The Lucky Ones

The key is listening to the signals

and hearing what they're saying.

If she touches you soft,

that's how she wants to be touched.

You do that until you can hear her get wet.

You gotta know women. I'm serious.

Last time I went home,

my girl was so grateful,

she went right outside and

started washing my car.

Detailed it.

Everything. Just to thank me.

Now, we gotta stop talking about p*ssy

'cause if we're not careful,

this is gonna get us killed.

Especially in this neighborhood,

and I'm not gonna let p*ssy get us killed.

Wanna go left?

All right, get around this right here.

Move left.

Watch it.

Come on, man.

You gotta speed up.

Sarnt, you ever had

two girls at the same...

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go!

Fire! Fire! West!

I.E.D. I.E.D. I.E.D.

Five points south of Najaf.

Third vehicle.

We got it.

That was f***ed up!

Came right through the door!

Sh*t, that was close.

You all right, sir?

What?

You all right?

Yeah.

Sarnt, look.

What?

Look at your pants, Sir.

Did you tell your girlfriend

what happened yet?

No, sir.

You're gonna have to tell her.

I'll tell her when it's working again, sir.

Okay.

But you don't become

functional overnight.

You're gonna have to be

patient with yourself.

She's gonna have to be

patient with you.

Can you do that?

I guess.

All right, then.

Good luck to you, Sergeant.

Thank you, sir.

I've gotta be on there.

I don't want to miss this plane.

Told you already.

- You gotta see the MCNCO.

- Thank you.

- Airport?

- Yeah.

Sergeant T.K. Poole.

Listen, buddy, all I want to do

is get back to my wife and kid.

- You gotta help me out here.

- I just go by the list.

Can I see the list?

Hey. Here it is.

Hey.

Sergeant Fred Cheaver.

Hello. It's right here.

That's how you spell it?

With a C-H?

How else would you spell Cheaver?

Probably lots of ways.

Not in English.

Welcome aboard

Flight 6240 to New York.

Our estimated flying time

this evening to JFK

will be 8 hours and 20 minutes.

Hey.

We're all on the same team.

You got leave?

Yeah. 30 days.

Oh, yeah?

Me, too.

How long you got?

The rest of my life,

thank you very much.

My tour's over.

I'm going home.

If we go down in the water...

you're gonna be sitting pretty.

What?

I said if we crash in the ocean,

your donut's gonna come in handy.

It'll be like an extra life preserver.

If we crash in the ocean,

it's not gonna matter.

Don't talk about planes crashing

when you're on a plane.

Why not?

It's basic common sense.

It's the same reason

that when you're on a cruise ship,

they're not showing Titanic.

It scares people.

Who wants to think about

drunk pilots and midair collisions?

Nothing you can do about it, anyway.

It's good to be home.

We're gonna miss the whole thing.

What the hell?

Please do not leave

your baggage unattended.

All unattended baggage

will be confiscated.

Oh, God. I gotta get to Vegas.

I can't be sitting around here.

You're going to Vegas?

Yeah. I'm going to Vegas.

- Hey, are you going to Vegas?

- St. Louis.

Excuse me.

Do you know what happened here,

why all the flights are cancelled?

There was a blackout here.

The city was dark for five hours.

The lights just came back on

a little while ago.

The lights are back on in the Northeast,

but the planes are still not moving.

Airline officials say it could be

at least two days

until they get their planes

to the right airports

and resume their schedules.

- Two days.

- Yeah.

They don't know sh*t.

Supposedly, planes are flying

out of Pittsburgh,

but they can't even get us there

till tomorrow night.

And even that's a big maybe.

Well, it's nice meeting you all.

I'm outta here.

Good luck.

Where are you goin'?

I want to rent a car

before there's none left.

It's 14 hours to St. Louis.

Drive all night, be there

having dinner with my wife tomorrow.

Sure as sh*t not gonna stay here

while they run out of food and water.

Hey, man.

I bet you planes

are flying out of St. Louis.

Probably.

Maybe I can catch a flight

to Vegas from there.

Me, too.

Okay. But we split

everything three ways...

gas, rental, insurance, everything.

No free rides.

That's it. Sorry. No cars left.

You got nothing?

Nothing.

Can you believe this?

Maybe we can call the Army.

The Army?

What's the Army gonna do?

You guys in the Army?

Yeah.

Were you over there?

Just got back.

Come here.

All right, listen.

I do have one car left.

I'm supposed to hold it

for my boss, but screw it.

You guys can have it.

Oh, my God. That's so nice!

Thank you!

Oh, no.

Thank you.

Sure is beautiful.

I guess we don't have time to stop.

No. We don't have time to stop.

I never been to New York before.

You been to New York, Sarnt?

I'm stationed at Fort Drum.

I've been there a million times.

I thought you were from Las Vegas.

No.

I'm not from Las Vegas, either.

Well, my friend's from there.

That's his guitar.

Well, it was his guitar.

I mean, he got killed,

so I'm just taking it back to his family.

That's a real nice thing to be doing.

You must be a good dancer, huh?

Oh, no. My wife's a good dancer.

I just try to keep up.

She loves all those Latin dances.

Samba, merengue, tango.

She's a looker, huh?

Yes, she is. Yeah.

What she's doing with someone like me,

I'll never know, and I'm not gonna ask.

We're lucky ones, aren't we?

We made it through in one piece.

I got shot in the leg, but all I gotta do

is put some goo on it, so...

Did you get shot... Sarnt?

No. I caught a piece of shrapnel.

Where?

Outside of Najaf.

No. I mean where on your body.

Thigh.

Upper thigh.

How about you, Sarnt?

I had back surgery.

Three crushed vertebrae.

What happened?

Porto John fell on me.

What?

Was it full?

No. It was...

It was brand-spanking-new.

It was completely sanitary.

We were setting up a camp

outside of Bandar,

and it fell off a forklift.

Well, don't tell the ladies that.

You gotta find something

better than that.

You kidding?

I love that Porto John.

Best thing that ever happened to me.

A week later, my unit

shipped off to Mosul,

got shot to pieces.

The shitter saved my life.

Wish I could've brought it home,

set up a shrine.

If I have another kid,

I'm gonna name him Porto John.

That's...

Porto John Cheaver.

They all look so good.

I don't know what to order.

What can I get for you?

Give me the Number 8, the Number 9,

and the Number 10.

Coffee, orange juice, and milk.

Good, huh?

I tell you, this woman's smart.

She's got plans for us.

You... Can't...

She's dying to get married

'cause I'm her ticket to the top.

How are you her ticket to the top?

She's a lieutenant.

She outranks you.

No. Right now she does.

I mean, she's got the connections,

but I got the juice.

I mean, it's like a merger between us.

You know? She's gonna get me

into Officer Candidate School.

I'm gonna move up the ranks.

Then I'm gonna run for office.

And you have to have

a good head of hair to run for office,

and I have a good head of hair.

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