A Few Good Men (1992)
Noah Wyle: Cpl. Jeffrey Barnes
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Capt. Ross : Corporal Barnes, I hold here the Marine Outline for Recruit Training. You're familiar with this book?
Cpl. Barnes : Yes, sir.
Capt. Ross : Have you read it?
Cpl. Barnes : Yes, sir.
Capt. Ross : [hands him the book] Good. Would you turn to the chapter that deals with code reds, please?
Cpl. Barnes : [confused] Sir?
Capt. Ross : Just flip to the page of the book that discusses code reds.
Cpl. Barnes : Well, well, you see, sir code red is a term that we use. I mean, just down at Gitmo. I don't know if it's actually...
Capt. Ross : Ah, we're in luck then. Standard Operating Procedures, Rifle Security Company, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now, I assume we'll find the term code red and its definition in that book. Am I correct?
Cpl. Barnes : No, sir.
Capt. Ross : No? Corporal Barnes, I'm a Marine. Is there no book, no manual or pamphlet, no set of orders or regulations that lets me know that, as a Marine, one of my duties is to perform code reds?
Cpl. Barnes : No, sir. No book, sir.
Capt. Ross : No further questions.
[as Ross walks back to his table Kaffee takes the book out of his hand]
Kaffee : Corporal, would you turn to the page in this book that says where the mess hall is, please?
Cpl. Barnes : Well, Lt. Kaffee, that's not in the book, sir.
Kaffee : You mean to say in all your time at Gitmo, you've never had a meal?
Cpl. Barnes : No, sir. Three squares a day, sir.
Kaffee : I don't understand. How did you know where the mess hall was if it's not in this book?
Cpl. Barnes : Well, I guess I just followed the crowd at chow time, sir.
Kaffee : No more questions.
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Barnes : [in Barnes'humvee] I've got some camouflage jackets in the Jeep, sirs, I suggest you both put them on.
Kaffee : Camouflage jackets?
Barnes : Yes sir, we'll be riding pretty close to the fence line. The Cubans see an officer wearing white, they think it might be someone they'd wanna take a shot at.
Kaffee : [sarcastically] Good call, Sam.
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Kaffee : [in Barnes' Humvee] Whoa. Hold it. We gotta take a boat?
Barnes : Yes, sir. To get to the other side of the bay.
Kaffee : Nobody said anything about a boat.
Barnes : Is there a problem, sir?
Kaffee : No, no problem. I'm just not that crazy about boats, that's all.
Galloway : Jesus Christ, Kaffee, you're in the Navy for crying out loud.
Kaffee : Nobody likes her very much.
Barnes : Yes, sir!
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Kaffee : name some reasons why a Marine would relieve a code red?
Cpl. Barnes : [while on the witness stand] being late for platoon or company meetings, keeping his barracks in disorder, falling back on a run.
Kaffee : have you ever received a code red?
Cpl. Barnes : yes sir, we were doing seven man assault drills and my weapon slipped. It was just so it was over a hundred degrees and my palms were sweaty and I forgot to use the resin like we were taught
Kaffee : what happened?
Cpl. Barnes : that night the guys in my squad threw a blanket over me, took turns punching me in the arm for five minutes, then they poured glue in my hands and it worked too because I ain't dropped my weapon since
Kaffee : was Private Santiago late for platoon meetings?
Cpl. Barnes : yes sir
Kaffee : were his barracks ever in disorder?
Cpl. Barnes : yes sir
Kaffee : did he ever fall back on a run?
Cpl. Barnes : all the time sir
Kaffee : did "ever" prior to the night of September sixth ever receive a code red?
Cpl. Barnes : no sir
Kaffee : never?
Cpl. Barnes : no sir
Kaffee : you got a code red because your palms are sweaty
Kaffee : why didn't Santiago, this burden to his unit, ever get one?
Cpl. Barnes : Dawson wouldn't allow it sir
Kaffee : [looking at the jury] Dawson wouldn't allow it
Cpl. Barnes : the guys talked tough about Santiago but they wouldn't go near him, they were too afraid of Dawson sir
Capt. Ross : object, the witness is speculating
Kaffee : I'll rephrase, Jeffery did you ever want to give Santiago a code red?
Cpl. Barnes : yes sir
Kaffee : why didn't you
