A scene from A Few Good Men 1992
Ross

I have here the Marine Corps Outline for Recruit Training. I'd like you to turn to the chapter on "code reds".

Barnes

Well, you see, sir, "code red" is a term we use, just down in Gitmo--

Ross

Oh, then, we're in luck. Marching Orders/Standard Operating Procedure, Rifle Security Company, Guatanamo Bay, Cuba. I'm sure we'll find it in there.

Barnes

You won't find it in there, either, sir.

Ross

Cpl. Barnes, I'm a Marine. You mean to tell me there's no manual, no set of instructions that tells me, as a Marine, one of my duties is to perform "code reds?"

Barnes

No, sir. No book, sir.

Ross

No further questions.

Kaffee

[As Ross returns to his seat, Kaffee gets up and snatches the Rifle Company SOP out of his hand]

Cpl. Barnes, turn to the page in this book that tells me how to get to the mess hall.

Barnes

Lt. Kaffee, that's not in the book, sir.

Kaffee

You mean the whole time you've been at Gitmo, you've never had a meal?

Barnes

No, sir. Three squares a day, sir.

Kaffee

Then how did you find the mess hall if it wasn't in this book?

Barnes

Well, sir, like everybody else, I just followed the crowd at chow time, sir.

Kaffee

No further questions.

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