Generation Kill 1x4

1. man, on radio: Stand by for tasking. Over.

2. man #2, on radio: Roger.

3. Standing by to copy. Over.

4. First recon battalion reinforced.

5. Be prepared for relief in place no later than 1900 Zulu. Over.

6. - Solid copy on relief in place. - Over.

7. What you got, playboy, what you got?

8. Hey, white boys, what you waiting for?

9. That hole ain't gonna dig itself!

10. Dig skin a new one. Dig!

11. Give me something that hurts.

12. What about "The Big Lebowski?"

13. Um, "Big Lebowski."

14. Darker than a black steer's tuchus on a moonlight prairie.

15. Hey, Brad. Working those deltoids.

16. That's good. Shit.

17. It's not that funny, but it's good.

18. Give me something real, man.

19. Uh, do the Rock.

20. How about the Rock?

21. Brother, you need a friend?

22. Losers go home to complain about their best.

23. Winners go home to fuck the prom queen.

24. She was the prom queen.

25. It's jacked, dawg.

26. We got the Iceman seriously tweaking out on us.

27. The best fucking team leader in the battalion.

28. No offense.

29. And we're losing him because some white boy

30. accidentally on purpose tries to waste a Haji.

31. Back at Nasiriyah, we seen generals drop mad arti rounds

32. on an unarmed civilian city.

33. Must've killed thousands.

34. And what about all those little smoking,

35. burned up little Haji kids on the M.S.R.'s,

36. all hit be legit, called-in, officer-approved air strikes?

37. Shit, we had a battalion of doctors

38. try to light our asses up.

39. So fucking what?

40. It's war, dawg.

41. Back in Afghanistan,

42. I thought you all was the shit.

43. Blowing up Taliban forts, taking out air batteries.

44. All I heard about was his reputation back in Afghanistan.

45. Finally get on his team and he goes all weak titty on me.

46. Going to take a shit.

47. - How about Stallone, dude? - He's the star of the movie.

48. Brought some water if you want me to fill up your Camelbaks.

49. Figured I'd save you a trip over to H-and-S.

50. Hey, Garza, hand me that L.S.A. up there, will you?

51. Yeah. No, thanks, James.

52. Fucknuts thinks he can buy his way out of shooting those kids

53. by getting us a drink of water.

54. Yeah, I tell you, Jacks.

55. It's this new generation.

56. In the opinion of this Marine,

57. it's all that damn gangster rap and those video games

58. that are desensitizing today's youth to violence.

59. Yeah.

60. I tell you what is fucked.

61. Because of that Dylan Klebold wannabe,

62. we got an inquiry on the whole platoon.

63. Ours ain't the only platoon that ain't shooting straight.

64. You all got your hands full with Captain America.

65. Yeah, every time he hits a pebble,

66. he thinks the whole company's being ambushed.

67. Don't I know it?

68. Captain America's gone, dawg.

69. You see that look in his eyes?

70. Like he's afraid if he takes a shit,

71. Haji's gonna come crawling out of his ass.

72. And we got the best platoon commander

73. and the whole fucking battalions on his ass

74. 'cause he did the right thing and stood up to Encino Man.

75. It ain't the Hajis gonna kill us, man.

76. It's fucking command.

77. Maybe Brad's got the right idea hiding underneath his Humvee.

78. A mina Claymore a minha amiga.

79. A mina Claymore e minha amiga.

80. Bom, Señor T.

81. Obrigada, Señor Baptista.

82. Incoming.

83. Encino Man and Casey Kasem T closing on your six.

84. Devil Dogs. Sir.

85. How's the sit-rep here?

86. Good, sir.

87. Been through a lot these past few days.

88. I know there's a lot of strong feelings.

89. I want you to think of me as the kind of commander

90. who's not only tough and aggressive

91. but who also cares.

92. I wanna hear exactly what your concerns are.

93. What I mean is, is I want you to talk freely.

94. Forget my bars for a moment.

95. Corporal Holsey, is there anything on your mind?

96. Sir, is it true that we lost our battalion colors

97. on the supply truck that Godfather ordered abandoned?

98. Hard as it is for me to say,

99. the First Reconnaissance Battalion Colors,

100. proudly carried into battle since Vietnam,

101. are reported missing.

102. I can tell you the loss of these colors is something

103. that weighs heavily on Godfather's shoulders.

104. Baptist, how're you doing?

105. Capitan, eh?

106. It don't work so good, you know.

107. Stupido, eh?

108. But, Jes, sir. Esactly so.

109. You entende, sim?

110. Yes, yes it is.

111. Thank you, Baptist.

112. Na.

113. Doc, how about you?

114. I'm all squared away, sir.

115. Doc, look...

116. we're all aware how much the men look up to you.

117. I'd like to know what you're thinking.

118. I don't think so, sir.

119. Doc, this is your chance to get a little something off your chest.

120. You're asking me to speak frankly, sir?

121. Yes.

122. Well...

123. Well, sir, it's just that you're incompetent, sir.

124. I'm doing the best I can.

125. Sir, it's not good enough.

126. Bom, Doc Bryan. Bom.

127. Muy Bom.

128. Lose our fucking colors.

129. - Figure it out. - I can get a radio.

130. These radios aren't keeping proper GPS time

131. for more than 12 hours.

132. The time keeps drifting.

133. Man, the first lesson that they taught us back in college

134. when I was working security for Duran Duran and U2

135. was the primacy of comms.

136. Captain?

137. Eric.

138. You'll be happy to know the men and I here

139. were attempting to unfuck the comms.

140. How battalion expects us to fight a war

141. with this recycled junk is beyond me.

142. Very good, sir.

143. A word with you? Yeah?

144. Privately, sir.

145. Excellent.

146. Eric, what can I do for you?

147. Sir, it's about the enemy AKs you've been firing from your vehicle.

148. You're endangering us.

149. You're not calling your targets.

150. The AK's sound like enemy fire.

151. Jesus Christ, Eric.

152. Respectfully, sir, you fire an AK one more time,

153. I'll fuck you up.

154. Gentlemen, everything squared away?

155. Yes, sir.

156. Captain was helping us unfuck our comms.

157. Thank you, sir.

158. It is based on Godfather's experience

159. that this breeds like a fucking yeast infection.

160. Every time an order is questioned,

161. every time dissension is allowed to state its case,

162. there's a corresponding decrease in overall morale.

163. I can't have people questioning

164. the orders of a superior officer.

165. And if you have a performance complaint

166. regarding subordinates,

167. that has to go through the proper channels.

168. Back-channel grumbling is unacceptable, gentlemen.

169. Unacceptable!

170. Now, I know some people aren't happy

171. about the pell-mell assault on that airfield,

172. and I admit it was rash, even reckless.

173. But General Mattis had to have our eyes on that airfield,

174. and your recon teams failed in the time allotted.

175. This war isn't going well for us.

176. Resistance in the cities is greater than expected,

177. and the general feels we're killing far too many civilians.

178. Godfather thinks we're gonna go back

179. into these cities we bypassed and root out the bad guys.

180. The Iraqis are on the fence about this war.

181. They're only gonna bet on the horse they think can win.

182. Sir, any expectation of resupply?

183. Zero.

184. Unbeknownst to me,

185. when I gave the order to abandon that supply truck,

186. our battalion colors were on it.

187. Gentlemen,

188. the loss of those colors...

189. is one of the most regrettable incidents of my entire career,

190. and Ferrando takes full responsibility for it.

191. But you should be aware that the loss of those colors

192. will be more than offset by the battle streamers

193. we will earn in this war.

194. And we will earn them.

195. That I know.

196. man, on radio: Hey, Two-One Bravo.

197. Hey, uh, on this canal crossing,

198. uh, you might wanna get, uh,

199. a ground guide out to, uh, to get you over.

200. man #2, on radio: Two-One Victor, this is Two-Two Victor check your fire.

201. The three wise men.

202. You must've traveled far.

203. Our platoon commander's on watch.

204. How fucking righteous is that?

205. I see the three of you coming together,

206. I get to thinking there's some kinda problem.

207. Ah, no, Gunny, nothing like that.

208. Oh, we're just concerned about this thing with the L.T. and the Captain.

209. Word is he and Casey Kasem are going after the L.T.

210. for grabbing the radio out of his hand when he's trying

211. to call in danger-close artillery on a bullshit target.

212. And, well, sir, we just wanna say that if it comes to the C.O.

213. charging you with insubordination, we're...

214. Shut the fuck up and do your fucking jobs.

215. Whatever happens between Captain Schwetje and myself

216. is none of your fucking business.

217. Gunny, we were just trying to...

218. L.T. doesn't want this thing to mess with the platoon,

219. and he sure as hell doesn't want anybody taking sides for or against.

220. Back the fuck down.

221. This shit's on the Lieutenant,

222. and he wants it to stay that way.

223. Man, on radio: Hitman Three-Two, Hitman Three-Two, this is Hitman.

224. Radio check. Over.

225. man #2, on radio: Hitman, Hitman. This is Hitman Three-Two.

226. I got you loud and clear. How about me, over?

227. The fuck you two retards doing? Get up on that fucking gun.

228. What the fuck is Captain America doing out there?

229. Digging a hole.

230. What the fuck's he digging out there for?

231. I have no idea, Corporal.

232. Dirty, explain this shit to me.

233. Combat jack.

234. The captain feels the needs to entrench in a solitary position

235. before letting one fly.

236. I was always gunner all last...

237. - Fuck that, Dirty. - I took watch last night.

238. Fuck you.

239. Come on, my turn on the radio.

240. You better get up on that fucking gun...

241. Bitch.

242. Everything I say, you hear backward.

243. Seven.

244. Eight.

245. Nine. 20.30.

246. Five.

247. They're moving.

248. At least I think they're moving.

249. John, are they moving?

250. Shut up, you're fucking me up.

251. They're too far away to lase.

252. What do you think?

253. If we watch them for maybe ten more Mikes,

254. we're gonna know, sir.

255. It's a 140, give or take.

256. Get me a radio.

257. You gonna call Captain Patterson?

258. I'm gonna get on the net with a F.A.C. first.

259. Godfather FAC, this is Assassin Two Actual.

260. man, on radio: Assassin Two, this is Twist in Godfather FAC. Send it.

261. This is Assassin Two Actual.

262. We have possible enemy contact.

263. We have one-four-zero possible armor on the move,

264. fifteen clicks due east of our position.

265. Grids to follow. Over.

266. Assassin Two, this is Twist in Godfather FAC.

267. Standing by to copy grid. Over.

268. Shit is fucked, bro.

269. Hey, Sergeant, you know what I can do

270. when sand gets up inside one of these video cameras?

271. Get with your team.

272. We've got armor coming at us.

273. Hey, where's Brad?

274. Jesus fucking Christ, Walt. Are you serious?

275. My first combat jack.

276. Fuck your jack! We're being overrun by armor.

277. He's in his grave.

278. Brad! Brad!

279. Alpha counted a 140 T-72's headed our way.

280. Tanks!

281. Hurry up and grab your gear and go!

282. - Hurry the fuck up! - Stafford!

283. Get on the hook with Godfather!

284. Find out if they have any more S.A. on the tanks!

285. Brad, the battalion's going red-con one

286. and Alpha called in air support.

287. - Hey, come on! - Guys, come on, come on!

288. Hey, Garza!

289. - I don't know! - How much armor we got coming?

290. I don't know, bro.

291. Ray, get on TAD-six and TAD-seven.

292. Walt, get up on the berm and man the mark-nineteen.

293. Grab that AT4, it's your lucky day!

294. Do you have the thermals?

295. Yeah, got 'em right here, Dawg.

296. Well warm 'em the fuck up and use them.

297. What's the trauma, brother?

298. Fucking Alpha spotted armor headed our way.

299. Why the fuck are you two standing around with your dicks in your hands?

300. Don't you have teams to take care of?

301. Roger that.

302. Tanks coming!

303. - I know! - Get up on your gun!

304. Iceman's back.

305. Find the reporter, Trombley.

306. If Little Miss Rolling Stone gets run over by an Iraqi tank,

307. Ray's band won't make the cover.

308. Yes, Sergeant.

309. man, over radio: Roger. Copy all clear.

310. They're moving. You can see it.

311. Who wants to tear down the cami net?

312. So we're unsupplied,

313. 24 hours ahead of the next nearest Marine

314. and now the Iraqi Army has found us.

315. I like the plan, Brad.

316. It works for me.

317. It's a town.

318. man, over radio: Coordinates to follow.

319. Four by... twelves. One laser Maverick.

320. And it ain't moving.

321. man, over radio: Sure plus three five comm on station ready for your word.

322. man 2, over radio: Twist on copy.

323. Got flight of G-10's...

324. You sure?

325. It's autokinesis.

326. You're seeing the involuntary muscle movements

327. of your own eyes.

328. man, over radio: Are you familiar with the airfield?

329. Those lights aren't gonna come any closer than they are.

330. It's a fucking town.

331. Thirty, forty clicks out there, at least.

332. man, over radio: Have to get your thought on that same area.

333. How far out did Alpha call this?

334. 15 clicks.

335. It's bullshit. There's no armor.

336. There's no armor?

337. Well, apparently the United States Air Force

338. thinks Brad Colbert is full of shit.

339. Jesus Christ, dude.

340. That's one hell of an air strike you had the L.T. call in.

341. It's not on me.

342. 11,000 pounds of bombs.

343. That's some serious shock and awe.

344. man, over radio: Still awaiting your B.D.A.

345. Do you copy?

346. Assassin Two, yeah, we copy.

347. The L.T.'s really freaking.

348. Needs us to find something we hit.

349. How many tanks was that, John? 140?

350. I told you, motherfucker.

351. It was the L.T. that called it.

352. Check it out, y'all.

353. It's all that's left of a Haji tank.

354. You'll get the Navy Comm for this one.

355. We coulda been overrun.

356. Fuck you. Damon, don't be a pussy.

357. Fucking call it in. Let's give the L.T. a tank.

358. He can get his medal, we can get the fuck outta here.

359. Assassin Two, this is Two-Three.

360. Over. man, over radio: Send it.

361. Yeah, we've covered three grid squares.

362. We have nothing. I say again, nothing.

363. How copy?

364. Hey, I'm keeping this.

365. Get some ESPN X-games.

366. There should be a trail up there.

367. They're extracting us.

368. If there'd a been tanks here, that'd have been fucking cool.

369. man, over radio: Assassin, this is Assassin Two Actual.

370. Stand by for sit-rep. Over.

371. Assassin Actual standing by.

372. We're pushing three clicks north to Papa Victor

373. two one seven five nine eight

374. to the nearest hamlet to question the locals on the armor, over.

375. man, over radio: Solid copy.

376. Corporal, stop over here by the village.

377. These people are close enough to have sighted the armor.

378. Hey, push off dismounts.

379. man, over radio: All Victors, all Victors.

380. Dismount hold north of the town. Break. Break.

381. Assassin Two-One...

382. Cover the L.T.

383. Dude, what do you think they're saying?

384. "Excuse me, Meesh.

385. "Tell the man that we come in friendship.

386. And Meesh is, "Dude, my big American friends

387. are going to fuck you up if you don't show us some blown up tanks."

388. And the Haji's all, "Habadadabada. Habadadabadadabada."

389. And Meesh is all, "Dude, these Iraqis love the fact that we are here.

390. "They fucking love freedom and they thought that

391. "those fireballs last night were fucking wicked, dude.

392. "You Americans have killed a lot of sand.

393. The sand was very evil."

394. And the Lieutenant's all, "Meesh, I just shit my panties.

395. "Tell the nice man if he doesn't show me

396. "at least one blown-up tank,

397. I'll look very stupid and the other officers'll laugh at me."

398. And Meesh is all, "Dude, throw me a freaking bone, here.

399. How about a freaking pickup truck with bald tires?"

400. Bro, and the Haji's all, "Habdaba dabadee daba."

401. And Meesh is, "Lieutenant, this Haji dude

402. "is totally bummed he can't save your career.

403. "He's got no tanks. But check it out.

404. You can have his bitchin' daughter."

405. And the Lieutenant's all weepy and shit.

406. Fucking frat house pussy.

407. Back to camp.

408. I'll ride with Team Two.

409. Hey.

410. What did the old man say?

411. Ah, he's afraid we're going to bomb his village tonight.

412. L.T. turned it down.

413. Anybody hungry?

414. Mount up.

415. man, over radio: Stand by for short count.

416. Five, four...

417. You take the fur off before you eat it, right?

418. man, over radio: Two, one.

419. man, over radio: Assassin, this is Assassin Two Actual. Over.

420. Patterson, over radio: This is Assassin Actual. Sent it.

421. man, over radio: We, uh, we have found

422. some indication of Iraqi armor operating in the area but,

423. uh, evidence on which to base a B.D.A.

424. is inconclusive so far. Over.

425. Interrogative.

426. By inconclusive, do you mean to say

427. that you have found no destroyed Iraqi armor?

428. man, over radio: This is Assassin Two Actual.

429. At this time, not specifically.

430. Over.

431. Interrogative.

432. Have you found any non-specific destroyed Iraqi armor?

433. Negative. Over.

434. Assassin Two, have you found any destroyed targets

435. military or civilian?

436. Over. Negative.

437. We turned a lot of dirt.

438. Over.

439. Roger that.

440. Assassin Two Actual out.

441. 11,000 pounds of ordinance dropped

442. and we didn't hit any armor.

443. We didn't destroy any villages though either.

444. Guess that sort of goes in the win column, right?

445. Fill the ranger grave!

446. Sterilize your position!

447. We expect to be Oscar Mike by 1500!

448. Oh, no.

449. Christ lover at my nine.

450. Coming this way?

451. Yeah, ETA's like ten seconds.

452. Like I gotta deal with this, too.

453. Men...

454. I'm holding a service

455. and I wondered if you would take comfort in pausing

456. for a word of prayer.

457. Oh, no thank you, Lieutenant Commander.

458. We got the warning order so it looks like

459. we're gonna be moving out to kill a whole bunch more

460. of these godless heathens for you.

461. Mm. Yeah, but don't worry.

462. We will not rest until the Iraqi threat to your way of worship

463. has been completely neutralized.

464. I'm aware of the warning order

465. and it is for that reason that we are congregating right now

466. for a brief service...

467. Oh, the other thing...

468. The other thing is...

469. is that my team leader here... Sergeant Colbert?

470. Yeah, he was born a Hebrew

471. and remains practicing Christ killer.

472. So I... it's purely out of respect for him...

473. I feel as if I'm gonna have to forgo your festive rituals.

474. Men!

475. I'm holding a brief service.

476. No thanks, sir.

477. We're, uh, gearing up here at the moment.

478. Sergeant?

479. What's up, Dawg?

480. Can I?

481. Go ahead.

482. Thank you, Sarge.

483. There's one in every crowd.

484. I don't know why you guys are down on the shit.

485. I'm a Christian.

486. Theologically speaking, Trombley,

487. the world's been going downhill ever since man

488. first offered entrails to the gods.

489. What's that mean? Entrails.

490. That religion is gay.

491. The point, Lance Corporal,

492. we're supposed to be a recon unit of pure warrior spirit.

493. We're out here 40 clicks in enemy lines

494. and this man of God here,

495. he's a fucking POG.

496. In fact, he's an officer POG.

497. It's one more layer of bureaucracy

498. and unnecessary logistics.

499. One more asshole

500. we need to supply M.R.E.'s and baby wipes for,

501. and worst of all... get that.

502. Worst of all, the motherfucker doesn't even carry a weapon.

503. When push comes to shove, even Rolling Stone picks up a gun

504. but this fucking shill of God,

505. he can't cover a sector.

506. He'll never hump ammo or claymores.

507. This is a fucking war and we're here as warriors.

508. So on top of everything else that's expected of us,

509. do we really need to drag him along and indulge

510. in this make-believe bullshit?

511. Oh, no. Not only do we have to

512. worry about all the Charms you've eaten,

513. now Brad's just pissed off God.

514. No seriously, Dawg.

515. Have you ever analyzed a wet dream?

516. I mean, if the mind is so powerful it can give you

517. a dream so real that it makes your dick cum,

518. why can't you harness that power when you're awake?

519. Why can't you meditate yourself into thinking

520. that you're fucking a chick so hot that you actually orgasm?

521. Dude, are you talking about, like, jerking off

522. without using any hands?

523. No, Dawg.

524. I'm talking about fucking any girl you want

525. all in your mind, but it's so real.

526. Walt, we're having a little humrat feast.

527. Make sure Garza and Lilley get theirs.

528. Yeah, it's only fair. If the Iraqis can burn

529. our supply truck, we can partake in their humanitarian rations.

530. How do you jerk off with no hands?

531. Yeah, you need one hand at least to hold the cock book.

532. Dawg, I'm talking about the power of the mind.

533. You don't need a cock book. You... you don't need shit.

534. You gotta have a cock book.

535. You just need to meditate on the perfect fuck.

536. You know, Wasik'll jerk off to anything.

537. Man, I seen him punishing his unit

538. during a screening of "Pocahontas" at Mathilda.

539. That's tragic.

540. I liked "Pocahontas."

541. Wonderful music.

542. Na, na, na, na, Brad.

543. You cannot say that you like "Pocahontas."

544. Yeah, Christopher's coming to relieve us.

545. The genocide of my people's turned into a cartoon musical

546. with a singing raccoon?

547. I mean think about it, Dawg. The real story of Pocahontas

548. is about a bunch of white boys who come to my land,

549. bribe the corrupt Indian chief, kill off all the warriors

550. and fuck the Indian princess silly.

551. Would the white man make a story about Auschwitz,

552. where the inmate falls in love with the guard

553. and they go off singing love songs with dancing swastikas?

554. My great-grandfather killed Indians up in Michigan.

555. For money.

556. Trombley...

557. you are the first white motherfucker

558. to say something like that to me.

559. Yeah?

560. Back in the fishing village where I'm from...

561. Los Angeles... most white motherfuckers that talk

562. about their people, they say they got

563. a Native American ancestor to pretend to be down with me.

564. But here you are coming the other way.

565. Poke, what the fuck are you anyway?

566. Your wife is half-white.

567. You talk like you're black.

568. Most of your friends are fucking white.

569. And every once in a while, when you feel like it,

570. you throw in with the Indians. Yeah, Poke. What the fuck?

571. Is it just that you're whatever race happens

572. to be cool at the moment?

573. man, on radio: Make sure you have your blackened helmets on.

574. You got a point, dawg.

575. I don't hang out with Mexicans.

576. I'm Mexican.

577. Mexicans got $20,000 stereos, lots of guns,

578. and every time I go into a liquor store with one,

579. I'm afraid we're going to rob the place.

580. Mexicans are scary motherfuckers.

581. What the fuck does any of this have to do with jerking off?

582. Formation, Devil Dogs.

583. What's up, Gunny?

584. Company commander will address you.

585. And I know you're mad at the battalion

586. because as you know, I've been talking to you and I've heard you.

587. And I know you're angry.

588. I know you're angry that the supply truck was burned

589. and you don't have that food to eat.

590. You told me this and I heard you.

591. But you shouldn't be angry at your command.

592. If you're angry at your command,

593. then you're saying that it was our fault

594. that the supply truck was burned.

595. But we didn't burn the supply truck.

596. The enemy burned the supply truck.

597. They took your food from you.

598. That's the important thing to remember.

599. It was the enemy who stole your food from you

600. and you should be really, really mad at them!

601. Before we step off on this next mission,

602. I'm reminding you of who your enemy is.

603. The enemy.

604. Thank you, sir!

605. Company!

606. Atten-hut!

607. Fall out!

608. You've got to be kidding me.

609. I'm in awe.

610. Fick, on radio: All Hitman Two Victors, be advised.

611. Our objective is Al Hayy, 15 clicks up the A.S.R. Break.

612. We've been tasked to screen R.C.T. One's movement.

613. Break.

614. Assassin is on point two clicks ahead of us.

615. Report the enemy. Stay alert. Over.

616. Colbert, on radio: Hitman Two, this is One Alpha...

617. We got friendly Victors hauling ass southbound.

618. Hey!

619. Baghdad's the other way, ya bitches!

620. Army, probably, third I.D.

621. Yeah, probably ran out of tampons.

622. They're going all the way back to the P.X.

623. What the fuck?

624. That's Alpha.

625. Hitman Two, this is Two-One. Interrogative.

626. Why is our sister company moving in the opposite direction?

627. - Roger, Two-One. - I'm on the nets right now

628. trying to get some S.A. on this.

629. The thing to remember is they'll never take a Recon Marine alive.

630. Hoo-rah, sir.

631. Hoo-rah.

632. All Hitman Two Victors, this is Two Actual.

633. I have confirmation that Alpha has been

634. detached for a different mission. Break.

635. A Marine supply unit was ambushed south of here

636. and the captured Marine was executed in the city center.

637. Break.

638. We have our own mission. Let's keep our focus.

639. Bro, this is what I was telling you about.

640. That Marine from the supply unit that was captured,

641. they strung his ass up in the middle of the town.

642. No, they crucified him.

643. On a cross?

644. Well, yeah, it has to be.

645. That's what crucifixion is.

646. Didn't you ever read the Bible?

647. Maybe it's bullshit.

648. I mean, they say they killed

649. a thousand Marines in Nasiriyah and that's bullshit.

650. And that thing about J-Lo?

651. Man, she ain't dead. At least I don't think so.

652. This is Two-Three for Two Actual.

653. Can you confirm the captured Marine was crucified? Over.

654. That's affirmative. Over.

655. We have a fairly large-scale urban area

656. which is operating business as usual,

657. with uniformed Republican Guard units mobilized.

658. Civilians wise enough to leave the city

659. have the entire east side from which to flee.

660. As far as I'm concerned, we have a Marine in this city,

661. we will do what it takes to recover him.

662. In our DNA.

663. The main M.S.R. running from military installations

664. to Ba'ath political targets is here.

665. We have three ancillary service routes.

666. The main M.S.R. we've named Cheetahs,

667. followed by A.S.R. Rhino,

668. A.S.R. Crazy Horse, and this one running alongside

669. the central mosque is A.S.R. Seventh Veil.

670. The N.C.O.'s in my two shop who did the mapping

671. named the streets after their favorite titty bars.

672. Am I to understand you want us to hold a blocking here

673. along A.S.R. Rhino?

674. You'll be a sparrow hawk force too

675. for any of our units that get cut off here,

676. but generally speaking, that is affirmative.

677. We're gonna hit this town hard.

678. That comes down from General Mattis himself.

679. If the Army wants to lose a supply unit,

680. then cut and run while a captured female soldier

681. becomes a poster girl on Al Jazeera,

682. that's their business.

683. But Marines will not go down that path.

684. At oh-dawn hundred tomorrow,

685. the Navy is launching some precision-guided whoop-ass.

686. Rounds completed here at oh-four thirty.

687. That takes out the Ba'ath political headquarters

688. and these barracks here.

689. At oh-dawn hundred, my tanks are moving in followed by my infantry.

690. In addition to blocking here, I want your recon units

691. to target our on-call artillery.

692. Anything you see between A.S.R. Seventh Veil and A.S.R. Rhino.

693. You can be as loose with the R.O.E. as you like.

694. This whole city is declared hostile.

695. We got armor for this.

696. Yeah, we're gonna fuck some shit up.

697. Fucking plain as day.

698. Republican Guard walking armed and in uniform like it's cool.

699. Plus look at all the trash

700. from the POG supply units going north.

701. They throw all kinda shit on the road.

702. Explain to me what genius has all our supply convoys

703. going past a town where there's fucking Iraqi military units

704. never surrendered.

705. Check it out.

706. Pound cake!

707. Right off the ground.

708. Fucking POGs got so much food they just toss the shit.

709. You're eating discards?

710. I'm fucking hungry.

711. This Marine needs more than one meal a day.

712. See any jalapeño and cheese?

713. Fucking smell here.

714. That's a death smell.

715. That's rotting Haji.

716. That shit gets me hard.

717. There's gonna be a lot more like them.

718. Gonna be a motherfucking fly fest in that town.

719. That one's a kid.

720. Future fucking terrorist.

721. Come dark, I'll piss on each one of those stinking dead Haji's.

722. They fucking put an American on a cross.

723. A fucking American Marine, man.

724. With your permission, Colonel, as soon as your men step off,

725. I'd like to see about inserting some of my teams

726. into one of these high buildings on the M.S.R.

727. Set up an O.P. and support your men

728. with more effective fire missions.

729. I like that, Captain.

730. We give sniper units a good clear...

731. Sir!

732. What the fuck?

733. Can I help you, sir?

734. Colonel, I've been sent here to apprise you

735. of some late-breaking developments.

736. Sir, I just got off the net with CENTCOM

737. and he has been given full command authority.

738. Back-channel authority.

739. For all intent and purpose, I'm not here.

740. Gentlemen, this man is the mission.

741. We have good reason to believe that Ali Hassan al-Majid,

742. a.k.a. Chemical Ali, is holed up in Ash Shatrah.

743. Mister, the mission for us is recovering a U.S. Marine

744. reported to be inside that town.

745. Our force is aware of that concern.

746. Recovering the Marine is a priority,

747. but this man is the highest priority.

748. I can assure you my men are prepared for any contingency.

749. And if the defenders put up a stiffer fight

750. because some big shot...

751. Colonel.

752. This is no longer a Marine operation.

753. This is Brigadier General Zaid Al-Hamadi,

754. commander of liberated Iraq's first brigade of Freedom Fighters.

755. Trained with our assistance,

756. they're moving into position after dark.

757. Advance units will infiltrate Ash Shatrah tonight,

758. make contact with resistance elements

759. and following the show planned by the Navy,

760. they attack at dawn.

761. It's historic, gentlemen.

762. We're spearheading what will be

763. the model effort of joint

764. American-Liberated Iraq cooperation.

765. Fick, on radio: All Hitman Two Victors, this is Hitman Two Actual.

766. We are two clicks out from Al Hayy.

767. Updated reports state there are small pockets of resistance

768. south of the city. Break.

769. Godfather FAC's pushing Cobras north to sweep the routes.

770. Observe everything. Admire nothing.

771. man, on radio: Roger that, we're monitoring the airnet at this time.

772. Cobras spotted a Zil carrying uniformed Iraqis.

773. - Alpha's got a cool mission. - This sucks.

774. They found R.P.G.'s 200 meters up the road in a ditch.

775. This would've been the perfect shitting opportunity.

776. Fuck it. I'm going for it.

777. When to shit is a big deal for Sergeant Colbert, isn't it?

778. In a war zone, Marines shit tactically.

779. Piss too.

780. Sometimes the situation requires

781. that you do not leave the vehicle regardless.

782. Oh, the adult diapers. I get it.

783. Daddy's back.

784. I know, man.

785. I am seriously impressed.

786. Taking dumps under pressure, man.

787. That is our Iceman's Achilles' heel.

788. Or Achilles' asshole.

789. Holy shit, Brad's our... our, uh, Achilles' anus.

790. Shit, man. It's really pretty country out here.

791. Except for the mortars.

792. Yeah, but they're random. I mean, come on, man.

793. It's not like anybody's scoping you with an AK or anything.

794. It's not personal like that.

795. Fick, on radio: Hitman Two-One...

796. You really gotta let some of this shit go.

797. Two-One copy.

798. Cobras can't find those mortars.

799. So we're gonna clear a couple hamlets up the road.

800. See what we see.

801. Fick, on radio: All Hitman Two Victors.

802. Counter battery reports point of origin in this village.

803. Our mission is to detain all males and search all structures.

804. How copy?

805. Hitman Two, this is Hitman Two-Three. Solid.

806. Colbert, on radio: Hitman Two, this is One Alpha. Solid copy.

807. Fick, on radio: Hitman Two-One, this is Hitman Two.

808. We have several military age males headed north.

809. Can you contain them? Over.

810. Check it out, Brad.

811. It's gonna be our own episode of "Cops."

812. Roger that.

813. M.T.!

814. Get down!

815. M.T.!

816. Let's go! M.T.

817. Let's go! Down!

818. Pappy, push down to that southern house.

819. Roger that.

820. Got it.

821. Get down.

822. Get on the deck! Get down!

823. All right, I got a woman and child.

824. Shut that motherfucker up.

825. We got the detainees.

826. Smells like dead goats in here.

827. All right, we're good here.

828. Brad, check this motherfucking crib out!

829. Haji be pimping, yo!

830. Sit down!

831. Sit down.

832. Chill! Chill.

833. Man...

834. this brings me back to my days as a repo man in L.A.,

835. Dawg, you know what I'm saying?

836. Women are always the fiercest.

837. You always gotta look out for them.

838. Doesn't matter if it's a black bitch from South Central

839. or some rich white bitch from Beverly Hills.

840. Don't matter if you got a gun or whatever.

841. They come after you, screaming,

842. like women think they're protected.

843. Right clear!

844. Hitman Two-Two, this is Hitman Two.

845. Interrogative.

846. Any signs of mortar team activity? Over.

847. Hitman Two, this is Hitman Two-Two.

848. Negative. Just families. Over.

849. What about the stash?

850. Leave it.

851. We're not here to fuck with their livelihoods.

852. Leave it.

853. Fick, on radio: All Hitman Two Victors, we are pushing on to Al Hayy.

854. Maintain 25 K.P.H.

855. Maintain dispersion.

856. Contact left.

857. Ray, get out of the vehicle.

858. Come on!

859. Hurry up!

860. Trombley, get the fuck down!

861. It's a Zeus.

862. What the fuck is a Zeus?

863. It's a Russian anti-aircraft gun.

864. There's a lotta barrels on that bitch.

865. Trombley, you psycho motherfucker!

866. That's cool.

867. Get the fuck down!

868. Our tires, man!

869. Cool.

870. Hey, Sergeant!

871. I think I see where the fire's coming from.

872. What the fuck is that crazy piece of shit doing?

873. It's at our eleven, about 2,000 yards.

874. Right by that tree.

875. Hasser, get on your gun.

876. My position is pop up Victor

877. two nine one seven five eight, marked by orange air panels.

878. 11:00.2,000 meters.

879. Left 50 at 20.

880. Left ten. Up ten.

881. Scarface, on radio: We are visual your position. Tally target.

882. Scarface has contact the mark. Tally the target.

883. On target.

884. Missile away.

885. All right, boys! That's lunch.

886. You psycho badass.

887. Yo, Garza!

888. Get back up on that gun.

889. I know this may sound weird, but deep down,

890. I kinda wanted to see what it feels like to get shot.

891. I mean not actually shot, but...

892. I don't know, I just get more nervous watching a game show

893. at home on TV than I do here in all this, you know?

894. Hey.

895. Not bad for an asshole.

896. Tomahawks?

897. Fuckin' A right.

898. Joke of it is that those things cost

899. like a million-and-a-half each, we could probably

900. buy the town and every motherfucker in it for less.

901. Shit, you pay me half that, I'll hump in some C-4

902. and blow the shit up my own damn self.

903. Pulled out all the stops for these guys, didn't we?

904. It's as if there's a plan.

905. That's two Tootsie Rolls.

906. Least we get something out of this bullshit mission.

907. Yo, John, back off! It's a fucking Charm dump.

908. Even POGs got common sense.

909. Those the Hajis on our side?

910. Where'd they fucking go to?

911. General Al-Hamadi's operatives were compromised

912. shortly after entering the town last night.

913. They were executed by Ba'ath party loyalists.

914. Clearly this impacted negatively on the morale of his forces.

915. So your Freedom Fighters ran, huh?

916. Colonel, our liberation wasn't a cake walk either.

917. If you remember, there were some grim moments at Valley Forge.

918. We lost 24 hours.

919. Sir, it seems General Washington made off with my Oakleys.

920. Small arms fire's picking up.

921. Assassin Two-Three, this is Assassin Actual.

922. Interrogative. What do you see from your position? Over.

923. The fuck?

924. Assassin, this is Two-Three. Over.

925. - This is Assassin Actual. - Send it.

926. We have eyes on the northeast corner of the town

927. and there appears to be some dismantling

928. of the outer barricade,

929. general revelry and what passes for Iraqi house music.

930. Roger that. We're seeing the same thing.

931. Make sure your men know that that AK fire is celebratory.

932. Over.

933. Roger that.

934. They're celebrating.

935. They've been liberated.

936. By who?

937. Damn. They're fucking it up.

938. I thought we were gonna fuck it up.

939. It's happening all along our lines.

940. Republican Guard abandoning their positions.

941. Assassin Two-Three, this is Assassin Actual.

942. Prepare your men to move into the town

943. and find that Marine. Over.

944. All right, well you hold that.

945. I only have a dollar, so.

946. Give that to me.

947. Habba dabba?

948. Habba dabbadaba.

949. Hey Burris, this look good?

950. Like this?

951. Sergeant, stop the men from fraternizing.

952. Get them back into a hardened posture.

953. Scott, take off that shit and stow it.

954. Back to the Humvee.

955. Get on that fucking gun.

956. Habba dabba dabba, yeah, yeah, yeah.

957. man, on radio: All Assassin call signs be advised.

958. You are not cleared to engage without hostile intent.

959. Do we light 'em up?

960. We're not cleared hot.

961. Only if they show hostile intent.

962. These are the bad guys, right?

963. We're just gonna let 'em get away?

964. New orders, we're moving out and relinking with battalion.

965. But sir, we've barely given this town a once over.

966. I know. Those are my orders.

967. Hey, mount up!

968. Patterson, on radio: All Assassin Victors, this is Assassin Actual.

969. We've been ordered to link back up with battalion

970. and grid Papa Victor

971. nine-seven-eight-two-one-four, over.

972. Haji tortillas.

973. They're pretty good.

974. That's that hoba shit.

975. That's their bread.

976. What about the missing Marine?

977. The trickiest part will be entering Al Hayy.

978. It's a city four clicks long, about 100,000 inhabitants.

979. We're coming up the west side of it and then cutting across here.

980. The convoy'll be forced through a series of S-turns

981. and we're crossing four separate bridges.

982. Our objective is the M.S.R. on the north side.

983. We're seizing it ahead of R.C.T. One's assault through the city.

984. It's the only way out of town and we're the blocking force.

985. Well, who's on point, sir?

986. Good news is it's Charlie Company.

987. The bad news is that once we get here,

988. our platoon is tasked with holding it.

989. I know this looks like some Blackhawk Down shit we're doing,

990. but we'll be the ones initiating contact, not the bad guys.

991. All right, gentlemen. You heard the man.

992. Let's go set up a road block.

993. Fick, on radio: All gunners pick up your sectors.

994. All Hitman Two Victors, Raptor is taking fire on point.

995. Charlie's in contact.

996. Contact with what?

997. I can't find a target.

998. All Hitman Two Victors, Raptor is suppressing targets

999. with Cobras. Break.

1000. They're taking heavy small arms fire two clicks to the north.

1001. Keep your guns on those danger areas.

1002. Watch the rooftops.

1003. Lord, see us through.

1004. Lord, see us through.

1005. Lord, see us through.

1006. It's not a target.

1007. Hitman, this is Godfather Five.

1008. Raptor's road block is set two clicks to the north.

1009. Jacks, let's push.

1010. Confirm that you have sealed off

1011. all northbound traffic from Al Hayy. Over.

1012. Ray, tell Godfather our roadblock is set up too.

1013. Godfather, Godfather, this is Hitman.

1014. Goddamn, man, some bitch and fuck.

1015. The price of Copenhagen just went up.

1016. Oh, shit.

1017. Hey, check it out, dawg!

1018. All right, guns up!

1019. Garza, Lovell, fire warnings.

1020. They're turning around!

1021. Fire warnings!

1022. Light it the fuck up!

1023. Did they understand the warning shots?

1024. The R.O.E. aren't a lot of help here.

1025. We're all alone.

1026. To our south we've got an entire hostile town

1027. between us and closest friendlies.

1028. And forty kilometers to our north,

1029. we've got a full mechanized division up there in Al Kut.

1030. And there's 70 of us, Brad.

1031. Holding this road.

1032. We got trucks with weapons flanking us there.

1033. Go on the hook. We'll schwack 'em with arti.

1034. I say again, at least two dozen military vehicles

1035. flanking us to the northwest at grid,

1036. November Alpha nine-five-four-six-three-one.

1037. Over.

1038. man, on radio: Stand by, Hitman Two.

1039. We're working up a fire mission. Over.

1040. That stopped him.

1041. Goddamn.

1042. Sir, we need the translator up at Charlie's position.

1043. Rudy!

1044. Yes, sir?

1045. Get Meesh to the northern road block.

1046. I just don't think you could show 'em up,

1047. that's the only thing.

1048. Ask him why he didn't stop at our warning shots.

1049. Ask him why he kept coming.

1050. He says he's sorry.

1051. He wants to know if he can take his daughter's body.

1052. He said he's sorry. We just fucking killed his daughter.

1053. Arabs don't grieve the way you do.

1054. It's different for him.

1055. Rudy, what happened over at Charlie?

1056. Shit's really pretty, isn't it?

1057. Ooh, Garza got him right between the eyes.

1058. Well, where his eyes used to be.

1059. Sounds like R.C.T. One's fucking shit up on the way through town.

1060. Fuck yeah, they are.

1061. Felt cold as a motherfucker shooting those guys.

1062. Incoming!

1063. It's Alpha!

1064. Alpha's home.

1065. Put it out to the team leaders.

1066. We're Oscar Mike.

1067. Hitman Two, this is Assassin Actual.

1068. We are re-entering friendly lines from the south.

1069. They think we're cool cause

1070. we're so good at blowing shit up.

1071. L.T. says we're on the move.

1072. How'd it go?

1073. Brought all my men back.

1074. And Ash Shatrah? What happened there?

1075. Nate, you wouldn't believe it, man.

1076. Y'all find the missing Marine?

1077. Thank you, Ray.

1078. Thank you, Sergeant.

1079. man, on radio: Twisting, this is Dragon One-Five checking in with you.

1080. Flight of 2 A-10's holding south five miles at angels one zero.

1081. One plus zero zero time on station.

1082. Loading with Mark-82's and 1200 rounds a piece.

1083. man #2, on radio: Roger. Copy all.

1084. Are you familiar with our position on the airfields?

1085. Affirm. Understand you are south of the control tower.

1086. I have multiple vehicles for that location.

1087. That's affirmative. I need you to push

1088. one five clicks northwest and check out

1089. a potential column of armor.

1090. Dragon One-Five copies.

1091. We're pushing.

1092. man #3, on radio: Twisting. Sets Two-One, checking in with you.

1093. Flight of 2 F-18's holding east

1094. 10 miles at angels two-two, ordinance to follow.

1095. Four by GPA 12's, one laser maverick,

1096. six hundred rounds from the section.

1097. Zero plus three five time on station.

1098. Ready for your work.

1099. Twisting copies.

1100. Got a flight of 2-8-10's at angels 10.

1101. Call sign Dragon one-five.

1102. They are pushing one five clicks northwest

1103. of our position to check out possible column

1104. of armor at that location.

1105. Are you familiar with the airfield?

1106. Sets two-one, that's affirmative.

1107. We are located just south of the control tower

1108. with multiple vehicles marked by I.R. strobes.

1109. Sets two-one is visual your position.

1110. Roger. I'd like you to push north

1111. and attempt to get your pod on that same area.

1112. Again, that's one five kilometers

1113. northwest of the airfield.

1114. Stay at angels one eight and above.

1115. Sets copies.

1116. Dragon One Five, you have Sets Two-One.

1117. Flight of 2 F-18's at angels one eight and above,

1118. pushing east of you to get eyes on

1119. with their lightening pod.

1120. Dragon copies. We're seeing some vehicles on the road.

1121. Appears to be armor. We're engaging.

1122. Twisting copies.

1123. Can you confirm that it is armor?

1124. Stand by.

1125. Sets, Twisting.

1126. Let me know when you capture that area.

1127. Twisting, Sets Two-One. We are captured.

1128. Roger. Can you confirm presence of armor?

1129. Stand by.

1130. Uh, negative, negative.

1131. We're not seeing anything.

1132. Can Dragon pass a grid?

1133. Dragon One-Five, Twisting. Did you copy?

1134. Understand you have contact with enemy armor.

1135. Can you pass a grid?

1136. Roger, we're engaging in the vicinity

1137. of three-three-eight-four grid square.

1138. Dragon, Sets copies.

1139. Dragon One-Five, Sets Two-One.

1140. We're not seeing what you're seeing in our pod.

1141. We're seeing your impacts but no vehicles.

1142. Can you call corrections off your impacts?

1143. Stand by.