- Eamon: You've been in the army for long?
- Gary Hook: No.
- Eamon: I was in the army myself... medic... 20 years... posh cunts... telling thick cunts... to kill poor cunts... that's the army for you. It's all a lie... they don't care about you... you're just a piece of meat to them... piece of meat. Get yourself some rest son...
- C.O.: [after Lt. Armitage told him about Sergeant Leslie Lewis attempt to kill Gary Hook] It was a confused situation. In these circumstances, what you saw, what you think you saw, can be a very different thing to what actually happened. Do you understand?
- Lt. Armitage: [Silence] .
- C.O.: [firmly] Do you understand?
- Lt. Armitage: Yes, sir.
- Captain Sandy Browning: [as the lieutanant and corporal barge into his office] Not now, Lieutenant, we're busy.
- Lt. Armitage: I wondered if we could help with...
- Captain Sandy Browning: [firmly] We are busy, Lieutenant.
- Lt. Armitage: I do understand that, sir.
- Corporal: [abruptly] Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?
- Captain Sandy Browning: What?
- Corporal: Why aren't you out there lookin' for him?
- Captain Sandy Browning: Who?
- Corporal: Hook. Private Hook. You probably know where they're taking...
- Captain Sandy Browning: [shouts suddenly and gets up from the desk] Don't you fuckin' dare! I'm your fucking senior officer! Stand up straight!
- [glares at the corporal and then says quietly to Armitage]
- Captain Sandy Browning: You need to learn to control your men, Lieutenant. I am not here to clean up your fucking mistakes. Your men, your fucking responsibility, not mine.
- Captain Sandy Browning, Lt. Armitage: [nervously] I'm asking for your help.
- Captain Sandy Browning: [tosses Hook's dog tags to him] There you go. There's my help.
- Lt. Armitage: Is he dead?
- Captain Sandy Browning: We do not know. The situation is confused, to say the least. Now if you do not mind, we have work to do. Off you go.
- Gang Member 2: What's your name, fella?
- Loyalist Child: Never you f***ing mind what his name is.
- Gang Member 2: Where youse off to?
- Loyalist Child: Never you f***ing mind.