JAG

Man: IN TODAY'S WARFARE

NEARLY 200,000 ROUNDS ARE FIRED

FOR EACH ENEMY KILLED.

THE SCOUT SNIPER AVERAGE IS 1.3 ROUNDS PER KILL.

DO YOUR JOB RIGHT

AND YOU WILL LIVE A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE

BUT SCREW ONE THING UP

IN EVEN THE SLIGHTEST WAY

AND YOU WILL GO HOME IN A BODY BAG.

AT EASE ON THE FIRING LINE.

WELCOME TO THE RANGE, COLONEL.

THANK YOU, GUNNERY SERGEANT.

AT EASE.

YOU'RE A LUCKY MAN, CROCKETT.

BOSNIA. BEST DUTY A U.S. MARINE COULD HOPE FOR.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I WISH I WAS GOING WITH YOU.

SIR, IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME, I THINK A MISTAKE HAS BEEN MADE.

YOU SHIP OUT TOMORROW AT 0600.

TUZLA AIR BASE.

BUT MY BOYS NEED ME, SIR.

PEACEKEEPERS IN BOSNIA NEED YOU MORE, GUNNY.

BUT, SIR, IF YOU'LL PERMIT ME...

I MADE A DEAL WITH COLONEL GARCIA.

IF I COULD JUST EXPLAIN...

TREVINO, FRONT AND CENTER!

INSPECTION ARMS!

ONE ROUND IN THE MAGAZINE, GUNNERY SERGEANT.

Crockett: WHAT'S YOUR ZERO, TREVINO?

800 METERS WITH 2.5 RIGHT CRANKED IN FOR WIND.

WHAT'S THE TRAJECTORY FOR...

SAY A THOUSAND METERS?

FIVE METERS.

TOO MUCH FOR A DECENT SHOT.

WRONG, TREVINO.

IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN HIT IT.

GUNNY!

JUST LIKE I SAID, BOYS.

OBJECTIFY YOUR TARGET...

FIRE BETWEEN THE HEARTBEATS.

Man: THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 18 SHOTS THAT NIGHT.

AND AT SUNRISE, WE FOUND 18 DEAD V.C. ALL AROUND US...

ALL CLEAN HEAD SHOTS.

KILLED BY ONE SNIPER?

LATER WE HEARD

MARINE RECON HAD A MAN IN THE TREES...

A LANCE CORPORAL RAY CROCKETT.

NOW HE'S A GUNNERY SERGEANT TAKING POTSHOTS AT COLONELS.

WOULDN'T LET ME

BUY HIM A DRINK.

DIDN'T WANT TO DULL HIS SENSES.

SNIPERS CAN BE PRETTY HARDCORE.

IT'S CALLED "OVER THE EDGE."

IF RAY CROCKETT TOOK A SHOT AT COLONEL GORDON...

IT WILL BE HARD TO AVOID A GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL.

FAIR INVESTIGATION FIRST.

THAT'S ALL I ASK.

WHEN THE PRESS GETS HOLD OF THIS...

SEE THAT THEY DON'T.

THE MAN SAVED MY LIFE, DAMN IT.

DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SAVE HIS.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR.

I'M ON MY WAY.

PERHAPS I SHOULD ACCOMPANY COMMANDER RABB TO QUANTICO, SIR.

HE CAN HANDLE THIS ON HIS OWN.

YES, SIR.

GETTING A JUMP ON THIS, COMMANDER.

THE SOONER YOU'RE DONE WITH CROCKETT

THE BETTER FOR TROOP MORALE.

DONE, SIR?

WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE PENALTIES FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER

ON A SUPERIOR OFFICER, COMMANDER?

THE U.C.M.J. GIVES THE COURT PRETTY WIDE LATITUDE, COLONEL.

ANYTHING FROM DISHONORABLE TO 20 YEARS CONFINEMENT.

WHAT ABOUT A FIRING SQUAD?

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CAPITAL OFFENSE.

ONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE DEAD, SIR.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ADMIRAL CHEGWIDDEN

WANTS THIS MATTER CONTAINED.

THIS ISN'T THE NAVY, COMMANDER.

WE MARINES CLEAN OUR OWN HOUSE.

LET THE MEDIA BOTTOM-FEED OFF CRAP LIKE TAILHOOK.

I JUST WANT THE FULL FORCE OF JUSTICE BROUGHT TO BEAR

ON GUNNERY SERGEANT CROCKETT.

WE'RE PREPARED FOR AN ARTICLE 32 PRELIM

TO A GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL.

FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION OF ALL THE PERTINENT FACTS.

YOU WANT A PERTINENT FACT?

THE BASTARD SCOPED ME WITH A RIFLE

AND PULLED THE TRIGGER.

IS THAT PERTINENT ENOUGH FOR YOU, MISTER?

YES, SIR.

Rabb: GOOD HANDS.

YES, SIR.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO WAIT, SIR.

I'M LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RABB.

ADMIRAL CHEGWIDDEN SENT ME TO SEE YOU.

SAYS HE STILL OWES YOU ONE.

YES, SIR. IF HE SAYS SO, SIR.

AS YOU WERE, GUNNERY SERGEANT.

HE WAS JUST A YOUNG LIEUTENANT AT THE TIME.

TELLS QUITE A STORY ABOUT A NIGHT ON THE THANH HOA RIVER

BACK IN 'NAM.

SAYS YOU SAVED HIS LIFE.

I SAVED A LOT OF YOUNG LIEUTENANTS' LIVES.

THE ADMIRAL'S NAME DOESN'T RING ANY BELLS.

I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT YOU

DURING YOUR ARTICLE 32 INVESTIGATION.

GREASE THE WHEELS WHERE I CAN.

I DON'T NEED ANY HELP, SIR.

I'M HOLDING THE HIGH GROUND.

MAN WHO HOLDS THE HIGH GROUND

USUALLY CALLS THE SHOTS.

BE KIND OF HARD FROM IN HERE.

MAYBE SO... BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MARINE CORPS

LIVE UP TO OUR DEAL.

I JUST NEED THREE MORE YEARS.

I CAN RETIRE WITH EVERYTHING I NEED.

I JUST HAVE TO STAY AT QUANTICO.

NO MORE COMBAT ASSIGNMENTS.

IT WAS AGREED TO BY COLONEL GARCIA AND COLONEL AINESWORTH.

YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO COLONEL GORDON?

I TRIED, SIR.

HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

SO I HAD TO GET HIS ATTENTION.

ATTEMPTING TO KILL A MAN

IS A HELL OF A WAY TO GET HIS ATTENTION.

I DON'T KILL PEOPLE ANYMORE, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT SNIPERS DO.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE TRAINED YOUR MEN FOR.

NOBODY TRAINS YOU FOR WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU KILL A MAN.

MY FIRST KILL... THAT BOY WENT

STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR, ARMS AND LEGS THRASHING

BLOOD SPEWING AROUND LIKE...

SOMETHING BEYOND HUMAN.

SOUNDS PRETTY UGLY.

THEY WERE ALL UGLY.

COLONEL GARCIA SAID I WOULD BE VALUABLE HERE

TEACHING THE TROOPS HOW TO STAY ALIVE.

YOU SEE, I KNOW THINGS, SIR.

FOR INSTANCE...

I KNOW YOU'RE EITHER A CROSS-DRESSING WEIRDO

OR YOU WORK REAL CLOSE WITH A WOMAN.

PERFUME...

LILACS...

FRENCH, I'D SAY.

CHANEL.

IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE WOODS

YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE A TARGET IF YOU CAN SMELL IT.

LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THINGS, SIR.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FACING A COURT-MARTIAL?

I WOULDN'T COUNT ON IT, SIR.

HOW DID IT GO?

WELL, GUNNERY SERGEANT CROCKETT'S

A PRETTY INTERESTING GUY.

WELL, YOU COULDN'T PROVE IT BY THIS.

WHAT'S NOT DELETED IS ENCRYPTED.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?

IT'S CALLED MORALITY, PENTAGON-STYLE.

JOHN WAYNE WAS NEVER A BUSHWHACKER.

Krennick: BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU SEEMED SO EAGER

TO GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS.

I WAS. I AM.

I JUST HAVE A FEELING I'M ABOUT TO BE GORED BY THE BULL.

How am I supposed to defend or even investigate a man

WHO IS AN OFFICIAL MARINE CORPS ENIGMA?

IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE CASE

I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND DOWN SOMEONE MORE QUALIFIED.

I can handle the case.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE HELP

GETTING SOME BACKGROUND ON CROCKETT.

EXCUSE ME, COMMANDER

BUT DID I JUST HEAR THE "H" WORD?

WHAT?

Help.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY HELP.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD.

YES, MA'AM. PERHAPS I SHOULD.

I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY...

HELP

that you could provide.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

AND COMMANDER, YOU'LL OWE ME.

YOU REALLY THINK KRENNICK CAN PIERCE

THE PENTAGON'S VEIL OF SECRECY ON CROCKETT?

SHE HAS A WAY OF GETTING WHAT SHE WANTS.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

THERE WAS A GUARD HERE BEFORE.

OH, MY GOD.

HARM, LOOK.

CROCKETT. NO.

DAMN IT!

CLEAR THE WAY, COMMANDER.

THE ARMORY'S BEEN PENETRATED.

I GOT WEAPONS MISSING.

CROCKETT'S ESCAPED, SIR.

CALL THE PROVOST MARSHALL.