Rules of Engagement Comments
Rules of Engagement quotes
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Colonel Hayes Hodges: The guy's a real Marine, dad. I mean, if they can do this to him, just hang him out to dry, they... they can do it to anybody. Forget that he's my friend, they can do it to anybody. And that means, that YOUR medals and YOUR citations won't mean jack shit when they come after you.
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Colonel Terry L. Childers: Listen... when I turned 18, I joined the Marine Corps, I ASKED to be in the Infantry, I ASKED to go to Vietnam...
Colonel Hayes Hodges: Terry...
Colonel Terry L. Childers: I live for the privelidge of commanding troops, I think it's the greatest honor an American can have...
Colonel Hayes Hodges: Terry...
Colonel Terry L. Childers: Do you know how many birthdays and Christmases I missed spent rotting in jungles or in the desert just so you could play war at ROTC?
Colonel Hayes Hodges: CHILDERS! You got to keep your shit together here, man. Your court martial boys is going to be made up of people who might have spent one day in Grenada, maybe two days in Kuwait, they're going to be beach boys who've never been anywhere near combat, they're going to be people like Tom Chandler sitting right here in front of you. That's who you're making your case to.
Tom Chandler: We don't have anybody to back up your case.
Colonel Terry L. Childers: That's because all my witnesses are dead.
