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Erik Kristensen, officer in charge, from the deck of the

Command Room.

Shane stops. Turns around.

KRISTENSEN:

Not today.

The SEALs stare up at their boss.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

Red Wing’s a go. Today. 1800.

13.

SHANE PATTON:

Am I going?

KRISTENSEN:

(ignoring Shane)

PLO in one hour.

SHANE PATTON:

Sir?

Kristensen dead eyes Patton. Turns and heads back into TOC.

Healy follows

AXE:

Shane’s going?

MURPHY SHANE:

I don’t think so. Maybe.

They all walk inside.

15 INT. RED WINGS PLO (PATROL LEADER’S ORDER) 15

Thirty SEALs plus support packed into the TOC (TacticalOperational Command). Makeshift control center. PowerPoint onflat screen. Operation REDWING is dissected.

MURPHY:

Operation Red Wings. The target is

Ahmad Shah and his, we are

estimating ten men, “loyal

amigos”. Including, this dude,

Slide shifts to a color photo of “Taraq”.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Only have a first name, Taraq.

Seems to do most of the chief sh*t

for Shah.

SEALs study photos.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

We’re going in with a four manteam. The recon team is Dietz,

Comms. Axe, Nav. Luttrell, Medic.

HEALY:

Objective of this mission is topositively identify Ahmad Shah.

Shane’s head in his hands, pissed he is not going...a grainyphoto of Ahmad Shah on a large color monitor. PowerPoint.

13A.

KRISTENSEN:

This is the best picture we have ofhim. It’s current.

(MORE)

14.

KRISTENSEN (CONT'D)

We know Shah killed fourteen

Marines last Tuesday in Kandahar.

We just pulled this video off threedifferent Tali web sights. It will

in fact be a glorious day whenAhmad Shah and his good friendTaraq are no longer members of ourhuman community.

Clear video of Shah executing a Taliban woman. Two men holdher down. Shah fires an AK-47. The bullet kicking up dust asit blasts through her skull into the dirt.

The SEALs study this footage. Dead serious.

AXE:

Go back...freeze.

Axe studies an image of Shah.

AXE (CONT’D)

No earlobes.

MURPHY:

What’s that?

AXE:

The guys got no earlobes.

Silence as the team studies the image.

SHANE:

What are earlobes for anyway?

DIETZ:

Piercing and balance.

SHANE:

Balance.

DIETZ:

I heard earlobes are key for head

balance - equilibrium. Cut a guys

ear off, he’s gonna suck on a drunk

test, balance beam, tight rope...

LUTTRELL:

False. Earlobes have no biological

functions for humans. Fish can use

earlobes like a valve to open or

close the ear canal.

14A.

SHANE:

Why would a fish want to let water

into his ear canal?

Luttrell shoots him a look - “shut the f*** up”

15.

Murphy keeps things moving.

MURPHY:

Bad guy. Senior Taliban commander

responsible for killing Marines in

Eastern Afghanistan and sport

killing civilians in the Hindu-

Kush. Considered Tier One target

rumored to be close to Bin Laden.

Axe is going to go over our route

in.

AXE:

The helo pilots are going to do two

false inserts. Then drop us off at

our primary insert, located here.

Secondary insert located here.

From our primary insert, our

bearing will be zero three zero

patrolling 1.5 kilometers to our

designated lay up point. We will

be moving up the backside of this

mountain which will offer us good

concealment from the target but the

terrain is gonna be rocky so watch

your footing. I’m estimating it’s

gonna take us about two hours to

complete.

MURPHY:

Luttrell - medical

LUTTRELL:

First things first, win the fight.

There’s no medicine in a gunfight.

It’s self aid, buddy aid, corpsman

aide. Two weeks ago, Team 3 was

near where you guys will be.

Capelli got bit by a rattlesnake.

and contrary to popular belief,

there is poison oak, so watch the

cock and balls cause that will

suck. Drink lots of water, wear

sunscreen, and Dietz bring your own

chapstick.

Dietz stands up, starts talking comms

DIETZ:

Crypto will be wide band, segment 2

4. Murph’s got a SAT phone. Regionis very steep so expect typicalcomms problems. We’ll be on twohour comms windows.

(MORE)

15A.

DIETZ (CONT'D)

If we miss two windows I’d say wakesomebody up. Other than that, don’tsweat it.

Murphy picks up a plastic AC-130 and holds it over the map.

MURPHY:

AC-130 is with us?

16.

Dietz takes the plane from Murphy. Moves it over the map.

DIETZ:

Correct. Just for the infil. All

comms will be relayed through the

AC-130, call sign Apollo. Suns up,

she’s out. Some of the key pro-

words - when we have a successful

insert, Budweiser. When we’re

halfway through infil, it’ll be

Corona. At our observation point,

Schlitz Malt Liquor. And if we

positively identify Shah:

touchdown.

Danny chucks the toy plane.

MURPHY:

Reaction Force is the following:

The 47’s will relocate to J-Bad

overnight.

Murphy uses toy plastic helicopters to explain the size and

location of the QRF.

KRISTENSEN:

That’s correct. You’ll have fifteen

team guys, and about a dozen

Marines standing by all night. When

we hear Schlitz Malt Liquor, we’re

heading back to Bagram for phase 2.

QRF will stay here - we’re leaving

you with 4 team guys, 20 marines, 2

Blackhawks and 2 Apaches. The

Apaches stay with the Blackhawks.

The toy Choppers circle on the map giving us a clear

understanding of the playing field.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

The movement is so we can get the

47’s back here and be ready to

bring it for phase two once you get

eyes on Shah. Remember - comms will

most likely be intermittent and

there are reports that non

combatants are being used as recon

elements for the enemy.

MURPHY:

Roger that.

Luttrell spits chew. Danny doodles furious, mashing demons.

Axe quietly studies the picture of Ahmad Shah.

17.

JAG GOES OVER RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

AXE:

Lotta moving parts.

MURPHY:

What we do, when we do, what we do.

KRISTENSEN:

We go in four hours. I’m pulling up

tomorrow’s new guy presentation to

1800 tonight so that all may revel

and partake.

SHANE PATTON:

Are you serious?

KRISTENSEN:

Yes. Glorious evening gentlemen.

15A OMIT 15A

15B OMIT 15B

16 EXT. BAGRAM 16

The four SEALs moving through the massive base. Long hair,

bearded. Surfers with handguns stuck in waistbands. Sharp

contrast to the hundreds of uniformed buzz-cutted Rangers and

Marines.

They move at us, holding trays loaded with food.

17 EXT. OULLETTE SEAL COMPOUND - CAMO CANOPY 17

LAST SUPPER.

Murphy, Luttrell, Axe and Dietz. Eating. Having a fly catchand kill competition.

DIETZ looks stressed.

He’s got a paint tile sample page on the table in front of

him. Studying paint samples.

DIETZ:

We were gonna wait but she’s allinto it and when she gets her headinto something, that’s it. There’sno stopping her.

17A.

MURPHY:

So just let her do it. It’s goodfor her. You got a handy man woman.

That’s good.

18.

MURPHY kills a fly. Places the dead fly by his coffee cupnext to three other dead flies.

DIETZ:

I don’t know.

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