Stitch Jones You see, it's all a question of mind over matter. We no longer mind, 'cause, you don't matter. You've been voted out of office, baby.
H Highway
Mister Jones, you fall out in that street or I'm gonna kick your ass right off this ****in' planet.
Stitch Jones Oh, I don't think so, babe. Swede!
RP Recon Platoon
[Chanting loudly]
Swede, Swede, Swede, Swede, Swede!
Stitch Jones [A tall and powerfully-built Marine (Swede Johanson) comes into view, standing in front of Highway and menacingly towering over him]
Uh, Gunny, I'd like you to meet my big friend, Swede Johanson. Swede, say something charming to the man.
SJ Swede Johanson
I'm gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck.
H Highway
[Swede throws the first punch; Highway dodges it and grabs Swede's arm in a joint lock, forcing him down]
Stick your chin up. [Swede does] Higher. [punches Swede, knocking him to the floor] Now get your ass out in that street, ladies. Right this second.
Stitch Jones [hastily]
Uh, I'll catch you later, Swede!
SJ Swede Johanson
[The platoon rushes outside; Swede gets up and faces Highway]
Sir, I'll wait outside for the MPs to come.
Negative, Johanson. You're going to become a Marine, right now. [Swede gives him a questioning look as he realizes he won't go to the brig] Fall out.
SJ Swede Johanson
Yes, sir.
F Frageti
[Frageti, Jones, and Collins are marching through the woods at the head of Recon Platoon. They forget to watch the ground as they go, and all three walk into the same rope strung low across the ground; in the Vietnam War the Vietcong were known to use this as a trigger for a booby-trap consisting of one or more grenades, whose pins are pulled out when someone walks into the rope.]
What the hell was that?
H Highway
You're dead, Marine! You just stepped on four booby traps and blew your legs off! We'll have to send out a search party for your testicles! Now where the hell's your backup?
H Highway
[Behind them, Profile raises a hand nervously as Highway turns and stares at him.]
What the **** good are you doing back there? Without any cover fire I get my ass blown off! [Turns back to the three Marines who tripped over the rope] While you guys are sitting there pumpin' the neighbor's dog we get every swingin' dick in this platoon killed!
Stitch Jones Hey, chill out, man; that's what we're here for.
Stitch Jones We're here for that! We've ambushed Major Powers three times and always right here; we know what we're doing.
H Highway
Well, Shit-For-Brains, who says we're gonna ambush Major Powers right here?
Stitch Jones Hey, you didn't hear Lieutenant Ring? Major Powers wants us to die in a loud, grotesque, military manner.
H Highway
I don't give a **** about Major Powers. My job is to keep you men alive. Let's move on.
[Soon after, Major Powers and his platoon are on the march in the open.]
We should be coming to the ambush site over the next hill.
SM Sergeant Major Choozoo
Sure does help knowin' where and when you're gonna be hit, sir.
H Highway
[Unknown to these Marines, Recon Platoon is watching with weapons trained on them.]
Easy. Give 'em a few more yards, then we'll nail the coffin shut. [they let First Platoon walk farther into the ambush] Okay now.
RJ Roy Jennings
Tonight's winner is Miss Sarita Dwayne!
Stitch Jones (People Chattering)
Wait a minute, man. That's bullshit.
I don't play none of this jail give-up-the-booty bullshit. Powers will thin-slice your prick as soon as the war goes.
What a dirty, stinking mess. He needs you, Aggie.
Stitch Jones [Choozoo tells Jones about the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge]
I ain't never heard of no Heartbreak Ridge.
C Choozoo
It ain't in any of the history books. Just a little piece of war. Hell, the place didn't even have a name; just a number. Stony Jackson took one look up and said, "Ladies, if it don't kill us, it'll surely break our hearts."
Stitch Jones Who's Stony Jackson?
C Choozoo
He was our platoon sergeant. He was the one recommended Highway for his Congressional Medal of Honor.
Stitch Jones Gunny Highway won the CMH?
C Choozoo
He charged two machine gun nests by himself. Didn't sleep for three days. The final human wave, he held off almost singlehandedly. When it was over, there's me, Stony Jackson, Tom Highway. We're the only ones still alive.
Stitch Jones (Military Drumming)
Yeah, Gunney, what's the deal, man? This is another bullshit alert, right?
Stitch Jones Mother of Jesus.
We're going to assist in an operation on the island of Grenada to rescue of the American citizens there.
Stitch Jones The island of what?
Grenada. It's a Caribbean island also known as "The Isle of Spice". It's 86 nautical miles from the northeast coast of Venezuela. Now our mission is to helo-cast into a small bay into the west side of the island and recon in advance before the Marine landing force.
Stitch Jones Yes, yes, I can do that, man. I forgot my suntan oil.
Come on, it's time to earn your pay. Let's go.
LR Lieutenant Ring
Come on, pick it up. Let's go.
PA PA Announcer
Now hear this. Now hear this. Flight deck, prepare to launch helo. Prepare to launch helo.
(Helicopter Whirring) (Band Playing "How Much I Care") (Military Drumming)
Over there!
Your glasses. Get ready!
(Military Music Playing)
W Webster
[Staff Sergeant Webster from 1st Platoon is trying to get Recon Platoon to write and sign statements that would force Highway out of the Marines]
I thought you guys didn't like Highway. I heard that AK-47 fire comin' from your A.O. Don't you guys wanna go back to the way things were? Nobody ****in' with you?
Stitch Jones Looks to me like nobody's gonna **** with us the way things are right now.
W Webster
There's weekend liberty in it for all of y'all. I'll start with you.
P Profile
[flatly]
I got nothin' to say.
Q Quinones
[grins]
No habla inglés.
W Webster
[Webster looks around, seeing Recon Platoon united around Highway]
Things are gonna go hard on all of you if you don't cooperate.
F Fragetti
We ain't got nothin' to say to you, Webster.
Stitch Jones Why don't you take your ass back to that **** 1st Platoon of yours? And, uh- [imitates Gunny Highway's deep voice] Don't go away mad. Just go away. You been told.
