Pressure Point (1990)

beautiful she's just beautiful what an incredible piece of machinery she'll do zero to a hundred and three seconds flat and I've got the keys in my pocket it's been a long hard haul getting here was it worth it was it really worth it I was pretty sure it would be that first day in Pensacola hey which way to Aviation Officer Candidate School take a left at the line check into building 626 thanks Pensacola hey maybe I'll get my Tomcat today hmm didn't know they had Marines stationed here hiya Sarge where do I check into fly okay this is gonna go Joe nice nice Rico now please don't you joke tell you what I tell you what their candidate you don't speak to me unless you're at the position of attention that ease your heels are together your feet at a 45 degree angle your thumbs are on your trouser seats your fingers are curled your shoulders are rolled back and your eyeballs are straight to the front hey wait a second I I'll tell you what there Kennedy you don't speak unless you're spoken to you don't do anything around here unless I tell you to do it you understand me yes sir what is your name I am John Macklin and I know he must be mistaking me for someone else doesn't he know I'm an aviation officer candidate yeah he knows a what eight your day sir this candidate's name is no you are not doubt enough no no no no no you will speak it and out it is big boy you got that yes sir I just told you can't difference does it make how I talk Foxfire this is two zero one have the LC failure request emergency landing over on the flight deck we have a Tomcat in trouble rig the barricade rig the barricade my name is gunnery sergeant holt I'm your drill instructor for the next 14 weeks here at aviation alter cannon school you will obey orders quickly into the best of your ability and you will not question those orders at any time you will not question my orders at any time candidates I tell you what I have they tell me I got to have a college education to fly then this Neanderthal tells me I'm not supposed to ask questions what kind of crap is that and your paw turned in a wrong direction don't get off cat1 eject eject eject hey lieutenant what happened listen with the air boss hollers punch-out you don't ask questions turn around turn around I said turn around back up back up now you keep your eyeballs o me you pay attention tenants cuz I just spent 45 minutes explain to you the proper way to do an office injury and all we're doing is screwing it up now I'm going to show you one more time and you better get it right that when you approach my office here candidates you'll approach it so that your right shoulder remains four inches from this bulkhead at all times you will march up here and you will halt so that your toes are aligned with the entranceway to my hatch get your elbows down there on my feet see that my toes are on line with the entranceway to this hatch at this time what's your uniform is squared away you have ensure that it is you will take one step forward you will halt and you will execute all right base get droid both up here on me you better engage your little brain Housing Group and start thinking now what kind of Mickey Mouse precision is this what's all this nonsense got to do with flying at this time candidates flight quarters flight quarters man all flight quarters stations forget three sets of whites and assure with it and four sets of khakis four sets of khakis for you walking loose three sets of blues and your shoes get over here can its get over here quickly hurry up hurry up you don't have all day hit jaw bones down here sir now candidates when you're preparing for inspection you're going to be folding your skivvies and at all times candidates you will pull these skivvies exactly six inches by six inches is that it destroyed yes sir I'm talking to change it detail here candidates they will be exact six inches oh wow this is ridiculous so it's a little off who cares you senators - okay number two clothes have a bit let's get it in a little tighter I tell you what you can't think you're ready for inspection but so far none of you have been and neither are you Macklin neither are you look at this thing look at it Macklin look at it and you probably think you did a good job huh but you didn't dammit this is degrading I came here to fly not to detail the soles of my shoes hop at the bottom soonerlater is gotta come to you Macklin sooner or later it's going to come to you we're talking about a change of the detail here back then we're talking about the difference between life and death Macklin attention to detail attention to detail petty officer Johnson did you notice the loose screw in the landing gear that's it how about taking care of yard let's go to you but question it wasn't that I was particularly dumb but it did take a while to catch on to what it's all about I mean there's no one who's going to explain it to you white PT you wonder why the heavy emphasis on physical training no no no I guess you won't really understand it until you're strapped into a high-performance aircraft only a guy in top shape can take this kind of punishment and you wonder why there's so much stress on teamwork I'm sure we're all individuals we've been taught that from the cradle but here if one guy's in trouble hell we're all in trouble that's a tough point to get across hell but it's the backbone of aviation until we learn about Terry work well how about George Macklin tell my George Macklin have you got any attention to detail no no your record screwed up I've told you over and over again Mackin wouldn't what screwed up we're all stirred up we've got to learn to function as a team to help each other even if all we're allowed to offer at times is encouragement now don't get the idea that it's all sweat and marching compress we actually spend about half our time in class and the turbine which draws you keep asking yourself if it's worth it I mean you got to put up with an awful lot of crap question chamber static pressure sure if a guy wants to fly he can stay a civilian in three years he'd get maybe a few hundred hours in a Cessna if he could afford it but in the Navy you'll probably log up to a thousand hours in the same length of time and get paid for all of like Plus getting a finest flight training and most advanced aircraft in the entire world and go ahead and lean back we'll hook your cokes for you now let's go ahead tighten them down two hands each strap pat down your d-ring on account of Egypt won't you bring the face curtain down and bury it eject eject eject but you gotta hang in there because it's weeks of pure pressure before you even touch an aircraft now candidates at this time I've taught you inspection art you are now standing at the position of board arms and it is at this what are you doing back then what are you doing backing why are you eyeballing area Mackin why are you eyeballin area I guess you don't need to learn what I'm teaching you here I'll tell you what I'm back on you ain't got no concentration whatsoever now after a few weeks so strange thing happens without being aware of it you begin to get with the program it usually starts small like one of your roommates polishing everyone's shoes because he's good at it this one looks pretty squared away let's go work on your rack Apple all right maybe a couple of other guys are making up all the racks because they do a better job and you you're shining everyone's brass you don't even realize it but you're a team and in a weird perverse sort of way it starts being fun you've made up your mind that you're not going to let these guys grind you down here it comes lock it up yeah dip are we ready Zilla summit are we motivated are we dedicated gather and you begin to wonder what happened to the caveman you met the first day well I'll tell you what their method 10 weeks ago this way and then finally unbelievably you're ready for flight training the guys that chose to fly as navigators radar or electronics officers begin a basic course of naval flight officer training up coming up and on glide path on course the rest of us the guys that are going to be pilots we start primary flight training now whether you fly props jets or helicopters depends on your preference your individual performance and the needs of the service so is it worth it well every man's got to decide for himself instead Macklin good morning sir congratulations as for me the answer is yes no not yes but hell yes I don't ever do the you they can it's count can its count oh I can't hear you first Oh diversion folks dedication [ __ ] have fun oh no throwing don't strike it it strike drums the Friday back drive the heels toes you

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Id: 415HQ1t2ZNI

Length: 11min 26sec (686 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 28 2010