Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Page #4

Standard diamond formation.

Package in the middle.

Let's move.

Set up a perimeter.

Aye-aye.

Anoosh.

Here, drink.

Thank you.

Thank you. You okay?

Okay, come on.

Here.

Stay here.

- You watch her.

- Yes, sir.

You go low. I'm gonna

take the high ground.

All right.

I don't trust this Muji.

He fought with us, took

the same gunfire we did.

Still.

I'm not invitin' him over

for Sunday night dinner.

I don't think

he'd show if you did.

What do you make of her?

Hard to tell.

She must make some kinda juice

to have SEALS come extract her.

She's kinda hot.

Think I can hit that?

You're a sick f***.

Stay sharp.

Soto.

Tough day, Bro?

He took a bullet for me.

If I had just done my job.

Don't do this to yourself, man.

He knew what he signed up for.

He didn't deserve that.

No.

But it's not your fault.

Yes, it is.

We all get scared sometimes.

It's what you do when you're

under pressure that matters.

Now quit your whining

and man up.

Are you ready to lay some pain for these

Mujis and make it outta here, man?

That's how we honor Li.

Oorah?

Oorah.

Major Gavins.

We have a situation, sir.

CLR 10 didn't make it

to FOB Ouellette.

Where are they?

Well, COC reported them offline in

the vicinity of the 67th gridline.

And?

Not good, sir.

Supply train was

totally destroyed.

KIA?

We brought six back last night.

And here's where

it gets interesting.

One of the KIA was a SEAL.

He was part of Team 10.

They went into the Tangi Valley yesterday

to extract a high value package.

What kind of package?

What the hell's a Navy SEAL

doing with our unit?

Don't know.

And sir, five of our

marines are missing.

Missing? Who?

Merrimette, Soto, Kettner,

Allen, and the new guy, Faisal.

Li?

Didn't make it, sir.

And the unit? You got a

fixed position on 'em?

No.

We have a best guess.

I want a no-bullshit

assessment, Captain.

We believe they've gotta be on the move

somewhere in the Helmand River Valley.

We gotta get them outta there soon,

sir, or they'll be eaten alive.

Well, let's not write 'em off.

They're marines.

They're supply marines.

They're marines.

Strap in and bring everything to bear

we have to get our people outta there.

I'm trying, sir,

but we can't push air.

There's a sandstorm kickin' up

between them and us right there.

We got red air?

Yes, sir. High winds, low visibility.

Air support's grounded.

I don't want excuses. Find me a

workaround and let's get this solved.

You hear me?

Yes, sir.

Let's bring our boys home.

Sh*t!

Bring up grid 67,

give me weather.

It sure is pretty, isn't it?

Yeah. It looks like

a five-star resort.

Take a look at your 12.

So what exactly am I lookin' at?

You're lookin' at the most

dangerous place on Earth,

with the toughest enemy

you'll ever face.

There's a reason why

they've never lost a war.

Now, look at your 10.

There's a village called Minar.

It's about 20 clicks away.

And there's a captain there,

he's a pretty good guy.

If we can make it there

by this afternoon,

I think you got a chance to make it

back to Leatherneck for a little chow.

What do you say?

What about FOB Ouellette?

That's too far.

With the heat we got on us, we'll

never make it back in time.

And you can trust

this police captain?

If you're lookin' for guarantees in this

country, you're in the wrong place.

And the wrong war,

for that goddamned matter.

Who are we protecting?

That doesn't matter. What

matters is she gets back alive.

She's bigger than you and me.

So you like this play?

A midday trek through

the Helmand River Valley,

humping a tier one package,

short on water, short on ammo,

and everybody in this

province gunning for us.

What's not to like?

Is that your daughter?

Yep.

She just turned five.

She's beautiful.

You have children?

No.

I had a younger sister.

She was killed by the

Taliban when she was 13.

What for?

To punish me.

To punish my family for

violating Sharia law.

Sharia law as interpreted by the Taliban

forbids women to have an education.

My parents broke with this

tradition and sent me to college.

When I returned to Afghanistan,

the Taliban wanted

to make an example of me.

It was decided by the tribal elders to send

a message to the people of my infidelity.

But they couldn't kill me.

Then I would be a martyr.

I begged them to take

my life but...

She was just a child, had

so much life ahead of her.

I'm sorry.

So am I.

Sniper!

Get down! Get down!

Where'd that shot come from?

I don't know. I can't see 'em.

We're going to need another round

if we're gonna zero in on him.

Another round?

He's got us pretty

well dialed in here.

All right, heads down, Marines.

Dude, my head is

not goin' anywhere.

Give me your binos.

All right.

Let's find this son of a b*tch.

Where you at?

Come on.

There you are.

Where?

At 700 meters.

Look at your one.

Do you see the glint?

The sun's reflecting

off his optics.

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

He's far. Danni?

Yeah, I see him.

Can you take him?

In perfect conditions, if we

were 300 meters closer, maybe.

All right, so what do we do?

Get 300 meters closer.

That would be choice number one,

but when we get there, if we

miss, we're in the same boat.

Only worse.

Because we're closer.

Exactly.

So what's choice number two?

Well, Merrimette, we can sit here and

wait until one of them shoots one of us.

Yeah, then we all get shot.

- I'm not feelin' that.

- You know what? Enough of this sh*t.

Khalid?

Let's go get up close

and personal.

Not all of us can make that.

Not all of us.

You and me.

Gear down. Let's go.

Lose your rifle. Come on.

Man, always sitting

and babysitting the Muji.

Hey, Corporal? You take care

of her. You understand me?

Yes, sir.

All right, Corporal,

listen to me now.

I want you to stay behind me and

just be patient. All right?

All right. Come on,

let's go have some fun.

You all right?

Yeah.

All right.

I want you to start

movin' forward

and I'm gonna flank around and go on

the right hand side. You hear me?

I'll come with you.

No. I move better alone.

Now, listen, I want you

to keep this field of view.

When you see me hit him,

I want you to come in hard and fast.

All right.

Now, no gunfire. We do this hand-to-hand.

There's too much enemy.

See you in a minute.

You got this.

Good job.

Keep your eyes down range.

Anoosh, get a drink.

Get a drink.

Don't do it, Corporal.

What's that, Senior Chief?

Overthink it.

Killing.

Let me tell you somethin'. Every

day we go out, it's life or death.

It's him or you.

This is my first time

out as squad leader.

Before yesterday, I...

I never even fired

my weapon at anybody.

And I never thought

I'd have to do it that close.

It's all the same.

They died today.

And we lived.

Look at me.

Today was a good day.

Now, I want you

to do something for me.

I want you to get out

of your head and focus.

Focus on the mission.

The mission is God.

All right.

I'm gonna give you another

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