn't to be

condoned by officers.

JESSEP:

I submit to you that whoever wrote

that memo has never served on the

working end of a Soviet-made Cuban

Ml-Al6 Assault Rifle. However, the

directive having come from the NIS,

I gave it its due attention. What's

your point, Jo?

KAFFEE:

She has no point. She often has no

point. It's part of her charm. We're

outta here. Thank you.

JO:

My point is that I think code reds

still go on down here. Do Code Reds

still happen on this base, colonel?

KAFFEE:

Jo, the colonel doesn't need to answer

that.

JO:

Yes he does.

KAFFEE:

No, he really doesn't.

JO:

Yeah, he really does. Colonel?

JESSEP:

You know it just hit me. She outranks

you, Danny.

KAFFEE:

Yes sir.

JESSEP:

I want to tell you something Danny

and listen up 'cause I mean this:

You're the luckiest man in the world.

There is, believe me gentlemen,

nothing sexier on earth than a woman

you have to salute in the morning.

Promote 'em all I say.

JO's not upset. JO's not mad. But she's gonna ask her question

'til she gets an answer.

JO:

Colonel, the practice of code Reds

is still condoned by officers on

this base, isn't it?

JESSEP:

You see my problem is, of course,

that I'm a Colonel. I'll just have

to keep taking cold showers 'til

they elect some gal President.

JO:

I need an answer to my question,

sir.

JESSEP:

Take caution in your tone, Commander.

I'm a fair guy, but this f***in'

heat's making me absolutely crazy.

You want to know about code reds?

On the record I tell you that I

discourage the practice in accordance

with the NIS directive. Off the record

I tell you that it's an invaluable

part of close infantry training, and

if it happens to go on without my

knowledge, so be it. I run my base

how I run my base. You want to

investigate me, roll the dice and

take your chances. I eat breakfast

80 yards away from 4000 Cubans who

are trained to kill me. So don't for

one second think you're gonna come

down here, flash a badge, and make

me nervous.

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