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Birmingham approach

this is Birmingham 2-5.

COD, Ball two-point-five.

Roger, Ball.

Line up's good.

Birmingham approach,
this is Birmingham 4-3.

Lieutenant Barrett's
turning on final, sir.

Hornet, Ball 3-point-5.

Roger, Ball.

Do you have any hung ordinance?

Negative, LSO.

All ordinance expended.

XO, have the master-at-arms
arrest Lieutenant Barrett.

Admiral.

Commander, there's a
chance I may need counsel.

Well, you have a gift for
understatement, Lieutenant.

You'll be charged with
everything in the book.

Admiral, I want you to know,

I buzzed the airfield first.

I gave them fair warning.

Lieutenant, as your
prospective counsel,

my advice to you

is to remain silent.

I have nothing to fear
from telling the truth, sir.

Not if you don't mind
spending the next ten years

at hard labor in Leavenworth.

Back to Military Bloopers.

Is this exercise
too hard for you?

You want a step
stool brought in?!

Or maybe we should just
mark you absent for the day,

send you home to your mother!

Captain, the principle here

is not that complicated.

You lift your head
and you crunch.

Captain, I don't
know how you feel,

but now I'm embarrassed.

You can't possibly tell me
that's the best you can do,

because if you
can't pick them up

and put them down
any faster than that,

there's only one finish line
you're going to be crossing.

Stay tuned for more...

Do we have a damage
assessment yet, sir?

Initial satellite reports

indicate that the EP-3
sustained a direct hit.

Any loss of Chinese
life, Admiral?

None reported.

Sir, there were 24 minutes

from the time the initial
incident with the MiG

and when it was landed
in Fuzhou and boarded.

So, maybe 60% of the emergency
damage bill was complete

before the Chinese came aboard.

And, uh, given Lieutenant
Barrett's preemptive strike

how much do you
think the Chinese got?

Best guess, not much.

One more day, they
would have had our codes.

By all rights,

we should be giving
Lieutenant Barrett a medal.

Yeah, only if he was
ordered on that mission

by Captain Hubbard, sir.

Apparently, that was
Lieutenant Barrett's decision.

So, Lieutenant
Hildon gets the medal

for turning the EP-3
over to the Chinese

and Lieutenant
Barrett gets screwed.

Tiner, get...

Good morning, sir.

Me the Colonel.

Wh-Why are you
standing in my doorway?

Because you wanted to see me.

Is this one of those, um,

ESP moments?

No, sir.

Come in.

Did you happen to catch

the Military Bloopers
show last night?

That's why I'm here, sir.

Within five minutes of
airing of that damn show

a complaint came over the
sexual harassment hotline

from Captain Sheilah Grantham.

The marine officer in the video.

Charging her C.O.,
Colonel Harry Presser,

with creating a hostile
command atmosphere

by discriminating against women.

There must be something
there, sir, for a female officer

to make a hotline complaint.

That's why I want
you to look into it.

My bag is packed.

Dismissed.

Aye, aye, sir.

Colonel...

about this psychic thing, um...

I know it comes in handy;

just don't broadcast it.

You don't want to
get the reputation

as being one of those
um, um... you know...

R-Right. Um... never again, sir.

What would you have done
in my place, Commander?

What I would have done,
Lieutenant, is irrelevant.

The list of charges
against you will be long.

Article 108, willful
destruction of military property

valued in excess of $100

carries a maximum sentence
of ten years confinement.

Article 90, willful disobedience

of a superior
commissioned officer:

five years confinement.

Article 92, violating
a general order,

two years confinement
of hard labor:

dismissal from the service.

It adds up, Lieutenant.

But what I did was right, sir.

Lieutenant, you've created
an international incident.

You acted in
violation of navy policy,

and you damn near started a war

between the United
States and China.

I'm sure most Americans
will understand, sir.

Lieutenant, you will have

no less than five
senior navy officers

serving as members
at your court-martial.

While they may sympathize
with your cause and spirit,

I'd be surprised if a single one

condone the fact that
you violated orders.

So, you can imagine, ma'am,

how I felt when I
saw myself on TV.

Or maybe not.

I'm sure nothing like that

has ever happened to you, ma'am.

It has, Captain.

My whole life was the lead story

on the 6:00 news.

Did they make fun of you?

During the course
of a single trial,

Johnnie Cochran
insulted my hairstyle,

Mary Hart talked about
my "body of evidence,"

and opposing counsel
told a national TV audience

that I would make
a better lap dancer

than a lawyer.

Is that why they
sent you, ma'am?

Because you know about
that kind of intimidation?

They sent me because
I'm an experienced lawyer.

My 15 minutes of fame
has nothing to do with it.

Start at the beginning.

Well, ma'am, for
the morning P.T.,

Colonel Presser
set the bar high.

Normally the time for the women

is three minutes
more than the men.

He insisted on the
same time for both.

That way, a number of
women fell out along the way.

And you were one of them? Yes.

I am the S-4 logistics officer,
ma'am, and a darn good one.

I'm in okay shape, but
that course was a killer.

So you complained.

I went to Colonel
Presser first, off the record.

The colonel still insisted
on a single standard

for both men and women.

When I fell short,
week after week,

I was subject to mockery.

That had a negative
impact on my ability to lead,

and it was personally
hurtful and demeaning.

How did it come about that
the weekly run was canceled?

General Kruger
ordered it, ma'am.

Did you request
the general do so?

I brought to his attention

that the slow runners were
ridiculed by the fast ones

and that Colonel Presser
intended to keep it that way.

How long after your
complaint to General Kruger

did the video appear
on Military Bloopers?

The next week.

It was payback, ma'am.

Because you complained?

Yes, ma'am. They wanted
to make a fool of me.

"They"?

A-Are you accusing
Colonel Presser?

No.

Then who?

You might want to start
with the Training Chief

Gunnery Sergeant Smith, ma'am.

He's the staff NCO

responsible for the
training schedules.

Do you have a problem with him?

Well, I knew it was his practice

to videotape all
segments of training

as an instructional aid.

So, how are you
going to defend him?

I don't know yet, Admiral.

Are you familiar with the
lighthouse in Hanoi Harbor?

Yes, sir.

It was off-limits.

Its destruction would
constitute a hazard

to third country shipping.

Yeah, you're right.

One of the last missions
I flew, we took heavy flak.

We lost three air crews.

That unfriendly fire was
directed from an artillery unit

at the base of that lighthouse.

Now, this happened
every mission,

only we couldn't touch it.

Those were our orders.

So, on the way home, I
sent my wingman on ahead

and I turned back
to that lighthouse.

I fired 2,000 rounds
directly into that flak sight.

Point-blank.

It made a lovely light.

Now, that was in violation

of the international
rules of engagement,

standing op orders, and
possibly the Ten Commandments,

but for a time, none of our
planes got hit by that site.

Now, knowing
those circumstances,

would you have brought
me up on charges?

That was during
a time of war, sir.

Well, we're at war now.

So, do you respect the
point of international law

when your friends are
getting shot down and killed?

Or worse?

If what happened spared one man

seven years of hell
in the Hanoi Hilton,

then it was worth it.

It was my father who
took out the lighthouse.

I don't remember saying that.

That's because you
wouldn't, Admiral,

knowing how far out of
bounds Dad had gone.

How can you know that?

You were, what, five
when he was shot down.

Letter tapes he sent
home to my mother.

He also said, sir, that
you could never hide

what you were
thinking or feeling.

If we played poker,
sir, I'd clean you out.

Were you always this obnoxious?

Yes, sir.

You just never noticed.

So, how are you
going to defend him?

Well, I can't do it
with old war stories.

The larger truth is on
your side, Commander.

Yes, sir.

I just have to
get past the facts.

Welcome back, sir.

We were all worried about you.

Hmm. Well, that's
reassuring, Lieutenant.

When you have a moment, sir,

I would love to hear your
side of what happened.

I don't have a side, Lauren.

It was so exciting.

We were watching you on the news

and now you're representing
Lieutenant Barrett.

So what I want to know is...

What you should
know, Lieutenant,

is that I'm asking
Lieutenant Roberts

to be my co-counsel.

I could have helped
out big-time, sir.

Yes, I'm sure you could,
Lauren, in your fashion.

That's so rude.

I'm here on the deck

of the supercarrier
USS Thomas Jefferson.

Enter.

This deck has been
abuzz with activity

as flight crews
prepare to take off.

The Seventh Fleet
is still on high alert

following the incredible
actions of Lieutenant Barrett.

The Lieutenant served aboard...

Have a seat.

Yes, sir.

You'll be going up against
Commander Turner in this case.

Well, I'll look
forward to that, sir.

Commander, um, tell me
about Lieutenant Barrett.

I like him, Admiral.

Reminds me a lot of myself
before you straightened me out.

Keeping you squared away is
a lifetime project, Commander.

Yes, sir.

Got a defense lined up?

Still struggling
with that, Admiral.

Getting a lot of pressure
from the Pentagon and the Hill.

What Lieutenant Barrett did

put a major crimp in our
diplomatic relations with China.

That's unfortunate, Admiral.

Of course, it has no bearing
on his guilt or innocence.

Of course, but handling
this quick and clean

is in everyone's interest.

Now, I expect that you
and Commander Turner

will be sitting down and
talking about a possible deal.

Before I talk with
Commander Turner, sir,

I'd like to spend a little more
time with Lieutenant Barrett.

Get to know him,
see what he's made of.

Well, I think he showed
what he was made of

when he blew up that EP-3.

MacKENZIE: Why did you
videotape Captain Grantham?

To show the captain
what she was doing wrong.

Not to show the tape to
fellow section personnel?

Well, that happened, too.

Was there an educational
purpose to those viewings?

No, ma'am.

Mostly we laughed.

There are some who
might consider that

a mark of disrespect,
Gunnery Sergeant.

Subjecting an
officer to ridicule.

Yes, ma'am.

It was a serious error
in judgment on my part.

Besides, that videotape
was never meant

to get out beyond the few of us.

I regret that.

That marine didn't
deserve to be shamed,

and I am prepared to
face the consequences.

Precisely how did
the tape get seen

by every marine in the battalion

and into the hands
of Military Bloopers?

Don't know, ma'am.

Gunny, if you have other tapes

I'd advise you to keep
them under lock and key.

I've recycled them all, ma'am.

Good. That will be
all, Gunnery Sergeant.

Thank you, ma'am.

Gunny...

I understand that you had
a heart transplant last year.

You do your homework, ma'am.

Are you 100%?

No, ma'am. Don't expect to be.

You could submit for
a medical discharge.

Not as long as I can
still stand, ma'am.

Maybe I can't do
all the things I did,

but I can still
train men to fight.

What about women?

If they meet the requirements.

Do you set the standards

so high that many of them fail?

Colonel Presser sets
the standard, ma'am.

I just put the program together

and keep track of how
my marines are doing.

Now that you've experienced
weakness yourself,

you might try to
understand it in others.

Don't understand
it at all, ma'am.

It was my heart that gave out

not my spirit.

Excuse me, ma'am.

How did you get to the
Academy, Lieutenant?

My, uh, father was
navy enlisted, sir,

and so was my grandfather,

so it just seemed natural

that I would compete for a
congressional appointment.

I was the first person in
my family to go to college

or become an officer.

Oh, up until the incident,
your record was exemplary.

Respectfully, I'd
argue that it still is.

So how do you plan to convince

the members of
that fact, Lieutenant?

The Chinese had our
secrets, sir, and our technology.

I didn't attack the Chinese.

I destroyed our own aircraft.

Were you ordered to do so?

No, sir.

Did anybody else know
what you were intending to do?

No.

Not Lieutenant Crawford?

No, sir.

That's why I made up the
stuff about fluid leaking out

of his fuel dump.

I sent him back to the ship

so he'd have no part of this.

It wouldn't have been fair.

Why did you decide

to address the problem
with force, Lieutenant?

No one else was going
to do anything about it, sir.

You didn't know that.

The last time the Chinese

took one of our aircraft,

we didn't do anything about it.

I didn't want that
to happen again.

The last time this
happened, Lieutenant,

we gave the pilot a
medal for saving his crew.

Look, the opposing counsel
is going to come to us

tell us that we
don't have a case.

They're going to offer a deal.

You should consider it.

No, sir.

No deal.

I want my trial.

All right.

All right, Lieutenant,
but you should know

that I will not put
you on the stand.

Isn't that my decision, sir?

It is, but if that's what
you want, you should look

for another attorney.

All right, then, we'll do it
your way, Commander.

I'd just like to know
that you're on my side.

Have you interviewed
Captain Grantham?

I have, sir.

What is your opinion?

I've not yet formed one, sir.

Bull.

Why did you set the bar so
high on the mandatory exercises?

To separate the
men from the boys.

Not to demean or
humiliate the women, sir?

No. Some of the women
marines did that to themselves.

Colonel, it's rumored
that you're in line

for a command at Parris Island.

Are you threatening me?

No, sir.

I deal in facts.

Well, here's a fact.

You're a female.

Yes, sir.

You feel we should have a
lower standard for women?

What I feel is
beside the point, sir.

Is it, Colonel?

You want to know
what kind of a man I am.

And I'm interested in
knowing what you're made of.

Just what kind of
a marine are you?

If I didn't believe that women
were equal in the Marine Corps,

I would not be here, sir.

I believe that we all...
Men and women...

Should be held
to a high standard.

Then ask your questions.

Are you in line for a
command at Parris Island?

Yes.

Are you aware this controversy

may hurt your assignment, sir?

Yes.

Have you changed your
mind about the wisdom of what

No. you did regarding
the mandatory exercises?

Even after the training video
was shown on Military Bloopers?

I don't watch television.

12 million people watched

Captain Grantham
humiliated, sir.

Then they're idiots.

But it is unfortunate

that videotape was made public.

Who's responsible for the
release of that tape, sir?

Don't know.

Thank you for your time, sir.

So, now you'll decide if
charges will be brought?

I'll make recommendations

to the convening authority, sir.

While you're "recommending,"

I want you to keep
something in mind.

What's that, Colonel?

We're at war, Colonel.

And we will be at war
for quite some time.

And we need to
train the way we fight

and we can't carry
marines who can't cut it.

The head of your
training section

is Gunnery Sergeant Smith.

He had a heart
transplant last year

but despite his
diminished capacity,

you've kept him in place.

Isn't that a double standard?

No. We can't afford to
lose marines like him.

What kind of shape
are you in, Colonel?

I can hold my own, sir.

When did you do
your last P.F.T.?

I'm due.

I can arrange for you
to do it while you're here.

Excellent, sir.

You don't have a case, Harm.

Yeah, well, according
to you, Sturgis,

I've never had a winnable case.

You represent unusual
clients, my friend.

Everybody's entitled

to the best possible defense.

Yeah, but you
go that extra mile.

Lieutenant Singer told me

that you shot off an
automatic weapon

into the courtroom ceiling.

Tell me that's not true.

Unfortunately, it is.

You know, I'm her role model.

She told me once.

Oh, well, I'm sure you are.

That's why she asked
to be my co-counsel

on the Barrett court-martial.

She likes to work
with the best, huh?

That's why she asked you, huh?

My man doesn't want to deal.

Then I've got no choice
but to hit Lieutenant Barrett

with everything I've got.

What's wrong?

This is off my old car.

How do you know that?

These nicks... see?

There.

How can you be sure it's yours?

That dent.

From my class ring.

So, someone's selling you
back the same steering wheel

they stole off you
in the first place?

How much did this cost you?

A hundred and change.

Okay, you're dealing

with a company that calls
itself Midnight Auto Supply.

Operate out of a mail drop.

Nice.

What about this deal, Harm?

No one wants to see
this kid get slammed,

but, uh, he's got
to do some time.

How long?

A year.

He'll be out in six
months with good conduct.

I'll present it to
him, but I don't think

Lieutenant Barrett's
going to go for it.

What are you going to
do, shoot up the courtroom?

Worked once.

Not this time.

Different world.

As the eyes of the world fall

on a courtroom in Virginia,
a proceeding unlike any

we've seen before is unfolding:

the court-martial of
Lieutenant Carl Barrett.

Lieutenant Barrett
is the naval aviator

who attacked and destroyed
the American EP-3 aircraft

recently captured and
held by Chinese authorities.

The future of
Lieutenant Barrett,

and perhaps the future of
U.S. relations with China,

will soon hang on
a jury's decision.

First up on the stand will
be Captain Ray Hubbard,

the skipper of
the aircraft carrier

from which Lieutenant
Barrett launched his attack.

Captain Hubbard, did
you order Lieutenant Barrett

to fly into Chinese airspace

and destroy an EP-3 sitting on
a runway at Fuzhou Air Base?

Objection. Assumes facts
not in evidence, Your Honor.

Your Honor, as counsel knows,
I have previously introduced

a videotape of the attack
taken by Chinese soldiers.

Lieutenant Barrett's squadron
and aircraft side numbers

are clearly visible on the
F-18 that destroyed the EP-3.

I'll allow the line
of questioning.

Did you order Lieutenant
Barrett into Chinese airspace, sir?

I did not.

Did Lieutenant Barrett
blow up the EP-3

on the runway at
Fuzhou Air Base?

He did.

Did you order
him to do that, sir?

No.

When did you first realize

there was a problem,
Lieutenant Crawford?

Lieutenant Barrett told
me I had fluids streaming

from my left fuel dump,
indicating a fuel leak.

What did he do then?

He ordered me to
return to the ship.

Did you tell him your
fuel gauges read normal?

I did.

Did you discuss beforehand

what he was going to do next?

We did not, ma'am.

Did you have any idea

he was going to invade
the Chinese airspace

and destroy the EP-3?

Objection. Leading the witness.

I'll allow it.

No, ma'am, I did not.

No further questions.

Lieutenant Crawford,
do you have an opinion

about what
Lieutenant Barrett did?

Yes, sir.

That he did good.

And what our country

ought to have done.

No further questions.

Redirect, Your Honor.

Proceed.

Lieutenant Crawford,

why didn't you do what
Lieutenant Barrett did?

Did you lack the nerve?

No, ma'am.

Then why?

Because it was
against orders, ma'am.

Thank you.

No further questions.

This will be your
second stage, ma'am.

The 200-yard line,
standing to kneeling

two magazines, five rounds each

with a time limit of 70
seconds changing magazines.

Are you ready, ma'am?

I am.

With one magazine, five
rounds... lock and load.

You may commence firing
when your DOG target appears.

The sometimes tenuous friendship

between the United States and
China has faced setbacks before,

but since Navy Lieutenant
Carl Barrett launched his attack

on an American EP-3
aircraft on Chinese soil,

relations between
the two countries

have turned decidedly chilly.

In an unprecedented
diplomatic gesture,

Chinese General Shin-Wa
Chen plans to testify today.

General Chen, were
you at Fuzhou Air Base

on the day the American
EP-3 was destroyed?

I was.

Did you see the attack?

I did.

The American F-18
came from the north

and fired two
AMRAAMs at the EP-3.

Did you have aircraft
in the air at the time?

No.

Did you provoke the attack?

No. in fact, we gave
the EP-3 landing refuge.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Commander Rabb?

General Chen, why was our EP-3

on the runway at
Fuzhou Air Base?

Your pilot, Lieutenant
Hildon, flew it there.

After first being
rammed by one of your

MiG fighters in
international airspace.

That is a matter of dispute.

Now, after the EP-3 had
landed at Fuzhou, General,

did you hold the crew hostage?

The crew was briefly
detained for their own safety.

Did you return the
aircraft, General?

No.

We were preparing for
it to be shipped back...

Right, after stripping it first.

Objection. Facts
not in evidence.

Sustained.

Move on, Commander.

Please, General, give
my regards to Lieutenant Li

upon your return.

Lieutenant Li is dead.

We buried him yesterday

in a quiet ceremony.

State your name and
rank for the record, sir.

Thomas Boone, Rear Admiral
of the United States Navy.

Admiral Boone, during
your one-year retirement

from the service, did you
teach a class in leadership

at the United States
Naval Academy, sir?

I did.

What are your
qualifications, Admiral?

34 years in the fleet.

What positions of
leadership, sir, did you occupy

during your 34 years of service?

I was a squadron commander,
skipper at Top Gun,

commanding officer
aboard a fleet oiler,

air wing commander
aboard the USS Seahawk,

in addition to my
flag assignments.

The government will stipulate

to the Admiral's
stellar naval career.

Thank you, Commander Turner.

Admiral, are you familiar
with the expression

"Don't give up the ship"?

I am.

It's a fundamental precept
of the United States Navy.

What is the origin of
that expression, Admiral?

Those were the dying
words of Captain Lawrence

of the USS Chesapeake in
his battle with HMS Shannon.

Can you give us an example,
sir, of this principle in action?

Classic battle between American
man-of-war Bonhomme Richard

and HMS Serapis in
which John Paul Jones

when ordered to surrender
his sinking ship, refused,

boarded the enemy vessel

and said, "We have
not yet begun to fight."

21.40.

Not bad for a lawyer.

Not bad for a marine.

Admiral, can you give us
an example of what happens

when this principle of "Don't
give up the ship" is violated?

Yes, I can.

January 23, 1968.

The captain of the U.S.
intelligence-gathering ship

Pueblo, when
threatened with attack,

surrendered his ship to
four North Korean gunboats

without firing a shot.

Relevance, Your Honor?

I'll allow that.

What was the result

of giving up the
Pueblo, Admiral?

I believe there was
a serious erosion

of this country's sense
of national purpose.

But, more importantly,
for 30 years

that ship's been tied up
at a dock in North Korea.

It's an affront to every man or
woman who's served in the navy.

If I had my way, we'd have
gone in and sunk the damn thing.

Objection, Your Honor.

I'm sure that the
admiral is a fine instructor

and an inspiration
to the middies

but what does this have to
do with the matter at hand?

I'd like to get to
that, Your Honor.

So would I. Please,
get to the point.

Admiral Boone, how do
the actions of the EP-3 crew

handing the aircraft
over to the Chinese

affect your definition of
"Don't give up the ship"?

What the EP-3 pilot did
was in direct opposition

to the tradition of the
United States Navy.

Even though, sir, there
was a risk of loss of life

if the aircraft had
been ditched?

Yes.

That was a chance that this
aircrew knew they were taking.

That's what you sign on
for when you join the navy.

You do not hand your
aircraft over to your enemy

and that's exactly
what this pilot did.

Admiral, you
speak of aggression.

You talk of the
Chinese as our enemy.

On what do you base
these assertions, sir?

Since 1952, Chinese
MiGs have attacked seven

of our intelligence-gathering
aircraft, flying missions

off the coast of China.

18 U.S. Navy crew
members have been lost.

Thank you, Admiral.

Nothing further.

Commander Turner, do you
have any questions for the admiral?

Yes, Your Honor. Yes, I do.

Admiral Boone, are we bound

by hostilities with China?

Technically, no.

Are they required
by international law

to give landing refuge

to a crippled aircraft?

Yes.

So, Lieutenant Hildon did
a prudent thing by landing

at Fuzhou Air Base.

That could be argued.

Well, Admiral
Boone, isn't it true

that an aviator is
bound by navy regulation

and not by navy tradition?

I would argue that
he was bound by both.

Would you still feel that
an aircraft should be ditched

if you were responsible for
the lives of 17 crew members

several of them injured?

That would be a
tough call, Commander.

Are you aware, sir, that after

the first incident involving
an EP-3 landing in China,

the navy awarded
that pilot a medal?

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I am.

Thank you, Admiral.

No further questions.

MacKENZIE: Colonel Presser.

Colonel MacKenzie.

I've finished my investigation.

I know you're
under no obligation

to tell me your decision.

There's no reason
you shouldn't know, sir.

It's my belief that
you've created

a hostile command environment.

You've done this
by setting standards

that the Marine Corps itself

does not require women to meet

and you've allowed
your training personnel

to belittle those
women who fail.

I see.

I do not believe
punitive action is required

under the UCMJ, sir.

I wouldn't think so.

However, Colonel, it will
be my recommendation

that you be administratively
reprimanded.

Do you suppose I would
compromise my beliefs?

No, sir, that thought
hadn't crossed my mind.

You are effectively
terminating my career.

No, Colonel, you're doing that.

So be it,

but I want you to think
about something, Colonel.

The Marine Corps may not
put women on the front lines,

but someday, somewhere,

a JAG office or motor
pool will be overrun,

and there will be women there,

and then they will have
to fight for their lives,

and I only hope they
are every bit as good

as the men they are serving with

and if they're not,

then their blood
will be on your hands

and others who think like you.

How bad is it, Commander?

It's not good.

Admiral Boone made
a great argument.

Well, given the
weight of the evidence

against you, Lieutenant,
it wasn't enough.

Put me on the stand, then, sir.

If I put you on the
stand, Lieutenant,

you'll have to answer
for what you did.

You'd better be
prepared for that.

Good morning, ma'am.

Gunny.

Scuttlebutt says you're
heading back to D.C.

You heard right.

Well, it's been a pleasure
knowing you, Colonel.

Ma'am, it may be that
I'll be needing a lawyer.

I'm not recommending
charges against you, Gunny.

That's not what I'm
worried about, ma'am.

But just in case some bonehead

ever wants to
terminate my career...

I'll be coming to you.

You know where to find me.

Semper fi, ma'am.

Semper fi.

In these days, when
the United States

is waging war on terrorism,

the actions of
Lieutenant Barrett

have drawn intense scrutiny.

Our allies, old and new
alike, are watching and waiting

asking themselves where
do America's loyalties lie

and are there limits
to those loyalties

when events put
them to the test?

The disposition of Lieutenant
Carl Barrett's court-martial

may well provide an
answer to that very question.

Lieutenant Barrett, did you
destroy an American EP-3

on the main runway
at Fuzhou Air Base

in the Fujian Province of China?

Yes, sir.

Were you ordered to do so?

No, sir.

Then why, at great
personal risk, would you?

Your Honor, counsel
is editorializing.

Sustained.

Why did you destroy

the aircraft, Lieutenant?

The Chinese committed
an act of aggression

when they attacked
our aircraft, sir,

and while that aircraft
was on the ground in China,

well, our national security
was being compromised.

So, why did you
take it upon yourself

to destroy the
aircraft, Lieutenant?

Because no one else was
going to do anything about it, sir.

Facts not in evidence.

Move to strike, Your Honor.

The members
will ignore the last.

Lieutenant, are you a
graduate of the Naval Academy?

Yes, sir.

Were you taught there never to
give up your ship to the enemy?

Yes, sir, I was.

Is that why you destroyed
one of our aircraft, Lieutenant?

Because of your training?

Because it was
the right thing to do?

Your Honor, counsel is putting
words into the witness's mouth.

I'll allow it, Commander Turner.

I was taught that it is in

the highest
tradition of the navy

not to give up the ship, sir.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Nothing further.

You may step down, Lieutenant.

We'll take a recess

and then it's your turn
to cross, Commander.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I'm looking forward
to the opportunity.

Gunny.

Excuse me, Colonel.

I just wanted to
thank you, ma'am.

For what?

For doing the right thing.

Justice has been served,
Captain, but at what cost?

Well, you're making
it better for all women.

No, I'm doing what I have
to do because it's my job...

By the book... But
it's a damn shame

that an officer like
Colonel Presser

will have his career cut short.

But what he did was wrong.

There were several
wrongs done, Captain.

I made some calls.

You slipped that tape
to Military Bloopers.

Why would I do that, ma'am?

To lend weight to your
accusations against the colonel.

Has it ever occurred to you

that you might be
happier in civilian life?

Lieutenant Barrett, why
did you blow up an EP-3

on a Chinese runway?

It had to be done, sir.

Regardless of the consequences?

If I'm found guilty, Commander,

I'm prepared to pay the price.

What about the cost to
your government, Lieutenant?

Well, I realize the
aircraft was expensive, sir.

That's not what
I'm talking about.

The cost I'm talking about

is the damage to
American/Chinese relations.

The cost I'm talking about

is the increased danger

that another such
incident might occur.

The cost and the potential loss

of American lives.

Well, that's the price
we have to pay, then, sir.

Who are you to
determine that, Lieutenant?

At the Academy, I was taught
what is right and what is wrong.

You were taught it was right

to fly into sovereign
airspace and fire rockets

whenever the spirit moves you?

Objection. Counsel is badgering
the witness, Your Honor.

Sustained.

Commander, let
the accused answer

without your heckling him.

Sorry, Your Honor.

Lieutenant, take all
the time you need.

I thought long and hard

and when I was sure that
our hostages were safe,

I returned to finish the job.

What job was that?

Making sure our
secrets were safe, sir.

And are you sure that
you accomplished that end?

No, sir.

But it's likely that
I did some good.

Maybe a lot of good.

"Likely"?

Did you disobey
orders, Lieutenant?

Yes, sir.

Did you destroy
government property?

Yes, sir.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

Redirect, Your Honor?

Go ahead.

Lieutenant Barrett, did
you give the Chinese

advance warning
of your intentions?

Yes, I buzzed the airfield, sir.

Giving them the opportunity
to retreat to safety

and to prepare for your return?

Yes, sir.

Why would you
do that, Lieutenant?

I didn't want to see
anyone killed, sir.

There was enough
collateral damage already.

Thank you, Lieutenant Barrett.

The defense rests, Your Honor.

Enter.

You wanted to see me, Admiral?

Colonel, don't start.

No, sir, Tiner...

Oh, right.

Have a seat.

Sir, do you think that there will
ever be a female Navy SEAL?

No.

Think there should be?

No.

You look like hell.

Bad haircut?

No. Sorry.

You look unhappy.

Colonel Presser

is a good officer.

But he's gruff and hard-nosed.

Combat arms background.

Yes, sir.

It's his first
Headquarters command.

He has little experience
leading women.

That can be learned.

The question is, can we afford

to lose an officer
like Colonel Presser?

No, sir. Not now.

Sometimes this job really...

Sucks. Yes, it does.

I read your report.

So, Captain Grantham...

Slipped that damn tape
to Military Bloopers, sir.

Charge her, Mac.

Under what, Admiral?

Conduct unbecoming.

That would be a
tough case to make.

Think about it, Colonel.

Someone at Headquarters

follows the court-martial.

Maybe he changes his mind

about who gets the
next set of good orders.

Then maybe Colonel
Presser gets a second look.

Thank you, Admiral.

All part of the job.

You may announce your findings.

Lieutenant Carl Barrett,
United States Navy,

on the charge and specification
of violating Article 92

of the Uniform Code
of Military Justice,

violating an order,

this court finds you guilty.

On the charge and specification

of violating Article 108,

willful destruction
of military property,

this court finds you guilty.

On the charge and specification
of violating Article 90,

willful disobedience of a
superior commissioned officer,

this court finds you guilty.

You may announce your sentence.

This court-martial sentences
you to a punitive discharge

of dismissal from
the naval service.

The members are
thanked for their services.

This court's adjourned.

Well, Lieutenant, I...

I wish I could have done more.

At least it's not
Leavenworth, Commander.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Could have been worse.

Yes, sir.

I had a little help
from a friend.

You have friends?

One or two, sir.