All language subtitles for JAG S06E12 Collision Course

It's going to be difficult to find them
without radar, Skipper.

Can't even see our own bow.

If they're out there, we'll find them.

Remember that exercise off Ibiza?

Back before either one of us was allowed
near the ward room.

There you go.

All engines ahead standard. All engines
ahead standard, aye.

Contact 4 ,000 yards off the port bow.
Apparent heading north -northeast. It's

Turkish destroyer, sir.

All engines ahead, flank.

All engines ahead, flank. Aye.

Sir, wouldn't it be safer to withdraw
the missile firing range?

And what would the crew learn from that?

Steady up on 3 -4 -0.

I want to overtake them on a starboard
quarter. Steady 3 -4 -0, sir. Weapons

bridge, standby mount 1.

Obstacle tracking only.

Simulated fire.

Stand by.

Release battle.

PIC reports direct hit, sir.

Radio bridge, this is the captain. Break
MCON and tell them they've just been

sunk.

Captain, the Turkish ship has turned its
opening into our path.

Heartbreak runner.

Heartbreak runner eyes.

Is radar up and running? Yes, sir.
They're 1 ,000 yards and closing.

All engines back full. All engines back
full, aye.

Radio contact to Turk. Tell them they
are in X -driven.

X -O, sound the collision alarm.

Aye, aye, sir.

600 yards.

400 yards.

All hands, brace for impact.

100 yards.

Now, you and the Turkish team were on
opposite sides in the exercise?

That's right, ma 'am. A NATO trans
attack.

It's like a big game of hide -and -seek.
Eight U .S. and Italian ships seeking,

four Turkish ships hiding.

You found one?

Yes, sir.

I understand they're blaming a Greek
ship that wasn't even part of the

Passed any feet there, Chief?

Hey, not bad yourself.

Oh, my apologies, Skipper. No problem,
Commander.

I'm Commander Rapp, Lieutenant Colonel
McKenzie. Skipper, any news on the

Turkish casualties?

Still seven dead, two missing.

If so, is that a dispatch from Com 6th
Fleet relieving me of command?

Only temporarily, sir.

We'll see.

Commander, I realize that the timing is
bad, but...

We're required to get a statement from
the commanding officers of all three

ships. And I won't keep you from your
rounds. This is my statement.

We got caught in a fog bank searching
for the enemy.

It cleared. We found ourselves two miles
from the Gullibulu.

I closed range.

It changed course. I hit it.

Seven dead, two missing. End of story.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to
do.

Even though I'm not the CO anymore.

Even if I'm not the commanding officer
anymore.

This does not mean I cannot lend a hand.

Now, you were running without radar or
lights when the United States ship hit

you. All ships were on ENCOM.

Total emissions blackout.

So the United States ship couldn't see
you when they hit?

They saw clearly enough to fire at us
when they came out of the fog.

They should have been able to see we
were having a problem.

With the Greek ship?

Yes. The one trying to ram us.

I didn't try to ram them. I attempted a
shouldering maneuver. It was an

appropriate response.

To what, Commander?

We saw a vessel outside shipping lanes
running without lights. I did what I was

supposed to do. Did you try hailing
them?

Several times by radio, but we received
no response.

We couldn't respond.

M -Con means no radio, no sonar, no
radar.

Navigation, how do you say it, by the
feet of our pants?

This was the same way the U .S. ship was
navigating?

Yes, it was the rule of the exercise.

Eventually, we replied to the Nexus by
signal light.

We identified ourselves and informed
them of the exercise.

They just kept coming.

It didn't matter who they claimed to be.
They could have been anyone.

And that's when you decided to shoulder
them?

No. That's when I decided to contact my
chain of command to see if there was any

such exercise scheduled.

There was not.

Colonel, I do not attack another ship on
a wing.

The Turks left me no choice. I informed
them they were in Greek territorial

waters and ordered them to change their
course. Greek territorial waters?

Within three nautical miles of the Greek
island of Anaxios of Arachos.

We call it Kymetsiskaya.

It's an uninhabited rock.

The Greek claim has no validity, even if
it did.

We were on a NATO operation exercising
our right of innocent passage, so what

does it matter?

Captain, what did you do when you saw
the Naxos heading towards you? I

immediately broke M -Con and ordered
hard right rudder, which brought us

to the path of the American ship. You
took these actions immediately, knowing

that breaking M -Con would disqualify
you from the war games?

Come this way.

It was my first night on board.

I woke up on the floor.

I tried to move, but my hip...

They say it's shattered.

The bow of the American ship was right
there in my quarters.

Then it reversed.

They saw Lieutenant Engie, my bankmate,
tangled in the American

anchor chain, all torn up.

And I watched him go by.

I'll behold the ship made of the
bulkhead.

This man is alive.

Seven are not.

I did not hazard my ship to win a game.

Good morning, Lieutenant.

Can you use LexisNexis? And Westlaw, ma
'am. I need you to run a search on the

precedents involving Article 134, abuse
of a public animal.

You could start with the loser cases
again, ma 'am. Every time they go out of

town. I wish we could spend more time
together, Mikey, but with everybody

gone... No problem, I'll just spend the
day with Harriet.

I love diapering my nephew.

You know, I could postpone a motion
hearing a few hours up after lunch.

sweat it. My ship was on ORE for the
last 30 hours before we got to Norfolk,

a little nap wouldn't hurt.

Coffee messes this way, right?

That way.

What kind of donut do you want,
Lieutenant?

I don't eat those anymore.

Sprinkles, right, sir?

Rainbow.

Are you all right? I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

Sorry. Oh, my God.

Hey, Robert.

Man, got me to find a girl like that.

What would you do?

I'd, uh, you know.

Hey, Victor.

Hey, Val. All right.

I'm sorry, Gunny. I didn't know she was
your girlfriend.

She's not.

She's my sister.

Hey, could you get a long lunch, Vic?
The Vermeer show's over at the National

Gallery. Oh, I'd love to, but I can't.
The Vermeer show's over.

They got Art Nouveau now.

What? Art Nouveau kicks ass.

What? Mike.

Valerie. I was going to go see you if
you want to go.

We could both go.

You sure you can't come?

Let's go.

All right.

Oh, hey, Mikey. I was able to clear away
a few animals.

Where's my brother going?

Out with my sister.

Turkish captain is blaming the Greeks.
Man, the Greek is pointing it right back

at the Turks. How has this been going on
for a thousand years, sir?

Turks drink Iraqi, Greeks drink Ouzo.
They're identical, but try telling them.

What about the American captain?

Commander James Merrick, the outstanding
service director of Golden Anchor War

for Retention, John Paul Jones Award for
Leadership, and he's the only one not

working overtime to cover his butt.

That's refreshing.

More refreshing not to have to compete
with officials from four different

countries. We're tripping over each
other out there, sir.

Try dealing with admirals from four
different countries with their defense

ministers looking over their shoulders,
making sure nobody forgets their

political achievements.

There's the press.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for all
your interest.

We will answer all your questions at the
press briefing.

Follow me, please.

Some of those reporters are like damn
good Marines.

We are the nation that gave the world
paparazzi.

Now, please, sit.

So, you are the American team in our
investigative Olympics.

Yes, sir.

Admiral Picardo commanded the NATO
transit exercise.

Oh, Admiral, we need to speak with you.

Speak? Sir, Commander Vlahakis, the
Greek skipper, claims we never received

that the transit exercise was being
conducted.

My office informed the Greek Navy via
fleet command at Salamis.

So the Greeks were at fault, sir?

There was apparently an unfortunate
breakdown in communications.

Admiral, why were games held near an
island, the ownership of which is

between Greece and Turkey?

The up area was 75 ,000 square
kilometers, Commander.

Find me a section of the A .G. on that
side without a dozen disputed islets,

I will be happy to use it.

Admiral Baccaro, don't you have a
meeting?

Yes, with the NATO press office.

A different sort of damage control than
I learned at the Naval Academy.

Good day, gentlemen.

Colonel? Sir.

Admiral, we should be going.

We have a meeting with a Turkish
translator to go over the Gallipoli's

Oh, that won't be necessary.

We're past the investigation stage on
this.

Mr. Secretary, we've hardly begun.

The key facts of the collision are not
in dispute.

Apparently not even by Commander
Merrick, according to your report.

He will be prosecuted. For what, sir?

Dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel,
and manslaughter.

Seven counts.

I don't see how primary responsibility
can be assigned to Commander Merrick at

this point, sir. Mr. Secretary, what
about the captains of the other ships?

Greeks and the Turks are frying their
fish. We're frying ours.

Unless you want to argue that the
Uniform Code of Military Justice applies

officers of foreign navies.

No, sir.

Good. Sir, we're just concerned that the
prosecution of Commander Merrick may be

premature. Really?

Does anybody here remember the TCG
Moabinet?

Turkish destroyer said the USS Saratoga
accidentally hit with live missiles

during a war game in 92.

Killed five sailors. No one was court
-martialed. Was Commander Merrick on the

Saratoga, sir?

The Turks are making noises about
revoking our use of their airfields to

the Iraqi no -fly zone.

How is that our department? Anything
that affects America's national security

interest is our department. At least
that's the impression I've been laboring

under.

Yes, sir. Oh, for God's sakes, AJ.
Merrick, plow his ship into another

At least seven people are dead.

Yes, sir.

Turkey needs to know that we are taking
this one seriously.

I understand.

I'll assign my best people. I want you
to prosecute.

Me? Yes, AJ.

So they'll know we are taking this one
seriously.

I trust you'll allow me to name the
defense council?

AJ, you know I trust you.

Good.

Because I want to make sure Commander
Merrick's defense team is just as

sir.

So, what was your favorite?

Um, Ford's Theater.

No, Magnum's Aloha shirt at the
Smithsonian.

No, wait.

The tiramisu.

If you want to walk up the tiramisu,
you'll check out DuPont Circle or... I

should probably get back to my brother.

You know, I am supposedly spending time
with him.

Come on, I go back aboard ship on
Wednesday. You can see him all week.

Well, what about your brother?

Aren't you supposed to be spending time
with him?

I saw him this morning.

You know what I need right now?

Another cappuccino?

To dance.

I mean, you're not tired, are you?

Okay. I know some clubs. You're 21,
right?

My driver's license says 22.

If I'm asleep in my quarters and a radar
operator with a bad cold gets blurry

eyes and he doesn't see a blip on his
screen and we hit a rowboat, I'm

responsible because I'm the commanding
officer.

Now, if I'm on the bridge...

And we hit a 4 ,000 -ton destroyer. A
number of factors led to that collision,

Commander. Colonel, there are always a
number of factors.

But somebody has to be responsible.

Otherwise, next time, nobody will be. We
respect the responsibility that comes

with command, but to volunteer to take
the blame... When I volunteered to be a

naval officer 22 years ago, I accepted
that something like this could happen.

What, to become a scapegoat?

What would you propose that I do?

The prosecution will try to prove you
acted negligently. We will show that you

made legitimate choices according to the
situation.

That this collision is the result of a
long chain of events.

Misjudgment by the skippers,
miscommunications, faulty equipment.

Dust in my eyes, full moon, that sort of
thing.

I am not some old lady with a lap full
of hot coffee.

That is not the way I do things. And
letting our client take the fall for

is not the way we do things. Now,
Commander... Carmen, if he doesn't want

fight, we can't make it. Colonel, I
joined the Navy to fight, like my father

my grandfather before me.

But they served 56 years between them
without killing seven people in a war

game.

Answer.

Excuse me.

Commander, you're right on time. We're
trying to convince your CO not to fall

his sword.

Skipper, I just received this order from
the prosecutor to testify against you.

That was great!

Victor would never take me to any place
like that. He wouldn't even know it

existed. Well, you gotta know where to
go.

Where's the best place to see the
sunrise?

Jefferson Memorial Title Base.

Come on, I'll take you.

What would he want you to testify about?

I don't know.

Oh, I think we both know.

When we came out of that fog, you
recommended that I withdraw to missile

instead of approaching a Turkish ship.

That doesn't mean anything.

It might mean something to a court
-martial panel.

Recommending is an XO's job.

And the captain makes his own decisions.

I won't testify against you. You have no
choice, Commander. It's an order.

I don't care, sir.

Tim, if you respect me at all, you'll
follow that order. And help send you to

Leavenworth?

No, sir.

Well, your XO is willing to disobey an
order to defend you, Commander. What are

you willing to do?

Wait five minutes.

Can't believe I, uh, ruled on you.

Hey, it happens to the best of us.

Oh, I wish you didn't have to go back to
your ship so soon. Well, um, I could,

uh, come back, uh, next Friday.

How was the art nouveau?

Nouveau? Oh, my mistake, Roberts.

And I guess it's also my mistake to
think that you can see an art exhibit in

less than 19 hours.

Oh, come on, Vic.

Valerie.

Inside.

Are you trying to send me to my room?
I'm trying to get you or the swabby here

to tell me what the hell you've been
doing for the last 19 hours.

Sightseeing. Sightseeing?

Yeah, sightseeing.

Sally, when you stand under my roof, you
don't go out all night long.

Newsflash, Vic.

I'm 20 years old and you are not my
father.

I was sightseeing.

Good night, Mikey.

Your motion is rather unusual,
Commander.

You're saying the relationship between
commanding officer and executive officer

is the same as between husband and wife?

Not exactly, Your Honor.

I should hope not. But I do believe
there should be a limit on the

ability to compel an executive officer
to testify against his commanding

officer. Like husband and wife.

It's more like lawyer -client, Your
Honor. For the success of their mission,

CO and his or her XO must be able to
communicate freely and openly. The fear

that one might later be called upon to
incriminate the other could impede the

necessary flow of information and
advice.

Is my learned opponent suggesting that
an executive officer might not tell his

commanding officer that they are under
attack because of some fear of legal

liability? He might not tell his
commanding officer how he feels an

should be dealt with if he's afraid that
he might later be prosecuted for giving

bad advice.

Commander, do you have a scrap of law to
support this notion?

I believe it's inherent in the structure
of the naval service, Your Honor.

Inherent, but unstated.

Your Honor, the executive officer on the
Moreau Smith has pertinent testimony.

If you're breath, Admiral, he can
testify.

Motion denied.

Hearing adjourned.

We'll meet you outside.

Interesting motion, Commander.

Thank you, sir.

Preposterous. Sir, you must admit it is
a little distasteful to compel

Lieutenant Commander Bryant to testify.

Distasteful? We having a garden party
here, Colonel?

Yeah, sure. That's right.

I'm going to convict Commander Merrick.

If there's any doubt, they'll disappear
when you see your client packed off to

Leavenworth. Have a nice day.

After we received the message that we'd
been sunk, the collision came very soon.

So Commander Merrick took the time to
tell you that he'd won the war game, but

didn't bother to tell you he was about
to hit you.

That is correct, sir.

When did the warning message come?

When it was too late to do anything
about it.

Thank you, Captain.

Captain, I'd like you to walk us through
the collision from the beginning, if

you would, sir.

We were cruising at 12 knots.

The Greek ship approached us on our port
beam.

A little farther forward.

Then they ordered us to stand clear.

And what was your action?

Using our signal lights, I identified
our vessel and informed them we were

conducting a NATO transit exercise.

How did they respond?

They repeated their order.

I immediately changed course.

Immediately? Your communications log
indicates messages from the Naxos over a

period of eight minutes before you
changed course, Captain. I had to

that. The other ship was not a
participant in the exercise.

Well, haven't they identified themselves
as a Greek warship, Captain?

It's common to use cover and deception
tactics.

It could have been the other team,
pretending.

Pretending by turning on their lights
and breaking income.

It is possible.

Captain, are you familiar with paragraph
9 of your op orders?

I am familiar with the op orders, not
with paragraph numbers.

Cab, would you please read the
highlighted portion?

Any participant breaking MCOM for other
than an emergency will be disqualified

and directed to vacate the operations
area.

So had the other ship been a
participant, they would have already

disqualified by turning on their lights.
Isn't this true?

Yes. So did you wait the eight minutes
because you didn't want to forfeit the

exercise or because you didn't
understand the rules, Cab?

I did nothing wrong.

Captain, aren't you currently the
subject of an investigation by Turkish

authorities? They are investigating,
yes. So during this eight minutes that

were doing nothing wrong, how much did
the gap between you and the Naxos close?

I'm sure you will tell me.

No, Captain, I'd like you to tell me.
What was the distance between your ship

and the Naxos when they first ordered
you to stand clear?

9 ,000 yards.

And what was the distance when you
finally complied?

1 ,000 yards.

Leaving you only one direction to turn,
in which to avoid a collision with the

Nazis.

I ordered the Turks to change their
course before I approached them.

But then you deliberately steered toward
another ship, violating the most basic

rule of prudent navigation.

My duty supersedes those rules when I'm
defending Greek territorial waters.

From a NATO ship on a NATO exercise?

I had no proof of that.

NATO Southern Command records show the
notification of the exercise was sent to

your fleet headquarters.

It never reached me. Your own ship's log
shows the message was received at 0600

the morning of the collision.

This message was erroneously delivered
to my chief engineer.

It was only located afterward.

In your first statement following the
collision, didn't you say that you had

contacted your command and been told
that there was no exercise in that area?

I thought my XO had contacted our
command. In fact... He only checked my

ship's record.

So isn't it fair to say that there was
dereliction of duty aboard your ship? By

whom?

By the seaman who misdirected the
message. The chief engineer who failed

forward it. The executive officer who
didn't find it. And me, Cardinal?

Isn't it a fact, Commander, that if you
had seen the message, there would have

been no collision?

Objection, Your Honor. Calls for
conclusion.

Good day.

Would you have challenged the Galibalu
had you known about the exercise?

Lieutenant, about your supply
requisition.

Not now, Tyner.

I thought you were through with the
Ballard case, ma 'am.

Oh, I would be. The brother of you there
hadn't come in two hours late because

of personal reasons on the day that I
needed him to get my witness statement.

Yes, ma 'am.

Gunny, this requisition form you filled
out for Staples, I can't tell if that's

a 7 or a 2. It makes a difference
between standard point and chisel point.

Tyner.

Go away and don't ever ask me about
Staples again.

Keiner, sorry.

Sorry. Just... Listen, you were talking
to Petty Officer Roberts the other day.

Did he mention anything about a girl?

What's going on, Betty?

Nothing, sir.

Well, you mentioned my brother's name?

Sir,

permission to speak freely?

As you know, sir, your brother took my
sister out the other day. So?

He kept her out all night.

And I have reason to believe that his
behavior was less than honorable.

What, did your sister tell you this? No,
sir. He did.

Hey, Val, guess who? It's the guy who
drooled all over your lap.

Sorry I couldn't go all night last time,
but if you want to give me a second

chance, I'll be back in town on Friday.

All right, later.

Dark, foggy night, ships running without
radar.

Sounds like a dangerous exercise,
Admiral.

All exercises have a risk factor, but
the op orders were to reduce speed to

knots if visibility was below 200 yards.

Did Commander Merrick comply with that,
Director?

Apparently not. Who do you think is
responsible for the collision between

ship and the Glee balloon?

Objection. That's what this proceeding
is meant to determine, Your Honor. Your

Honor, this is the 23rd NATO exercise.

Admiral Picardo has directed these more
than qualified expressive opinions.

I agree. Objection overruled. I believe
Commander Merrick displayed bad judgment

in approaching the Galibalu as he did.

I believe he is exercising bad judgment
now in attempting to shift blame to

everyone but himself.

Look to strike, Your Honor, non
-responsive and irrelevant.

Granted, members will disregard the last
statement.

No more questions.

Admiral, if a captain is responsible for
everything that happens aboard his

ship, it should follow that an exercise
commander would be responsible for

everything that happens during an
exercise.

There are limits to command
responsibility, Commander.

I was 200 miles away.

Well, isn't it a fact, sir, that the
prosecution of Commander Merrick

after a meeting of high -level officials
from several NATO countries? We had all

gathered, including your Secretary of
the Navy.

to discuss an incident that involved
several of our member nations, including

Greece and Turkey.

Jackson, relevant.

Your Honor, if you'll allow me a little
leeway, sir, I believe I can establish

relevance. I'll give you the benefit of
the doubt, Commander, for the moment.

Thank you, sir.

Admiral Picardo, hasn't the fact that
Greece and Turkey are historic enemies

complicated the mission of NATO? They
have their differences, but they get

along. Were they getting along last
October when Turkey blocked Greek jets

involved in a NATO exercise from flying
over two Aegean islands?

No, they were not getting along. And
when the incident in discussion here

occurred, wasn't there special concern,
sir, because it once again involved

Greece and Turkey?

No. No, even though the Greek and
Turkish prime ministers issued

immediately following the collision,
blaming one another?

They are politicians, Commander.

Well, there's a NATO, a political
organization, sir, as well as a military

Oh, it lives!

I've been asleep for 12 hours. I thought
you were used to getting up at the

crack of dawn.

Yeah, well, I need to save up my energy.

Good idea.

Harry and I got lots of plans for this
weekend.

We figured we'd all go hiking on the
Appalachian Trail on Saturday, maybe go

Annapolis, do some antiquing on Sunday.
I was kind of planning on staying in

town. What, and miss out on all this
great weather?

Um, weekend snow expected.

Oh.

Well, we could go to Baltimore and
hammer some crabs.

I sort of have a date.

With Valerie Galendez.

Maybe. Why?

Well, Gunny's kind of worried about you
and her.

We just like to hang out. I mean, she's
cool and all, but it's just, you know.

Mikey, Gunny's sort of overprotective.

She can handle him.

She can?

I can, too. What's he going to do to me?

Break your arms.

I don't care. You don't care that he's
going to break your arms?

Bud, don't laugh, Bud.

I think I might be in love.

When you emerged from the fog and saw
the Galibalu, what were your strike

options?

Withdraw to missile firing range, sir,
or approach and use the 76mm gun.

And which option did Commander Merrick
choose?

To move in and use the gun, sir.

At that point, did you have a
conversation with him?

We had many decisions to make, sir. I'm
sure we had several conversations.

Did any of those conversations relate to
Commander Merrick's order to approach?

It's possible, sir.

Your Honor, permission to treat as a
hostile witness?

Granted. Isn't it true that you
disagreed with Commander Merrick's

I don't recall, sir.

Do you want me to bring in three crew
members who heard that conversation,

Commander?

You have a promising career, son, but
you need in the next 30 seconds.

I suggested we would throw at a missile
firing range, sir.

Why?

To keep out of range of their close -in
guns, sir.

Any other reason, Commander?

Yes.

To minimize the risk of a collision.

Thank you.

You had another disagreement with the
captain after the collision, didn't you,

Commander? Yes, sir.

The captain wanted to send out boats to
aid the Turkish ship.

I thought we should wait until we
assessed the damage to our own ship.

Even though there was the possibility of
men in the water?

I know it sounds callous, sir, but if we
began to list while lowering boats,

some of them would have hit the hull and
capsized, putting more men in the

water, or worse.

So what would you have done?

Waited until the situation stabilized,
then sent the boats.

And what was the result of Commander
Merrick's decision?

We saved six Turkish sailors, sir. Then
it's a good thing you weren't the

captain. Objection. Argumentative. Your
Honor, this goes to the witness's

credibility. Lieutenant Commander Bryan
does not understand the risks inherent

in command, sir.

He's ending his career with those
questions.

He's trying to save yours.

Objection overruled. I'll allow the line
of questioning.

How long would you have waited to put
the boats in the water, Commander? Your

Honor. Your Honor, defense requests a
recess.

Now? Yes, sir.

Very well. Ten minutes.

What the hell is going on? I can't allow
you to crucify him in order to save my

neck. Commander, his testimony is
damaging. We have to do this.

No. No, we don't.

It's over.

You make me a deal.

Thank you. Keep me informed.

Well, that's one piece of good news.

They've located the last missing Turkish
sailor. He's been in a military

hospital in Turkey since the day before
the collision.

He wasn't even on the ship?

Apparently not.

How's the trial going?

Commander Merrick wants to make a deal.

Two pieces of good news.

I just need to know what we can offer.

I think dismissal, forfeiture of pay,
and a few years' imprisonment will make

the point. A few years?

A couple years.

He has to do some time.

I'll leave the details to your
discretion.

Yes, sir.

What's happening with the investigation
of the Turkish and Greek captains?

They're back on their ships. Neither of
them is going to be charged.

You told me they were going to be dealt
with.

That was my understanding at the time.

Was it, sir?

Yes, it was.

If we're done here, I'm late for a
meeting.

Mr. Secretary.

It hardly seems fair, Commander Merrick.

should take all the blame.

Commander Merrick drove his ship into
another ship, the captain of which was

derelict in his duty, as was the captain
of the third ship involved.

With all due respect, when you assigned
me this case, I was under the impression

that I was serving the law, not joining
some damn lynch mob.

A .J., now you think it was up to me.

I thought you looked after the interest
of your people, sir.

You think that I alone make the
decisions when the future of NATO is at

If the Greeks and the Turks are
threatening to tear the alliance apart,

we've got to do what we've got to do to
make sure they don't.

We? You got your marching orders,
Admiral.

I got mine.

Currents seem a little hard.

Prosecuting attorney doesn't decide what
turn to accept. Well, you know that.

How much break time, sir?

Oh, six months would do.

Well, Admiral, against our advice,
Commander Merrick has indicated that he

accept something along that line.

All right, then.

We're all set.

I suppose so.

I'll let the tech man know.

On second thought, those terms are not
acceptable.

You want more break time, sir?

That's not what I said.

Commander, you and the colonel are doing
a pretty good job on this trial.

Well, thank you, sir. We thought so.

If I were Commander Merrick, I'd be
happy for you to continue.

Sir, he's given us specific instructions
to stop.

Perhaps we don't have to stop just yet.

Well... Whatever you expect.

Gunny, can I talk to you for a minute?

Yes, ma 'am. You need to take a deep
breath, count to ten, whatever.

Ma 'am?

You're worried about your sister.

Your Marine trainee teaches you to take
direct action.

In this case, bad career move.

Good news?

Take a look at your sister.

Take a look at Mikey Roberts.

Same leak?

What exactly are you worried about?

I understand, ma 'am.

I just wish I had a brother that cared
this much about me.

Thank you, ma 'am.

Thank you very much.

What? Ma 'am, that was so considerate.

Tyner, Mikey Roberts can eat that girl
for breakfast for all I care. As long as

the Hatfields and McCoys are still
fighting, I get stuck with more work.

Hi. Hey.

Mikey, hi.

This is for you.

Oh, thank you.

So, you ready for lunch?

Sure. I just wanted to say hi to Victor.
Have you seen him?

Gunny? No,

I haven't seen him. He's probably around
somewhere, though. But check this out.

I've got not one, but two Fat Boy Swim
tickets for tonight.

Cool. Can you get three?

Three? Yeah. This is my boyfriend, Ray.

So? He flew in from New Mexico to
surprise me. Can you believe it?

Yeah, I can.

Victor! Valerie?

Robert? Sir?

Beasley?

How's it going, Vic?

What a surprise, huh?

He and I and Mikey are all going out.
Ray rented a Miata.

What are we looking for?

Something to change his mind.

Who's mind? Merrick? The Admiral?
Sekhnaz?

Somebody.

Anybody.

What do we know about the Turkish sailor

who turned up at the hospital?

Does it matter?

I don't know.

The day before the collision, Petty
Officer Suleiman Mateen arrived at the

military hospital in Kanakale with
second -degree burns, concussion, and a

broken ankle. Injuries received aboard
the Ghalibalu.

What was his duty?

Uh, electronics technician.

Well, he didn't get second -degree burns
tripping over a power cord.

Was there anything in the ship's medical
log?

No, we don't have it. They didn't send
it over.

Big night planned?

Yeah, bigger than I thought.

Oh,

I don't know what it is about that girl.

That Beasley guy?

Total loser.

Every guy she brings home is worse than
the one before.

And the more I tell her what jerks they
are, the more she likes them.

You must love me, then.

No, Roberts. I can't stand you.

I'll tell Val that every chance I get.

Did you make the deal?

Almost. There's just a few minor details
to be worked out. Then why are you

here?

Sir, we've uncovered new information
about the Turkish ship involved in the

collision. Oh?

The day before the exercise began, the
radar aboard the Galibalu went out.

A petty officer went up to check the
dome. The radar came on, suddenly

him, causing him to fall from the tower.

I trust the Turkish safety investigators
are investigating.

With an intermittent and undiagnosed
radar fault on one of the participants'

ships, sir, the NATO exercise should,
under op orders, have been postponed.

But the commander of the exercise,
Admiral Picado, apparently was eager to

conduct the games before the end of his
fiscal year.

There is a possibility, sir, he colluded
with the Turkish captain to keep the

mishap quiet.

Where are you getting all of this?

Made a few phone calls after they
brought this to my attention.

Was this in your job description as
prosecutor, Admiral?

Well, Mr. Secretary, as an officer of
the court, it's my duty to bring forth

relevant information, sir. I see.

Did the radar problems have anything to
do with the collision?

No, sir. Then I don't see how it is
relevant to this case.

Oh, it's not, sir.

That's why we'll be handing this report
off to the NATO Inspector General.

This could cause some difficulties for
NATO.

But I imagine you realize that.

You mentioned some minor details remain
to be worked out in Commander Merrick's

view. Yes, sir. The Admiral has informed
us that confinement is required. We

were wondering if there was any leeway
on that, sir. I suppose you have an

alternative to propose.

Yes, sir. Commander Merrick be allowed
to retire with a punitive letter of

reprimand. Forkature, $3 ,000, and no
confinement.

Fine.

I'll put this through the proper
channels.

She's a good ship, Tim.

They give it to you, take care of her.

I will, sir.

You got her?

We stopped by your quarters.

I had some leftover fit wraps to sign.

Loose hands.

I'm sorry we couldn't do something to
keep you here.

Al, I knew I was finished driving ships
the minute that destroyer crossed our

path.

At least I'll be going home without that
long layover in Kansas.

You might not be going home quite yet,
Commander.

Admiral Picado is being charged with
dereliction of duty in conjunction with

collision. Now he's taking the fall?

Really didn't matter who it was.

As long as it wasn't a Greek or a Turk.

Thanks, Commander.

You're being called as a witness against
them.

I used to think I might have what it
takes to be an admiral.

You weren't wrong, Commander.

No.

Thank God I was.

Captain Department!