Rock and a Hard Place Page #5

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dinner at different times of the day.

- Depends on when I'm hungry.

- Aye, ma'am.

- But aspire your goals for a top restaurant.

- Aye, ma'am.

They have Houston's,

we have... they have P.F. Chang's,

they have, you know, Benihana.

- You look like you got some things you wanna do.

- Aye, aye, sir.

All right, good job. Fall in.

(chatter)

- Everybody turn to the left now.

- Cadets:
Aye, sir.

Congratulations.

You've been selected

for the technical course.

That means that you have an opportunity

to further educate yourself.

Sir, will we still have a chance to get

our GED while we're in this course, sir?

Our priority is GED.

- Do you understand me?

- Sir, yes, sir!

(whirring)

Make sure you keep your cord behind you.

All of you will need to pass a GED test.

35 inches plus 24 inches.

The first answer is 59

inches, man. Easy, man.

- The rain in Spain...

- Falls mainly on the plain.

I am here to teach you

reading, writing, and science.

How many people do not have

their high school diploma?

Boot camp actually gives you

opportunities to better yourself

and to further your education.

I'm here to get my GED

and pay attention in class.

Cadet:
I don't see

boot camp in a bad way

'cause probably if it wasn't for boot camp,

I would've been in prison

right now, you know?

That's not my life.

That way there, you.

Good job on that pivot.

I see that car can drive.

- Officer:
Take seats.

- Sir, yes, sir!

Hi, guys. My name is Alex.

You could call me whatever

you want... Miss Alex, Alex.

This is a substance abuse class.

How many of you guys think

that some type of drug

was responsible for you being here today?

- Cadets:
Yeah, ma'am.

- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Anyone wanna share a personal story?

Go for it. Share. Okay.

I took somebody's car and I dragged 'em.

Alex:
What happened? You did what?

I took somebody's car... not knowing

what I was doing 'cause I blacked out...

and they were hanging onto the

window, and I dragged them 25 feet.

- Officer:
Cadet Guzman!

- Guzman:
Sir, cadet reporting, sir!

- Report!

- Get in here, you.

- Aye, sir!

- 10, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, and one.

Guzman:
Place, step. Step, turn.

- Step!

- Ooh, I change step.

- March.

- Step, place, step.

To the rear.

- March.

- Guzman:
Step, turn.

- Mark time.

- Step!

Outstanding. What's your 12 general order?

Aye, sir. Sir, this cadet

requesting permission to speak, sir.

This cadet? Who is this cadet?

Sir, Cadet Guzman requesting

permission to speak, sir.

- Yeah, speak.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Sir, this cadet's 12 general orders

are to maintain the

highest level of discipline

and remain steady through

my most trying times.

- How about you open up my hands with that?

- Aye, sir!

10, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, and one.

- Yes, sir.

- Get over on the other side over there.

- Aye, sir!

- 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13...

That's one of my sharpest

cadets out of the whole platoon.

He did exactly what he was supposed to do,

so that's a pass for me.

(chatter)

Hard work pays off.

Officer:
Prepare for mail call.

Cadets:
Prepare for

mail call. Aye, sir!

- Listen out for your name.

- Cadets:
Aye, sir!

- Guzman.

- Sir, Cadet Guzman reporting as ordered, sir.

Aye, sir. Sir, afternoon, sir.

- Bridgewater.

- Sir, yes, sir.

Sir, Cadet Bridgewater

reporting as ordered, sir.

- Aye, sir. Sir, good afternoon, sir.

- Youngblood.

Youngblood:
Sir, yes, sir.

Let's see.

"Keno, don't hold on to the past.

Plan to succeed.

You will do fine. We know you can do it.

Love, Dad."

Even though I'm in jail,

people still love me.

Even though I've been locked up.

Some of the people that used to

write me don't write me no more,

but he still do.

Youngblood:
So, my

birthday had just passed,

so my mom decided to send me a gift card.

They can't wait till I get home,

and, you know, I can't wait

to unite with my family.

I've been locked down for almost a year,

and I ain't trying to waste no more time.

I'm trying to get home

and do the right thing.

There's a letter from my sister

saying that my mom's been

going through a lot...

a lot, that they tried

to... they robbed her.

And she was scared because they

had my cousin and his friend

with two guns in their heads.

"The robbers looked nervous and shaky."

Yeah, four... four guys robbed my mom.

What you think would happen if you

was out and they try to do that?

I'll kill and die for my mom.

(stammering) I'll die

and kill for my family.

Like, that's family right there.

This stuff happen like this,

and the nigga hand shake.

They don't think, they don't think.

They just trying to get what

they get and get up out of there.

- Gotta be smarter than that.

- Tsk, it's messed up.

I wish I was out there.

Nine.

- No sh*t.

- Eight.

Back straight.

- Back straight.

- Oh, my God.

- Hey, Plemons?

- Sir, yes, sir!

- Get over here.

- Aye, sir.

Sir, Cadet Plemons

reporting as ordered, sir.

- Are you ready?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- Are you sure?

- Sir, yes, sir.

- You better focus.

- Aye, sir.

(high-pitched) Who is it?

Sir, Cadet Plemons

reporting as ordered, sir.

- Open the hatch and get in here!

- Aye, sir.

May I enter as ordered, sir? Aye!

- Roosevelt:
Freaking get in here!

- Fouquet:
Find a canteen!

- Get in here!

- Plemons:
Aye, ma'am, sir.

- Roosevelt:
Where's your canteen?

- (shouting)

You gotta do my trial

correctly. You understand that?

- Plemons:
Ma'am, sir!

- I said push. Do it now!

Aye, ma'am.

- Up.

- One, ma'am.

- Down.

- Discipline.

- Up.

- Two, ma'am.

- Down.

- Discipline.

- Up.

- Three, ma'am.

- On your feet.

- Aye, ma'am.

Five, four, three,

two, and freakin' one.

- Done and done.

- Eh!

- Try to keep up...

- Aye, ma'am.

- Four, three, two, and one.

- Quick, quick, quick, quick.

- Done and done.

- And one.

- Done and done.

- Hey, what's your eighth general order, you?

Aye, ma'am. Ma'am, can I please

have permission to speak, ma'am?

- Oh, you speak it.

- Aye, ma'am.

This cadet's eighth

general order is I will...

I will respect the rights and

property of all others, done and done.

- On your feet.

- Aye, ma'am.

- Five, four, three...

- Let's go, let's go, let's go!

- Lopez:
Get ready.

- Roosevelt:
Hurry up!

- Fouquet:
And run it out.

- Hey, you wanna hang out with me?

You wanna hang out? Get the

hell out of here! Run, run!

- He's not exactly physically...

- (Roosevelt chuckles)

He definitely not physically fit.

No, but we're working on that.

Nonetheless, he done made

some... some type of improvement.

And that's all we look for...

on a day-to-day basis, some type

of improvement as each day go by.

- Close the hatch.

- Aye, sir.

- Aye, sir.

- (line ringing)

- Woman:
Hello?

- Plemons:
Hey, Mom.

- Hey, baby. How are you?

- I'm good.

Man:
Yeah, we're all here...

Grandma, Grandpa, and the dogs, too,

but they're on...

they're on lockdown.

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