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[man]
It's gonna be difficult

to find them without radar,
Skipper.

Can't even see our own bow.

If they're out there,
we'll find them.

Remember that exercise
off Ibiza?

[laughs]

Back before either one of us
was allowed near the wardroom.

[laughs]

There you go.

All engines ahead standard.

All engines ahead
standard, aye.

Bridge lookout.

Contact 4,000 yards
off the port bow.

Apparent heading
north-northeast.

It's a Turkish destroyer, sir.

All engines ahead flank.

All engines ahead flank, aye.

Sir, wouldn't it
be safer to withdraw

to missile-firing range?

And what would the crew
learn from that?

Steady up on three-four-zero.

I want to
overtake them
on their starboard quarter.

Steady, three-four-zero, sir.

Weapons bridge,
stand by Mount One.

Optical tracking only.

Simulated fire.

Stand by.

Release batteries.

CIC reports direct hit, sir.

Radio bridge.
This is the Captain.

Break EMCON and tell them
they've just been sunk.

Captain, the Turkish ship
is turning sharply

into our path.

-Hard right rudder.
-Hard right rudder, aye.

-Is radar up and running?
-Yes, sir.

They're 1,000 yards and closing.

-All engines back full.
-All engines back full, aye.

Radio, contact the Turks.

Tell them they are in extremis.

XO, sound the
collision alarm.

Aye, aye, sir.

600 yards...

400 yards...

All hands, brace for impact.

100 yards.

[collision]

[theme music playing]

You and the Turkish team

were on opposite sides
in the exercise?

That's right, Ma'am.

A NATO TRANSITEX.

Like a big game
of hide and seek.

Eight U.S. and Italian
ships seeking.

Four Turkish ships hiding.

You found one.

Yes, sir.

I understand they're
blaming a Greek ship

that wasn't even part
of the exercise.

Grab, push it
in there, Sailor.

Look out!

All right.

Fast on your feet
there, Chief.

Thanks.

Not bad yourself.

My apologies, Skipper.

No problem, Commander.

-This is Lieutenant
Colonel MacKenzie.
-[MacKenzie] Skipper.

Any news on the
Turkish casualties?

Still seven dead, two missing.

XO, is that a dispatch

from Comm. Sixth Fleet
relieving me of command?

Only temporarily, sir.

We'll see.

Commander, I realize
that the timing is bad

but we're required
to get a statement

from the commanding officers
of all three ships.

Then I won't keep you
from your rounds.

This is my statement:

We got caught in a fog bank
searching for the enemy.

It cleared.

We found ourselves two
miles from the Gelibolu.

I closed range,
it changed course

I hit it.

Seven dead, two missing.
End of story.

Now,

if you'll excuse me,
I have work to do.

Even though I'm not
the C.O. anymore.

Even if I'm not the
Commanding Officer anymore

it does not mean
I cannot lend a hand.

Now you were running
without radar or lights

when the United States
ship hit you.

All ships were on EMCON,
total emissions blackout.

So the United States ship
couldn't see you

-when they hit?
-They saw clearly enough
to fire at us

when they came out of the fog.

They should have
been able to see

-we were having a problem.
-With the Greek ship?

Yes, the one
trying to ram us.

I didn't try to ram them,
I attempted a shoulder maneuver.

It was an appropriate
response.

To what, Commander?

We saw a vessel outside
shipping lanes

running without lights.

I did what I was
supposed to do.

Did you try hailing them?

Several times, by radio.

But we received no response.

We couldn't respond.

EMCON means no radio,
no sonar, no radar.

Navigation... how do you say it?

"By the seat of our pants."

This was the same way the U.S.
ship was navigating?

Yes, it was the rule
of the exercise.

Eventually, we replied
to the Naxos

by signal light.

We identified ourselves

and informed them
of the exercise.

But they just kept coming.

It didn't matter
who they claimed to be.

-They could have been anyone.
-And that's when you
decided to shoulder them?

No, that's when I decided
to contact my chain of command

to see if there was
any such exercise scheduled.

There was not.

Colonel, I do not attack
another ship on a whim.

The Turks left me no choice.

I informed them they were
in Greek territorial waters

and ordered them
to change their course.

Greek territorial waters?

Within three nautical miles

of the Greek island
of Anaxios Brakos.

We call it "Kiymetsiz Kaya."

It's an uninhabited rock.

The Greek claim has no validity.

Even if it did, we were
on a NATO operation

exercising our right
of innocent passage.

So what does it matter?

Captain, what did you do
when you saw

the Naxosheading toward you?

I immediately broke EMCON
and ordered hard right rudder...

which brought us right into
the path of the American ship.

You took these
actions immediately

knowing that breaking EMCON

would disqualify you
from the war games?

Come this way.

It was my first night on board.

I woke up on the floor.

I tried to move, but my hip...

they say it's shattered.

The bow of the American ship
was right there in my quarters.

Then it reversed.

And I saw...
Lieutenant Ince, my bunkmate,

tangled in the American
anchor chain all torn up.

And I watched him go by

out the hole the ship
made in the bulkhead.

Tessekur ederim, Yuzbasi Ozden.

Dinlen.

[speaks Turkish]

This man is alive.

Seven are not.

I did not hazard
my ship to win a game.

[door closes]

Tiner.

-Good morning, Lieutenant.
-Can you use Lexis-Nexis?

-And Westlaw, ma'am.
-I need you to run a search
on the precedents

involving Article 134,
abuse of a public animal.

You get stuck with the loser
cases again, ma'am?

Every time
they go out of town.

It's like there's
a sign on my back.

Wish we could spend more
time together, Mikey,

-but with everybody gone--
-It's no problem.

I'll just spend
the day with Harriet.

I love diapering my nephew.

You know, I could postpone
a motion hearing,

-free a few hours up
after lunch--
-Don't sweat it.

My ship was on O.R.E.
for the last 30 hours

before we got to Norfolk

so a little nap
wouldn't hurt.

Coffee mess is this way, right?

That way.

What kind of donut
you want, Lieutenant?

I don't eat those anymore.

With sprinkles, right, sir?

-Rainbow.
-[chuckles]

Oh, my gosh.

-Are you all right?
-I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Oh, my God.

Hey, Roberts.

Man, Gunny, if I had
a girl like that...

What would you do?

I'd, uh, you know.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, Victor!

Hey, Val, all right.

I'm sorry, Gunny,
I didn't know she
was your girlfriend.

She's not.

She's my sister.

Hey, could you get
a long lunch, Vic?

The Vermeer show's over
at the National Gallery.

Oh, I'd love to,
but I can't.

Things are just
really crazy...

The Vermeer show's over.

They got Art Nouveau now.

What?

Art Nouveau kicks ass.

-What?
-Mike.

Valerie.

I was going to go see it.
If you want to go...

we could both go.

-You sure you can't come?
-Uh...

-Let's go.
-All right.

Oh, hey, Mikey, I was able
to clear away a few...

Where's my brother going?

Uh... out with my sister.

[soldiers shouting]

[Rabb] Turkish Captain is
blaming the Greeks.

[MacKenzie] And the Greek is
pointing it right back
at the Turks.

This has been going on
for a thousand years, sir.

Turks drink raki,
Greeks drink ouzo.

They're identical,
but try telling them.

What about the
American Captain?

Commander James Merrick.
Outstanding service record.

Golden Anchor Award
for Retention,

John Paul Jones Award
for leadership,

and he's the only one
not working overtime

-to cover his butt.
-That's refreshing.

More refreshing
not to have to compete

with officials from
four different countries.

We're tripping over
each other out there, sir.

Try dealing with Admirals
in four different countries

with their Defense Ministers
looking over their shoulders

making sure nobody forgets
their political agendas...

and then there's the press.

[reporters yelling]

[Admiral] Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you

for all your interest.

We'll answer your questions
at the press briefing.

Follow me please.

Some of those reporters
would make damn good Marines.

We are the nation that
gave the world paparazzi.

Now please, sit.

So, you are
the American team

in our investigative Olympics.

Yes, sir.

Admiral Picato commanded
the NATO Transit Exercise.

Admiral, we need
to speak with you.

Speak.

Sir, Commander Vlahakis
the Greek skipper

claims he never
received word

that the TRANSITEX
was being conducted.

My office informed
the Greek Navy

via its Fleet Command
at Salamis.

So the Greeks
were at fault, sir?

There was apparently
an unfortunate breakdown
in communications.

Admiral, why were games
held near an island

the ownership of which
is disputed

between Greece and Turkey?

The Op Area was 75,000
square kilometers, Commander.

Find me a section of
the Aegean that size

without
the dozen disputed islands

and I will be happy to use it.

Admiral Picato,
don't you have a meeting?

Yes, with the NATO Press Office.

A different sort
of damage control

than I learned
at the Naval Academy.

Good day, gentlemen,
Colonel.

Sir.

Admiral, we should be
going, too, sir.

We have a meeting with
a Turkish translator

-to go over the Gelibolu'slog.
-That won't be necessary.

We're past the investigation
stage on this.

Mr. Secretary,
we've hardly begun, sir.

The key facts of the collision
are not in dispute.

Apparently not even
by Commander Merrick

according to your report.

He will be prosecuted.

-For what, sir?
-Dereliction of duty.

Hazarding a vessel...
and manslaughter.

Seven counts.

Mr. Secretary, I don't see
how primary responsibility

can be assigned to
Commander Merrick
at this point, sir.

Mr. Secretary, what about
the captains of the other ships?

The Greeks and the Turks
are frying their fish.

We're frying ours,
unless you want to argue

that the uniform code
of military justice

applies to officers
of foreign navies.

-No, sir.
-Good.

[MacKenzie] Sir, we're just
concerned that the prosecution

of Commander Merrick
may be premature.

Really?

Does anybody here remember
the TCG Mauvenet?

[Rabb] Turkish destroyer, sir

the USS Saratogaaccidentally
hit with live missiles

-during a war game in '92.
-Killed five sailors.

No one was court-martialed.

Was Commander Merrick
on the Saratoga,sir?

The Turks are making noises

about revoking our use
of their airfields

to enforce
the Iraqi no-fly zone.

How is that our department?

Anything that affects America's
national security interests
is "our department."

At least, that's the impression
I've been laboring under.

Yes, sir.

Oh, for God sakes, A.J.

Merrick plowed his ship
into another vessel.

At least seven people
are dead.

Yes, sir.

Turkey needs to know

that we are taking
this one seriously.

I understand.

I'll assign my best people.

I want you to prosecute.

Me?

Yes, A.J.

So they'll know we are
taking this one seriously.

[chuckles]

I trust you'll allow me
to name the defense counsel?

A.J., you know I trust you.

Good, 'cause I want to make sure
Commander Merrick's defense team

is just as serious,sir.

[Mikey] So, what was
your favorite?

[Valerie] Um... Ford's Theater.

No! Magnum's aloha shirt
at the Smithsonian.

No, wait.

This tiramisu. Oh...

Um, if you maybe want
to walk off the tiramisu,

we could go check out
Dupont Circle or...

I should probably
get back to my brother's.

You know, I am supposedly
spending time with him.

Look, I go back aboard
ship on Wednesday.

You can see him all week.

Well, what about your brother?

Aren't you supposed to be

spending time with him?

I saw him this morning.

You know what I need right now?

Another cappuccino?

To dance.

I mean... you're not tired,

are you?

Okay. Uh, I know some clubs.

You're 21, right?

My driver's license says 22.

If I'm asleep in my quarters,

and a radar operator with a bad
cold gets blurry eyes

and he doesn't see a blip
on his screen

and we hit a rowboat,
I'm responsible

because I'm
the commanding officer.

Now, if I'm on the bridge

and we hit
a 4,000-ton destroyer...

[MacKenzie]
A number of factors

led to that collision,
Commander.

Colonel,
there are always

a number of factors

but somebody
has to be responsible.

Otherwise, next time
nobody will be.

We respect the responsibility
that comes with command

but to volunteer
to take the blame, Comm--

When I volunteered to be
a naval officer 22 years ago...

I accepted that something
like this could happen.

What, to become a scapegoat?

What would you propose
that I do?

Prosecution will try to prove
you acted negligently.

We will show that you made
legitimate choices

according to the situation.

That this collision
is the result

of a long chain of events.

Misjudgment by the skippers,
missed communications,

faulty equipment.

Dust in my eyes, full moon,
that sort of thing?

I am not some old lady
with a lap full of hot coffee.

That is not the way
I do things.

Letting our client
take the fall for others

is not the way we do things.
Now, Commander--

Harm, if he doesn't want
to fight, we can't make him.

Colonel, I joined the Navy
to fight

like my father
and my grandfather before me,

but they served 56 years
between them

without killing seven people
in a war game.

-[knocking]
-Enter.

Excuse me.

Commander, you're right on time.

We're trying to convince your
C.O. not to fall on his sword.

Skipper, I just received this
order from the prosecutor

to testify against you.

[giggling]

That was great!

Victor would never take
me anyplace like that.

He wouldn't even
know it existed.

Well, you got to know
where to go.

Where's the best place
to see the sunrise?

Jefferson Memorial,
Tidal Basin.

Come on, I'll take you.

What would he want you
to testify about?

I don't know.

Oh, I think we both know.

When we came out
of that fog

you recommended that I
withdraw to missile range

instead of approaching
the Turkish ship.

That doesn't mean anything.

It might mean something
to a court-martial panel.

Recommending is an XO's job.

Then the captain makes
his own decisions.

I won't testify against you.

You have no choice, Commander.
It's an order.

I don't care, sir.

Tim, if you respect me at all,
you'll follow that order.

And help send you
to Leavenworth?

No, sir.

Well, your XO's willing
to disobey an order

to defend you, Commander.

What are you willing to do?

[light snoring]

Just wait five minutes.

I can't believe
I... drooled on you.

Hey, it happens
to the best of us.

Oh, I wish you didn't
have to go back

to your ship so soon.

Well, um...
I could, uh...

come back, uh,
next Friday.

How was the Art Noo-Voo?

Nouveau.

Oh, my mistake,
Roberts.

And I guess it's also
my mistake to think

that you can see an art exhibit
in less than 19 hours.

-Oh, come on, Vic--
-Valerie,

-inside.
-Are you trying to send me

to my room?

I'm trying to get you
or this swabby here

to tell me what the hell
you been doing

-for the last 19 hours.
-Sightseeing.

Sightseeing?

Yeah. Sightseeing.

Valerie, when you stay
under my roof

you don't go out
all night long.

News flash, Vic:

I'm 20 years old,
and you are not my father.

I was sightseeing.

Good-night, Mikey.

It was fun.

Your motion is rather unusual,
Commander.

You're saying the relationship

between commanding officer
and executive officer

is the same as between
husband and wife?

Uh, not exactly,
Your Honor.

[chuckles]

I should hope not.

But I do believe
there should be a limit

on the government's ability
to compel an executive officer

to testify against
his commanding officer.

Like husband and wife.

It's more like lawyer-client,
Your Honor.

For the success
of their missions

a C.O. and his or her X.O.

must be able to communicate
freely and openly.

The fear that one might later
be called upon

to incriminate the other

could impede
the necessary flow

of information
and advice.

Is my learned opponent
suggesting

that an executive officer might
not tell his commanding officer

that they are under attack
because of some fear

of legal liability?

He might not tell his
commanding officer

how he feels an attack
should be dealt with

if he's afraid
that he might later

be prosecuted for
giving bad advice.

[Judge] Commander,
do you have

a scrap of law
to support this notion?

I believe it's inherent
in the structure

of the naval service,
Your Honor.

"Inherent"... but unstated?

Your Honor, the executive
officer on the Monroe Smith
has pertinent testimony...

Save your breath, Admiral.

He can testify.
Motion denied.

Hearing adjourned.

[pounds gavel]

Uh, we'll meet you outside.

Interesting motion,
Commander.

Thank you, sir.

And preposterous.

Sir, you must admit it
is a little distasteful

to compel Lieutenant
Commander Bryant
to testify.

"Distasteful"?

We having a garden party here,
Colonel?

-No, sir.
-That's right.

I'm going to convict
Commander Merrick.

If there's any doubts,
they'll disappear

when you see your client
packed off to Leavenworth.

Have a nice day.

[Captain Agazi]
After we received the message
that we'd been sunk,

the collision came very soon.

[Chegwidden]
So, Commander Merrick

took the time to tell you
that he'd won the war game

but didn't bother to tell you
he was about to hit you.

That is correct, sir.

When did the warning
message come?

When it was too late
to do anything about it.

Thank you, Captain.

Captain, I'd like you
to walk us through the collision

from the beginning,
if you would, sir.

We were cruising
at 12 knots.

The Greek ship approached us
on our port beam.

A little
farther forward.

Then, they ordered us
to stand clear.

And what was your action?

Using our signal lights,
I identified our vessel

and informed them
we were conducting

a NATO transit exercise.

How did they respond?

They repeated their order.

I immediately changed course.

[Rabb] Immediately?
Your communications log

indicates messages
from the Naxos

over a period of eight minutes

before you
changed course, Captain.

I had to determine that
the other ship was not

a participant in the exercise.

Well, hadn't they
identified themselves as
a Greek warship, Captain?

[Agazi] It is common to use
cover and deception tactics.

It could have been
the other team... pretending.

Pretending by turning on
their lights and breaking EMCON.

[Agazi] It is possible.

Captain, are you familiar
with paragraph nine
of your op orders?

I am familiar
with the op orders,

not with paragraph numbers.

Captain, would you please
read the highlighted portion?

"Any participant breaking EMCON
for other than an emergency

will be disqualified and
directed to vacate the
operations area."

So, had the other ship
been a participant,

they would have already
been disqualified

by turning on their lights,
isn't this true?

Yes.

[Rabb]
So, did you wait
the eight minutes

because you didn't want
to forfeit the exercise

or because you didn't
understand the rules, Captain?

I did nothing wrong.

[Rabb]
Captain, aren't you currently
the subject of an investigation

by Turkish naval
authorities?

They are investigating, yes.

So, during this eight minutes

that you were doing
nothing wrong.

how much did the gap
between you and the Naxosclose?

I am sure you will tell me.

No, Captain, I'd like
you to tell me.

What was the distance
between your ship and the Naxos

when they first ordered you
to stand clear?

Nine thousand yards.

[Rabb] And what was the distance
when you finally complied?

One thousand yards.

Leaving you only
one direction to turn

in which to avoid a collision
with the Naxos.

I ordered the Turks
to change their course

beforeI approached them.

But then you deliberately
steered towards another ship

violating the most basic rule
of prudent navigation.

My duty supersedes
those rules

when I'm defending Greek
territorial waters.

From a NATO ship
on a NATO exercise?

I had no proof of that.

NATO Southern Command records

show that notification
of the exercise was sent

to your fleet headquarters.

It never reached me.

Your own ship's log shows
the message was received

at 0600 the morning
of the collision.

This message was erroneously
delivered to my Chief Engineer.

It was only located
afterward.

In your first statement
following the collision

didn't you say that you
had contacted your command

and been told that there
was no exercise in that area?

I thought my XO had contacted
our command.

In fact, he only checked
my own ship's record.

So, isn't it fair to say

that there was dereliction
of duty aboard your ship?

By whom?

By the seaman who misdirected
the message,

the Chief Engineer who failed
to forward it,

the executive officer
who didn't find it...

And me, Colonel?

[MacKenzie]
Isn't it a fact, Commander,

that if you had seen the
message,

there would have been
no collision?

Objection, Your Honor.
Calls for conclusion.

Sustained.

Would you have challenged
the Gelibolu

had you known about
the exercise?

No.

Lieutenant, about
your supply requisition...

Not now, Tiner.

I thought you were through
with the Ballard case, ma'am.

Oh, I would be if
the Brother of the Year

over there hadn't come in
two hours late

because of personal reasons
on the day that I needed him

to get my witness statements.

-Yes, ma'am.
-[slams phone]

Gunny, this requisition
form you filled out for staples,

I can't tell if that's
a seven or a two.

It makes a difference
between standard point
and chisel point.

Tiner, go away and don't ever
ask me about staples again.

Tiner, sorry, sorry,
it's just...

Listen, you were talking
to Petty Officer Roberts
the other day.

Did he mention anything
about a girl?

[Roberts] What's going on,
Gunny?

Nothing, sir.

Well, you mentioned
my brother's name.

Sir, permission
to speak freely?

As you know, sir,

your brother took
my sister out the other day.

So?

He kept her out all night

and I have reason
to believe that

his behavior was
less than honorable.

-What, did your sister
tell you this?
-No, sir. He did.

[Mikey on answering machine]
Hey, Val, guess who?

It's the guy who drooled
all over your lap.

Uh, sorry I couldn't go
all night last time, but, uh,

if you want to give me
a second chance
I'll be back in town on Friday.

All right, later.

[Chegwidden]
Dark, foggy night,
ships running without radar...

sounds like a dangerous
exercise, Admiral.

All exercises have
a risk factor

but the op orders were to reduce
speed to five knots

if visibility was
below 200 yards.

Did Commander Merrick comply
with that directive?

Apparently not.

[Chegwidden]
Who do you think is responsible

for the collision between
his ship and the Gelibolu?

[Rabb]
Objection.

That's what this proceeding is
meant to determine, Your Honor.

Your Honor, this is
the 23rd NATO exercise
Admiral Picato has directed.

He's more than
qualified to
express an opinion.

I agree. Objection overruled.

[Picato]
I believe Commander Merrick
displayed bad judgment

in approaching the Gelibolu
as he did.

I believe he's exercising
bad judgment now

in attempting to shift blame
to everyone but himself.

I move to strike, Your Honor.
Non-responsive and irrelevant.

Granted.

Members will disregard
the last statement.

No more questions.

Admiral, if the Captain is
responsible for everything

that happens aboard his ship,

it should follow that
an exercise commander

would be responsible
for everything

that happens
during an exercise.

There are limits to command
responsibility, Commander.

-I was 200 miles away.
-Well, isn't it a fact, sir,

that the prosecution
of Commander Merrick occurred

after a meeting
of high-level officials

from several NATO countries?

We had all gathered, including
your Secretary of the Navy

to discuss an incident
that involved

several of our
member nations.

-Including Greece and Turkey?
-Objection. Relevance.

Your Honor, if you'll allow me
a little leeway, sir,

I believe I can establish
relevance.

I'll give you the benefit
of the doubt, Commander,

-for the moment.
-[Rabb] Thank you, sir.

Admiral Picato, hasn't the fact

that Greece and Turkey
are historic enemies

complicated the mission
of NATO?

They have their differences,
but, uh, they get along.

Were they
getting along

last October when Turkey
blocked Greek jets

involved in a NATO exercise

from flying over
two Aegean islands?

No.

They were not getting along
last October.

And when the incident
in discussion here occurred,

wasn't their special concern,
sir, because it once again

involved Greece and Turkey?

-No.
-No, even though the Greek

and Turkish Prime Ministers
issued statements immediately
following the collision

blaming one another?

They are politicians, Commander.

Well, isn't NATO
a political organization, sir,

as well as a military one?

Ho, ho, ho, it lives!

I'm going to sleep
for 12 hours.

I thought you were used to
getting up at the crack of dawn?

Yeah, well I need
to save up my energy.

Good idea.

Harriet and I got lots of plans
for this weekend.

We figured we'd all go hiking

on the Appalachian Trail
on Saturday,

maybe go to Annapolis,
do some antiquing on Sunday--

I was kind of planning
on staying in town.

What, and miss out
on all this great weather?

Um...
"Weekend snow expected."

Oh... well, we could go
to Baltimore

and hammer some crabs.

I sort of have a date.

-With Valerie Galindez?
-Maybe. Why?

Well, Gunny's kind of...
worried about you and her...

We just like to hang out.
I mean, she's cool and all
but it's just... you know?

Mikey, Gunny's sort of
overprotective.

-She can handle him.
-Shecan?

I can, too-- what's he going
to do to me?

-Break your arms.
-I don't care.

You don't care that
he's going to break your arms?

Bud, don't laugh, but...

I think I might be in love.

When you emerged from the fog
and saw the Gelibolu,

what were your strike options?

Withdraw to missile firing
range, sir, or approach

and use the 76mm gun.

And which option did
Commander Merrick choose?

To move in
and use the gun, sir.

At that point, did you have
a conversation with him?

We had many decisions
to make, sir-- I'm sure

we had several
conversations.

Did any of those conversations

relate to Commander Merrick's
order to approach?

It's possible, sir.

Your Honor, permission
to treat as a hostile witness.

-Granted.
-Isn't it true

that you disagreed with
Commander Merrick's order?

I don't recall, sir.

Do you want me to bring
in three crew members

who heard that
conversation,
Commander?

You have a promising career,
son, but you could end it

in the next 30 seconds.

I suggested we withdraw
to missile firing range, sir.

Why?

To keep out of range
of their close-in guns, sir.

Any other reason, Commander?

Yes.

To minimize the risk
of a collision.

Thank you.

You had another disagreement
with the Captain

-after the collision,
didn't you, Commander?
-[Bryant] Yes, sir.

The Captain wanted to send out
boats to aid the Turkish ship.

I thought we should wait
until we assessed the damage
to our own ship.

Even though there was
the possibility

of men in the water?

I know it sounds callous, sir,

but if we began to list
while lowering boats

some of them would have
hit the hull and capsized,

putting more men in the water,

-or worse.
-So, what would you have done?

Waited until the situation
stabilized, then sent the boats.

And what was the result
of Commander Merrick's decision?

We saved six
Turkish sailors, sir.

Then it's a good thing
you weren't the Captain.

[Chegwidden]
Objection. Argumentative.

Your Honor, this goes to
the witness's credibility.

Lieutenant Commander Bryant
does not understand

the risks inherent
in command, sir.

He's ending his career
with those questions.

-He's trying to save yours.
-[Judge] Objection overruled.

I'll allow the line
of questioning.

[Rabb]
How long would you have waited

to put boats
in the water, Commander?

-Your Honor!
-Your Honor...

defense requests
a recess.

-Now?
-Yes, sir.

[Judge]
Very well.

-Ten minutes.
-[pounds gavel]

What the hell is going on?

I can't allow you to crucify him
in order to save my neck.

Commander, his testimony
is damaging.

We have to do this.

No.

No, we don't.

It's over.

You make me a deal.

[SecNav] Thank you,
keep me informed.

Well, that's one piece
of good news.

They've located the last
missing Turkish sailor.

He's been in
a military hospital in Turkey

since the day
before the collision.

He wasn't even on the ship?

Apparently not.

How's the trial going?

Commander Merrick
wants to make a deal.

Two pieces of good news.

I just need to know
what we can offer.

I think dismissal,
forfeiture of pay

and a few years imprisonment
will make the point.

A few years?

Couple of years.
He has to do some time.

-I'll leave the details
to your discretion.
-Yes, sir.

What's happening
with the investigation

of the Turkish and
Greek captains?

They're back
on their ships.

Neither of them
is going to be charged.

Wha... You told me they were
going to be dealt with.

That was my understanding
at the time.

Was it, sir?

Yes, it was.

If we're done here,
I'm late for a meeting.

Mr. Secretary...

It hardly seems fair

Commander Merrick
should take all the blame.

Commander Merrick drove his ship
into another ship.

The captain of which
was derelict in his duty

as was the captain of
the third ship involved.

With all due respect, when you
assigned me this case,

I was under the impression
that I was serving the law,

not joining some
damn lynch mob.

A.J., now, you think
it was up to me?

I thought you looked after

the interests of
your people, sir.

You think that I alone
make the decisions

when the future of NATO
is at stake?

If the Greeks and the Turks
are threatening

to tear the alliance apart,
then we've got to do

what we've got to do
to make sure they don't.

"We."

You got your marching orders,
Admiral.

I got mine.

These terms seem
a little harsh.

The prosecuting attorney
doesn't decide

what terms are acceptable,
you know that.

How much brig
time, sir?

[sighing]

Oh, six months would do.

Well, Admiral,
against our advice,

Commander Merrick
has indicated

that he would accept
something along that line.

All right, then, we're all set.

I suppose so.

I'll let the SECNAV know.

On second thought,
those terms are not acceptable.

You want more
brig time, sir?

That's not what I said.

Commander,
you and the Colonel

are doing a pretty good job
on this trial.

Well, thank you, sir.

We thought so.

If I were
Commander Merrick

I'd be happy for you
to continue.

Sir, he's given us
specific instructions to stop.

Perhaps we don't have to stop
just yet.

Well...
whatever you think is best.

[elevator bell dings]

[indistinct chatter]

[telephone ringing]

[dramatic music]

Gunny, can I talk
to you for a minute?

Yes, ma'am.

You need
to take a deep breath

count to ten-- whatever.

Ma'am?

You're worried
about your sister.

Your Marine training teaches you
to take direct action.

In this case,
bad career move.

Good news:
take a look at your sister.

Take a look at Mikey Roberts.

Same league?

[chuckling]

What exactly
are you worried about?

I understand, ma'am.

I just wish I had a brother
that cared this much about me.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you very much.

What?

Ma'am, that was
so... considerate.

Tiner, Mikey Roberts can eat
that girl for breakfast
for all I care.

As long as the Hatfields
and McCoys are still fighting

I get stuck with more work.

-Hi,
-[Mikey] Hey.

Mikey, hi.

This is,
uh, for you.

Oh, thank you.

So, you, uh...

-ready for lunch?
-Sure.

I just wanted to
say hi to Victor.

Have you seen him?

Gunny? Um... no,
I haven't seen him.

He's probably
around somewhere, though.

But check this out.

I've got not one,
but two Fatboy Slim tickets

for tonight.

Cool! Can you get three?

Three?

-Yeah. This is my
boyfriend, Ray.
-'Sup?

He flew in from New Mexico
to surprise me.

Can you believe it?

Yeah, I can.

Victor.

Valerie.

Roberts.

Sir.

Beasley?

How's it going, Vic?

What a surprise, huh?

He and I and Mikey
are all going out.

Ray rented a Miata.

Okay, what are
we looking for?

Something
to change his mind.

Whose mind, Merrick's?

The Admiral's? SECNAV's?

Somebody's.

Anybody's.

What do we know
about the Turkish sailor

who turned up in the hospital?

Does it matter?

I don't know.

Um...

The day before the collision,
Petty Officer Suleyman Metin

arrived at the military
hospital at Canakkale

with second degree
burns, concussion
and a broken ankle--

injuries received
aboard the Gelibolu.

What was his duty?

Uh... Electronics Technician.

Well, he didn't

get second degree burns
tripping over a power cord.

Is there anything
in the ship's medical log?

Oh, we don't have it.

They didn't send it over.

Big night planned?

Yeah, bigger than I thought.

[rueful chuckle]

Oh, I don't know what it is
about that girl.

That Beasley guy--
total loser.

Every guy she brings home
is worse than the one before.

And the more I tell her
what jerks they are

the more she likes them.

You must love me, then.

No, Roberts, I can't stand you.

And I'll tell Val that
every chance I get.

Did you make the deal?

Almost. There are
just a few minor details

-to be worked out.
-Then why are you here?

Sir, we've uncovered
new information

-about the Turkish ship
involved in the collision.
-Oh?

The day before
the exercise began

the radar aboard
the Geliboluwent out.

A petty officer
went up to check the dome.

The radar came on suddenly,
burning him

causing him
to fall from the tower.

I trust the Turkish safety
investigators are investigating.

With an intermittent and
undiagnosed radar fault

on one of
the participant ships, sir,

the NATO exercise should,
under op orders,

have been postponed.

But the commander
of the exercise,

Admiral Picato,

apparently was eager
to conduct the games

before the end
of his fiscal year.

There is a possibility, sir,

he colluded with
the Turkish cabinet

to keep the
mishap quiet.

Where are you getting
all of this?

I made a few phone calls
after they brought this
to my attention.

Was this in your job description
as prosecutor, Admiral?

Well, Mr. Secretary,
as an officer of the court,
it's my duty

to bring forth
any relevant information, sir.

I see.
Did the radar problems

have anything to do
with the collision?

-No, sir.
-Then I don't see

how it is relevant to this case.

Oh, it's not, sir.

That's why we're
giving you our report

off to the NATO
Inspector General.

This could cause
some difficulties for NATO.

But I imagine
you realize that.

You mentioned some minor details
remain to be worked out

in Commander Merrick's deal?

[MacKenzie]
Yes, sir.

The Admiral's informed us
that confinement is required.

We were wondering
if there's any leeway, sir.

I suppose you have
an alternative to propose.

Yes, sir.
Commander Merrick
be allowed to retire

with a punitive letter
of reprimand

forfeiture of $3,000,
and no confinement.

Fine.

I'll put this
through the proper channels.

-[ship horn blowing]
-[seagulls cawing]

[Merrick]
She's a good ship, Tim.

If they give it to you,
take care of her.

I will, sir.

Commander.

We stopped by
your quarters.

I had some leftover
fitreps to sign.

Loose ends.

I'm sorry we couldn't
do something to keep you here.

Well, I knew
I was finished

driving ships the minute that
destroyer crossed our path.

At least I'll
be going home

without that long
layover in Kansas.

You might not be going home
quite yet, Commander.

Admiral Picato is being charged
with dereliction of duty

in conjunction
with the collision.

Now he's taking the fall?

It really didn't matter
who it was

as long as it wasn't
a Greek or a Turk.

[soft rueful chuckle]

That stinks, Commander.

You're being called
as a witness against him.

I used to think I might have
what it takes to be an admiral.

You weren't wrong, Commander.

No... thank God, I was.

Captain departing!

[theme music playing]