- Leatherneck: We got a saying in the Marines. The most dangerous thing in the world is a green officer in the dark with a book of matches.
- Wet Suit: Amen to that, brother. Amen to that.
- Shipwreck: You sorry sons of dog faces are really going to snap to, now that Col. Shipwreck is here!
- Wet Suit: You jarheads know what 'forward' is, don't you?
- Leatherneck: Yeah, it's the way a Seal behaves on a first date.
- Gen. Hawk: All promotion requests have to come through me, so I knew Cobra had to be behind your rapid rise through the ranks.
- Lifeline: But why? What did Cobra hope to gain?
- Gen. Hawk: Exactly what they did gain: utter confusion. They had you three pegged perfectly. For instance, Lifeline, you have the ability to be an effective officer, but not the desire.
- Lifeline: That's affirmative. I'd much rather stay a humble medic than be responsible for leading others.
- Gen. Hawk: Dial-Tone has the desire but not the ability. Don't feel bad, son. Not everyone's cut out to be a leader. And as for Shipwreck, well, what can I say? He has neither the desire nor the ability.