“I decided to keep a journal and write about our experiences in the Marine Corps. Maybe I can get it published someday, that is if anyway wants to read about what happens to a bunch of guys they're gonna send to Vietnam.”
James Canning - Alvin Foster

“There's basically two types of guys in the army, the motherfuckers and the motherfucked. Sergeant Saad is the third kind, he fucks the motherfuckers. Which is doable when you're the chief MP by day and the director of retail heroin sales by night.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Ray Elwood

“- Questioner: I was just wondering if you could tell me, um, if you thought drugs and alcohol would make me a better writer.
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: That's a good question. Let me see... In my case, you know, I hate to advocate drugs or liquor, violence, insanity to anyone. But in my case it's worked.”
Joshua Daniel - Questioner
Bill Murray - Hunter S. Thompson

“Only two things come outta Oklahoma, steers and queers. Which one are you boy? I don't see no horns!”
Louis Gossett Jr. - Sgt. Emil Foley

“I expect to lose half of you before I'm finished. I will use every means necessary, fair and unfair, to trip you up, to expose your weaknesses as a potential aviator.”

Louis Gossett Jr. - Sgt. Emil Foley