- Pfc. Bo Rider: Discharge?
- Terry Ryder: thought we should know the options so we could make the right decision.
- Pfc. Bo Rider: Decision to quit?
- Terry Ryder: Baby, it's not like that.
- Pfc. Bo Rider: What other kind of discharge is there, Terry? I'm working my ass off every day to get back to my unit.
- Terry Ryder: This is your unit.
- Pfc. Bo Rider: I'm a soldier. I took an oath.
- Terry Ryder: You took another oath too
- Pfc. Bo Rider: This has nothing to do with you.
- Terry Ryder: It has everything to do with me.
- Pfc. Bo Rider: I am not a cripple, Terry.
- Terry Ryder: You don't touch me anymore. Baby, there was a time when you'd see me and you'd just light up. Light up. You don't light up for me anymore. You know when you light up? When you talk about going back. When you talk about leaving me and going back to war and maybe getting yourself killed. So don't tell me it has nothing to do with me.
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: What the hell was that all about?
- Brenda "Mrs. B." Mitchell: The Humvee was right out back.
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: You're a goddam mechanic.
- Brenda "Mrs. B." Mitchell: Somebody had to do something.
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: I'm a goddam staff sergant.
- Brenda "Mrs. B." Mitchell: I don't see what that has to do with...
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: I will tell you when to risk your sorry ass! You will not go off and be a hero on your own goddam schedule! I will pick the time and place! I'm putting you in for a bronze start anyway, you dumb-ass.
- Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy: You could've taken the money, you know. Ten grand for your child. Everyone would've understood. It's gotta be hard. If my stepson got sick...
- Brenda "Mrs. B." Mitchell: went AWOL. That's what happened. I deserted on the army. I deserted on my own son. That's why I'm back late.
- Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy: You came back though
- Lieutenant Underpants: What's this?
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: Cohiba Esplendido, sir. You confiscating my cigar, Lieutenant?
- Lieutenant Underpants: It's not yours, Sergeant. It's the U.S. Army's, isn't it.
- Sgt. "Scream" Silas: It is now.