Stupidity: When Capt. Stillman orders the soldier to launch the live mortar shell without verifying the coordinates, it lands way off course where Sgt. Hulka and his platoon are training, almost killing them. This would have been a court-martial offense for Capt. Stillman, not to mention the national media coverage it would have generated. But Capt. Stillman retains his position without any consequences.
lionhead
21st Oct 2025
Stripes (1981)
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Suggested correction: Realistically, of course. But this is a comedy. Stupid things are supposed to happen to add to the humour. I mean later in the movie, they steal a top secret military vehicle and use it to cross into Eastern Europe. They should all go to jail for life. But of course, that would be a really bad ending for a comedy.
27th Oct 2017
Stripes (1981)
Corrected entry: During the scene when the trainees are waking up prior to their graduation, one trainee says "graduation is at four o'clock, what time is it?" The other trainee says "its 3 o'clock, we still have an hour of sleep." That would be correct. They act as if they are an hour behind, missing graduation, when in reality they would have time to get their act together and show up to graduation on time.
Correction: Actually, Hector says graduation is at 2 o'clock.