John C. McGinley: Sgt. O'Neill

Platoon

Sgt. O'Neill

Sgt. O'Neill: Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right? I mean, I got a bad feeling. I don't think I'm gonna make it out of here. You understand what I'm saying to you?
Sgt. Barnes: Everybody got to die sometime, Red.

Bunny: [to Private Taylor] Fucking pussy, man. He's laughing at you. That's the way the gook laughs.
[to Vietnamese villager]
Bunny: Yeah, sure you are. You're real sorry, ain't you? You're just crying your little hearts out about Sandy and Sal and Manny.
Sgt. O'Neill: Forget about it, Bunny, huh? Let's go. What do you say?
[Bunny hits the Vietnamese villager over the head with the butt of his shotgun]
Bunny: Holy shit! You see that fucking head come apart, man? I never seen brains like that before, man. I bet you the old bitch runs the whole fucking show, man. She probably cut Manny's throat. She would probably cut my balls off if she had the chance.
Sgt. O'Neill: Bunny, we leave now. Nobody saw a fucking thing! You understand me, Taylor? Not a fucking thing.
Bunny: Fucking woman, man. Come on, man, let's fucking do her, man. Let's do this whole fucking village!

Sgt. Barnes: Martin, get your boots on. And the next time I catch you spraying skeeter repellent on your fucking feet, I'm gonna court-martial your nigger ass.
Junior: Well, then court-martial me, motherfucker! Bust my ass. Send me to fucking Long Binh! You do your fucking worst! You white folks have got your last klick out of Junior!
Sgt. Barnes: O'Neill, get me that centipede.
Sgt. O'Neill: Sergeant?
Sgt. Barnes: Yeah, that long, hairy, red and black bastard I found in the ammo crate. I'm gonna put it in this boy's crotch, see if he can walk.
Sgt. O'Neill: I remember now.

[Elias, Barnes and O'Neill argue about what to do with the "cherries."]
Sgt. Elias: They don't know shit, Barnes, and chances are we're gonna run into something. Think about it.
Sgt. O'Neill: That's just great, Bob, and what do you want me to do? Send one of my guys out to get zapped so some lame-ass just in from the world can get his beauty sleep? No.
Sgt. Elias: Hey, O'Neill, take a break. You don't have to be a prick every day of you life, you know.

Sgt. O'Neill: Guy's in three years, he thinks he's Jesus fucking Christ or something.
Sgt. Barnes: O'Neill, your short-timers stay in, but you go out. I need veterans out there.
[walks away, Wolf follows]
Lt. Wolf: Sergeant Barnes. Sergeant. I think, in front of the men, it's necessary for me to give the orders.
Sgt. Barnes: [intimidatingly moves in close] Yes sir.

Sgt. Barnes: [In the foxhole Barnes checks the soles of Junior's bare feet. Bunny and O'Neill looking on. Junior is moaning as if he's dying, overdoing it by a mile] So what's the problem?
Sgt. O'Neill: Says he can't walk.
Sgt. Barnes: Shit. Get your boots on Martin, next time I catch you putting mosquito repellant on your fuckin feet I'm gonna courtmartial your nigger ass.
Junior: [cracks] DEN COURTMARTIAL ME MOTHERFUCKAH, bust my ass, send me to Long Binh, do your worst but I ain't walking no more. De white man done got his last klik outta me. Get some chuck dude to hump this shit.
Sgt. Barnes: [suddenly soft] Get me that centipede, O'Neill.
[O'Neill is puzzled. What centipede?]
Sgt. O'Neill: Sarge?
Sgt. Barnes: Yeah. That long hairy orange and black bastard I found in the ammo crate. I'm gonna put it in this asshole's crotch, see if he can walk.
[Junior's eyes bulge with suspicion and sudden terror, his demeanor totally alert now]
Sgt. O'Neill: [understanding] Oh yeah, right away Sarge.
Junior: No! Wait! I'll walk, fuck you, I'll walk, I don't need this shit! I don't need this shit!
Bunny: Fucking pussy, fuck it Sarge, I gotta have him on my hole?

Sgt. O'Neill: Charlie had claymores strung up in the trees. Blew a whole fucking platoon to pieces. Bad shit.

Sgt. O'Neill: Well, that is one sorry-ass motherfucker. What do you say there, Bob? A guy like that make it? Yes or no? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I have to tell you, that's precisely what I saw. I mean, sometimes I just look at a guy, and I know. This fella's not gonna make it. Just no fucking way.