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My dad listens
to this stuff.
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Says they quit making
good music in 1977.
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The year Elvis died.
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That was a long time ago, sir.
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You calling the general
and me old, Lieutenant?
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No, sir, Colonel.
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You can tell your dad
it was actually 1970,
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beginning of the Vegas years.
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SAM dead ahead!
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Salvo!
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Chaff and flares!
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Mike, X-Ray-three-one!
Mayday! Mayday!
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We are going down!
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Hold on, Joe!
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Lieutenant?
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Lieutenant!
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General Bixby.
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Sir, we have
a situation here.
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We are egressing
from the aircraft, sir!
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Can't do it, Colonel.
Can't move my legs.
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Can you feel your
toes, sir? I can't tell.
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Well, if you can't feel them,
they're not hurting,
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and you can give me a hand.
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I'll go first, and pull your
sociable half out after me.
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Leave me here, Colonel.
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No, sir!
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That's an order.
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Sir, I am taking command
and tasking you
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with helping me get you
the hell out of here.
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Now, square yourself away, sir-
you're a Marine!
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Come on!
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Master Sergeant, the colonel has
a call from the White House.
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Thank you, sir.
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Colonel.
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You got friends
in high places.
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It's the White House.
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Colonel Cresswell.
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Yes, sir. I understand.
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I will. Yes, sir.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
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Good morning, Colonel.
Good morning.
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Good morning, ma'am.
Good morning, Bud.
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You look well-rested.
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Well, thank you. I finally got
a good night's sleep.
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Hey, anything from
the SECNAV's office
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on who our new boss
is gonna be?
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It's been months since
Admiral Chegwidden retired.
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No, ma'am, and you
no news is good news.
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Except in this case,
any news would be good news,
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given the temp they've
saddled us with.
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Any chance you and Turner
might bury the hatchet?
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I can think of a few places
I'd like to bury the hatchet.
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Sirs, ma'am.
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No need to quit gossiping
on my account.
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We were done
gossiping, Coates.
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In that case,
your presence and the colonel's
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is requested
in Commander Turner's office.
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Uh, that's, uh, Commander
Turner's temporary office.
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A Navy frigate, the Hennessey,
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has had an altercation
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with a vessel of
another nation.
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Friend or foe?
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Your call- it's Canada.
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One of our sailors shot and
injured one of their fishermen.
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He's First Nation, and his father
sits on the local Tribal Council.
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Before this becomes an
international debacle,
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I want to find out
what happened.
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And you think it's gonna
take two of us to do that?
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Our neighbors to the north haven't
exactly been in our corner lately.
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This isn't gonna help them
get there.
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Which is why I'm
sending you both.
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There's been
enough conflict
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between Washington
and Ottawa lately.
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That's it?
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That's it. Good luck.
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You are aware that
the Oval Office
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has taken an interest
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in this billet
at JAG headquarters.
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Yes, sir, the Corps
is extremely proud
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that the President wants a
Marine to compete for the job.
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Mm. I've been reading up
on your lead candidate, General.
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It's been years
since I've practiced law,
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so I can appreciate the sparsity
of legalese in his essays.
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But sometimes
mincing words
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is a necessary evil
for a nominee.
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Well, we don't have many
poets in the Marine Corps, sir.
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How well do you know him?
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Not as well as I'd like.
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He's just six months in
as Counsel
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to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs.
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SJA in Iraq,
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with the First MEF
before that.
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Recently wounded in combat,
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and determined not to let it
end his military career.
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In short, he's a Marine.
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The kind the Marine
Corps prides itself on,
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whether he fits
the administrative mold or not.
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So do you think
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the JAG post is just another
bureaucratic desk job?
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Mr. Secretary,
I have a desk job.
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It's the best way
I can think of
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to keep old war horses
like myself in the game.
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Colonel Cresswall's
heroics in Iraq aside,
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he's a lawyer
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and a damn good one.
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His days of getting shot
down in helos are over.
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I can't think of a better billet
than judge advocate general
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as a capstone for
that Marine's career.
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A.J. Chegwidden left
big shoes to fill.
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The journalists loved him,
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his press conferences
were legendary,
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and all his own people
regarded him as a friend.
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Every leader has
his own style, sir.
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My point, General,
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is that the billet
that Colonel Cresswell
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is being considered for
involves a hell of a lot more
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than just good lawyering.
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Nobody wants
the President's favorite
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to wash out in this
election process,
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and nobody wants to saddle
our fine JAG lawyers
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with a commander
so bereft of people skills
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that he alienates
the lot of them.
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I want your
honest assessment
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of your Marine.
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Mr. Secretary, the Marine
Corps isn't a charm school.
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That said, don't
underestimate a man
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just because
he's forthright.
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That's what we
train them to be.
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My Marine can handle anything
you plan to throw at him, sir.
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Welcome aboard,
Commander, Colonel.
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This message
just came for you, sir.
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And I'll show you
to your quarters,
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and then the skipper
will see you.
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Thank you, Lieutenant.
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Oh, it's from Bud.
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Turner wants us
to contact him.
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Anything else?
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Oh, yeah, more scuttlebutt
on the, uh,
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potential new JAG.
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Hmm. There's a name
floating around the Pentagon.
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Hopefully, this one'll have more
luck than the last three candidates.
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This one's a Marine.
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The first judge advocate
of the Navy was a Marine,
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Colonel William Butler Remey.
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Well, that was back when Edison
was perfecting the lightbulb.
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There's a reason
we haven't had a Marine JAG
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since then.
And that is?
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Look, don't get me wrong,
but if I was in a foxhole,
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there's no one I'd rather
have on my side than a Marine.
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However, as the legal
counsel for the entire Navy,
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Marines just don't have the correct
temperament for that position.
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Harm, you're
so predictable.
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A Marine JAG would shake things
up around the office.
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Who is it?
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It's, uh, Colonel
Gordon Cresswell.
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What? You know him? Yeah,
maybe I've heard of him.
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Hang on a second
- he's gonna be my commanding officer as well.
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If you know something,
spit it out.
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I don't know anything
that would affect you, okay?
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Enter.
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Commander Nesbit.
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Colonel, Commander.
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Thanks for flying out.
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Have a seat.
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Thank you, Commander.
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So, uh,
what can you tell us
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about the events
that led up to the shooting?
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We were on a training run.
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We got a civilian
radio call.
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A small American
fishing boat claims
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they were being hijacked
by a Canadian fishing boat.
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Did you find any evidence
to support that claim?
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Both sides were armed,
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each claiming the
other was poaching.
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Turns out they
were both wrong.
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They were way out in
international waters.
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I didn't have
any jurisdiction
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to hold the fishing boats,
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but the Canadian shooting
victim turned out to be
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the boat skipper's son.
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Father and son are aboard.
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Kid's mending in sickbay.
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What about the captain
of the American fishing boat?
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All too happy to stay.
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Says he hasn't been
on a Navy vessel
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since he served
aboard the Princeton.
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Our crime scene
may have sailed away,
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but at least
we have eyewitnesses.
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And what about the shooter?
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Young ensign that's
never fired his weapon
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outside a training exercise.
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He's confined to his stateroom.
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Ensign Geery.
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Sir.
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Ma'am.
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Stand easy.
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I heard you were aboard.
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We'd like to
talk to you
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about the night you
discharged your sidearm.
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Captain Nesbit sent launches
to each of the fishing boats
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to see if we might be able
to reason with them.
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I was in command of the launch
sent to the Canadian boat.
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Their skipper told us
the guns they had
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were stowed below deck.
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Before we could ask
permission to board,
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one of them pulled a rifle.
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Ensign, how long have you
served aboard this ship?
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Two months.
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I'm fresh out of
the Academy, ma'am.
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We were in heavy seas
in an inflatable boat, sir.
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One shot would've taken us
to the bottom.
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I'm sorry I shot that man...
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but you can see
why I had to do it,
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can't you?
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I can't believe
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I'm convening
a JAG Selection Board
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with Marine Corps records
in front of it.
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I mean, I'll be damned to hell.
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I've never doubted that
for a second, Ed.
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Cheers.
Cheers.
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Colonel Cresswell's
selection
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won't make you
very popular
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with the Navy's
flag officers.
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The Colonel's record
is so clean,
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I mean, you could
eat dinner off of it.
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He's the kind
of down-home,
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church-going family man
that this administration
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just loves to promote.
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And so, I won't allow
petty grievances
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between the Navy
and the Marine Corps
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to rain
on the President's picnic.
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Besides, my job
is not a popularity contest.
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Isn't it?
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Would you be so quick
to convene this board
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if this guy wasn't
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our boss's
hand-picked candidate?
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Well, the President's confidence
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is Cresswell's
best qualification.
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However, I'm not so much
of a political animal
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that I would approve
a board pick
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that wasn't fit for the job.
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You know, much
as I appreciate
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you breaking out
the 18-year-old, Ed,
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it does make me wonder
what's up your sleeve.
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I want you to serve
as president
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of the Selection Board.
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Is this an effort
to show
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impartiality, or do you
just want a fly on the wall?
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I want someone in the room
that I trust, that's all.
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Your aspirations vis-a-vis
the commander in chief
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won't change my behavior
in that room, Ed,
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no matter how far we go back.
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Oh, surely, you're not accusing
me of command influence.
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I'm just warning an old pal
to tread lightly.
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Putting one of your closest
friends on that board
256
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could be construed
as impropriety.
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Irregular times call
for irregular measures.
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Colonel Cresswell,
we haven't met.
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Edward Sheffield.
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Sir.
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Pleasure. I thought I'd come
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and visit you on your own turf,
as it were.
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May I?
Please.
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Thank you.
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Please, go ahead
and eat your lunch.
266
00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:50,461
I know Marines like
to stick to schedule.
267
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Yes, sir.
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Congratulations
on making the short list
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for the new JAG post.
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00:13:57,986 --> 00:13:59,220
And it must
make you feel good,
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to know the commander in chief
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has taken a personal interest.
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00:14:01,940 --> 00:14:04,791
Yes, sir.
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00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:07,761
I've heard that you're a man
of few words.
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It's kind of unusual
for a lawyer, isn't it?
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I try to choose those
few words carefully, sir.
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00:14:14,453 --> 00:14:16,570
Well, you may want
to expand
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00:14:16,638 --> 00:14:18,873
your vocabulary
here, Colonel.
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The post
you're in line for
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00:14:20,475 --> 00:14:23,143
is the highest post
a Naval lawyer can attain.
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By statute,
it's a two-star billet,
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00:14:25,313 --> 00:14:27,882
so you would be promoted
to major general.
283
00:14:27,949 --> 00:14:30,183
It's also a
terminal position.
284
00:14:30,218 --> 00:14:31,952
Oh, you've got plans
for retirement?
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Civilian law firm
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00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:36,040
or staff counsel
on the Hill?
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00:14:36,108 --> 00:14:39,076
I don't have a civilian
job waiting for me, sir.
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00:14:39,143 --> 00:14:40,311
And the only deal
I have in place
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00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,879
is with the United
States Marine Corps.
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00:14:41,897 --> 00:14:44,581
Your record makes
gripping reading, Colonel.
291
00:14:44,649 --> 00:14:46,016
Small-town boy
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raised on the family's
apple orchard,
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00:14:48,486 --> 00:14:50,153
outskirts of nowhere.
294
00:14:50,221 --> 00:14:53,440
Uh, you must have picked
a million of these
295
00:14:53,507 --> 00:14:54,574
in your time.
296
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,110
The fact that you still
like them
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00:14:56,178 --> 00:14:58,479
is a testament
to a happy childhood.
298
00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:01,131
But if you pick
an apple too soon,
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00:15:01,199 --> 00:15:02,867
you may be sorry you did.
300
00:15:02,934 --> 00:15:03,868
Take it too late
301
00:15:03,935 --> 00:15:05,702
and you'll end up
feeding it to the pigs.
302
00:15:05,770 --> 00:15:09,556
Well, that's somewhat like
military appointments, Colonel.
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00:15:09,624 --> 00:15:11,358
If you fail
to get selected this time,
304
00:15:11,426 --> 00:15:12,993
you won't have
a second chance.
305
00:15:14,412 --> 00:15:17,147
Sir, I, uh, I know
the President's rattled
306
00:15:17,215 --> 00:15:20,317
a few cages putting
my name in the hat.
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00:15:20,385 --> 00:15:23,320
Can I do the job? Yes.
308
00:15:23,388 --> 00:15:25,306
Do I expect to become
the first Marine
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00:15:25,373 --> 00:15:28,158
in over a century to be
the judge advocate general?
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00:15:28,226 --> 00:15:30,728
That's for the
Selection Board to decide.
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00:15:30,795 --> 00:15:33,897
Well, you have a reputation
for shunning politics, Colonel.
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00:15:33,965 --> 00:15:35,899
Whether you like it or not,
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00:15:35,967 --> 00:15:39,369
Judge advocate general
is a political appointment,
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00:15:39,437 --> 00:15:40,704
and I personally don't believe
315
00:15:40,772 --> 00:15:42,439
the President's
sudden interest in you
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00:15:42,506 --> 00:15:44,074
is based solely
on your record book.
317
00:15:44,142 --> 00:15:47,261
I met the President in Iraq,
318
00:15:47,328 --> 00:15:49,830
Thanksgiving,
last year.
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00:15:49,898 --> 00:15:51,065
Didn't see him again
320
00:15:51,133 --> 00:15:52,867
until he happened past
my hospital bed in Bethesda
321
00:15:52,934 --> 00:15:54,735
four months later.
322
00:15:54,803 --> 00:15:56,170
He remembered me,
323
00:15:56,238 --> 00:15:58,906
but we're not friends,
and I'm not benefiting
324
00:15:58,974 --> 00:16:00,107
from any personal association
325
00:16:00,208 --> 00:16:01,375
with the White House, sir.
326
00:16:01,442 --> 00:16:03,193
Truth is, I do
speak plainly,
327
00:16:03,261 --> 00:16:05,062
and I listen
the same way.
328
00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:07,181
Respectfully,
329
00:16:07,249 --> 00:16:09,750
next time you want
to talk about apples,
330
00:16:09,817 --> 00:16:12,419
let's leave the President
out of it... sir.
331
00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,674
Commander.
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00:16:19,477 --> 00:16:21,078
I got a call
from SECNAV today.
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00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,246
He asked me for someone
334
00:16:22,313 --> 00:16:24,447
to act as recorder
at the Selection Board
335
00:16:24,515 --> 00:16:26,683
for Admiral Chegwidden's
replacement.
336
00:16:26,751 --> 00:16:28,351
I chose you.
337
00:16:28,419 --> 00:16:29,519
Thank you, sir.
338
00:16:29,587 --> 00:16:32,256
What does this honor
entail exactly?
339
00:16:32,323 --> 00:16:33,523
You'll be in charge
of the records
340
00:16:33,591 --> 00:16:34,724
and making sure
the panel members
341
00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:35,725
keep their facts straight.
342
00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:36,927
I can do that.
343
00:16:36,995 --> 00:16:37,928
I know you can.
344
00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:39,529
I think.
345
00:16:39,548 --> 00:16:41,281
You've, uh,
been my right hand man
346
00:16:41,349 --> 00:16:43,200
since I took
the reins here, Bud.
347
00:16:43,268 --> 00:16:44,651
I won't forget that.
348
00:16:44,686 --> 00:16:47,454
I've enjoyed being...
useful, sir.
349
00:16:47,522 --> 00:16:48,305
Good luck.
350
00:16:57,065 --> 00:16:58,281
Commander.
351
00:17:00,067 --> 00:17:02,135
I gotta go. Bye.
352
00:17:02,203 --> 00:17:02,820
Hey, hey.
353
00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:07,257
Harm asked me
to check on things.
354
00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:08,892
You figured
a few long-distance calls
355
00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,394
were a fair trade?
356
00:17:10,495 --> 00:17:11,695
That was Kevin.
357
00:17:11,713 --> 00:17:12,829
He's got his license,
358
00:17:12,897 --> 00:17:14,431
so Dad's letting us drive
359
00:17:14,466 --> 00:17:16,766
to Reesedale next weekend
to see a movie.
360
00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:18,202
Pretty cool, huh?
361
00:17:18,303 --> 00:17:19,519
Well, I think it's cool
362
00:17:19,587 --> 00:17:21,488
that we can walk to a movie
theater from this apartment.
363
00:17:21,556 --> 00:17:25,209
The theater at Reesedale's
a drive-in.
364
00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:27,178
Mattie...
365
00:17:27,245 --> 00:17:30,080
just...
366
00:17:30,148 --> 00:17:32,883
just make sure you don't rush
into anything, okay?
367
00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:36,202
You can never redo
your first time.
368
00:17:36,321 --> 00:17:38,472
Whoa.
369
00:17:38,539 --> 00:17:40,641
You're almost as bad as Harm.
370
00:17:40,709 --> 00:17:43,060
He tried giving me
the whole sex-talk thing, too.
371
00:17:43,111 --> 00:17:44,778
How'd it go?
372
00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:47,047
I think he learned a lot.
373
00:17:48,549 --> 00:17:50,634
But seriously,
he was totally embarrassed.
374
00:17:50,785 --> 00:17:52,586
He said I should talk
to my dad,
375
00:17:52,621 --> 00:17:54,371
but I know his heart
was in the right place.
376
00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:56,790
He's just trying
to be a good parent.
377
00:17:56,792 --> 00:17:58,575
Bet if I'd had
one like him,
378
00:17:58,627 --> 00:18:01,295
I wouldn't have made
so many mistakes.
379
00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:02,562
Well, you don't have
to worry about me
380
00:18:02,631 --> 00:18:04,197
'cause Kevin and I have
been best friends
381
00:18:04,265 --> 00:18:05,465
since, like, the first grade,
382
00:18:05,533 --> 00:18:07,400
and my dad is totally doing
the parent thing:
383
00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:10,287
curfew, rules,
the whole deal.
384
00:18:10,355 --> 00:18:12,506
So you've said.
385
00:18:14,626 --> 00:18:15,792
I'm... I'm sorry
386
00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:19,329
if I've been talking
about home nonstop.
387
00:18:19,397 --> 00:18:21,615
You know, it's just nice
to have a chance
388
00:18:21,683 --> 00:18:23,083
to sleep in my old bed
389
00:18:23,201 --> 00:18:24,234
and to have my old dad back,
390
00:18:24,302 --> 00:18:26,002
the one who wasn't drunk
all the time.
391
00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:28,405
Last weekend,
392
00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:31,291
we managed to get through
my mom's things, and...
393
00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,894
I was able to remember my mom
without my anger
394
00:18:34,963 --> 00:18:37,030
at my dad getting in the way.
395
00:18:37,098 --> 00:18:38,231
I just
396
00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:39,116
have this feeling
397
00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:41,118
that someday
you're going to decide
398
00:18:41,186 --> 00:18:43,353
you're better off back there.
399
00:18:45,540 --> 00:18:51,345
I know that Harm talked you
into, you know,
400
00:18:51,412 --> 00:18:53,347
taking our apartment, and...
401
00:18:53,414 --> 00:18:55,349
I know that you'll have trouble
402
00:18:55,416 --> 00:18:57,284
affording the rent
if I leave...
403
00:18:57,319 --> 00:18:59,286
Mattie, don't worry
about the rent.
404
00:18:59,354 --> 00:19:02,255
I'll survive. I always have.
405
00:19:04,242 --> 00:19:07,794
I'm just glad you're back.
406
00:19:07,862 --> 00:19:09,963
I'm really glad.
407
00:19:15,769 --> 00:19:17,404
You were pretty far from land
408
00:19:17,455 --> 00:19:18,555
for a boat that size.
409
00:19:18,623 --> 00:19:20,457
We must go where
the fish take us.
410
00:19:20,525 --> 00:19:24,295
You can't be competitive
sticking to the land anymore.
411
00:19:24,346 --> 00:19:25,362
Because of the Americans?
412
00:19:25,429 --> 00:19:26,663
I run my grandfather's
413
00:19:26,715 --> 00:19:28,448
old 40-foot trawler
out by the border waters.
414
00:19:28,516 --> 00:19:31,785
It's the only place
I can get a decent haul.
415
00:19:31,853 --> 00:19:33,153
George Young,
416
00:19:33,188 --> 00:19:36,089
he comes up here,
he takes the little fish,
417
00:19:36,157 --> 00:19:38,792
uses nets that
I'm not allowed to use.
418
00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:41,878
And he gets
my son shot.
419
00:19:41,897 --> 00:19:43,897
I know Wolf Tillicum is going
to blame me for this.
420
00:19:43,964 --> 00:19:45,932
But I was close enough
to the shooting to see
421
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,634
that the ensign acted
in self-defense.
422
00:19:47,702 --> 00:19:51,037
You saw a weapon
in Marcus Tillicum's hand?
423
00:19:51,122 --> 00:19:53,440
My son did not have a gun.
424
00:19:53,508 --> 00:19:55,775
And Young is lying
if he says otherwise.
425
00:19:57,128 --> 00:19:59,562
You got to understand something;
426
00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:00,964
this guy is dangerous.
427
00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:02,416
He pulled guns on us.
428
00:20:02,483 --> 00:20:03,850
He accused us
of poaching.
429
00:20:03,919 --> 00:20:04,851
You'd rather be
430
00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,186
at war with George Young
431
00:20:06,254 --> 00:20:08,255
for the rest of your life
than to try to resolve this?
432
00:20:08,256 --> 00:20:11,942
How can I resolve anything
with a crazy person like Young?
433
00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:13,994
He's trying
to ruin me!
434
00:20:17,315 --> 00:20:20,283
Colonel Cresswell
served in Iraq
435
00:20:20,351 --> 00:20:23,420
as SJA with the First MEF
and was wounded in combat.
436
00:20:23,521 --> 00:20:26,690
He received a Silver Star,
Purple Heart
437
00:20:26,757 --> 00:20:28,359
and was appointed
legal advisor
438
00:20:28,443 --> 00:20:30,594
to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs.
439
00:20:30,695 --> 00:20:34,931
So, let's open the floor
for discussion, shall we?
440
00:20:37,802 --> 00:20:39,603
Are we ready to believe
that a Marine
441
00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:41,938
is the best person
to serve as Chief Counsel
442
00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:44,074
to the Chief
of Naval Operations?
443
00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:45,442
Because that is one
of the things
444
00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:46,643
that we're here to discuss.
445
00:20:46,711 --> 00:20:48,379
I don't know
where it's written
446
00:20:48,446 --> 00:20:50,847
that a Marine can't advise
the Navy on military law.
447
00:20:50,915 --> 00:20:53,283
After all, the Navy's been
advising the Marine Corps
448
00:20:53,351 --> 00:20:54,385
for a hundred years.
449
00:20:54,436 --> 00:20:55,452
I concur.
450
00:20:55,519 --> 00:20:57,754
Our lawyers all study
the same play book.
451
00:20:57,822 --> 00:20:59,957
Historically,
Marine judge advocates
452
00:21:00,024 --> 00:21:02,392
have been strict
constructionists of the UCMJ.
453
00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:03,760
Does Colonel Cresswell
454
00:21:03,778 --> 00:21:06,597
have the adaptability
to command Naval personnel
455
00:21:06,698 --> 00:21:09,082
in a fast-changing
legal climate?
456
00:21:12,454 --> 00:21:14,170
Something to add, Commander?
457
00:21:14,205 --> 00:21:18,342
Respectfully, Admiral,
statistically,
458
00:21:18,376 --> 00:21:20,143
Marine judge advocates have
consistently scored
459
00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:22,846
on par with Navy JAGs
as far as command success
460
00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:25,082
in the history
of the JAG Corps, sir.
461
00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:27,284
Thank you, Commander.
462
00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:29,686
Thank you, Commander.
463
00:21:29,754 --> 00:21:32,439
I noticed that the colonel
has special fitreps
464
00:21:32,474 --> 00:21:34,908
from an assistant secretary
465
00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:37,678
and multiple Marine
general officers.
466
00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:39,012
I'd have preferred
to see a nod
467
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,580
from at least one
Navy flag officer.
468
00:21:40,648 --> 00:21:41,815
It is ludicrous
469
00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:44,618
to think that a Marine
should go chasing
470
00:21:44,686 --> 00:21:45,686
a Navy fitrep
471
00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:46,536
when three-star Marines
472
00:21:46,688 --> 00:21:48,421
and civilian leadership
at the Pentagon
473
00:21:48,490 --> 00:21:50,039
rate him as a water-walker.
474
00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:51,642
Given that a Marine record
has not appeared
475
00:21:51,709 --> 00:21:53,744
before this particular board
in over a century,
476
00:21:53,828 --> 00:21:55,962
perhaps our board
president can tell us
477
00:21:56,031 --> 00:21:58,631
what is
and what isn't ludicrous.
478
00:21:58,700 --> 00:21:59,966
Commander Roberts,
479
00:22:00,035 --> 00:22:02,436
in reviewing
SECNAV's precept,
480
00:22:02,537 --> 00:22:03,670
did you see any mention
481
00:22:03,738 --> 00:22:06,306
of a Navy flag officer's
evaluation
482
00:22:06,374 --> 00:22:09,476
as a prerequisite for selection?
483
00:22:11,028 --> 00:22:12,629
I did not, Admiral.
484
00:22:12,697 --> 00:22:13,947
Thank you,
Commander.
485
00:22:13,965 --> 00:22:17,700
Ocean Law has always been
the definition of a Navy lawyer.
486
00:22:17,769 --> 00:22:19,470
Colonel Cresswell was SJA
487
00:22:19,537 --> 00:22:22,506
for Headquarters
Marine Fleet Atlantic.
488
00:22:22,557 --> 00:22:24,324
Additionally,
we're not fighting
489
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:25,959
sea battles anymore.
490
00:22:26,027 --> 00:22:28,545
This is a ground force
military now,
491
00:22:28,563 --> 00:22:31,130
and the ground force
for the United States Navy
492
00:22:31,198 --> 00:22:33,066
is the Marine Corps.
493
00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:35,168
And how do you propose
to get to that battleground?
494
00:22:35,236 --> 00:22:36,703
By water taxi?
495
00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:38,255
Oh, we have always appreciated
the transport.
496
00:22:38,322 --> 00:22:39,489
And you can
thank us
497
00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,341
for the fact that once you get there,
498
00:22:41,459 --> 00:22:43,860
the enemy's already been
battered by our air strikes
499
00:22:43,928 --> 00:22:45,729
flying off of our carriers.
500
00:22:45,747 --> 00:22:48,481
Your point is made,
Admiral.
501
00:22:48,549 --> 00:22:50,767
General Willsey
is simply suggesting
502
00:22:50,835 --> 00:22:52,369
that our Marines in combat
might appreciate
503
00:22:52,436 --> 00:22:53,537
knowing that one
of their own
504
00:22:53,604 --> 00:22:55,338
is interpreting the rules
of the game.
505
00:22:55,473 --> 00:22:56,656
So having a Navy
506
00:22:56,724 --> 00:22:59,058
flag officer at the helm
is bad for morale?!
507
00:22:59,094 --> 00:23:00,643
When Marines are dying
508
00:23:00,711 --> 00:23:03,347
because some lawyer's tied their
hands behind their backs, yes!
509
00:23:03,398 --> 00:23:05,215
Commander Roberts, how
many cases have we had
510
00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:07,050
of JAG lawyers
tying Marines' hands
511
00:23:07,068 --> 00:23:08,819
behind their backs?
512
00:23:08,886 --> 00:23:10,086
Sir?
513
00:23:10,188 --> 00:23:11,721
Don't be obtuse, Connelly!
514
00:23:11,739 --> 00:23:14,324
No, I am genuinely curious,
Commander. How many?
515
00:23:26,788 --> 00:23:29,055
There are no stock options
in public service,
516
00:23:29,123 --> 00:23:30,123
Commander.
517
00:23:30,191 --> 00:23:33,226
The perks are these...
brushes with history.
518
00:23:35,630 --> 00:23:37,664
Wow. I've never known anybody
519
00:23:37,732 --> 00:23:40,367
that played golf
with Gorbachev, sir.
520
00:23:40,434 --> 00:23:41,702
I don't want to keep you,
Commander.
521
00:23:41,769 --> 00:23:43,570
I'm sure you want to be
getting home and dinner.
522
00:23:43,638 --> 00:23:46,306
I kind of wish
that I could have dinner
523
00:23:46,374 --> 00:23:47,908
at your house tonight.
524
00:23:47,976 --> 00:23:50,677
Just to hear about your day.
525
00:23:50,745 --> 00:23:54,047
Uh, you know, sir, that I-I
can't discuss anything
526
00:23:54,115 --> 00:23:56,550
about the Selection
Board proceedings
527
00:23:56,618 --> 00:23:59,753
until after Admiral Kly
reports the results.
528
00:23:59,821 --> 00:24:01,555
Oh, of course, Commander.
529
00:24:01,622 --> 00:24:05,225
Still, that must have
been some session today.
530
00:24:05,293 --> 00:24:08,111
A lot of strong opinions
in the room.
531
00:24:08,178 --> 00:24:11,648
And General Willsey has a-
she's got a bad temper, I hear.
532
00:24:11,716 --> 00:24:14,434
Well, she is a... a woman
with a great amount of passion.
533
00:24:14,502 --> 00:24:15,835
That's for sure, sir.
534
00:24:15,903 --> 00:24:17,554
She gets her way, does she?
535
00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:19,389
I didn't say that, sir.
536
00:24:19,457 --> 00:24:21,724
Oh, and Novak must
have been steamed.
537
00:24:21,792 --> 00:24:23,877
Well, the admiral
conducted himself
538
00:24:23,945 --> 00:24:26,213
with the utmost
professionalism, sir.
539
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,530
Oh, he kept his head, did he?
540
00:24:27,598 --> 00:24:30,250
Yes, sir, uh, very controlled.
541
00:24:30,317 --> 00:24:32,385
Despite being bested
by a couple of Marines.
542
00:24:32,453 --> 00:24:34,036
Exactly, sir.
543
00:24:39,877 --> 00:24:42,979
Well, I'm sure you want to
be running along, Commander.
544
00:24:57,712 --> 00:24:58,461
Colonel.
545
00:24:58,529 --> 00:25:00,146
Colonel!
546
00:25:01,916 --> 00:25:03,566
You have a visitor, sir.
547
00:25:16,196 --> 00:25:19,115
Congratulations.
You're the nominee.
548
00:25:19,183 --> 00:25:21,050
So the Selection Board
had its call-out, sir?
549
00:25:21,118 --> 00:25:23,086
I'm not in the habit of
waiting for the ink to dry
550
00:25:23,154 --> 00:25:24,287
before starting the party.
551
00:25:24,355 --> 00:25:26,406
So, it's not official?
552
00:25:26,473 --> 00:25:28,308
Not yet, but it will be.
553
00:25:30,211 --> 00:25:32,362
You know, it's possible
to take this Marine stoicism
554
00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:34,697
to the point where
it smacks of indifference.
555
00:25:34,765 --> 00:25:36,116
Sir, that isn't
my intention.
556
00:25:36,183 --> 00:25:38,819
I'll wait to celebrate
until the Board's report
557
00:25:38,886 --> 00:25:41,021
is filed and the
results made public.
558
00:25:41,089 --> 00:25:43,557
Are you at all happy
about the promotion?
559
00:25:43,624 --> 00:25:45,459
Yes, sir.
560
00:25:45,526 --> 00:25:49,145
Might as well tell you, the,
uh... the part of me you...
561
00:25:49,213 --> 00:25:52,015
you find unsettling-
the... the Marine part-
562
00:25:52,082 --> 00:25:54,117
isn't going to go away.
563
00:25:54,184 --> 00:25:55,919
We should be clear on that.
564
00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:59,222
You know, for a guy
who barely speaks,
565
00:25:59,289 --> 00:26:01,858
you've got a canny way
of getting your point across.
566
00:26:06,814 --> 00:26:08,715
I just spoke to Bud.
567
00:26:08,783 --> 00:26:10,617
The Selection Board
has filed a report.
568
00:26:10,685 --> 00:26:11,768
It's official.
569
00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:15,405
Colonel Cresswell
is now the new JAG.
570
00:26:15,472 --> 00:26:18,441
So you want to tell me
571
00:26:18,509 --> 00:26:21,310
what the problem
with this guy is, or...?
572
00:26:21,378 --> 00:26:24,480
Not really, but you're
not gonna let it go.
573
00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:30,620
Cresswell was the staff judge
advocate in Okinawa
574
00:26:30,688 --> 00:26:31,888
when I first got there.
575
00:26:33,524 --> 00:26:35,525
He knew about my affair
with John Farrow.
576
00:26:35,592 --> 00:26:38,128
Even made sure Farrow got
his letter of reprimand.
577
00:26:38,195 --> 00:26:39,996
If I hadn't already
got my rotation orders,
578
00:26:40,064 --> 00:26:41,431
he probably would
have demanded
579
00:26:41,498 --> 00:26:43,199
disciplinary action
against me, too.
580
00:26:43,267 --> 00:26:44,384
That's a long time ago, Mac.
581
00:26:44,452 --> 00:26:45,952
Marines have
a long memory, Harm.
582
00:26:46,020 --> 00:26:47,353
He could make my life hell.
583
00:26:47,421 --> 00:26:50,056
He could transfer me
to some other billet.
584
00:26:50,124 --> 00:26:52,792
Separate us...
585
00:26:56,146 --> 00:27:00,834
Mac... you've changed
a lot since Okinawa,
586
00:27:00,902 --> 00:27:03,970
Maybe he has, too.
587
00:27:04,038 --> 00:27:06,706
Give him a chance.
588
00:27:15,666 --> 00:27:16,616
Oh, Tom.
589
00:27:16,683 --> 00:27:19,419
Damn the day they made this
a non-smoking facility.
590
00:27:19,487 --> 00:27:21,054
Well, I-I thought
you swore off these.
591
00:27:21,122 --> 00:27:23,623
I like to partake when I've
got something to celebrate.
592
00:27:23,690 --> 00:27:24,724
You want to step
outside with me?
593
00:27:24,792 --> 00:27:26,325
Well, I wouldn't count
your invitations
594
00:27:26,393 --> 00:27:27,727
to the White House just yet.
595
00:27:27,795 --> 00:27:29,513
Name Byron Handy mean
anything to you?
596
00:27:29,580 --> 00:27:31,515
He's the presidential aide,
sycophant...
597
00:27:31,582 --> 00:27:33,517
He's put a bug
in SECDEF's ear
598
00:27:33,584 --> 00:27:36,052
about the Selection
Board you convened.
599
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:37,987
Namely, that
you appointed me,
600
00:27:38,055 --> 00:27:40,290
your old pal, as
Board President.
601
00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:42,308
You've got a
problem here, Ed.
602
00:27:42,376 --> 00:27:44,945
Am I hearing
an "I told you so"?
603
00:27:45,012 --> 00:27:46,195
I never like to kick a man
604
00:27:46,263 --> 00:27:48,565
when he's on the verge
of making an ass of himself
605
00:27:48,632 --> 00:27:49,766
without my assistance.
606
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:54,403
I don't understand.
607
00:27:54,471 --> 00:27:58,141
It's not in the Secretary's best
interest to oppose my Selection
608
00:27:58,209 --> 00:28:01,261
Board's choice of the
President's own man.
609
00:28:01,329 --> 00:28:02,495
Nobody's trying to show
610
00:28:02,563 --> 00:28:04,164
Cresswell the cold
side of the bed.
611
00:28:04,231 --> 00:28:05,498
The Secretary's
just concerned
612
00:28:05,566 --> 00:28:07,300
that the appointment
be idiot-proofed,
613
00:28:07,368 --> 00:28:09,836
no questions
after the fact.
614
00:28:09,904 --> 00:28:11,337
The matter's going to
615
00:28:11,405 --> 00:28:14,540
the Senate Armed Services
Committee for confirmation.
616
00:28:14,608 --> 00:28:17,811
They'll determine if the
selection is tainted.
617
00:28:17,878 --> 00:28:19,446
That's a hell of a thing.
618
00:28:19,513 --> 00:28:21,781
You give them exactly
what they want,
619
00:28:21,849 --> 00:28:23,250
and then they question
how you did it.
620
00:28:23,317 --> 00:28:25,168
The President
might get his man,
621
00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:26,787
but he'll have a
gaggle of senators
622
00:28:26,854 --> 00:28:29,289
to thank for it,
not you, Ed.
623
00:28:29,356 --> 00:28:32,608
Any suggestions
for damage control?
624
00:28:32,676 --> 00:28:34,460
Send fruit baskets,
625
00:28:34,528 --> 00:28:36,463
lots of them.
626
00:28:38,982 --> 00:28:40,883
Your sailor shot me.
That's what happened.
627
00:28:40,951 --> 00:28:44,320
Your father places the blame
squarely on the Americans.
628
00:28:44,388 --> 00:28:45,888
Does he?
629
00:28:45,956 --> 00:28:48,725
Don't you?
630
00:28:48,792 --> 00:28:50,927
None of us owns the sea.
631
00:28:50,995 --> 00:28:54,614
Well, that's not how
your father feels.
632
00:28:54,682 --> 00:28:56,465
All his life, he's fought
to catch enough fish
633
00:28:56,534 --> 00:28:58,100
to keep the business going.
634
00:28:58,168 --> 00:29:00,236
Now he fights the
Americans, too.
635
00:29:00,303 --> 00:29:01,938
Is that why you
and your crew were armed?
636
00:29:02,005 --> 00:29:03,506
To fight the Americans?
637
00:29:03,574 --> 00:29:05,241
We were defending ourselves.
638
00:29:05,309 --> 00:29:07,610
But when the Navy ship
came onto us,
639
00:29:07,678 --> 00:29:09,645
we stowed the weapons,
640
00:29:09,713 --> 00:29:12,282
and I persuaded my father
to cooperate.
641
00:29:12,349 --> 00:29:15,418
Cooperate by pulling a rifle
on the advance party?
642
00:29:15,485 --> 00:29:17,270
It wasn't a rifle.
643
00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:19,439
The weather was rough.
644
00:29:19,506 --> 00:29:20,773
I grabbed a gaff from the deck
645
00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:23,043
to help pull the Navy boat
to us,
646
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:26,012
and they rewarded me with this.
647
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,632
A gaff could look like
a rifle in the dark.
648
00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:33,069
Thank you for your time.
649
00:29:40,460 --> 00:29:42,328
Mattie, I'm sorry
if I've been weird
650
00:29:42,396 --> 00:29:44,330
about this whole
Blacksburg thing.
651
00:29:44,398 --> 00:29:46,298
You know, I'm happy that
652
00:29:46,366 --> 00:29:48,501
you're figuring things out
for yourself.
653
00:29:48,569 --> 00:29:50,069
I know that.
654
00:29:50,137 --> 00:29:53,606
It's just, we had something
in common, you and me.
655
00:29:53,674 --> 00:29:56,308
We both hated
our fathers.
656
00:29:56,376 --> 00:30:02,082
Oh... I guess now that I'm
making peace with my dad,
657
00:30:02,149 --> 00:30:04,284
it's sort of
hard for you to watch.
658
00:30:04,352 --> 00:30:05,852
A little.
659
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:10,023
Not only that, I, uh, started
thinking about all the things
660
00:30:10,091 --> 00:30:13,726
I could have done to make it
better for myself at home.
661
00:30:13,794 --> 00:30:16,263
You know what I used to do
when I got mad at my dad?
662
00:30:16,330 --> 00:30:18,064
What?
663
00:30:18,131 --> 00:30:18,848
Steal something.
664
00:30:18,915 --> 00:30:20,332
Give him a reason to yell at me.
665
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,734
Why?
666
00:30:22,636 --> 00:30:24,687
I guess I wanted
to prove to myself
667
00:30:24,755 --> 00:30:26,740
that he was too evil to love...
668
00:30:26,807 --> 00:30:28,708
even just a little.
669
00:30:28,776 --> 00:30:31,027
Did it work?
670
00:30:31,094 --> 00:30:34,330
Did you stop
loving him?
671
00:30:34,398 --> 00:30:38,401
Some days I don't even
think about him.
672
00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:44,056
I'm getting my dad back...
even though he's not perfect.
673
00:30:44,124 --> 00:30:48,211
Maybe... maybe it's
not too late for you.
674
00:30:52,532 --> 00:30:57,153
O.O.D., report to the bridge.
O.O.D., report to the bridge.
675
00:30:58,622 --> 00:31:00,956
Hey, just got word,
676
00:31:01,024 --> 00:31:02,458
Colonel Cresswell's nomination
677
00:31:02,526 --> 00:31:05,762
is going before a formal
senate committee hearing.
678
00:31:05,829 --> 00:31:08,798
I, uh, thought you should know.
679
00:31:08,865 --> 00:31:10,500
No, I can sincerely say that
680
00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,468
I hope the best man
gets the job.
681
00:31:12,536 --> 00:31:16,005
You haven't said much since
we interviewed the son.
682
00:31:16,073 --> 00:31:17,840
What are you up to?
683
00:31:19,343 --> 00:31:21,711
I, uh... I'm not sure,
684
00:31:21,778 --> 00:31:23,713
but I'm going to need
your indulgence on this.
685
00:31:23,780 --> 00:31:27,016
Play along, see what happens.
686
00:31:34,141 --> 00:31:35,308
Hmm.
687
00:31:35,376 --> 00:31:36,343
Nice place.
688
00:31:36,410 --> 00:31:38,711
It's all I need,
Mr. Secretary.
689
00:31:38,779 --> 00:31:41,881
Have you planned your
wetting-down party yet?
690
00:31:41,948 --> 00:31:43,616
You didn't get your invitation,
sir?
691
00:31:45,001 --> 00:31:47,787
That was a joke, Mr. Secretary.
692
00:31:47,855 --> 00:31:49,172
Huh, well,
693
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,724
I'm glad to hear
you're capable of humor,
694
00:31:51,792 --> 00:31:55,228
but you won't
be laughing at this.
695
00:31:55,296 --> 00:31:57,563
The Selection Board's
decision has been flagged
696
00:31:57,631 --> 00:31:59,999
by the Secretary of Defense
for further scrutiny,
697
00:32:00,067 --> 00:32:02,135
and the Senate Armed
Services Committee
698
00:32:02,203 --> 00:32:03,919
has exercised its discretion
699
00:32:03,987 --> 00:32:06,622
to require a full,
formal hearing.
700
00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:09,825
And the good senators
are going to be interested
701
00:32:09,893 --> 00:32:12,728
in more than your
sterling record, Colonel.
702
00:32:12,796 --> 00:32:16,099
They're going to want to
find out how you... think,
703
00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:18,934
and it won't be pretty, Colonel.
704
00:32:19,002 --> 00:32:21,003
Our system of checks
and balances at work.
705
00:32:21,071 --> 00:32:25,574
Now, this level of scrutiny for a
two-star billet is... is unheard of.
706
00:32:25,642 --> 00:32:28,577
And this could set back
your career, Cresswell.
707
00:32:28,645 --> 00:32:29,979
It could even end it.
708
00:32:31,315 --> 00:32:33,416
I'm telling you
709
00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:36,135
that the biggest accomplishment
of your life
710
00:32:36,203 --> 00:32:39,939
is being snatched away, and...
711
00:32:40,007 --> 00:32:41,641
you just stand there.
712
00:32:41,709 --> 00:32:46,096
Respectfully, sir, you invited
the Senate's examination
713
00:32:46,163 --> 00:32:47,430
when you placed Admiral Kly
714
00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:48,864
at the head of that Board.
715
00:32:48,932 --> 00:32:50,233
Are you questioning
my fitness?
716
00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:51,901
No, sir, I am not.
717
00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:54,204
Then what are you saying,
Marine?
718
00:32:54,271 --> 00:32:56,038
I don't judge men
by the decisions they make
719
00:32:56,106 --> 00:32:58,508
so much as their willingness
to take responsibility
720
00:32:58,575 --> 00:33:00,909
when those decisions
produce unexpected results.
721
00:33:00,977 --> 00:33:03,847
Well, you'd better spit-shine up
a few more of those homilies
722
00:33:03,914 --> 00:33:05,982
because you're going to have
to charm the pants
723
00:33:06,049 --> 00:33:07,684
off those senators in order
724
00:33:07,751 --> 00:33:08,902
to clear this hurdle.
725
00:33:08,969 --> 00:33:10,770
Just tell them
what they want to hear.
726
00:33:10,838 --> 00:33:12,906
I'll tell them the truth, sir.
727
00:33:12,973 --> 00:33:17,910
At this level, even Marines
have to bend a little.
728
00:33:17,978 --> 00:33:21,414
After all, neither one of us
729
00:33:21,482 --> 00:33:24,617
wants to disappoint the
President of the United States.
730
00:33:47,841 --> 00:33:50,292
As JAG, you'll be expected
to oversee cases
731
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,796
related to lesbians and gays
in the military.
732
00:33:53,864 --> 00:33:56,532
What are your views
on the subject?
733
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,268
Ma'am, I believe anyone willing
to serve his or her country
734
00:33:59,336 --> 00:34:01,337
should be given the chance
to do so.
735
00:34:01,404 --> 00:34:04,056
I have both prosecuted
and defended military personnel
736
00:34:04,124 --> 00:34:06,726
charged with offenses relating
to homosexual behavior.
737
00:34:06,793 --> 00:34:08,828
I've not allowed
my own moral judgments
738
00:34:08,895 --> 00:34:10,996
to effect my job performance.
739
00:34:11,064 --> 00:34:14,484
Colonel, the UCMJ has,
since its codification in 1950,
740
00:34:14,551 --> 00:34:16,452
allowed the death penalty.
741
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,221
What is your disposition
742
00:34:18,288 --> 00:34:19,371
on this issue?
743
00:34:19,439 --> 00:34:20,639
It doesn't matter what I think
744
00:34:20,707 --> 00:34:22,224
about the death penalty,
Senator,
745
00:34:22,292 --> 00:34:25,795
since if history is any guide,
I won't see it carried out.
746
00:34:27,114 --> 00:34:30,500
No military death row inmate
has yet to exhaust
747
00:34:30,567 --> 00:34:33,836
the appellate process in
the era of modern military law.
748
00:34:33,904 --> 00:34:36,139
We haven't actually
put anyone to death
749
00:34:36,206 --> 00:34:38,441
in the past 43 years.
750
00:34:38,509 --> 00:34:40,893
You seem frustrated
by that fact, Colonel.
751
00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:44,280
Am I to infer that you
favor capital punishment?
752
00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:46,415
My official position
is to enforce the law
753
00:34:46,483 --> 00:34:48,000
as enacted by Congress, Senator.
754
00:34:48,068 --> 00:34:51,670
But I... I take my personal
counsel on that subject
755
00:34:51,738 --> 00:34:54,140
from the books of Exodus
and Leviticus.
756
00:34:54,208 --> 00:34:56,792
Colonel Cresswell,
in November 2001,
757
00:34:56,860 --> 00:34:59,912
the President issued
an executive order authorizing
758
00:34:59,980 --> 00:35:03,783
the use of military tribunals
to try foreign nationals.
759
00:35:03,850 --> 00:35:06,018
What are your feelings
about this?
760
00:35:06,086 --> 00:35:08,971
I don't have feelings
about presidential decrees.
761
00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:11,140
My opinion is that
the constitutionality
762
00:35:11,208 --> 00:35:13,309
of these tribunals
depends upon whether
763
00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:17,046
the full Bill of Rights applies
to foreign enemy combatants.
764
00:35:17,114 --> 00:35:20,232
In Ex Parte Quirin,
President Roosevelt
765
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:21,884
successfully invoked
the Articles of War
766
00:35:21,952 --> 00:35:24,987
to try German saboteurs
by military tribunal.
767
00:35:25,055 --> 00:35:26,805
Until the Supreme Court
says differently,
768
00:35:26,873 --> 00:35:30,209
that's...
that's precedent enough for me.
769
00:35:30,277 --> 00:35:31,210
Colonel Cresswell,
770
00:35:31,278 --> 00:35:34,046
my question is less
sweeping in its scope.
771
00:35:34,114 --> 00:35:38,951
Fours years ago, you advised
the convening authority
772
00:35:39,019 --> 00:35:42,388
in the case of Marine
Corporal Arnold Garth.
773
00:35:42,456 --> 00:35:48,327
It was a sexual assault case
involving a female enlisted.
774
00:35:48,395 --> 00:35:50,280
Private Carolyn Irby.
775
00:35:50,347 --> 00:35:53,416
Do you remember
Carolyn Irby, Colonel?
776
00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:55,418
I recall the case, ma'am.
777
00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,687
I never met Private Irby.
778
00:35:57,755 --> 00:36:00,122
Did that make it easier
for you to recommend
779
00:36:00,190 --> 00:36:02,558
against a court martial
for her attacker?
780
00:36:02,626 --> 00:36:03,876
No, ma'am, my recommendation
781
00:36:03,943 --> 00:36:05,878
was based upon
the merits of the case.
782
00:36:05,945 --> 00:36:08,631
The lack of physical evidence
because she had showered,
783
00:36:08,698 --> 00:36:11,167
the two witnesses
who heard her flirting
784
00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:12,902
with Corporal Garth,
785
00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,537
are those the
merits you mean?
786
00:36:15,606 --> 00:36:18,774
That and her own
inconsistent statements, ma'am.
787
00:36:18,842 --> 00:36:23,279
Carolyn Irby's parents
live in my home state, Colonel.
788
00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:26,015
What would you have me
say to them?
789
00:36:26,082 --> 00:36:27,733
I would ask you
not to emotionalize
790
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,902
the situation retroactively,
Senator.
791
00:36:29,969 --> 00:36:32,221
The law's greatest virtue
792
00:36:32,289 --> 00:36:34,524
is that it isn't swayed
by emotion.
793
00:36:34,591 --> 00:36:37,426
I somehow don't think that
will help Carolyn Irby
794
00:36:37,494 --> 00:36:39,495
pick up the pieces of her life.
795
00:36:39,562 --> 00:36:42,681
Sensationalizing her situation
for the sake of this hearing
796
00:36:42,749 --> 00:36:44,417
won't help either, ma'am.
797
00:36:55,028 --> 00:36:58,097
Gentlemen, please have a seat.
798
00:36:58,164 --> 00:36:59,548
We just have a few more
questions for you.
799
00:36:59,616 --> 00:37:02,084
We've answered
all the questions.
800
00:37:02,102 --> 00:37:04,520
We wanted to give
you one last chance
801
00:37:04,587 --> 00:37:06,355
to square your stories.
802
00:37:07,824 --> 00:37:11,793
Ensign Geery, why did
you join the Navy?
803
00:37:11,861 --> 00:37:13,729
My father, sir.
804
00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,631
He commands
the USS Beaumont.
805
00:37:15,699 --> 00:37:18,417
I grew up wanting a command
of my own someday.
806
00:37:18,485 --> 00:37:21,187
And you know that if this
charge goes to court martial,
807
00:37:21,255 --> 00:37:22,521
your career in the Navy
is finished,
808
00:37:22,589 --> 00:37:26,275
and you'd be lucky if
you stayed out of prison.
809
00:37:26,343 --> 00:37:28,677
Yes, sir. I know.
810
00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:32,498
Mr. Tillicum,
811
00:37:32,565 --> 00:37:34,450
do you honestly believe
this incident is worthy
812
00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:36,852
of this young man losing
everything he's worked towards?
813
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,271
This young man should
have considered that
814
00:37:39,339 --> 00:37:41,140
before he pulled the trigger.
815
00:37:41,207 --> 00:37:43,359
What about you, Marcus?
816
00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:47,413
How do you feel?
817
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,166
I have no hard feelings
toward Ensign Geery.
818
00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:52,752
I just want to go home.
819
00:37:52,820 --> 00:37:54,737
It was a mistake,
that's all.
820
00:37:54,804 --> 00:37:56,489
A mistake?!
He almost killed you.
821
00:37:56,556 --> 00:37:58,607
This whole thing
was your mistake.
822
00:37:58,675 --> 00:37:59,942
And you got what you
had coming to you,
823
00:38:00,010 --> 00:38:02,045
pulling a gun on an
officer of the U.S. Navy.
824
00:38:02,112 --> 00:38:03,846
Don't talk to my son
like that.
825
00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:05,564
I'll talk to you that way!
826
00:38:05,632 --> 00:38:07,633
You're a thief, you're a liar,
and you're a poacher.
827
00:38:07,701 --> 00:38:09,969
Yeah, well, you're a thief
and I'll see you dead!
828
00:38:10,037 --> 00:38:13,556
Shut up!
Both of you!
829
00:38:13,623 --> 00:38:15,458
Marcus, he is the enemy.
830
00:38:15,526 --> 00:38:18,711
He's yours, not mine.
831
00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:23,632
I don't want the life you live.
832
00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:27,836
I want to believe
in something else.
833
00:38:27,904 --> 00:38:30,673
I'm done fighting
your battles.
834
00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:34,343
And I'm done
telling your lies.
835
00:38:34,411 --> 00:38:36,945
Marcus, you do not know
what you're saying.
836
00:38:37,013 --> 00:38:42,568
I know exactly what I'm saying.
837
00:38:42,635 --> 00:38:44,704
He's in pain,
he's on medication.
838
00:38:44,771 --> 00:38:47,540
According to sickbay, he's
doing just fine, Mr. Tillicum.
839
00:38:47,607 --> 00:38:50,409
I can guarantee you, Marcus,
if you tell the truth,
840
00:38:50,477 --> 00:38:53,279
no charges
will be filed.
841
00:38:53,347 --> 00:38:55,181
So, do you stick by
your story?
842
00:38:55,249 --> 00:38:56,948
Marcus...!
843
00:39:00,153 --> 00:39:04,790
I don't take orders
from you anymore.
844
00:39:04,857 --> 00:39:08,060
My father, he taught me
to hate George Young.
845
00:39:08,127 --> 00:39:09,912
That night, he told me
your navy ship
846
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:11,597
would come to take
what was ours
847
00:39:11,664 --> 00:39:14,650
to give to Mr. Young.
848
00:39:14,718 --> 00:39:17,836
And you were right,
I had a gun.
849
00:39:17,904 --> 00:39:20,623
And I was prepared
to use it.
850
00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:22,558
You committed no crime.
851
00:39:25,729 --> 00:39:27,930
We've caused
enough trouble here, Dad.
852
00:39:27,998 --> 00:39:29,748
You're both free to go
853
00:39:29,816 --> 00:39:32,184
as soon as the captain
can find you a ride.
854
00:39:32,252 --> 00:39:34,019
Thank you, Commander.
855
00:39:44,781 --> 00:39:46,482
Well played.
856
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:48,518
Well, I've had a lot
of experience lately
857
00:39:48,585 --> 00:39:51,187
with the child-father
dynamic.
858
00:39:52,956 --> 00:39:54,957
Colonel, please comment
on the constitutionality
859
00:39:55,024 --> 00:39:56,592
of the detainee status
860
00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:59,478
of the inmates
at Guantanamo Bay.
861
00:39:59,546 --> 00:40:01,647
Ma'am, the Supreme Court
has generally affirmed
862
00:40:01,715 --> 00:40:03,683
the right of the President
to hold them,
863
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:06,118
subject to review
by federal courts.
864
00:40:06,186 --> 00:40:09,038
Until the court
addresses the details
865
00:40:09,105 --> 00:40:11,307
and outside limits
of that power,
866
00:40:11,375 --> 00:40:13,893
we are in uncharted waters.
867
00:40:13,961 --> 00:40:15,644
Another deflection,
Colonel?
868
00:40:15,712 --> 00:40:17,596
Just deferring to reality,
ma'am.
869
00:40:17,664 --> 00:40:19,114
Colonel, you've been in Iraq.
870
00:40:19,183 --> 00:40:22,318
You have seen firsthand
our thus far fruitless
871
00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:25,637
search for Hussein's
weapons of mass destruction.
872
00:40:25,705 --> 00:40:27,506
Do you believe we're
legally still obliged
873
00:40:27,573 --> 00:40:30,509
to be looking for them,
if they exist?
874
00:40:30,576 --> 00:40:33,279
The men in country have
to assume they still exist.
875
00:40:33,347 --> 00:40:35,147
It's too dangerous not to.
876
00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:37,399
Do you believe Saddam
possessed components
877
00:40:37,467 --> 00:40:39,869
to manufacture nuclear devices?
878
00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:42,688
I don't. No.
879
00:40:42,755 --> 00:40:45,040
Since U.S. action in Iraq
was termed "preemptive"
880
00:40:45,108 --> 00:40:46,442
solely on our belief
881
00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:49,595
that he did have nuclear
and chemical capabilities,
882
00:40:49,713 --> 00:40:52,348
would you now say
that the invasion
883
00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:54,800
was within the constitutional
authority of the President?
884
00:40:54,868 --> 00:40:56,985
As Commander In Chief,
the President
885
00:40:57,137 --> 00:40:58,838
is within
his authority constitutionally
886
00:40:58,905 --> 00:41:00,405
to order such strikes, yes.
887
00:41:00,473 --> 00:41:01,841
But only with
the approval
888
00:41:01,908 --> 00:41:03,509
of Congress, Colonel.
889
00:41:03,576 --> 00:41:06,545
Our war with Iraq
is not a legal one.
890
00:41:06,613 --> 00:41:09,832
I invite you, sir,
to go to Bethesda
891
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:11,249
and ask the Marines
who've been shot up
892
00:41:11,351 --> 00:41:12,684
and burned up
in this war
893
00:41:12,752 --> 00:41:15,104
whether that makes a damn bit
of difference to them.
894
00:41:15,171 --> 00:41:17,573
I quote you, Colonel,
895
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:19,875
"The law's greatest
virtue is that
896
00:41:19,943 --> 00:41:22,228
it isn't swayed by emotion. "
897
00:41:22,295 --> 00:41:25,197
So, is it or isn't it?
898
00:41:28,217 --> 00:41:33,355
Whatever you call Iraq,
it's happening.
899
00:41:33,423 --> 00:41:35,090
And it's not going
to stop happening
900
00:41:35,158 --> 00:41:37,058
just because you give it
a different name.
901
00:41:37,126 --> 00:41:39,979
Both sides of
the congressional aisle
902
00:41:40,046 --> 00:41:43,248
have used this engagement
as a way to manipulate
903
00:41:43,316 --> 00:41:48,153
the natural fear people feel
when their country's threatened.
904
00:41:48,222 --> 00:41:51,790
It's not political
to the guys ducking RPGs
905
00:41:51,858 --> 00:41:54,594
and wondering if the next car
they stop at a checkpoint
906
00:41:54,661 --> 00:41:58,731
is going to blow them apart.
907
00:41:58,798 --> 00:42:01,800
This JAG appointment
isn't political either,
908
00:42:01,868 --> 00:42:03,536
at least it shouldn't be.
909
00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:07,973
The law is blind,
she's also an Independent...
910
00:42:08,041 --> 00:42:12,344
and she doesn't care if
you get reelected next year.
911
00:42:12,412 --> 00:42:14,830
If that answer doesn't satisfy
you, Senator,
912
00:42:14,897 --> 00:42:18,166
I respectfully suggest you find
someone else for the job.
913
00:42:29,763 --> 00:42:31,130
That went all right.
914
00:42:31,197 --> 00:42:34,550
Yeah, we averted an
international incident. Mm.
915
00:42:34,617 --> 00:42:35,685
I just spoke to Bud.
916
00:42:35,752 --> 00:42:36,886
You'll be happy to know
917
00:42:36,953 --> 00:42:40,056
that your friend
Cresswell imploded
918
00:42:40,123 --> 00:42:41,506
in front of the
senate subcommittee.
919
00:42:41,575 --> 00:42:43,742
Couldn't happen
to a nicer guy.
920
00:42:43,810 --> 00:42:46,345
How charitable of you,
Ms. MacKenzie.
921
00:42:46,413 --> 00:42:48,280
Even I have my limits, Harm.
922
00:42:48,348 --> 00:42:50,732
Well, turns out all the worry
was for nothing, right?
923
00:42:52,033 --> 00:42:56,033
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