An Officer and a Gentleman

Passengers arriving

on Philippine Airlines flight 118,

welcome to Manila

lnternational Airport. Those passengers will...

Hey.

Hey, kid!

- Are you Zack?

- Yes, sir.

I'm Byron. Nice to meet you.

- Come on, let's get your bags, OK?

- Yes, sir.

Take your jacket off, kid.

It's hot as hell here.

This is the PI, this is we called

the Philippine Islands.

Zack, I'm sorry about

what happened to your mom.

It must have been pretty rough.

I would have called you a lot sooner,

but I was out at sea.

I've been calling you

for four months.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

I was out at sea for four months.

All right, kid. These are

your mama-sans, Tiki and Maria.

Hello, Byron.

I want you to meet somebody.

This is my son, Zack.

Tiki, say hello.

Zack - Tiki and Maria.

- Hi, Zack.

- Hi, Zack.

I'm at sea three weeks

of every month.

When I'm back in port,

I don't have time

for this daddy stuff.

That's OK, sir.

You don't understand.

I'm too old for this.

I don't care what the Navy says.

This is no place to bring up a kid

like I told you on the telephone.

You're better off in that state school back in Virginia.

- I'm never going back!

- Maybe that's not for you to say!

God dammit!

Don't look at me that way!

What happened to your mother

had nothing to do with me.

It did! You said you'd come back!

You promised!

That's what she said?

That's a female lie. That's bullshit!

I found your letters

and read them after she did it!

You said you loved her,

and she believed you!

You're a liar!

Hurry, grow up, boy.

I'll wait for you. Cherry boy.

You want to go to school?

I'll teach you nice.

Chicken feet, monkey meat.

Come on, you buy.

You buy. Monkey meat. You buy.

Hey, sailor. What ship are you from?

Hey! What are you doing?

Big spender, give us some money.

- I don't have any.

- Get it out!

No!

Leave me alone!

Leave me alone.

Holy shit.

Watch it. I got to heave.

Jesus Christ.

Give me a towel.

Pretty fuckin' wild.

Holy shit.

Not as wild as that night we banged

those three stewardesses in Manila.

Bet you didn't get it on like that

in that jerkwater college of yours.

How long you going to

hang around Seattle?

Get ready.

This one will blow you away.

Nothing you do

is ever going to surprise me.

- Tell me.

- I joined the Navy.

- You joined the Navy?

- That's right, I did.

I'm on my way to Port Rainier,

this officer's training school

over there.

- What for?

- Jets. I want to fly jets.

This place is only

a couple of hours from here.

Maybe you'll want to

visit me sometime, right?

- Who put that idea in your head?

- Nobody. Just come to me.

What's so funny?

You, man. lt's like saying

you're running for president.

Christ, look at yourself.

Officers don't have tattoos.

- Look, I'll see you, man, all right?

- Yeah.

- Zack, come on, don't be pissed off.

- I'm not pissed off.

You are pissed off. I'm on your side.

I don't want to see you do

something you'll regret.

You got to give up six fucking years

of your life if you want to fly.

Six fucking years, with the most

uptight assholes on earth.

Officers aren't like you and me.

They're a different breed.

This sounds like you're afraid

you might have to salute me someday.

Why would I be afraid to salute you?

I don't know. It sounds that way.

You want some fatherly bullshit -

a pat on the back.

From you? No. No.

Thanks for my graduation present,

Byron. See you around.

Don't go away mad.

Hey, babe. Zack! Come on.

Zack!

Fall in!

I said fall in, you slimy worms!

Put your toes on that chalk line!

I said put your toes on the

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