[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.
S4 E11Safety's First
S4 E12Change of Station
[rushes in] Hey babe, I need a favor. I ran into time at the SRPC so I need you to get my will looked over for me, ok? [hands Roxy an envelope and rushes into his room to get something]
What? Your will?
[from room] Yeah, I made a few notes. It's all there.
Uh, Trevor, I do not have time.
[rushes back out] It needs to be done today and...[kisses Roxy before dashing out the door] I gotta get back for equipment inventory and inspection. I love you...
Yeah, but––
I promise I'm gonna make it up to you. Promise. [closes the door]
[annoyed] How? You're leaving!
There's always too much to do before deployment
Yeah...
[...]
I don't like any of this. Wills, funeral arrangements, "what hymn do you want sung?"
It's always hard. How are the boys handling it?
We're gonna tell them tonight. I just wanted them to have as much time as possible without worrying. I still can't believe he's going. Thought I'd be used to it by now.
We never get used to it. We just get through it. You will too.
STSSG Tyrell Sallers
We all feel so out of place at first here, ma'am, but when you see a PFC, Staff Sergeant, Lieutenant Colonel all trying to relearn how to tie their shoes, you realize TBI is a great equalizer.
Men have shorter memories. It's a fact.
[angrily] You said three years!
[trying to calm TJ] And I meant to be here that long.
But he Army needs your dad in Afghanistan right now.
FFinn
Why?
'Cause we're fighting over there.
You lied!
We didn't lie to you, bud.
You said you got a new job. You didn't say you were deploying.
We wanted to find the right time to tell you.
You never told us anything! [goes into his room] You think I'm just a little kid! [slams door]
[Trevor follows TJ to his room]
Your brother's upset, that's all.
FFinn
[sadly] Dad'll miss my birthday.
FFinn
TJ?
What?
FFinn
What if something happens to Dad?
It won't.
FFinn
What if it does?
Dad's strong. He won't get hurt. Now go to sleep.
You all right sir?
[groans] Heavy PT this morning with Emmalin. We did stadiums.
Really. How many?
Ten.
[chuckles] Well, that's ambitious.
[looks at Frank] Word of advice. Start stretching now before the baby gets here.
Roger that.
Army kids grow up faster than most. That's just the way it is. If TJ wants to rise to the occasion, we need to guide him.
When I was 25 I went to Ranger School. A nine-week combat leadership course. Intense physical challenges. Not enough food, not enough sleep. Twenty mile marches with sixty pounds on your back.
Sounds fun.
Yeah. Got to a point where my feet throbbed so badly, all I wanted to do was sit down and take off my boots. But I knew if I did that, I'd never get them back on again. So I pushed through, because more than anything, I wanted to be a Ranger. That's what I wanted. And my question is, what do you want? I thought it was to play Division 1 hockey. If that's not true anymore, that's fine. I won't be disappointed. I won't love you any less. But it is true, if you still cherish that dream, I don't want you wondering five years from now if you could've gone all the way if you had only pushed yourself a little harder. You have got all sorts of strength inside of you.
S4 E13Army Strong
Officer Boone, Officer Moran.
What are you doing here? I figured you'd be spending the day with Trevor.
You know him. He's making sure that his men are ready for deployment so I'm just popping in to check on Chief and then I'm popping right back out.
BBoone
Hey wait a minute. Maybe you can tell me. What's her type? [points to Pamela]
[annoyed] Stop!
[confused] Her type?
BBoone
Of date. A guy at the station asked her out and she turned him down.
[to Pamela] You got asked out on a date and you didn't even tell me?!
Ok, no. A guy asked him to ask me. It's like passing notes in study hall.
[Boone chuckles]
Uh, yeah, right. [to Boone] That is not her type.
[At the Holdens' dinner table]
You really made this?
Mom.
She did!
Wow. A vast improvement over the very first meal you ever made me. You remember that?
[embarrassed] Not again.
You sat me down at your plastic pink tea party table, served slices of American cheese and a tower of saltines. I had to eat the whole thing and then you charged me for it.
And you paid. Ten cents.
And a quarter tip.
S4 E14AWOL
[e-mailing Claudia Joy] Dear Claudia Joy, it feels like an eternity since we kissed goodbye. I've been going 24/7 since we put boots on the ground in Kandahar. Mostly my days are taken up with shuras. That's Afghan for meetings, meetings and more meetings. I swear I've never had so much tea in my life. Frank's working with our NATO counterparts, though I think the officers from France would prefer he didn't try to speak French.
[e-mailing Denise] You should hear me parle de francais, Dee. I sound just like a native. There are 42 nations in the coalition and I'm liaison with all of them. There's some cultural differences and it can get confusing, but the assignment has its perks. The Germans have beer flowing in their base camp so I might just have to ask for a tour. I sure hope that baby Molly's easing up on her jiujitsu so you can get some sleep. I've seen Jeremy. The boy's settling just fine. Try not to worry about him, Dee, though I know that's easier said than done.
[e-mailing Denise] Hey Mom. I'm sweating my butt off here. I would give anything for a shower longer than three minutes. No worries though. Sergeant LeBlanc pushes us hard but I know he wants to keep us sharp.
[e-mailing Roxy] Hey babe, I think of you all the time. No matter what I'm doing, you and the boys are always with me. I bet Fort Marshall's a ghost town since deployment. Hope you're finding things to keep busy. That's it for now. Love you and miss you tons. Hugs to the boys for me and enjoy the peace and quiet.
[Roxy is reading Trevor's e-mail from her laptop in the kitchen when the silence is interrupted by the sound of breaking glass and TJ and Finn's shouting.]
[At the aid station]
So you did this how?
The game was tied. Time runnin' out. Giron takes off on a post pattern...
[unamused] Playing football. Life and death.
It was against the Air Force!
[feels SPC Giron's shoulder] Way to go, soldier. You've dislocated your shoulder. [looks at Jeremy] Happy?
GGiron
I held onto the ball.
Only because I put it right between the numbers.
I can reduce the dislocation right now. I'll give you something for the pain first.
GGiron
No, just do it.
You sure?
GGiron
Yeah, I could take it.
Ok, tough guy. On three. One... [pops Giron's shoulder back in place, Giron cringes]
[...]
[deadpan] Your government thanks you for taking yourself out of action for blatant stupidity. [leaves]
[Jeremy and Giron look at each other]
GGiron
She wants me.
[grins] Right.
[attempting to ask Tanya out] Can I buy you a cup of terrible coffee?
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