"I work at the Pentagon, Sergeant, so I'll admit I'm a little slow on the uptake, otherwise I'd say that you just threatened me. Did you just threaten me, soldier? Because if you did, let me respond to you... [turns off tape recorder] Let me respond to you this way. I'm an officer, and therefore, by proclamation, a gentleman, but don't abuse that, son. Don't get in my crosshairs, because I'll have no compunction whatsoever about getting up to my neck in yo' ass. Do you understand me?"

"Sir, if you get a hangfire on your weapon, what do you do? You wait, with your weapon pointed in a safe direction, 'cause sometimes the primer bursts, and if you open the chamber it blows up in your face. Leave this round in the chamber, sir."

"[to Monfriez, after she's been shot in the abdomen] I gave birth to a nine-pound baby, asshole. I think I can handle it."

"[in letter to loved ones] Dear Mom and Dad, well, this is it - the big push. Looks like it's gonna really happen. And I'm afraid, not of being hurt or killed, well, kind of, but not much. My only regret will be to never see you two again and that I'll never see Anne Marie grow up. But I know she's in good hands, the best. What I'm really afraid of is that I might let my people down, my crew. These people depend on me. They put their lives in my hands. I just can't fail 'em. Now, I know if you get this letter, it means I'm dead. I only hope that I've made you proud, that I did my job, and I didn't let down my country, my crew, my fellow soldiers. I love you guys. Never stop telling Anne Marie how much I love her. Your daughter, Karen."

"Specialist Ilario: It's not the doing shit that gets to you. It's the consequences. Imagine a life without consequences."

"In wartime, the first casualty is always truth."

"A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth."

"Denzel Washington - Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling"

"Meg Ryan - Captain Karen Emma Walden"

"Lou Diamond Phillips - Staff Sergeant John Monfriez"

"Matt Damon - Specialist Andrew Ilario"

"Bronson Pinchot - Bruno, a White House aide"

"Seth Gilliam - Sergeant Steven Altameyer"

"Regina Taylor - Meredith Serling"

"Michael Moriarty - Brigadier General Hershberg"

"Željko Ivanek - Captain Ben Banacek"

"Scott Glenn - Tony Gartner"

"Tim Guinee - Warrant Officer One A. Rady"

"Tim Ransom - Captain Boylar"

"Sean Astin - Sergeant Patella"

"Ned Vaughn - First Lieutenant Chelli"

"Sean Patrick Thomas - Sergeant Thompson"

"Manny Pérez - Jenkins"

"Ken Jenkins - Joel Walden"

"Kathleen Widdoes - Geraldine Walden"