Rock and a Hard Place Page #10

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If I wanna wear my black belt,

only thing I gotta do is, unh, flip this.

Now I got my black belt on for the day.

Where you fitting to go at, man?

Where you fitting to go, Plemons, man?

Hey, I'm fitting to go home, man.

- You going where?

- We going home, man!

- We going where?!

- We going home, man!

We going to the crib, you hear me?!

- La familia aqu? Out... out there?

- Yeah.

Your mother, abuela?

My mother, brother, and stepfather.

Stepfather?

(officer vocalizing commands)

- (camera shutter clicks)

- (baby babbles)

Third squad, forward.

- Seat.

- Sir, yes, sir!

I would like to thank you for

attending Platoon 15-1's graduation.

We all know them as Castillo,

we know them as Tough,

Guillaume, Plemons,

but they're more than that.

To you guys, they're your sons,

they're your brothers,

they're your uncles,

and we definitely want to get them

back to you as soon as possible

and as whole as possible.

Thank you.

How's it feel, cadets?

- Cadets:
Good, sir.

- Feels good, right?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Yeah.

It's a good day. Congratulations.

We're all very, very proud of you.

I just need to point something out.

Plemons, let me see your glasses.

Look at Plemons' glasses.

These glasses broke, and they've

got 93 pounds of tape on them.

(all laughing)

And he's like, "I know, sir.

When I get out, I'm gonna buy

a new pair, throw them away."

I said, "No, actually,

you need to keep these

'cause these are the example...

these are the example

of when things go wrong,

you don't throw them away,

you don't make excuses.

You tape 'em up and you move on."

- You hold on to these.

- (applause)

- Giraldez, this is your family, right?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Okay.

- That's your mom?

- Sir, yes, sir.

Mrs. Giraldez, how do you

feel about being here?

(speaking Spanish)

There's one more family

I want to point out.

Williams and his grandma.

Could you tell us how you feel

and how it feels to be here?

I know when he came in, you

had a big smile on your face.

You were just saying, "Thank

you, thank you, thank you."

Thank you all so very much,

because he was beyond help.

They wanted to give him 30 years,

and I couldn't... I almost lost my mind.

I am so proud of him.

He has come a long ways.

Now, I would like, actually, to thank,

just, um, Commanding

Officer Lieutenant Green,

all the judges, especially my judge,

'cause they gave me

more than one opportunity

to become who I am trying to be today.

- Who is your judge?

- Judge Rodney Smith.

- He's not here right now.

- Hello!

Oh, snap.

Grandmother:
Thank you!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Judge.

Congratulations. I'm very proud of y'all.

And get out there and do good.

(applause)

(music playing)

- Free men!

- (woman shouts in Spanish)

Hi! (laughing)

Thank you. (laughing, crying)

Ah!

Yeah, dude. I'm going home, man.

I ain't never coming

back to this boot camp!

Never!

(all laughing)

(crying) Now I got my baby back.

You're my baby.

It'll be a steady full-time job

if you make it that.

I'm gonna hire you.

The only thing I ask you to do

is please don't go out

there and let me down.

- That's all I ask.

- I won't, sir.

- Thank you, son.

- Thank you.

- (bell dings)

- What you doing?

Man:
On that table, I think.

(dishes clinking)

(distant hammering)

(horn honks)

(music continues)

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