LCpl. Harold James Trombley quotes from Generation Kill

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

Look, I didn’t mean to shoot innocent camels, alright? I’m sure I shot people.

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

I know this may sound weird but deep down, I kinda wanted to know what it feels like to get shot. I mean, not actually shot but, I don’t know, I just get more nervous watching a game show at home on T.V. than I do here, in all this, you know.

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

See Sergeant, we do shoot dogs in Iraq.

[Grabs Trombley's boonie off his head] What the fuck is on your grape, devil dog?

LCpl Harold James Trombley

My boonie, gimmie it back!

You see any other Recon Marine in here wearing a soft cover?

LCpl Harold James Trombley

No.

No. No fuckin' way, dog. I know you didn't go through BRC but boy, you gotta front. All these other grunts look up to Recon like we are cold-blooded warriors. We're carnivorous motherfuckers, dog - and you gotta carry it like that. [Hands Trombley a watch cap] Here, I got your six, boy.

[laughs] Cocky motherfuckers.

LCpl Harold James Trombley

Sergeant, I didn't get to shoot!

That fucking sucks, Trombley. Did your recruiting officer tell you you'd get to shoot people?

LCpl Harold James Trombley

Fucking 'A' he did!

See, Trombley asked about shooting people. I asked about pussy. The guy told me I'd get to go to Thailand, get all kinds of strange. What'd you ask about, Brad? Brad probably saw that T.V. commercial, the one with the knight that fucks up the dragon then turns into the Marine.

Cpl Walt Hasser

Woo woo! Dress blues with a sword!

Fucking dress blues commercial man. That got so many fucking guys. Now look at us: Trombley hasn't killed anybody, I'm half a world away from good Thai pussy, and Colbert is out here rolling around fuckbutt Iraq, hunting for dragons in a MOPP suit that smells like four days of piss and ball sweat.

Nice.

You should have rolled into battle with a sword, Brad. That would've fuckin' rocked.

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

Yo, lets shoot some of these dogs.

Trombley, I keep telling you, we don’t shoot dogs, we shoot people. And we generally only shoot people if we have to.

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

Did you know people shiver when they have an excess of adrenaline? Cuts the blood flow or something. They taught us that in SOI.

Is that what happens to you?

LCpl. Harold James Trombley

No, I get a woody.