The Hurt Locker (2008)
Brian Geraghty: Specialist Owen Eldridge
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Spc. Owen Eldridge : Aren't you glad the Army has all these tanks parked here? Just in case the Russians come and we have to have a big tank battle?
Sergeant JT Sanborn : I'd rather be on the side with the tanks, just in case, than not have 'em.
Spc. Owen Eldridge : Yeah, but they don't do anything. I mean, anyone comes alongside a Humvee, we're dead. Anybody even looks at you funny, we're dead. Pretty much the bottom line is, if you're in Iraq, you're dead. How's a fucking tank supposed to stop that?
Sergeant JT Sanborn : Would you shut the fuck up, Owen, please?
Spc. Owen Eldridge : Sorry. Just tryin' to scare the new guy.
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Sergeant JT Sanborn : [as a teammate approaches an unexploded bomb] You know, these detonators misfire all the time.
Spc. Owen Eldridge : What are you doing?
Sergeant JT Sanborn : I'm just saying shit happens. They misfire.
Spc. Owen Eldridge : He'd be obliterated to nothing.
Sergeant JT Sanborn : His helmet would be left. You could have that. Little specs of hair charred on the inside.
Spc. Owen Eldridge : Yeah. There'd be half a helmet somewhere, with bits of hair.
Sergeant JT Sanborn : Have to ask for a change in technique and protocol, and make sure this type of accident never happen again, you know? You'd have to write the report.
Spc. Owen Eldridge : Are you serious?
Sergeant JT Sanborn : I can't write it.