Heartbreak Ridge Page #7

What happened to Jackson?

He was killed at Khe Sahn in 1968.

Can I get you something to eat?

I can fix it in no time.

No, thank you, ma'am.

Excuse me, ma'am.

You don't happen to be up...

...when Gunney Highway

leaves for the base, do you?

I pour his coffee and lay out his things.

Platoon, attention!

Right face!

Forward march!

Each platoon will proceed

to the objective...

...which in this case

is the Battalion Bear Pit.

Whoever reaches it first

will get a 72- hour liberty.

Sir, it would be an honor,

if you would accompany my platoon.

Thank you, Staff Sergeant.

Get out of your seats.

Johanson, tighten up that harness.

- Gunney, I'm afraid of heights.

- So am I.

You are?

Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane

is not a natural act...

...so let's do it right and enjoy the view.

Let's move.

We made it. We're the first platoon

to reach the Bear Pit.

Not so quick, sir.

Darn. 1st Platoon.

Major. It's Highway.

Damn.

Come on, let's smoke 'em.

1st Platoon, follow me!

Recon wins.

Gunney, you don't know your place.

I say we have ourselves a dilemma, sir.

Sergeant Major, as my umpire, I order you

to declare 1st Platoon the winner.

Sir, that wouldn't be fair.

What do you propose to resolve

this situation?

Match-up.

Okay, men, get them off.

Get your sh*t off.

Get them out!

Get them out!

Recon!

Sergeant Major, 1st Platoon wins.

I don't see it that way, Major.

You're out of order, Gunney.

- How do you figure?

- Your man cheated.

I say, he improvised.

He cheated!

He adapted. He overcame.

There's only one way to settle this.

Platoon sergeants, front and center.

Remember, Sergeant,

I'm leading your platoon today.

Old man, it's time somebody

put you in your place.

It felt great beating

Major Powers' elite fighting unit!

I've been bitten by every bug

known to mankind.

With all these bumps,

you look like you got muscles.

I bet I have poison ivy.

You can get permanent light duty

for all of the crud on your body.

Your dream come true. You won't

have to do this bullshit any more.

F*** you. I'm getting pretty good at this.

This man must be sick,

ladies and gentlemen.

I'll tell you who's sick...

...Gunney Highway is the sickest

individual I've ever come across.

That's right! Order today and get

this record set from Recon Records...

...with songs like,

Highway's a Sick Individual...

...Polish My Weapon and I'll Polish Yours.

That's my song! I like that one!

Bionic Marine.

- That's it! Bionic Marine.

- Yes, do that one!

"We kicked a lot of ass,

at a place called Heartbreak Ridge

"Don't f*** with Scarface Highway,

baddest jarhead there is

"He's a bad, psycho mother, bionic Marine

"A leatherneck lifer,

who likes the barracks clean

- "He kicked Powers in the ass

- "Whipped him upside the head

"If you f*** with this sick mother,

then you are going to end up dead

"He's a fire-pissing jarhead, bionic Marine

"Salty dog doesn't wear anything

but Marine Corps green

- "No time to sh*t or shower

- "No time to smoke a cig

"Don't f*** with Gunney Highway,

or you'll end up in the brig"

I'll tell you something else.

Highway won the Congressional

Medal of Honor at Heartbreak Ridge.

- Check that out.

- The CMH!

I knew he was bad, but not that bad.

Major Powers wants statements

from each and every of you.

What kind of statement?

Gunnery Sergeant Highway

used live ammunition...

...with unauthorized weapons

in the training exercise.

Says who?

I thought you guys didn't like Highway.

I heard that AK-47 fire

coming from your AO.

Don't you want to go back

to the way it was?

Nobody f***ing with you?

Seems to me that no one is going

to f*** with us the way things are now.

There's weekend liberty in it for all of you.

I'll start with you.

I got nothing to say.

- You?

- No hablo ingles.

This can go hard on you all

if you aren't going to cooperate.

We don't have anything

to say to you, Webster.

Why don't you take your ass back

to that 1st Platoon of yours...

...and don't go away mad. Just go away.

You've been told.

- I hate social functions.

- You're going to love it.

Your presence is requested

at the MAU Commander's open house.

- Full military dress.

- Piss on that.

You'll be there,

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway.

Stand tall, look sharp,

and wear all your ribbons...

...so these people can see

a hero who isn't dead.

- Let's find the bar.

- Good idea.

How are you this evening? Thank you.

I'm privileged to greet

a Medal of Honor winner.

Thank you, sir.

Run into any cluster fucks lately?

No. Not lately, sir.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the party.

I love to see the brass snap to attention

when they see that little ribbon.

What do you do at a party like this,

stick out your little pinkie?

Just don't unzip and stick Old Blue out.

Didn't J.J. Johnson do that at

a WAVE party in San Diego?

No! That was me. J.J. Mooned

the ARVN General at China Beach.

Let's drink a toast to J.J. And

all of the pieces of him we couldn't find.

Funniest guy I ever met.

One thing about a party like this,

the conversation is so adult.

Choozoo, I think I'm going to head

for the back door of this place.

And lose all this joy?

You won't be upset if I cut in, will you?

I'll get over it.

I'll go see what the chow's like.

Would you like to dance?

- What are you doing here?

- I'm still on the mailing list.

- Yes?

- Yes.

What's so funny?

I was just thinking,

this reminds me of the Senior Prom...

...and the chaperone with the ruler.

"Now, Agnes Ann, you remember,

you keep eight inches of daylight...

"...between you and that young man

you're dancing with."

Yes. I do remember that.

Wasn't that the first night we ever...

Yes. Yes, it was.

Agnes Ann,

you were a wild creature, I must say.

What do your magazines say about that?

I don't know.

I haven't gotten to that part yet.

Are you still reading them?

Affirmative.

What do they say about ex-wives?

Not too much.

Just that sex is great because...

...you don't have to establish

a relationship or be meaningful.

- You really are trying to understand us.

- The best I can, yes.

Is that because you can't be a Marine

anymore and you have no place to go?

I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry.

That's all right.

We've known each other too long...

...to run away just over a little thing

like tearing each other's guts out.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.

It never seems to work out

between you and me.

- With her husband.

- I see.

- I'm having a great time.

- It's a whole family gathering.

I've been thinking about

that avocado ranch we talked about.

Tom, Roy has asked me to marry him.

What'd you say?

Attention, please!

The 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit's alert

status has been upgraded.

All officers and staff NCOs

will return immediately to their units.

Thank you.

This is another bullshit alert, right?

We're going to war, men.

We're going to assist with the rescue of

American citizens on the island of Grenada.

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