The Guardian Page #7

I'm way over it, Senior Chief. This is...

- Well, it's like sticks and stones.

- Well, we'll just have one beer.

Great. They're angrier

and drunker. Perfect.

Hi. Two beers.

- You gotta be kidding me.

- That's what I said.

Look, I don't want any trouble, okay?

They really don't like us, do they?

No. They think they're better than us

because they're combat-oriented.

We're the Coast Guard, Jake.

Nobody really appreciates us

until they need us.

That him?

Yep.

So let me ask you a question

before we start bleeding.

All those saves...

What's your real number?

Do you have a death wish,

or are you just sh*t-stupid?

I'm gonna go with stupid this time.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Who's this, your old man?

You know,

I'm really glad you're still here.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

- Behind you.

- Stand down! I said stand down.

I think you better leave.

Okay.

Come on, Jake.

All right, sit down. Have a beer.

- That went a lot better than I thought.

- Yeah.

- What the hell was that?

- I don't know.

Hey, I wanted to apologize to you

for what I said earlier about you

being old and washed-up now.

Is there anything

you'd like to say to me?

Like what?

I don't know, but I apologized to you.

I just thought that, you know,

there might be something

you've said or done

that you'd like to apologize to me for.

Why?

'Cause that's how it's done. I...

You suck at apologies, you know that?

I mean,

you're missing the whole concept.

- Hello?

- Hi. It's me.

Are you okay? What happened?

I mean, I waited for two hours.

Yeah. No. Look, I'm really sorry. I...

What happened?

It's a really long story.

Let me just... Let me put it this way.

It was the best worst night of my life.

Well, I'm glad someone had fun.

Can I see you tomorrow night?

I have parent-teacher conferences

tomorrow.

What about the next night?

I have parent-teacher conferences

all week.

- You blowing me off?

- No, Jake.

I wouldn't do that to somebody.

I gotta get up in a couple hours.

I gotta go.

- Yep.

- Goodbye.

All right, you know what

we briefed on the ground.

Same thing.

We're gonna stay together.

No matter what happens out there,

you stay together.

Whatever decision you make,

you make as a team.

We trained to freefall at 15 to 20 feet.

You fall from 50 feet,

it's like hitting concrete.

You fall 80 to 100 feet, you die.

Hey, where they going?

They're supposed to come back

for us, right?

I don't know.

Well, Hodge, you been here before.

They're gonna come back for us, right?

Yeah, but I never made it this far.

- You're kidding.

- Not to the final week.

They're not coming back.

- What do we do?

- All right, listen up.

We stay together as a group.

Nobody falls behind.

We all stay together.

One guy goes back,

we get him back up to the front, okay?

We're a team. Oorah.

- Oorah.

- Oorah!

Let's do it, 5506.

Sir, it's okay,

I'm with the US Coast Guard.

Again.

I'm a Coast Guard rescue swimmer.

I'm here to help you.

Time-out.

Class, pop tall.

Hodge, get yourself

to the side of the pool.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

Oorah!

Easy, Chief.

Guess it was a lucky punch.

Hodge!

- You all right, Chief?

- You stay right there!

Well done, Charlie.

Well done.

Oorah, Chief Skinner.

Class 5506, "Oorah, Hodge," on three!

One, two, three.

Oorah, Hodge!

Good for you.

Get their gear off.

- Go on, get that gear off.

- Get that gear off!

Get it off!

Class 5506,

will you come find me if I am lost?

Yes, Senior Chief!

Will you come save me

if I am drowning?

Yes, Senior Chief!

I believe you would.

I have high hopes for this class.

I have high hopes for you.

Matthew Stokes, Savannah, Georgia.

Matthew, a job well done.

Oorah, Captain.

Kenneth Weatherly,

Clearwater, Florida.

Go out there and do great things.

William Hodge, Astoria, Oregon.

Where's Senior Chief?

He had a chance to go back to Kodiak

and he took it.

He never had

much of a bedside manner.

He's a water dog, Jake,

and as it turns out,

not a half-bad teacher.

Best of luck.

Jacob Fischer, Kodiak, Alaska.

Congratulations, Jake.

Make us proud up there.

Aye, aye, Captain.

Scott Reeves, Sitka, Alaska.

Ladies and gentlemen, your graduates.

Oorah!

- Congratulations.

- Thanks a lot.

- Good job, guys.

- Good luck.

- Well, congratulations.

- Thank you.

It's okay.

We both knew

where this was going, right?

Just casual.

Right.

To getting what you've always wanted.

And always wanting more.

Take care of yourself, Jake.

- I gotta go to work.

- Yeah.

Bye.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the Rock.

I'm Captain William Hadley,

CO of Kodiak Air Station.

- Fischer.

- Yeah, right here.

Mr. Mitcheltree will square you away.

The rest of you,

step up here with Mr. Christiansen.

He will process you in.

Oh, amazing.

Not only does he come back

in great shape,

but he still thinks he can cook.

- Hello, Jake. Welcome.

- How you doing?

- Good to see you again.

- You guys keep it warm here, huh?

Glad to know

you know where a free meal is.

We need three crews in Sitka

for the weekend.

You make sure that happens.

And the stand team arrives here

next Tuesday.

Patch things up with the wife?

You fix things up with that young lady?

Well, you still have a choice, you know.

Hey, there's a question

I wanted to ask you back in school

and I didn't.

But when you can't save them all,

how do you choose who lives?

It's probably different

for everybody, Jake.

Kind of simple for me, though. I just...

I take the first one I come to

or the weakest one in the group,

and then I swim

as fast and as hard as I can

for as long as I can.

And the sea takes the rest.

Think I'm ready?

I'm not your teacher anymore, Jake.

I'm just your fellow swimmer.

That's not exactly

the answer I'm looking for there.

If I did not think you were ready,

I would not put you in the Bering Sea.

6030, this is Kodiak Ops Cent.

We are diverting your training mission

at this time.

We have two young kayakers

swept into the cave

one mile south of Saltery Cove.

- How copy?

- 6030 copies.

- We're diverting at this time.

- We've got a real case now.

Okay, guys, that tide's coming in,

and we've got six- to eight-foot rollers

coming from the north.

Senior, what do you think

about taking Fischer with you on this?

I want him with me.

All right? He's good to go.

I don't think it's gonna be

a problem sliding in there.

I think the problem's gonna be

coming back out.

That's why I got Jake with me.

Got my human speedboat.

Kodiak Ops, this is 6030.

We're on-scene at this time.

No sign of kayakers.

I'm taking her down.

Cabin door is open and locked.

Those are definitely

ten-foot waves.

Swimmer's coming to the door.

Remember, all right?

You got the whole weight of the ocean

punching through that opening.

You gotta read the hydraulics,

gotta count the waves,

then wait for the flush.

Checking swimmer.

Sure as hell hope

you paid attention in class, Speedboat.

Swimmers in the water.

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