12 Strong

Subtitles by explosiveskull

BASED ON A TRUE STORY

February 1993.

A massive explosion ripping through the lower basement sections

of the World Trade Center under tower number two.

A terrorist bomb, how horrific a crime this is.

August 1998.

Our embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam were bombed.

The Bin Laden terrorist network was responsible.

Suicide bombers blew a hole in the ship.

My prayers are with the families of those killed...

at the explosion involving the U.S. naval vessel Cole.

Hidden in the mountains of Afghanistan,

Bin Laden planned these attacks. September 9th, 2001.

Ahmad Shah Massoud, the leader of the Northern Alliance,

was assassinated by two members of Al-Qaeda.

Massoud's death destabilized the Northern Alliance,

removing the only threat to the Taliban's power in Afghanistan.

I told my American college I'm very worried.

They are planning something.

SEPTEMBER 11th, 20001 FT. CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, 7:45 A.M.

I can't believe we have a fireplace.

Yeah. Sort of a fireplace. It's propane.

It's a fireplace.

Maddy?

All right. Up you go.

Okay. Let's get your shoes on.

Hey, I like your drawings. - It's a ladybug. - A ladybug?

Wow, it's beautiful.

I don't wanna unpack this room until we get the walls painted.

And by "we", I mean you. - Sounds like a lot of work.

Yeah, what does that mean? - Paint the walls and I'll show you.

I love this house. - You gotta learn Spanish, Daddy.

Yeah, it's on the list, sweetie.

You taking me to school again?

Uh-huh. And picking you up. - Really? - Yeah!

Turn that down, sweetie.

Daddy, look.

Two planes have crashed into the World Trade Center

in an apparent terrorist attack on the country.

We have reported that one of the planes

was an American Airlines 767 that had been hijacked...

CUMBERLAND RIVER, KENTACKY EXFIL EXERCISE, 8:31 A.M.

Hey! - Thank God! - Finally. - Okay!

Really? Really?

What the hell, man? - Relax, bro.

You know how nuts traffic is right now. - Traffic?

We've been freezing our asses out here all goddamn night! - Relax, bro.

Why don't you jump your ass in this river? - What, did you stop at Starbucks?

Where's my latte? - Milo, it's 8:30.

What happened? - What, you guys don't know? - No, we were in the river, man.

Goddamn, they're low. - Is that part of a drill?

Ain't no drill.

Get me Josh Bailey at USASOC intel, please.

Bailey on line three, sir. - Did you say line three? - Yes, sir. - Sound off!

Josh, Jesus Christ, you guys shit the bed on this one, huh?

Was it confirmed?

Well, it's not my job to know where. That's your job.

All we are is ready.

Well, quit wasting time talking to me then.

Why are you here? Out of uniform with that fur on your face.

Didn't you get back from Kuwait, like, three weeks ago?

Yes, sir. Apologies. Technically, I'm still on leave.

Well, if you're here today, leave is over.

Take a look around, Captain. We're a little busy. - What do you want?

I want back on my team, sir.

You don't have a team. You've been rotated to my staff.

At your request, by the way. - That was before. All right?

Before guys were flying fucking planes into buildings.

Well, your warrant officer turned in his retirement papers,

and you've been moved up. So your team doesn't exist, all right?

You'll be filtered into new ODAs when the opportunities arise.

If I were you, I'd get back to your desk and start studying intel on Afghanistan.

Taliban sponsored the attack, sir? - Al-Qaeda planned this attack.

They have refuge in Afghanistan. - But Middle East is our assigned region, sir.

Really? I didn't know that! Here's the thing, though.

You don't have a region, 'cause you don't have a fucking team!

So get back to your goddamn desk and let me do my job! - Fuck.

Sergeant, who's on line four?

It was not long before that tower collapsed.

The loss of life so far is catastrophic,

estimated at 10.000.

But that number could go much higher.

These images from just across the Potomac River of the Pentagon,

still on fire, a fire burning out of control

after a hijacked airliner, another one,

we believe this one to have been a United Airlines flight,

smashed into the Pentagon around 9:45... - Yo. What's up, Cap?

What up, Milo? - What are you doing here? - Trying to get my team back.

Ah, your little jalapeno ain't gonna be too happy about that, huh?

Yeah, maybe not. - What are you talking about? This team's done.

And thanks to you, we're gonna be watching this whole thing go down on fucking CNN.

What I did, I did for my family. I didn't know there was a goddamn war coming.

Oh, buddy, you and your family, you're gonna be fine.

From your cushy little office, you're gonna be fucking fine!

You think I'm gonna be sitting on the sidelines with this shit happening, Dill? Huh?

Did you talk to Bowers?

Yeah, I did. I told him I want back in and he said no.

He won't say no to me. Tell me you didn't submit that paperwork.

No, it's on my desk. - Good.

If anybody in the Middle East did this, the Fifth Group's up.

Fuck yeah, bro. - Fuck yeah. I mean, we would have been.

If we had a fucking captain.

We'll be in this fight, boys. You mark my words.

He's in a meeting, sir. It's a private meeting, sir.

Your retirement papers?

There's nothing to submit, sir.

I'm still Chief Warrant Officer of ODA 595,

and my team has more combat experience

than the rest of Fifth Group combined.

All that hell we went through in Somalia, Desert Storm,

that means somethin'.

You break this team up,

you're cutting the head off your most venomous snake, sir.

Yeah. Okay.

I'll pull you a captain and get you in the game. - We have a captain, sir.

You have a captain with no combat experience. He's never been to war.

He's only led you in training. He's already been bumped up to staff.

This is a career wrecker. You understand that, right?

Well, all due respect, I've spent two years

with that fellow leadin' our team.

If you think furthering his career is why he joined,

you need to get to know your captain, sir.

As you were.

Sorry about the desk. - No, no. It's a good kill.

Besides, you're not gonna need it where you're going.

Special Forces doesn't have thermals?

Army wasn't expecting this. - Yeah.

Well, that makes two of us.

You tell him. I'm not doing your dirty work for you.

Marsha.

I'll love you when you get back.

Hey, buddy. - Leaving?

Yeah, I gotta go. - How long?

Don't know.

Hey.

You know I love you, right?

Wow. Made it all the way to the oven, huh, babe?

Some wives cry, I clean.

Hey, uh, I was thinking...

You're gonna have all the time in the world

to clean that oven once I'm gone.

And I'm kind of running out of time. So...

Yeah, and I bet I know just how you wanna spend it.

I mean, I have two hours. I'll be really quick.

Super quick. - Uh- huh, yeah, not a chance. - Holding out is the only way

I can guarantee you come back to me. - Please? - Mmm- mmm.

Just the tip. - Mmm- mmm.

Okay, you know what? - Mmm- hmm. - War's gonna be over so quick.

It's gonna be over in like a week. I promise.

Go wake up the kids. Spend the time with them.

I know what I signed up for. They don't.

Don't wish for what you don't want.

You were on a flight to New York two months ago.

You don't have to justify it to me.

I'm a soldier's wife.

And I've been lucky.

All I've had to worry about so far

is malaria and chopper crashes.

Most dangerous part's the ride in and out.

Not anymore.

I don't care how long you're gone

as long as you come back.

You understand? - Yeah, I do.

Then say you're coming home.

I can't, baby. It's bad luck.

I need to hear you say it.

I'm comin' home.

OCTOBER 16, 2001 UZBEKISTAN

K2 BASE 97 MILES NORT OF AFGHAN BORDER

Hey, ODA 595. Where do we bunk?

Uh, you see those Quonset huts? Those are for the teams.

ODA numbers are on the door, sir.

Don't salute in country. - Are you trying to get our captain killed, bro?

These are all friendlies. - Oh, yeah?

Who, that guy? That's not my friend. And that guy's definitely not my friend.

Fucking Diller, bro. - I could be their friend. He looks nice.

That guy? - Yeah.

Heads up. Heads up.

What's up, guys? Looks like Christmas came early, huh?

Oh, yeah. Ho, ho, ho. Where have you guys been?

Oh, we went to a fucking Nickelback concert.

How was it? Throw your panties on stage?

Nah, nah, nah, we got stuck in a holding position

till the weather broke. - From what I hear, the weather here doesn't change until June.

Snowed last night. So get used to it.

What? Really? - Yeah. - Hey, what's all this?

Someone gave the quartermaster a Gold Card.

Now, the only unit

with any cold weather tac-gear is the 10th Mountain. - They ain't sharing.

Make sure everyone carries a GPS. I couldn't find one topo map of this place.

Copy that, Captain. - Hey, look what 515 left outside their tents.

Hey, guys, quiet down. Oh, it's Britney Spears!

Five months in country, this hair is what you're getting, man.

Hey, man. Is that a wig? Can I touch it? Just one time.

Ask Coffers' wife, man. She loves it.

Oh! - Cap said grow it out, guys. What happened? What happened?

Whoa! Whoa! Be careful! Vern knows Krav Maga!

Don't even think about...

All right, pencils down.