1 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,280 Birmingham approaches. 2 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,760 Birmingham 2 -5. Cod. Ball. 3 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:11,060 2 .5. 4 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:13,320 Roger, Ball. 5 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:14,960 Lineup's good. 6 00:01:44,590 --> 00:01:45,590 Birmingham approach. 7 00:01:45,850 --> 00:01:47,150 Birmingham, 4 -3. 8 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:50,110 Lieutenant Barrett turning a final, sir. 9 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:52,510 Hornet, Ball, 3 .5. 10 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:56,190 Roger. Ball, do you have any hung ordnance? 11 00:01:56,430 --> 00:01:57,430 Negative, LSO. 12 00:01:57,590 --> 00:01:58,790 All ordnance expended. 13 00:01:59,110 --> 00:02:01,530 XO, have the master at arms arrest Lieutenant Barrett. 14 00:02:28,970 --> 00:02:30,330 there's a chance I may need counsel. 15 00:02:31,210 --> 00:02:33,190 Well, you have a gift for understatement, Lieutenant. 16 00:02:33,850 --> 00:02:35,710 You'll be charged with everything in the book. 17 00:02:37,210 --> 00:02:40,670 Admiral, I want you to know I buzzed the airfield first. I gave them fair 18 00:02:40,670 --> 00:02:44,530 warning. Lieutenant, as your prospective counsel, my advice to you is to remain 19 00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:45,530 silent. 20 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:48,770 I have nothing to fear from telling the truth, sir. 21 00:02:49,510 --> 00:02:53,130 Not if you don't mind spending the next ten years at hard labor in Leavenworth. 22 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:58,480 overdraft protection. 23 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:06,500 Is this exercise too hard 24 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:10,340 for you? You want a step stool brought in? Or maybe we should just mark you 25 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:12,580 absent for the day, send you home to your mother. 26 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,420 Captain, the principle here is not that complicated. 27 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,520 You lift your head and you crunch. 28 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:22,560 Captain, I don't know how you feel, but now I'm embarrassed. 29 00:03:23,230 --> 00:03:27,790 You can't possibly tell me that's the best you can do. Because if you can't 30 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:31,830 them up and put them down any faster than that, there's only one finish line 31 00:03:31,830 --> 00:03:32,870 you're going to be crossing. 32 00:03:36,570 --> 00:03:38,010 Stay tuned for more. 33 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:42,390 Do we have a damage assessment yet, sir? 34 00:03:42,750 --> 00:03:46,850 Initial satellite reports indicate that the EP -3 sustained a direct hit. 35 00:03:47,230 --> 00:03:49,070 Any loss to Chinese life, Admiral? 36 00:03:49,390 --> 00:03:50,390 None reported. 37 00:03:52,010 --> 00:03:56,030 Sir, there were 24 minutes from the time the initial incident was to make and 38 00:03:56,030 --> 00:03:58,530 when it was landed in Fuzhou and boarded. 39 00:03:58,850 --> 00:04:03,490 So maybe 60 % of the emergency damage bill was complete before the Chinese 40 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:04,489 aboard. 41 00:04:04,490 --> 00:04:07,750 And given Lieutenant Barrett's preemptive strike, how much do you think 42 00:04:07,750 --> 00:04:08,629 Chinese got? 43 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:09,650 Best guess, not much. 44 00:04:09,930 --> 00:04:11,890 One more day, they would have had our code. 45 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:14,390 By all rights, we should be giving Lieutenant Barrett a medal. 46 00:04:14,930 --> 00:04:19,329 Only if he was ordered on that mission by Captain Hopkins, sir. Apparently that 47 00:04:19,329 --> 00:04:20,430 was Lieutenant Barrett's decision. 48 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,240 So, Lieutenant Hilden gets the medal for turning the AP -3 over to the Chinese, 49 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:27,040 and Lieutenant Barrett gets screwed. 50 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,640 Sign up. Good morning, sir. 51 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,280 I mean, Colonel, why are you standing in my doorway? 52 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:38,760 Because you wanted to see me. 53 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:42,760 Is this one of those ESP moments? 54 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:44,020 No, sir. 55 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:45,620 Come in. 56 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,580 Did you happen to catch the military blooper show last night? That's why I'm 57 00:04:54,580 --> 00:04:55,580 here, sir. 58 00:04:56,180 --> 00:04:59,640 Within five minutes of airing of that damn show, a complaint came on sexual 59 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,520 harassment hotline from Captain Sheila Grantham. The Marine officer in the 60 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,520 video. 61 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:09,420 Charging her CO, Colonel Harry Presser, with creating a hostile command 62 00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:12,200 atmosphere by discriminating against women. 63 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:15,340 Must be something there, sir, for a female officer to make a hotline 64 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:16,840 That's why I want you to look into it. 65 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,040 My bag is packed. 66 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:20,880 Dismissed. 67 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:22,300 Aye, aye, sir. 68 00:05:24,420 --> 00:05:29,900 Colonel, about the psychic thing, I know it comes in handy. 69 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,720 Just don't broadcast it. 70 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:38,900 You don't want to get the reputation as being one of those, you know... Right. 71 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,640 Never again, sir. 72 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,240 What would you have done at my place, Commander? 73 00:05:46,540 --> 00:05:48,020 What I would have done, Lieutenant, is irrelevant. 74 00:05:49,070 --> 00:05:53,630 The list of charges against you will be long. Article 108, willful destruction 75 00:05:53,630 --> 00:05:58,230 of military property valued in excess of $100 carries a maximum sentence of 10 76 00:05:58,230 --> 00:05:59,029 years' confinement. 77 00:05:59,030 --> 00:06:03,550 Article 90, willful disobedience of a superior commissioned officer, five 78 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:08,170 confinement. Article 92, violating a general order, two years' confinement on 79 00:06:08,170 --> 00:06:09,710 hard labor, dismissal from the service. 80 00:06:09,950 --> 00:06:11,130 It adds up, Lieutenant. 81 00:06:11,970 --> 00:06:13,950 But what I did was right, sir. 82 00:06:14,950 --> 00:06:17,670 Lieutenant, you've created an international incident. 83 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:23,040 You acted in violation of Navy policy and you damn near started a war between 84 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,000 the United States and China. I'm sure most Americans will understand, sir. 85 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,720 Lieutenant, you will have no less than five senior Navy officers serving as 86 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:31,720 members at your corps. 87 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:37,540 While they may sympathize with your cause and spirit, I'd be surprised if a 88 00:06:37,540 --> 00:06:40,860 single one condoned the fact that you violated orders. 89 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,580 So you can imagine, ma 'am, how I felt when I saw myself on TV. 90 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,080 Or maybe not. I'm sure nothing like that's ever happened to you, ma 'am. It 91 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,080 Captain. 92 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:07,020 My whole life was the lead story on the 6 o 'clock news. 93 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,040 Did they make fun of you? 94 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,840 During the course of a single trial, Johnny Cochran insulted my hairstyle, 95 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:19,540 Hart talked about my body of evidence, and opposing counsel told a national TV 96 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,780 audience that I would make a better lap dancer than a lawyer. 97 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,100 Is that why they sent you, ma 'am, because you know about that kind of 98 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:29,800 intimidation? They sent me because I'm an experienced lawyer. My 15 minutes of 99 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,180 fame has nothing to do with it. 100 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:33,980 Start at the beginning. 101 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,180 Well, ma 'am, for the morning PT, Colonel Presser set the bar high. 102 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,800 Normally the time for the women is three minutes more than the men. He insisted 103 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,280 on the same time for both. That way a number of women fell out along the way. 104 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:48,820 And you were one of them? Yes. 105 00:07:49,210 --> 00:07:52,910 I'm the S4 logistics officer, ma 'am, and a darn good one. 106 00:07:53,550 --> 00:07:56,030 I'm in okay shape, but that course was a killer. 107 00:07:56,370 --> 00:07:57,370 So you complained? 108 00:07:57,730 --> 00:08:02,710 I went to Colonel Presser first off the record. The colonel still insisted on a 109 00:08:02,710 --> 00:08:04,330 single standard for both men and women. 110 00:08:04,630 --> 00:08:08,470 When I fell short week after week, I was subject to mockery. 111 00:08:08,990 --> 00:08:14,550 That had a negative impact on my ability to lead, and it was personally hurtful 112 00:08:14,550 --> 00:08:15,550 and demeaning. 113 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:18,850 How did it come about that the weekly run was canceled? 114 00:08:19,270 --> 00:08:20,990 General Kruger ordered it, ma 'am. 115 00:08:21,250 --> 00:08:23,130 Did you request the general do so? 116 00:08:23,390 --> 00:08:27,750 I brought to his attention that the slow runners were ridiculed by the fast ones 117 00:08:27,750 --> 00:08:30,610 and that Colonel Presser intended to keep it that way. 118 00:08:30,890 --> 00:08:34,210 How long after your complaint to General Kruger did the video appear on military 119 00:08:34,210 --> 00:08:37,289 bloopers? The next week. It was payback, ma 'am. 120 00:08:37,909 --> 00:08:38,909 Because you complained? 121 00:08:39,169 --> 00:08:42,250 Yes, ma 'am. They wanted to make a fool of me. 122 00:08:42,710 --> 00:08:45,450 They? Are you accusing Colonel Presser? 123 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,360 No. Then who? 124 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:52,880 You might want to start with the training chief, Gunnery Sergeant 125 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,580 He's the staff NCO responsible for the training schedules. 126 00:08:57,060 --> 00:08:58,340 Did you have a problem with him? 127 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,160 Well, I knew it was his practice to videotape all segments of training as an 128 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,180 instructional aid. 129 00:09:17,710 --> 00:09:19,250 So how are you going to defend him? 130 00:09:19,470 --> 00:09:20,930 I don't know yet, Admiral. 131 00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:26,150 Are you familiar with the lighthouse in Hanoi Harbor? 132 00:09:28,390 --> 00:09:29,990 Yes, sir. It was off limits. 133 00:09:31,310 --> 00:09:34,390 Destruction would constitute a hazard to third country shipping. 134 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:35,970 Yeah, you're right. 135 00:09:37,350 --> 00:09:40,410 One of the last missions I flew, we took heavy flak. 136 00:09:41,130 --> 00:09:42,790 We lost three air crews. 137 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,520 That unfriendly fire was directed from an artillery unit at the base of that 138 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,520 lighthouse. 139 00:09:49,980 --> 00:09:52,820 Now, this happened every mission, only we couldn't touch it. 140 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:54,420 Those were our orders. 141 00:09:56,340 --> 00:10:01,840 So on the way home, I sent my wingman on ahead, and I turned back to that 142 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:06,340 lighthouse. I fired 2 ,000 rounds directly into that flak site, point 143 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,460 It made a lovely light. 144 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,620 Now, that was in violation of the international rules of engagement, 145 00:10:14,620 --> 00:10:20,120 off orders, and possibly the Ten Commandments. But for a time, none of 146 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,720 planes got hit by that sight. 147 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,080 Now, knowing those circumstances, would you have brought me up on charges? 148 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,260 It's during the time of war, sir. Well, we're at war now. 149 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:39,360 So do you respect the point of international law when your friends are 150 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:40,360 shot down and killed? 151 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:46,280 Or worse, if what happened spared one man seven years of hell in the Hanoi 152 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,680 Hilton, then it was worth it. 153 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,820 It was my father who took out the lighthouse. 154 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,420 I don't remember saying that. 155 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,440 That's because you wouldn't, Admiral. 156 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,400 Knowing how far out of bounds Dad had gone. 157 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:05,620 How can you know that? You were, what, five when he was shot down? 158 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:07,900 Letter tapes he sent home to my mother. 159 00:11:08,410 --> 00:11:12,090 He also said, sir, that you could never hide what you were thinking or feeling. 160 00:11:13,470 --> 00:11:17,550 We played poker, sir. I'd clean you out. Were you always this obnoxious? 161 00:11:17,950 --> 00:11:18,789 Yes, sir. 162 00:11:18,790 --> 00:11:19,970 You just never noticed. 163 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:24,250 So how are you going to defend him? 164 00:11:26,650 --> 00:11:28,530 I can't do it with old war stories. 165 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:31,810 The larger truth is on your side, Commander. 166 00:11:32,610 --> 00:11:33,610 Yes, sir. 167 00:11:34,630 --> 00:11:35,970 I just have to get back. 168 00:11:54,030 --> 00:11:56,150 Welcome back, sir. We were all worried about you. 169 00:11:56,530 --> 00:11:57,890 Well, that's reassuring, Lieutenant. 170 00:11:58,270 --> 00:12:01,630 When you have a moment, sir, I would love to hear your side of what happened. 171 00:12:01,630 --> 00:12:04,990 don't have a side, Lauren. It's so exciting. We were watching you on the 172 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:06,830 and now you're representing Lieutenant Barrett. 173 00:12:07,190 --> 00:12:10,790 So what I want to know is... What you should know, Lieutenant, is that I'm 174 00:12:10,790 --> 00:12:13,050 asking Lieutenant Roberts to be my co -counsel. 175 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:15,730 I could have helped out big time, sir. 176 00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:18,270 Yes, I'm sure you could, Lauren, in your fashion. 177 00:12:20,150 --> 00:12:21,150 That's so rude. 178 00:12:22,350 --> 00:12:25,690 I'm here on the deck of the supercarrier USS Thomas Jefferson. 179 00:12:26,110 --> 00:12:30,070 This deck has been abuzz with activity as flight crews prepare to take off. 180 00:12:32,210 --> 00:12:36,310 The 7th Fleet is still on high alert following the incredible actions of 181 00:12:36,310 --> 00:12:37,310 Lieutenant Barrett. 182 00:12:37,330 --> 00:12:39,670 The lieutenant served the... Have a seat. 183 00:12:40,070 --> 00:12:43,830 Yes, sir. You'll be going up against Commander Turner in this case. 184 00:12:44,210 --> 00:12:46,190 Well, I look forward to that, sir. 185 00:12:47,570 --> 00:12:50,810 Commander, tell me about Lieutenant Barrett. 186 00:12:51,010 --> 00:12:52,010 I like him. 187 00:12:52,090 --> 00:12:53,990 Admiral, reminds me a lot of myself. 188 00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:56,070 Before you straighten me out. 189 00:12:57,370 --> 00:13:00,770 Keeping you squared away is a lifetime project, Commander. 190 00:13:01,150 --> 00:13:02,150 Yes, sir. 191 00:13:02,670 --> 00:13:03,970 Got a defense lined up? 192 00:13:04,430 --> 00:13:06,010 Still struggling with that, Admiral. 193 00:13:07,790 --> 00:13:11,290 Getting a lot of pressure from the Pentagon and the Hill. What Lieutenant 194 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:15,310 Barrett did put a major crimp in our diplomatic relations with China. 195 00:13:15,690 --> 00:13:18,930 That's unfortunate, Admiral. Of course, it has no bearing on his guilt or 196 00:13:18,930 --> 00:13:19,899 innocence. 197 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:23,760 Of course, but handling this quick and clean is in everyone's interest. 198 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,140 Now, I expect that you and Commander Turner will be sitting down and talking 199 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:30,160 about a possible deal. 200 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:34,320 Before I talk with Commander Turner, sir, I'd like to spend a little more 201 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,340 with Lieutenant Perry, get to know him, see what he's made of. 202 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:41,880 Well, I think he showed what he was made of when he blew up that EP -3. 203 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,040 Why did you videotape Captain Grantham? To show the captain what you were doing 204 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,680 wrong. Not to show the tape to fellow section personnel? 205 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,440 Well, that happened too. 206 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,860 Was there an educational purpose to those hearings? 207 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:54,380 No, ma 'am. 208 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:55,420 Mostly we laughed. 209 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:00,000 There are some who might consider that a mark of disrespect, Gunnery Sergeant, 210 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,840 subjecting an officer to ridicule. Yes, ma 'am. It was a serious error in 211 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,840 judgment on my part. 212 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,940 Besides, that videotape was never meant to get out beyond the few of us. I 213 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:08,859 regret that. 214 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:11,940 That Marine didn't deserve to be shamed, and I am prepared to face the 215 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:15,620 consequences. Precisely how did the tape get seen by every Marine in the 216 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:17,840 battalion and into the hands of military bloopers? 217 00:14:18,699 --> 00:14:19,699 Don't know, ma 'am. 218 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,780 Gunny, if you have other tapes, I'd advise you keep them under lock and key. 219 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,700 I've recycled them all, ma 'am. Good. That'll be all, Gunnery Sergeant. 220 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:28,140 Thank you, ma 'am. 221 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,860 Gunny, I understand that you had a heart transplant last year? 222 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,280 You do your homework, ma 'am. 223 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,060 Are you 100 %? 224 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:40,199 No, ma 'am. 225 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Don't expect to be. 226 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,900 You could submit for a medical discharge. 227 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,880 Not as long as I can still stand, ma 'am. 228 00:14:46,930 --> 00:14:50,010 Maybe I can't do all the things I did, but I can still train men to fight. 229 00:14:51,010 --> 00:14:52,010 What about women? 230 00:14:52,250 --> 00:14:53,350 If they meet the requirements. 231 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:55,850 Do you set the standard so high that many of them fail? 232 00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:59,750 Colonel Pressler sets the standard, ma 'am. I just put the program together and 233 00:14:59,750 --> 00:15:01,070 keep track of how my Marines are doing. 234 00:15:02,370 --> 00:15:06,710 Now that you've experienced weakness yourself, you might try to understand it 235 00:15:06,710 --> 00:15:08,890 others. Don't understand it at all, ma 'am. 236 00:15:09,650 --> 00:15:14,090 It was my heart that gave out, not my spirit. 237 00:15:16,110 --> 00:15:17,110 Excuse me, ma 'am. 238 00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:26,130 How'd you get to the academy? 239 00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:31,430 My father was Navy enlisted, sir, and so was my grandfather. 240 00:15:31,670 --> 00:15:34,850 So it just seemed natural that I would compete for a congressional appointment. 241 00:15:35,390 --> 00:15:39,130 I was the first person in my family to go to college or become an officer. 242 00:15:39,530 --> 00:15:42,250 Up until the incident, your record was exemplary. 243 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:45,250 Respectfully, I'd argue that it still is. 244 00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:49,300 So how do you plan to convince the members of that fact, Lieutenant? 245 00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:53,480 The Chinese had our secrets, sir, and our technology. 246 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:57,080 I didn't attack the Chinese. I destroyed our own aircraft. 247 00:15:57,820 --> 00:15:59,060 Were you ordered to do so? 248 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:00,680 No, sir. 249 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:03,420 Did anybody else know what you were intending to do? 250 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:05,960 No. Not Lieutenant Crawford? 251 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:07,380 No, sir. 252 00:16:07,580 --> 00:16:11,180 That's why I made up the stuff about fluid leaking out of his fuel dump. 253 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,900 I sent him back to the ship so he'd have no part of this. It wouldn't have been 254 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:18,120 fair. Why did you decide to address the problem of force, Lieutenant? 255 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,420 No one else was going to do anything about it, sir. 256 00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:22,940 You didn't know that. 257 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:28,340 The last time the Chinese took one of our aircraft, we didn't do anything 258 00:16:28,340 --> 00:16:30,700 it. I didn't want that to happen again. 259 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:34,500 The last time this happened, Lieutenant, we gave the pilot a medal for saving 260 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:35,500 his crew. 261 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:41,100 Look, the opposing counsel is going to come to us, tell us that we don't have a 262 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,380 case. They're going to offer a deal. 263 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,240 You should consider it. 264 00:16:45,229 --> 00:16:46,229 No, sir. 265 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:47,570 No deal. 266 00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:49,050 I want my trial. 267 00:16:49,990 --> 00:16:50,990 All right. 268 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,790 All right, Lieutenant, but you should know that I will not put you on the 269 00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:55,750 Isn't that my decision, sir? 270 00:16:56,030 --> 00:16:58,650 It is, but if that's what you want, you should look for another attorney. 271 00:17:02,170 --> 00:17:04,210 All right, then. We'll do it your way, Commander. 272 00:17:05,450 --> 00:17:07,410 I'd just like to know that you're on my side. 273 00:17:12,069 --> 00:17:14,150 Have you interviewed Captain Grendel? 274 00:17:14,510 --> 00:17:15,510 I have, sir. 275 00:17:15,829 --> 00:17:16,829 What is your opinion? 276 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:19,030 I've not yet formed one, sir. 277 00:17:19,970 --> 00:17:20,970 Bull. 278 00:17:22,150 --> 00:17:24,589 Why did you set the bar so high on the mandatory exercises? 279 00:17:25,390 --> 00:17:27,210 To separate the men from the boys. 280 00:17:27,410 --> 00:17:29,750 Not to demean or humiliate the women, sir? 281 00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,950 No, some of the women Marines did that to themselves. 282 00:17:34,510 --> 00:17:37,730 Colonel, it's rumored that you're in line for a command at Parris Island. 283 00:17:38,890 --> 00:17:39,950 Are you threatening me? 284 00:17:40,490 --> 00:17:42,170 No, sir, I deal in fact. 285 00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:44,130 Well, here's a fact. 286 00:17:44,490 --> 00:17:45,490 You're a female. 287 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:46,510 Yes, sir. 288 00:17:46,930 --> 00:17:50,590 You feel we should have a lower standard for women? What I feel is beside the 289 00:17:50,590 --> 00:17:51,590 point, sir. 290 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:52,870 Is it, Colonel? 291 00:17:53,650 --> 00:17:55,490 You want to know what kind of a man I am. 292 00:17:56,150 --> 00:17:58,470 And I'm interested in knowing what you're made of. 293 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:00,570 Just what kind of a Marine are you? 294 00:18:00,810 --> 00:18:03,910 If I didn't believe that women were equal in the Marine Corps, I would not 295 00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:07,510 here, sir. I believe that we all, men and women, should be held to a high 296 00:18:07,510 --> 00:18:09,530 standard. Then ask your questions. 297 00:18:09,950 --> 00:18:12,150 Are you in line for a command at Parris Island? 298 00:18:12,630 --> 00:18:16,070 Yes. Are you aware this controversy may hurt your assignment, sir? 299 00:18:16,530 --> 00:18:20,050 Yes. Have you changed your mind about the wisdom of what you did regarding the 300 00:18:20,050 --> 00:18:21,050 mandatory exercises? 301 00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:25,330 No. Even after the training video was shown on military bloopers? 302 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:26,730 I don't watch television. 303 00:18:27,290 --> 00:18:30,630 Twelve million people watched Captain Grantham humiliated, sir. 304 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:31,890 Then they're idiots. 305 00:18:33,130 --> 00:18:35,830 But it is unfortunate that videotape was made public. 306 00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:38,610 Who's responsible for the release of that tape, sir? 307 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:40,470 Don't know. 308 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:42,820 Thank you for your time, sir. 309 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,160 So now you'll decide if charges will be brought? I'll make recommendations to 310 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,320 the convening authorities, sir. 311 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,660 While you're recommending, I want you to keep something in mind. What's that, 312 00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:55,600 Colonel? We are at war, Colonel. 313 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:58,480 And we will be at war for quite some time. 314 00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:03,200 And we need to train the way we fight, and we can't carry Marines who can't cut 315 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,540 it. The head of your training section is Gunnery Sergeant Smith. 316 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:10,400 He had a heart transplant last year, but despite his diminished capacity, you've 317 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,400 kept him in place. 318 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:12,500 Isn't that double standard? 319 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,340 No. We can't afford to lose Marines like him. 320 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:18,460 What kind of shape are you in, Colonel? 321 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,060 I can hold my own, sir. 322 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,960 When did you do your last PFT? 323 00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:23,540 I'm due. 324 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,800 I can arrange for you to do it while you're here. 325 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:28,720 Excellent, sir. 326 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,340 You don't have a case, huh? 327 00:19:33,740 --> 00:19:36,740 Yeah, well, according to you, Sturgis, I've never had a winnable case. 328 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,700 You represent unusual clients, my friend. 329 00:19:42,060 --> 00:19:44,460 Everybody's entitled to the best possible defense. 330 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,140 Yeah, but you go that extra mile. Lieutenant Singer told me that you shot 331 00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:52,000 automatic weapon into the courtroom ceiling. Tell me that's not true. 332 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,040 Unfortunately, it is. 333 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,180 You know, I'm her role model. 334 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,040 She told me once. 335 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,240 Oh, well, I'm sure you are. That's why she asked to be my co -counsel on the 336 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,000 Barrett court -martial. She likes to work with the best. That's why she asked 337 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 you, huh? 338 00:20:09,290 --> 00:20:10,770 My man doesn't want a deal. 339 00:20:11,150 --> 00:20:13,610 And I got no choice but to hit Lieutenant Barrett with everything I 340 00:20:16,210 --> 00:20:17,210 What's wrong? 341 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:18,830 This is off my old car. 342 00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:20,590 How do you know that? 343 00:20:21,450 --> 00:20:22,450 These nicks. 344 00:20:22,490 --> 00:20:23,490 See? 345 00:20:23,930 --> 00:20:24,930 There. 346 00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:26,710 Well, how can you be sure it's yours? 347 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:30,850 That dent on my clasp ring. 348 00:20:32,150 --> 00:20:35,050 So, someone's telling you back the same steering wheel they stole off you in the 349 00:20:35,050 --> 00:20:36,050 first place? 350 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,280 How much did this cost you? 351 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,180 A hundred and change. 352 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:45,400 Okay, you're dealing with a company that calls itself Midnight Auto Supply. 353 00:20:46,140 --> 00:20:47,160 Operate out of a mail drop. 354 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:48,500 Nice. 355 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:54,180 What about this deal, Harm? 356 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:58,780 No one wants to see this kid get slammed, but you gotta do some time. 357 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,080 How long? 358 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,580 A year. He'll be out in six months with good conduct. 359 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,760 I'll present it to him, but I don't think Lieutenant Parrot's going to go 360 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:10,760 it. 361 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,380 What are you going to do, shoot up the courtroom? 362 00:21:13,220 --> 00:21:14,220 Or twice. 363 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,160 Not this time. 364 00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:18,020 Different world. 365 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,640 As the eyes of the world fall on a courtroom in Virginia, a proceeding 366 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,720 any we've seen before is unfolding. 367 00:21:36,410 --> 00:21:38,890 The court -martial of Lieutenant Carl Barrett. 368 00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:43,330 Lieutenant Barrett is the naval aviator who attacked and destroyed the American 369 00:21:43,330 --> 00:21:47,470 EP -3 aircraft recently captured and held by Chinese authorities. 370 00:21:48,050 --> 00:21:52,330 The future of Lieutenant Barrett, and perhaps the future of U .S. relations 371 00:21:52,330 --> 00:21:54,890 China, will soon hang on a jury's decision. 372 00:21:55,470 --> 00:21:59,370 First up on the stand will be Captain Ray Hubbard, the skipper of the aircraft 373 00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:02,390 carrier from which Lieutenant Barrett launched his attack. 374 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,300 Captain Hubbard, did you order Lieutenant Barrett to fly into Chinese 375 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:09,100 and destroy an EP -3 sitting on a runway at Fuju Air Base? 376 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:12,260 Objection. Sims facts not in evidence, Your Honor. 377 00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:15,240 Your Honor, as counsel knows, I have previously introduced a videotape of the 378 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:16,560 attack taken by Chinese soldiers. 379 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,960 Lieutenant Barrett's squadron and aircraft side numbers are clearly 380 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,340 the F -18 that destroyed the EP -3. 381 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:24,600 I'll allow the line of questioning. 382 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,420 Did you order Lieutenant Barrett into Chinese airspace, sir? 383 00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:30,260 I did not. 384 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,320 Did Lieutenant Barrett blow up the EP -3 on the runway in Fuji Air Base? 385 00:22:34,780 --> 00:22:36,720 He did. Did you order him to do that, sir? 386 00:22:37,980 --> 00:22:38,980 No. 387 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,580 When did you first realize there was a problem, Lieutenant Crawford? 388 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,860 Lieutenant Barrett told me I had fluid streaming from my left fuel dump, 389 00:22:45,980 --> 00:22:47,360 indicating a fuel leak. 390 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:48,619 What did he do then? 391 00:22:48,620 --> 00:22:50,020 He ordered me to return to the ship. 392 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,020 Did you tell him your fuel gauge is red normal? 393 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:53,320 I did. 394 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,320 Did you discuss beforehand what he was going to do next? 395 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:57,880 We did not, ma 'am. 396 00:22:58,170 --> 00:23:01,590 Did you have any idea he was going to invade the Chinese airspace and destroy 397 00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:02,590 the EP -3? 398 00:23:02,670 --> 00:23:04,110 Jackson leading the witness. 399 00:23:04,970 --> 00:23:05,970 I'll allow it. 400 00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:07,330 No, ma 'am. 401 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:08,450 I did not. 402 00:23:08,670 --> 00:23:09,670 No further questions. 403 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:17,490 Lieutenant Crawford, do you have an opinion about what Lieutenant Barrett 404 00:23:17,950 --> 00:23:18,950 Yes, sir. 405 00:23:19,910 --> 00:23:20,930 That he did good. 406 00:23:22,370 --> 00:23:24,110 And what our country ought to have done. 407 00:23:25,290 --> 00:23:26,290 No further questions. 408 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,440 Redirect, Your Honor. 409 00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:29,460 Proceed. 410 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,500 Lieutenant Crawford, why didn't you do what Lieutenant Barrett did? 411 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Did you lack the nerve? 412 00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:36,220 No, ma 'am. 413 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,240 Then why? 414 00:23:37,940 --> 00:23:39,380 Because it was against the orders, ma 'am. 415 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,240 Thank you. 416 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:42,340 No further questions. 417 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,680 This will be your second stage, ma 'am. The 200 -yard line, standing to 418 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,860 kneeling, two magazines, five rounds each, with a time limit of 70 seconds, 419 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:50,839 changing magazines. 420 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,620 Are you ready, ma 'am? I am. With one magazine, five rounds, lock and load. 421 00:23:58,990 --> 00:24:01,150 You may commence firing when your dog target appears. 422 00:24:50,570 --> 00:24:54,470 The sometimes tenuous friendship between the United States and China has faced 423 00:24:54,470 --> 00:24:55,470 setbacks before. 424 00:24:55,810 --> 00:25:00,450 But since Navy Lieutenant Carl Barrett launched his attack on an American EP -3 425 00:25:00,450 --> 00:25:05,170 aircraft on Chinese soil, relations between the two countries have turned 426 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,490 decidedly chilly. 427 00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:12,450 In an unprecedented diplomatic gesture, Chinese General Xinhua Chen plans to 428 00:25:12,450 --> 00:25:13,450 testify today. 429 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:19,290 General Chen, were you at Fuzhou Air Base on the day the American EP -3 was 430 00:25:19,290 --> 00:25:20,810 destroyed? I was. 431 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:22,410 Did you see the attack? 432 00:25:22,870 --> 00:25:23,870 I did. 433 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:29,070 The American F -18 came from the north and fired two AMRAAMs at the EP -3. 434 00:25:29,390 --> 00:25:31,630 Did you have aircraft in the air at the time? 435 00:25:31,870 --> 00:25:32,870 No. 436 00:25:32,890 --> 00:25:34,170 Did you provoke the attack? 437 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:38,530 No. In fact, we gave the EP -3 landing refuge. 438 00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:40,690 Thank you. No further questions. 439 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:42,510 Commander Rapp. 440 00:25:44,230 --> 00:25:48,810 General Chen, why was our EP -3 on the runway at Fuzhou Air Base? 441 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,320 Your pilot, Lieutenant Hilden, flew it there. 442 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:56,900 After first being rammed by one of your MiG fighters in international airspace. 443 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,500 That is a matter of dispute. 444 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:04,760 Now, after the EP -3 had landed at Foujou, General, did you hold the crew 445 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:05,760 hostage? 446 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:09,100 The crew was briefly detained for their own safety. 447 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:11,380 Did you return the aircraft, General? 448 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,700 No. We were preparing for it to be shipped back. 449 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,520 Right, after stripping it first. 450 00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:18,420 Objection. Fact's not in evidence. 451 00:26:19,550 --> 00:26:21,230 Sustained. Move on, Commander. 452 00:26:21,870 --> 00:26:25,310 Please, General, give my regards to Lieutenant Lee upon your return. 453 00:26:25,690 --> 00:26:27,130 Lieutenant Lee is dead. 454 00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:31,230 We buried him yesterday in a quiet ceremony. 455 00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:22,160 State your name and rank for the record, sir. 456 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,140 Thomas Boone, Rear Admiral, United States Navy. 457 00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:29,000 Admiral Boone, during your one -year retirement from the service, did you 458 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,420 a class in leadership at the United States Naval Academy? I did. What are 459 00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:34,440 qualifications, Admiral? 460 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,140 34 years in the fleet. 461 00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:40,240 What positions of leadership, sir, did you occupy during your 34 years of 462 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,640 service? I was a squadron commander, skipper at Top Gun, commanding officer 463 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,580 aboard a fleet oiler, air wing commander aboard the USS Seahawk, in addition to 464 00:27:48,580 --> 00:27:49,580 my flag assignments. 465 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,500 The government will stipulate to the Admiral Steller naval career. 466 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,300 Thank you, Commander Turner. 467 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,140 Admiral, are you familiar with the expression, don't give up the ship? 468 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,459 I am. 469 00:28:01,460 --> 00:28:03,940 It's a fundamental precept of the United States Navy. 470 00:28:04,380 --> 00:28:06,440 What is the origin of that expression, Admiral? 471 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,060 Those were the dying words of Captain Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake in his 472 00:28:11,060 --> 00:28:12,460 battle with HMS Shannon. 473 00:28:12,820 --> 00:28:16,600 Can you give us an example, sir, of this principle in action? 474 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:22,060 Classic battle between American man of war, Bonhomme Richard, and HMS Serapis, 475 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:27,400 in which John Paul Jones, when ordered to surrender his thinking ship, refused, 476 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:31,660 boarded the enemy vessel, and said, we have not yet begun to fight. 477 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:41,800 2140. Not bad for a lawyer. 478 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,520 Not bad for a Marine. 479 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,320 Admiral, can you give us an example of what happens when this principle of 480 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:55,660 give up the ship is violated? 481 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:57,960 Yes, I can. 482 00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:03,800 January 23rd, 1968, the captain of the U .S. intelligence gathering ship Pueblo, 483 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:08,740 when threatened with attack, surrendered his ship to four North Korean gunboats 484 00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:09,780 without firing a shot. 485 00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:11,180 Relevant, Your Honor? 486 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:12,920 I'll allow that. 487 00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:15,740 What was the result of giving up the Pueblo, Admiral? 488 00:29:16,420 --> 00:29:17,420 I believe... 489 00:29:17,660 --> 00:29:21,560 There was a serious erosion of this country's sense of national purpose. 490 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:27,540 But, more importantly, for 30 years, that ship's been tied up at a dock in 491 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:28,540 Korea. 492 00:29:28,860 --> 00:29:31,700 It's an affront to every man or woman who served in the Navy. 493 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:34,340 If I had my way, we'd have gone in and sunk the damn thing. 494 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:38,080 Objection, Your Honor. I'm sure that the Admiral is a fine instructor and an 495 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,000 inspiration to the Middies, but what does this have to do with the matter at 496 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,880 hand? I'd like to get to that, Your Honor. So would I. Please, get to the 497 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,420 Admiral Boone, how do the actions of the EP -3 crew handing the aircraft over to 498 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:52,820 the Chinese affect your definition of don't give up the ship? 499 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,560 What the EP -3 pilot did was in direct opposition to the tradition of the 500 00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,560 States Navy. 501 00:30:00,260 --> 00:30:03,400 Even though, sir, there was a risk of loss of life if the aircraft had been 502 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:04,400 ditched? 503 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,980 Yes. That was a chance that this air crew knew they were taking. That's what 504 00:30:07,980 --> 00:30:09,360 sign on for when you join the Navy. 505 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:13,140 You do not hand your aircraft over to your enemy, and that's exactly what this 506 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:14,140 pilot did. 507 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:19,060 Admiral, you speak of aggression, you talk of the Chinese as our enemy. On 508 00:30:19,060 --> 00:30:20,420 do you base these assertions, sir? 509 00:30:20,780 --> 00:30:26,220 Since 1952, Chinese MiGs have attacked seven of our intelligence -gathering 510 00:30:26,220 --> 00:30:28,320 aircraft flying missions off the coast of China. 511 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:31,740 Eighteen U .S. Navy crew members have been lost. 512 00:30:33,220 --> 00:30:34,220 Thank you, Admiral. 513 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,360 Nothing further. 514 00:30:36,820 --> 00:30:39,760 Commander Turner, do you have any questions for the Admiral? Yes, Your 515 00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:41,420 Yes, I do. 516 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:43,360 Admiral Boone. 517 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,160 Are we bound by hostilities with China? 518 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:46,520 Technically, no. 519 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,480 Are they required by international law to give landing refuge to a crippled 520 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:51,480 aircraft? Yes. 521 00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:54,760 So Lieutenant Hilden did a prudent thing by landing at Fuji Air Base. 522 00:30:55,780 --> 00:30:56,840 That could be argued. 523 00:30:57,180 --> 00:31:00,380 Well, Admiral Boone, isn't it true that an aviator is bound by Navy regulation 524 00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:01,560 and not by Navy tradition? 525 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,180 I would argue that he was bound by both. 526 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:09,900 Would you still feel that an aircraft should be ditched if you were 527 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,620 for the lives of 17 crew members? 528 00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:13,140 Several of them injured? 529 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:15,900 That would be a tough call, Commander. 530 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:20,800 Are you aware, sir, that after the first incident involving an EP -3 landing in 531 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,360 China, the Navy awarded that pilot a medal? 532 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,080 Oh, yeah. 533 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:26,960 Yes, I am. 534 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,720 Thank you, Admiral. 535 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:35,900 No further questions. 536 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:50,840 Colonel Presser. 537 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:51,960 Colonel McKenzie. 538 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,640 I finished my investigation. 539 00:31:55,740 --> 00:31:58,100 I know you're under no obligation to tell me your decision. 540 00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,700 No reason you shouldn't know, sir. 541 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,060 It's my belief that you've created a hostile command environment. 542 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,660 You've done this by setting standards that the Marine Corps itself does not 543 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:10,100 require women to meet. And you've allowed your training personnel to 544 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:11,100 those women who fail. 545 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:12,739 I see. 546 00:32:12,740 --> 00:32:16,100 I do not believe punitive action is required under the UCMJ, sir. 547 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,860 I wouldn't think so. However, Colonel, it will be my recommendation that you be 548 00:32:21,860 --> 00:32:23,320 administratively reprimanded. 549 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,500 Do you suppose I'll compromise my beliefs? 550 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,580 No, sir, that thought hadn't crossed my mind. You are effectively terminating my 551 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,580 career. 552 00:32:30,660 --> 00:32:32,120 No, Colonel, you're doing that. 553 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:33,360 So be it. 554 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,460 But I want you to think about something, Colonel. 555 00:32:35,860 --> 00:32:40,560 The Marine Corps may not put women on the front lines, but someday, somewhere, 556 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,660 JAG office or motor pool will be overrun. 557 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,260 And there will be women there. 558 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,900 And then they will have to fight for their lives. 559 00:32:47,370 --> 00:32:50,330 And I only hope they are every bit as good as the men they are serving with. 560 00:32:50,890 --> 00:32:55,070 And if they're not, then their blood will be on your hands and others who 561 00:32:55,070 --> 00:32:56,070 like you. 562 00:32:59,350 --> 00:33:00,810 How bad is it, Commander? 563 00:33:01,630 --> 00:33:02,630 Not good. 564 00:33:03,810 --> 00:33:05,350 Admiral Boone made a great argument. 565 00:33:06,730 --> 00:33:10,270 Well, given the weight of the evidence against you, Lieutenant, it wasn't 566 00:33:10,270 --> 00:33:11,270 enough. 567 00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:13,430 Put me on the stand then, sir. 568 00:33:13,790 --> 00:33:15,310 I put you on the stand, Lieutenant. 569 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:17,660 You'll have to answer for what you did. 570 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:20,000 You better be prepared for that. 571 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:22,520 Good morning, ma 'am. 572 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:23,800 Gunny? 573 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,660 The shuttle bus says you're heading back to D .C. 574 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,040 You heard right. 575 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,800 Well, it's been a pleasure knowing you, Colonel. 576 00:33:30,820 --> 00:33:34,460 Ma 'am, it may be that I'll be needing a lawyer. 577 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,720 I'm not recommending charges against you, Gunny. That's not what I'm worried 578 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:39,720 about, ma 'am. 579 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:44,740 But just in case some bonehead ever wants to terminate my career, I'll be 580 00:33:44,740 --> 00:33:45,740 to you. 581 00:33:45,870 --> 00:33:46,950 You know where to find me? 582 00:33:48,450 --> 00:33:50,290 Center 5, ma 'am. Center 5. 583 00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:56,390 In these days when the United States is waging war on terrorism, the actions of 584 00:33:56,390 --> 00:33:58,370 Lieutenant Barrett have drawn intense scrutiny. 585 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:03,170 Our allies, old and new alike, are watching and waiting, asking themselves, 586 00:34:03,570 --> 00:34:07,970 where do America's loyalties lie, and are there limits to those loyalties when 587 00:34:07,970 --> 00:34:09,190 events put them to the test? 588 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,780 The disposition of Lieutenant Carl Barrett's court -martial may well 589 00:34:13,780 --> 00:34:15,239 answer to that very question. 590 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:21,040 Lieutenant Barrett, did you destroy an American EP -3 in the main runway at 591 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,540 Fuzhou Air Base in the Fujian province of China? 592 00:34:23,900 --> 00:34:24,879 Yes, sir. 593 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,179 Were you ordered to do so? 594 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,199 No, sir. Then why, at great personal risk, would you? 595 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,139 Your Honor, Counsel of Editorializing. 596 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:33,360 This is Green. 597 00:34:33,820 --> 00:34:36,719 Why did you destroy the aircraft, Lieutenant? The Chinese. 598 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,940 committed an act of aggression when they attacked our aircraft, sir. 599 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:45,360 And while that aircraft was on the ground in China, well, our national 600 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:46,440 was being compromised. 601 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,980 So why did you take it upon yourself to destroy the aircraft, Lieutenant? 602 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,920 Because no one else was going to do anything about it, sir. 603 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,500 Fact's not in evidence. Move to strike, Your Honor. 604 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,060 The members will ignore the last. 605 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,180 Lieutenant, are you a graduate of the Naval Academy? 606 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:03,880 Yes, sir. 607 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:07,060 Were you taught there never to give up your ship to the enemy? 608 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:08,480 Yes, sir, I was. 609 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:11,480 Is that why you destroyed one of our aircraft, Lieutenant? 610 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,300 Because of your training? Because it was the right thing to do? Your Honor, 611 00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:17,380 Counselor's putting words into the witness's mouth. 612 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,180 I'll allow it, Commander Turner. 613 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:23,940 I was taught that it is in the highest tradition of the Navy not to give up the 614 00:35:23,940 --> 00:35:24,940 ship, sir. 615 00:35:25,460 --> 00:35:26,460 Thank you, Lieutenant. 616 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:28,100 Nothing further. 617 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:29,660 You may step down, Lieutenant. 618 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,360 We'll take a recess, and then it's your turn to cross, Commander. 619 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,060 Thank you, Your Honor. I'm looking forward to the opportunity. 620 00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:40,660 Gunning. 621 00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:41,820 Excuse me, Colonel. 622 00:35:44,260 --> 00:35:46,140 I just wanted to thank you, ma 'am. 623 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:47,439 For what? 624 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:48,720 For doing the right thing. 625 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:52,620 Justice has been served, Captain, but at what cost? 626 00:35:52,820 --> 00:35:54,600 Well, you're making it better for all women. 627 00:35:54,860 --> 00:35:57,600 No, I'm doing what I have to do because it's my job. 628 00:35:58,030 --> 00:36:01,610 by the book, but it's a damn shame that an officer like Colonel Presser will 629 00:36:01,610 --> 00:36:02,650 have his career cut short. 630 00:36:03,130 --> 00:36:04,710 But what he did was wrong. 631 00:36:05,190 --> 00:36:07,290 There were several wrongs done, Captain. 632 00:36:07,610 --> 00:36:10,910 I made some calls. You slipped that tape to military bloopers. 633 00:36:13,090 --> 00:36:16,810 Why would I do that, ma 'am? To lend weight to your accusations against the 634 00:36:16,810 --> 00:36:17,810 Colonel? 635 00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:24,010 Has it ever occurred to you that you might be happier in civilian life? 636 00:36:27,470 --> 00:36:30,790 Lieutenant Barrett, why did you blow up an EP -3 on a Chinese runway? 637 00:36:31,570 --> 00:36:32,930 It had to be done, sir. 638 00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:35,110 Regardless of the consequences? 639 00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:39,430 If I'm found guilty, Commander, I'm prepared to pay the price. 640 00:36:40,650 --> 00:36:42,850 What about the cost of your government, Lieutenant? 641 00:36:44,010 --> 00:36:46,730 Well, I realized the aircraft was expensive, sir. 642 00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:51,010 That's not what I'm talking about. The cost I'm talking about is the damage to 643 00:36:51,010 --> 00:36:52,230 American -Chinese relations. 644 00:36:53,020 --> 00:36:56,540 The cost I'm talking about is the increased danger that another such 645 00:36:56,540 --> 00:36:57,540 might occur. 646 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,420 The cost and the potential loss of American lives. 647 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,700 Well, that's the price we have to pay then, sir. 648 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,720 Who are you to determine that, Lieutenant? 649 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,300 At the Academy, I was taught what is right and what is wrong. You were taught 650 00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:12,300 was right to fly into sovereign airspace and to fire rockets whenever the spirit 651 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:13,058 moved you? 652 00:37:13,060 --> 00:37:15,680 Jackson, counsel is badgering the witness, Your Honor. 653 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:20,220 Sustained. Commander, let the accused answer without your heckling him. 654 00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:21,740 Sorry, Your Honor. 655 00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:23,610 Lieutenant, take all the time you need. 656 00:37:24,830 --> 00:37:26,290 I thought long and hard. 657 00:37:26,690 --> 00:37:31,530 And when I was sure that our hostages were safe, I returned to finish the job. 658 00:37:32,070 --> 00:37:33,250 What job was that? 659 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:35,690 Making sure our secrets were safe, sir. 660 00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:39,250 And are you sure that you accomplished that end? 661 00:37:40,190 --> 00:37:41,190 No, sir. 662 00:37:41,430 --> 00:37:43,170 But it's likely that I did some good. 663 00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:44,730 Maybe a lot of good. 664 00:37:46,090 --> 00:37:47,090 Likely. 665 00:37:47,770 --> 00:37:49,390 Did you disobey orders, Lieutenant? 666 00:37:50,410 --> 00:37:52,330 Yes, sir. Did you destroy government property? 667 00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:55,150 Yes, sir. No further questions, Your Honor. 668 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:57,050 Redirect, Your Honor. Go ahead. 669 00:37:57,850 --> 00:38:00,870 Lieutenant Barrett, did you give the Chinese advance warning of your 670 00:38:01,650 --> 00:38:03,350 Yes, I buzzed the airfield, sir. 671 00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:07,310 Giving them the opportunity to retreat to safety and to prepare for your 672 00:38:07,790 --> 00:38:09,690 Yes, sir. Why would you do that, Lieutenant? 673 00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:12,450 I didn't want to see anyone killed, sir. 674 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,570 There was enough collateral damage already. 675 00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:16,610 Thank you, Lieutenant Barrett. 676 00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:18,890 The defense rests, Your Honor. 677 00:38:24,990 --> 00:38:26,810 Dinner? You wanted to see me, Admiral? 678 00:38:30,430 --> 00:38:31,670 Colonel, don't start. 679 00:38:32,050 --> 00:38:34,830 No, sir, Tyner... Oh, right. 680 00:38:36,250 --> 00:38:37,250 Have a seat. 681 00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:44,670 Sir, do you think that there will ever be a female Navy SEAL? 682 00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:48,150 No. 683 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:50,370 Think there should be? 684 00:38:53,669 --> 00:38:55,890 No. You look like hell. 685 00:38:57,430 --> 00:38:58,570 Bad haircut? 686 00:38:58,970 --> 00:38:59,970 Sorry. 687 00:39:00,650 --> 00:39:01,830 You look unhappy. 688 00:39:05,130 --> 00:39:07,270 Colonel Presser is a good officer. 689 00:39:08,810 --> 00:39:10,790 But he's gruff and hard -nosed. 690 00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:13,730 Combat arms background. 691 00:39:14,230 --> 00:39:18,270 Yes, sir. This is first headquarters command. He has little experience 692 00:39:18,270 --> 00:39:20,650 women. That can be learned. 693 00:39:21,790 --> 00:39:25,890 Question is, can we afford to lose an officer like Colonel Presser? 694 00:39:26,370 --> 00:39:27,288 No, sir. 695 00:39:27,290 --> 00:39:28,290 Not now. 696 00:39:30,650 --> 00:39:33,570 Sometimes this job really... Sucks, yes, it does. 697 00:39:35,230 --> 00:39:36,370 I've read your report. 698 00:39:36,570 --> 00:39:41,510 So, Captain Grantham... Slip that damn tape to military bloopers, sir. 699 00:39:42,150 --> 00:39:43,150 Charger Mac. 700 00:39:43,290 --> 00:39:44,350 Under what, Admiral? 701 00:39:44,970 --> 00:39:46,070 Conduct unbecoming. 702 00:39:46,290 --> 00:39:47,630 That would be a tough case to make. 703 00:39:48,530 --> 00:39:49,550 Think about it, Colonel. 704 00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:56,220 Someone at headquarters follows the court -martial. Maybe he changes his 705 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:58,160 about who gets the next set of good orders. 706 00:39:59,580 --> 00:40:02,120 Then maybe Colonel Pressure gets a second look. 707 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:07,600 Thank you, Admiral. 708 00:40:08,820 --> 00:40:09,980 All part of the job. 709 00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:14,840 You may announce your findings. Lieutenant Carl Barrett, United States 710 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:20,340 On the charge and specification of violating Article 92, the Uniform Code 711 00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:25,540 Military Justice, violating an order, this court finds you guilty. 712 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:31,240 On the charge and specification of violating Article 108, willful 713 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:35,780 military property, this court finds you guilty. On the charge and specification 714 00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:39,860 of violating Article 90, willful disobedience of a superior commissioned 715 00:40:39,860 --> 00:40:42,320 officer, this court finds you guilty. 716 00:40:43,850 --> 00:40:45,070 You may announce your sentence. 717 00:40:45,710 --> 00:40:50,490 This court -martial sentences you to a punitive discharge of dismissal from the 718 00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:51,490 Naval Service. 719 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,110 The members are thanked for their services. 720 00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:55,770 This court's adjourned. 721 00:40:56,930 --> 00:41:00,750 Well, Lieutenant, I wish I could have done more. 722 00:41:01,450 --> 00:41:02,830 Not Leavenworth, Commander. 723 00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:04,368 Good luck. 724 00:41:04,370 --> 00:41:05,370 Thank you. 725 00:41:07,870 --> 00:41:08,870 Could have been worse. 726 00:41:09,610 --> 00:41:10,610 Yes, sir. 727 00:41:11,070 --> 00:41:12,670 I had a little help from a friend. 728 00:41:14,590 --> 00:41:15,590 You have friends? 729 00:41:17,170 --> 00:41:18,170 One or two.