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deshawnjamison said:
I'm getting my information from the movie with Tom Kruse "A Few Good Men". Is that is what JAG like?
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Which part of the movie?

Lt. Weinberg: Cmdr. Galloway, Lt. Kaffee is considered to be the best litigator in our office. He successfully plea bargained 44 cases in 9 months.
Kaffee: One more and I get a set of steak knives.


Judge Randolph: *Consider yourself in Contempt!*
Kaffee: *Colonel Jessep, did you order the Code Red?*
Judge Randolph: You *don't* have to answer that question!
Col. Jessep: I'll answer the question!
[to Kaffee]
Col. Jessep: You want answers?
Kaffee: I think I'm entitled to.
Col. Jessep: *You want answers?*
Kaffee: *I want the truth!*
Col. Jessep: *You can't handle the truth!*
[pauses]
Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Kaffee: Did you order the Code Red?
Col. Jessep: I did the job I...
Kaffee: *Did you order the Code Red?*
Col. Jessep: *You're ******* right I did!*
 
deshawnjamison said:
I'm getting my information from the movie with Tom Kruse "A Few Good Men". Is that is what JAG like?
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His name is Cruise, and yes, that's exactly what it's like. About 99% of what you see in the movies is 99% accurate. I find Starship Troops to be pretty true to form as well.
 
EDelahanty said:
That'll be when he asks if the Army is like the movie "Stripes".
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WAIT!!...Hold on just a darn second.

Are you telling me that the Army is not exactly like the movie "Stripes", well, I have been sorely mislead.....

And.... "That's a fact Jack!!"

Deshawn, Your right, Tom Kruse...Cruz...Crooze (Whatever) in the movie "A Few Good Men" is exactly what it's like to be an O-1 in the Air Force....That was your original question right.
 
Well.... West Point is certainly like the movie Taps.... and I believe The Birdcage was about the Naval Academy... :wink:
 
deshawnjamison said:
I'm getting my information from the movie with Tom Kruse "A Few Good Men". Is that is what JAG like?
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To give your question more credibility than I think it's worth, the movie was adapted by Aaron Sorkin from a play he wrote. I had forgotten that A Few Good Men was written by Sorkin, who was later the producer of the West Wing and was responsible for the screenplays for Charlie Wilson's War and The Social Network, among other things.

According to Wikipedia "Sorkin got the inspiration to write his next play, a courtroom drama called A Few Good Men, from a phone conversation with his sister Deborah, who had graduated from Boston University Law School and signed up for a 3-year stint with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She was going to Guantanamo Bay to defend a group of Marines who came close to killing a fellow Marine in a hazing ordered by a superior officer. Sorkin took that information and wrote much of his story on cocktail napkins while bartending at the Palace Theatre on Broadway."

So the movie's story has been reshaped from some actual events. To the extent that the movie is about the conflict between working within the military bureaucracy while advocating the rights and interests of your client, as any lawyer is supposed to do, there may be some resemblance to JAG. That's probably as far as it goes.
 
The movie did not receive support from the U.S. Marine Corps motion picture office. The drill team is from Texas A&M (I believe).
 
deshawn,

You forgot to add that you have been learning about the Navy by watching Top Gun, NCIS and JAG.

I have to agree with Stealth, the last shred of legitimacy went out the window with your latest post.

It did gives us a few moments of reliving all film genres that highlights the career fields in the Navy.
 
EDelahanty said:
To give your question more credibility than I think it's worth, the movie was adapted by Aaron Sorkin from a play he wrote. I had forgotten that A Few Good Men was written by Sorkin, who was later the producer of the West Wing and was responsible for the screenplays for Charlie Wilson's War and The Social Network, among other things.

According to Wikipedia "Sorkin got the inspiration to write his next play, a courtroom drama called A Few Good Men, from a phone conversation with his sister Deborah, who had graduated from Boston University Law School and signed up for a 3-year stint with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She was going to Guantanamo Bay to defend a group of Marines who came close to killing a fellow Marine in a hazing ordered by a superior officer. Sorkin took that information and wrote much of his story on cocktail napkins while bartending at the Palace Theatre on Broadway."

So the movie's story has been reshaped from some actual events. To the extent that the movie is about the conflict between working within the military bureaucracy while advocating the rights and interests of your client, as any lawyer is supposed to do, there may be some resemblance to JAG. That's probably as far as it goes.
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The stage version is really good. I saw it years ago, and was enthralled.

I've been trying to get my community theatre to produce it, but with so many guys in the cast, they won't bite on it. Community theatres always have more women audition than men, but who wants to see Steel Magnolias for the 38th time? :shake:

I'm too old to play Kaffee at this point anyway. Jessup, while a neat role, is really just a cameo. BTW, he's an O-5 in the play. They made him O-6 in the movie because Nicholson was older.
 
sprog said:
The stage version is really good. I saw it years ago, and was enthralled.

I've been trying to get my community theatre to produce it, but with so many guys in the cast, they won't bite on it. Community theatres always have more women audition than men, but who wants to see Steel Magnolias for the 38th time? :shake:

I'm too old to play Kaffee at this point anyway. Jessup, while a neat role, is really just a cameo. BTW, he's an O-5 in the play. They made him O-6 in the movie because Nicholson was older.
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It would be worth seeing if all the roles were reversed, and the only major male role was the Demi Moore character. Imagine the Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Kiefer Southerland roles being played by women. You're ******* right I ordered a code red (yes, I know the Marines are men, etc.). That would draw some attention to your theater.
 
Regarding the thread I have nothing of substance to say except don't feed the trolls.
 
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deshawnjamison said:
I was a little uppity last time I posted, for lack of a better word. I apologize for my actions. My question today is,what is life like at O-1 in the Air Force?
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And I hope you realize what the Confederacy fought against the Union for and what it lead to. (The assasination of Aberham Lincoln)
 
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