You'd probably zipp off in my F-14 and sell it to the Cubans.
No, sir! No, sir! I love my country.
Sell it to the air force, Mayo.
Why would a slick hustler like you sign up for this abuse?
I want to fly jets.
My grandmama wants to fly jets.
I've always wanted it!
We're not talking about flying. We're talking about character.
I've changed, sir.
- The hell you have. - I've changed, sir!
You've just polished your act. You've shined it up!
Tell me what I want to hear. I want your DOR.
I ain't going to quit.
- Spell it! D-O-R. - I ain't gonna quit!
Then you and your daddy can get drunk and go whore-chasing together!
No, sir! I ain't going to quit!
Then forget it. You're out!
Don't you do it!
Don't...you...
I got nowhere else to go!
I ain't got nothing else.
I got nothing else.
All right, Mayo. On your feet.
Come on, Mayo, let's get back to the barracks.
Hey, Foley!
Zack, don't give up! You got that queer on the run!
Kiss this, Foley!
Hang in there, Zack! Remember the Tides Inn.
Those friends of yours?
- Don't give up, Mayo! - Yes, sir.
We're with you, Zack!
Zack, you can make it!
You got some urinals to clean.
Move out.
Hey, Foley's queer! He got his balls shot off in the war!
You're still here, Mayo?
- Sid. - Yeah?
Thanks.
Sid.
Look at that.
That son of a bitch.
Want me to get a towel?
I'll get one.
I don't want you to move.
Somebody's got to move sometime... eventually.
"They found them there weeks later,
"shrivelled from lack of food and water."
Bye, Zachary.
I laughed all week, thinking about you guys on that boat.
We were so drunk.
Pretty sharp, Paula. Pretty sharp.
I'd love to be one of those girls
they're letting in the flight programme.
It would be a gas to fly.
What's stopping you?
You know what those magazines say. It's just...
I don't know. It's not so easy for a girl.
That's still no excuse for not getting what you want.
Just go get it.
Who says I'm not going after what I want?
Not me.
My mama's 39 years old.
She still works over at that factory.
Every time I look at her, I know exactly what I don't want.
My old lady...
took a bottle of pills one day when I was at school.
Oh, God.
The thing that got me about it...
She didn't leave a note. She didn't...
Nothing. She just checked out.
I always hated her for that.
Oh, God. That must really hurt.
Hurt? No. No.
You're all alone in the world.
Once you got that down, nothing hurts anymore.
I bet most people buy that line when you feed it to them.
Hey, are you really serious about having him over?
I haven't made up my mind yet.
Paula...just how far would you go to get Zack?
- What do you mean? - You know what I mean.
Would you let yourself get pregnant?
No way, Lynette. Would you?
Well...I never used to think I'd do something like that.
But I don't know anymore.
Nine weeks just ain't long enough for a guy to fall in love with you.
That doesn't justify trapping him or getting pregnant.
I can't believe you'd think that. It's real backward.
It ain't any more backward
than the way these hotshot assholes use us till they've had enough,
then ditch us like we's trash.
Don't you ever feel used, Paula?
Don't you feel the sons of bitches ought to be paying for our troubles?
No. I never feel like that.
Well, I do.
Thanks again for the flowers, Zack.
It was my pleasure.
Those are the most beautiful things I've ever saw.
Wipe that stuff off your mouth.
Zack?
This is great.
Sir?
How many more weeks till graduation?
Three more. Three more weeks.
Those are the roughest, aren't they?
That's what they tell me.
Sir, why are you staring at my food?
Or are you staring at me?
Staring at you.
He doesn't mean anything by it. Do you, Joe?
No, I don't mean anything by it.
- Like some more chicken, Zack? - No. No, thanks.
I've had it. I can't eat another bite.
I'm stuffed, too.
This is the best meal I've had in a long time.
Let's go, Zack. Thank you, Mama.
- Thank you, Zack. - Thanks again, ma'am.
Go on and eat.
Mama, Mama, Mama!
I'm sorry. I'm so embarrassed, Zack.
I shouldn't have brought you here.
That's OK. A great free meal. A nice, relaxing dinner.
Those people are so uptight. I felt so sorry for you.
Don't. I'm used to it. It's hereditary.
After this, you go to basic flight which is in Pensacola, right?
Yeah, Pensacola.
And...going to Beeville, Texas, when I get jets.
So, after that... don't you think about...
I mean, come on... What's after that?
Family, kids... Don't you think about all that?
No.
- Is that what you think about? - Sometimes.
If I could do a better job than them, I'd love it.
And what would you do different?
Everything.
First, I'd marry a man I really loved.
So why did your mom marry this guy if she didn't love him?
My real father wouldn't marry her.
- Your real father? - My real father.
I want to show you my real father.
Pop.
Your real father was an Officers Candidate like me?
- About 22 years ago. - Jesus.
No wonder this guy was looking at me funny.
He always looks funny.
It's about time I got back to the wars.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Thank your mom for dinner, OK?
- Great chicken, huh? - I loved the chicken.
If you get a chance, why don't you call me?
I have survival training this week, so I can't make any promises.
No promises.
I didn't have to show you that picture if I didn't want to.
- I wanted to tell you that. - I know. Bye, baby.
- Be careful on that. - Yeah.
You and Paula still seeing those flight candidates?
Any reason we wouldn't be?
It's 3:40 and you haven't said what you're doing this weekend.
Hi. I'd like to speak with Zack Mayo. He's an AOC candidate.
Could you look for him? Tell him it's Paula.
Liberty time, boys and girls.
Fall out!
Aye, aye, sir!
- Where you going? Where's my bread? - Forget that thing.
Come on, Perryman. Come on.
- Seeger, don't forget TJ's. - I won't.
Hey, Mayo! You got a phone call. Somebody named Paula.
Tell her I already split.
I see. OK.
Comes a time right after survival training,
they start thinking they can make it without you.
Suddenly, they stop calling.
Suddenly, they own the goddamn world.
They said that he already left.
I don't think he did.
He hasn't called by now, he won't call.
Bunny, just shut up! You don't know so much.
Clock me out, Lynette.
Paula, what are you doing?
May they all crash and burn.
- Paula, wait! Where are you going? - Let me go, Mama.
You're going to look for Zack. Don't do it.
I love him. I can't let him go.
How will you stop him?
I don't know, but I'll think of a way.
- No! - No?
I can't let you do this. Don't go. Please, don't go.
What are you crying about?
Cos I know what you're feeling!
- What am I feeling? - Don't do it. Let him go.
Don't trick him or trap him.
I wouldn't do that. I'd never try to trap him.
If you find him, you'll say anything. You will.
And God help you after that.
Mama, you're right.
Daddy, Zack's 2/10 of a second off the obstacle course record.
He'll break it before he leaves.
Lucky you weren't in the programme when I was.
You couldn't quit the way you can now.
When I and my oldest boy went through it,
you bilged out, you became a swabby.
That's real interesting, sir.
How come you haven't written Susan in over three weeks?
We haven't had time to write anybody. I've only written y'all once.
It's incredible.
- Right? - Yeah.
- Who is this Susan? - My girl back home.
I'm marrying her as soon I get out of here.
She was Tommy's girl.
They were supposed to get married before he got killed.
I didn't want you to think I was a shit for fucking Lynette.
Man, I ain't your parents.
Do you love this girl?
Greatest chick you'll ever know. She loves kids.
Works with handicapped kids every afternoon.
That ain't what I'm talking about. I asked you if you loved her.
Everybody loves her.
- I won't make that reunion tonight. - Why not?
I'm meeting Lynette at the Tides.
Best head in 52 states. What can I do?
No, no, no.
You should've done what I did... break it off clean,
have it done with, over. It's the best.
She was torn up you didn't call her.
I'm not supposed to tell you that.
Women. Women, women, women.
They say, "A lot of laughs, no problems."
Doesn't work that way, does it?
Look out, TJ's! Here I come.
See you later, man.
I don't know what you're smiling about, Perryman.
You're lucky you're here.
- What are you talking about? - I still taste that bug.
A toast. We made it. To survival.
- To survival. - To survival.
In spite of Perryman.
In spite of Foley.
Is that your Deb over there?
She's pulling rank on you. That's a flight instructor.
Back in a minute.
What are you doing here?
It was time for me to see the legendary TJ's
once before I left here.
You come here a lot?
I come here once in a while.
I'm sorry I didn't call you this weekend.
This week has been unbelievable.
It's OK.
How did the survival training go?
- I survived. - You survived. Obviously.
How was your week?
It was good.
I'm getting a raise beginning of next month.
That's great.
You're graduating in a couple weeks?
Yeah.
I'm starting to believe I'll make it.
You'll make it.
I told you - you saw it, and it happened.
Yeah, you told me.
I got to go, I have a date. So...
Look, there's something I wanted...
What?
I...I wanted to thank you.
I wouldn't have made it through this crazy thing
if I didn't have something to look forward to.
Don't thank me for nothing. I had a good time.
Good luck in Pensacola with your flight training, and...
Get jets, huh?
I'll see you, Zack.
Give me another one.
In fact, give me the bottle.
Come here, baby doll.
Come here.
Come over here.
Sit down for a second. I'll tell you something.
Had to have one more taste.
This stuff come in anything besides strawberry?
I'll bring some coconut next time.
Sid...I've really got to go.
Shouldn't you have got your period by now?
I'm a little late, that's all.
How late are you?
Why? What's the difference?
If anything happened, it would be my responsibility.
Now, just exactly how late are you?
What do you care? Suppose I was to get pregnant.
Just suppose. I'd never make you do something you didn't want to do.
I know.
But that's not the only issue here. There's more to it than that.
What other issue is there, Sid?
My responsibility as its father, for one thing.
If I've got you pregnant, I'll do the right thing by you.
I'll pay for the abortion, be with you through it, comfort you.
We'd go through it together.
So how late are you?
Let's just wait and see what happens, OK?
See you later.
I'll call you.
Fuck!
Last chance for the record!
Go!
This is it, Mayonnaise. Go!
Come on!
Go for it, Mayo! Go get it! You got it!
Go, Mayo! Push it!
Put your name on that wall!
Mike, let's catch that animal!
Let's do this together, Seeger.
- Come on, Seeger. - Forget it, just go for the record.
Come on! You got it!
Come on, man!
Hey! Where you going?
- Seeger, get up. - Forget it.
You want jets? Then get up! You're going over! Right here!
Three steps. Right, left, right.
Hand over hand. Walk the wall.
- Come on, Seeger. - Ready? Let's go!
Left, right, pull! Walk that wall, Seeger! Walk it!
Hand over hand! Hand over hand! Walk it! Walk it!
Walk the wall! Seeger! Seeger, walk!
Seeger!
Don't you let go! You walk that wall! Pull! Pull! Pull, Candidate Seeger!
Pull! One leg! You got it! Pull over! Pull over!
Pull yourself over! All right!
Where's Sid?
What makes you think she's not lying?
She went to a doctor. She's pregnant.
So get an abortion.
I'd love to, believe me. She won't even talk about it.
She's Catholic.
You're not marrying this girl.
If I don't, she'll have the baby on her own somewhere.
Women do it all the time.
I can't let her have a kid by herself. It's my kid, too.
You sure?
It's mine.
I'm sorry, all right?
What if Foley was right? She got knocked up to trap you.
Is it still your responsibility?
That's not the point.
No matter how it happened, the child would still be mine.
I wouldn't know where it was or nothing.
Jesus Christ! Is everything your responsibility?
Sit. Adjust. Pray. Attack.
It's like your brother getting killed.
It's the same damn thing - him getting killed instead of you.
That's why you promised to marry Susan.
You do everything out of some bullshit code of ethics.
It may be bullshit to you, but I wasn't raised that way!
We're responsible for the people in our lives.
That's all that separates us from the animals!
I'm not like you, Mayo.
I can't shit on people and sleep at night.
I say you're responsible to yourself first.
If you can't handle that,
you got bigger problems than making some girl pregnant!
Gentlemen, relax.
Without an oxygen mask at 30,000 feet,
your insides will feel like this rubber glove.
Your coordination deteriorates.
Even the most childlike exercises seem impossible.
Look for the warning signs -
giddiness, shortness of breath, claustrophobia.
They can hit you at any moment.
The instant you feel yourself losing control, go back on oxygen.
That's the purpose of this drill.
Does everyone understand the exercises?
OK, everybody set? Let's see a thumbs up, please.
Very good. Everybody remove your mask, please.
All right. Begin the exercises now.
Queen of diamonds.
Nine of diamonds.
If you have any problems, put your mask on.
If you can't, raise your hand, and the corpsman will assist you.
How you doing, Mayo and Seeger? Having a little trouble?
Concentrate. Try to make your palms meet.
Ace of spades.
How you doing down there, Worley?
Worley, are you all right?
- Worley, can you hear me? - Ace of spades.
Worley, put your mask back on, please.
Put your mask back on!
- Sid, you OK? - Sid!
I got to get out.
Worley, sit down. Corpsman, we got a problem.
I got to get out of here!
Corpsman, get that mask on.
It's all right.
Get out of here! It's all right. Breathe! Breathe!
Mayo, they're watching!
We're going to stabilise the pressure.
It's OK. All right. Everything's OK.
Everybody's watching you. Hold on.
We'll stabilise the pressure now. Man the doors. One minute.
Stay where you are. Leave your masks on!
- He's got it. - He's fine.
He's OK. No problem. He's OK.
Colours!
Secure the halyard!
Charlie, take care of that.
What's going on?
You didn't kick him out?
Did he tell you what he's been going through?
It doesn't matter.
What does matter is that he freaked out at 25,000 feet.
That can't happen ever.
He's got a girl who's pregnant.
That don't matter.
Don't matter? You've got two weeks left!
That can happen to you, too, Mayonnaise.
He ain't bullshitting you, buddy.
I'm talking to you, motherfucker!
Don't fuck for you!
What did you call me?
I thought the DI's were supposed to help.
What kind of a human being are you?
Lock it up or you'll go with him.
Go back to the barracks. Please?
I don't get this. He's the best candidate in the class!
The best student, the best leader... the best friend to everybody.
Can't you bend your goddamn rules?
He didn't ask me to DOR. I went to him.
What are you talking about?
I'm glad it's over. I was here for everybody but me.
I was here for my big brother.
Hey, buddy.
Sid, wait a minute. Sid!
Request permission to carry on...
Sir!
Get the fuck out of here.
- Yes, sir. Keep the change. - Thanks, pal.
Lynette!
- Hi, baby. - Hi, Sid.
Come here a minute.
What are you doing out of uniform?
- I got something. - Wait. I look a mess.
All right, then. If you don't want it...
All right. What?
- Well, if you don't want it. - What?
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God. It's beautiful!
It cost my savings, but what the fuck?
Oh, God! Sid!
So...does this mean...
Yes, ma'am! That's what it means!
Oh, Sid!
Let's do it right now!
I wonder where we'll get stationed?
I've always wanted to go to Hawaii!
Honey, we're not being stationed anywhere. I DOR'd.
- You what? - I DOR'd.
I wasn't cut out to be a pilot.
I was faking it. I've been faking everything up to now.
But...
What'll we do? Where would we go?
Oklahoma.
I'll get my old job back at JC Penney's.
Hell, in two years, I'll be floor manager.
You're going to love Oklahoma. You and mama will get along great.
Money might be tight, so we'll live at home.
It's going to work out.
Sid... There's no baby.
What?
I'm not pregnant.
I got my period this morning.
There's no baby, Sid.
I'll be goddamned.
What do you say we get married anyway?
I love you!
I don't think I really knew that till just now, just this second.
I have never been happier in my life than I have in the last seven weeks.
I've never felt so relaxed,
and I've never felt so loved for who I really am.
Lynette, marry me.
Make me the happiest man in the whole world.
I'm sorry, Sid.
But I don't want to marry you.
I really like you,
and we've had ourselves some really great times,
but I thought you understood.
I want to marry a pilot.
I want to live my life overseas... the wife of an aviator!
Damn you!
Goddamn you!
Nobody DORs after 11 weeks!
Nobody!
Hi, ma'am. Have you seen Paula around?
Paula!
I'm looking for Sid. He DOR'd and split. Nobody's seen him since.
I don't know where to look.
- Same room? - Yes, sir.
Number three.
Yep. That's the one.
- What do you think of this? - Looks nice.
Watch this. I think you'll like it.
Damn it!
Shit.
Lynette.
- Has Sid been here? - Already come and gone.
What happened?
Can you believe it? He DOR'd in the 12th week.
How can you win?
Lynette...
What did you tell him about the baby?
That there isn't one...as of today.
I got my period this morning.
I couldn't believe it. He still wanted to marry me.
- What did you say? - I said no, of course.
I don't want no Okie from Muskogee. I can get that right here.
You little bitch.
Who do you think you are, playing with people like that? He loves you!
You shit on him!
You made up everything, didn't you? There wasn't any baby.
Of course there was a baby! I'd never lie about that!
Would I, Paula?
You little cunt.
God help you.
You're no different than I am, Paula.
- Yes, I am. - No, you're not!
- Let me see if he's here, OK? - All right.
Seen Sid Worley around here?
Yeah, he's here.
Sid.
Guy said he just got here.
Sid.
Sid?
Hey, man.
Sid, you OK?
Sid.
Shit!
God.
Call an ambulance.
God.
Call an ambulance.
You dumb, fucking Okie. I was your friend.
Why didn't you come and talk to me about it?
You didn't even try.
You didn't even say goodbye to me.
The base Chaplain said he'd call Sid's parents.
Why can't I learn?
Just like her all over again. Just like her.
Zack, don't do this to yourself. You didn't kill your mother.
You didn't kill Sid. They killed themselves.
There's nothing you could have done about it.
I got to leave. Want money for a cab or something?
I don't deserve that.
OK. All right.
You're not the only one that's feeling awful.
Maybe I had something to do with it. I knew what Lynette was doing.
Look, you got no problems! Another class will come through soon.
You and Lynette... right back into business!
That's not fair. I never lied to you. I never did what Lynette's doing.
- I'm not Lynette. - No.
I love you. I've loved you since I met you.
Don't you understand?
No! I don't want you to love me! I don't want anyone to love me.
I just want out!
I don't know, but it's been said!
Air Force wings are made of lead!
Left, right, left, right, column right.
Turn!
I don't know, but I've been told.
Navy wings are made of gold!
Platoon...
Halt!
Sir, this Officer Candidate requests permission to speak in private, sir!
The whole class knows about Worley. We're sorry.
I bet you are. I want to see you in private, sir.
- Not now. I'm busy. - Now!
- Forward... - Sir, I request permission...
Right, left. Right, left. Right, left...left...
Sir, this candidate requests permission to see you in private!
- Sir! - Not now. I'm busy. Get cleaned up.
I don't need your shit! I came back to quit! DOR!
Platoon...halt!
I don't need you. I don't need the Navy!
I don't need anybody.
OK, Mayo. I see what you want.
You said you wanted to meet me in private?
You got it! The blimp hangar. Now!
- Move it! - You move it.
We ain't going there to talk, boy.
Move!
Fall out.
Fall out! This is between me and him.
All right, Mayo.
Let's see what you got.
Quiet.
You've had training, Mayon...
- Come on, Foley. - Lookie, lookie here.
Your blood's as red as mine, isn't it, Mayo?
Come on, come on. Get up!
Holy!
You can quit now, if you want to.
It's up to you.
Sir, the officers are present.
Guests, please rise.
Class 1581 , raise your right hand and repeat after me.
"I do solemnly swear...
"that I will support and defend
"the constitution of the United States of America...
"against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
"That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
"That I take this obligation freely...
"without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.
"That I will well and faithfully discharge...
"the duties of office I am about to enter.
"So help me God."
Please, be seated.
- Gunnery Sergeant Foley. - Sir!
Well done, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
Class...1-5-8-1 ... Fall out!
Aye, aye, sir!
Foley's fire-eaters finally finished!
What did you think of that, babe?
I did it! What did you think?
See you at the saluting ceremony.
Come on. Meet my family.
No. I'm going to get my first salute.
Congratulations, Ensign Chadwick.
- Congratulations, Ensign Seeger. - Thank you, sir.
Gunnery Sergeant Ensign Seeger...
sir.
Congratulations, Ensign Mayo.
- I won't ever forget you, Sergeant. - I know.
I wouldn't have made this if it weren't for you.
Get the hell out of here.
Thank you, Sergeant.
Congratulations, Ensign Della Serra.
Thank you, Sergeant.
When I say, "Understand", the group will say, "Yes, sir!"
- Understand? - Yes, sir!
I don't believe what I'm seeing! Where you been?
Listening to punk rock music
and bad-mouthing your country, I'll bet!
- Where you from, boy? - Tucson, Arizona, sir.
- Where? - Tucson, Arizona, sir!
Two things come out of Arizona... steers and queers!
Which are you? I don't see no horns, so you must be queer.
No, sir!
I will use every means necessary, fair and unfair, to trip you up!
Turn it, Bunny. No! Back the other way.
Keep going, keep going. Tilt it...
Way to go, Paula!
Way to go!