Army Wives · Season 4, Episode 11
“Safety's First” · Season 4, Episode 11
In this episode: Roxy LeBlanc (3), 2nd Lieutenant Trevor LeBlanc (2), Claudia Joy Holden (2), Denise Sherwood (1), Michael Holden (1), Frank Sherwood (1), Jeremy (1)
We're doing live fire exercises. Gotta shake off the rust.
Wait, you all are doing live fire exercises today?
We gotta train under combat conditions.
Don't you think that's kinda bad luck to do that on Day 99?
I don't think the Army worries about it when they schedule these exercises.
Well, they should.
Babe...[kisses Roxy] You need to relax. I promise you, no one's gonna get hurt. [leaves]
That includes you Trevor. [Trevor grins as he walks out] I mean it!
The safety record's on everyone's mind. Frank won't let me talk about it either. He's nervous about passing 99 days too.
I know! I never seen Michael like this. Would be funny if he wasn't so serious!
So if we make it to a hundred days, it's gonna be like one big party around here, right? So I went ahead and I ordered a boatload of shrimp for The Hump and now I kinda have this bad feeling like, maybe I jinxed everything.
You're showing confidence in the 23rd. You're betting on success.
True.
And I don't think a food order could affect field exercises.
Ok...well, now I feel silly!
No, no. Soldiers are superstitious. Michael wore the same t-shirt everyday when he was in the Gulf.
[looks at Claudia Joy in disbelief] That's gross. And unhealthy.
And for the last week, he's eaten nothing but eggs for breakfast.
And Trevor always gets dressed in exactly the same order.
Soldiers need to feel lucky. So do we. So if eggs can work for Michael then I guess shrimp can work for you.
Live fire exercises before my second tour. Some numbskull pulls a pin of out of a grenade and then manages to throw the thing behind him.
You're kidding!
Don't know how he did it. It's a miracle nobody was hurt. Turns out the thing rolled into a hole before it exploded. If it hadn't done that then, well, who knows what would've happened. Point is, some days you get lucky.
Babe, I am so glad this day is over.
Yeah, so am I.
You know, when I made Sergeant, it was to become a recruiter. I never thought about leading a team until I was told I had to deploy. But these guys, they're counting on me to bring them home. It's a huge responsibility.
Yeah. I get that.
I thought today was about testing my men. But you know what? It was about testing myself. [pauses, looks at Roxy] What about you? What did you decide with the whole shrimp thing?
[smiles] I doubled my order. I figured that I couldn't lose betting on the 23rd.
Damn straight.
[telling Claudia Joy about Joan's brain injury] You should've seen the look on her face when I told her she couldn't deploy. We may have reached a hundred days without a fatality but yesterday I lost one of my best soldiers.
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