If you're found guilty by a general court martial, yes. It was still in the books when I enlisted with the Air Force back in 1992. The UCMJ prescribes different penalties for peacetime and wartime, but during wartime, high crimes such as desertion, sedition or mutiny, hazarding a naval vessel, assaulting a superior commissioned officer, dereliction of sentinel duty, aiding the enemy or cowardice in the face of the enemy can still earn you an execution by firing squad.
This was a good one with awesome actors... but this time having such first rate actors kinda works against the story... cause they all played their parts so great that their characters, morals, intentions and values where pretty obvious just by their facial expressions and hence the outcome became obvious too...
Great observatory point and statement Mr. Emmanuel Goldstein but I don't think that Eric Douglas did all that bad for his seemingly rudimentary thesbian skills, I like the emotional connection and content in the conservation between the general and his son. Absolutely amazing yet phenomenal.
@MrClydekewl A telltale lack of burnt powder discharge inside the chambers and barrel, probably. That's why it's important to clean your firearms regularly: to keep that stuff from building up. The Armed Forces are pretty religious about keeping their weapons clean and ready to go, they always have been, and the further back in time you go, the dirtier the firearms were. If the lieutenant's field revolver was as clean as a whistle, he probably never fired it.
Why did you join the army, just for the uniform. This is a great episode and with a real father and son team I really enjoy Dan Aykroyd. But to be honest I was always waiting for Dan to do something silly, anyway fantastic. Thanks You Tube. Peace.
I enjoy watching these episodes. I probably mentioned that on another episode though. : O) I have to admit, I'm (extremely) yellow and a huge coward. I would never be on the front lines if I were a guy. If I said otherwise, I wouldn't be honest. Cool to see Akroyd, and Henrikson on this one etcetera. : )
oh man... he is going to let him die a brave man by lying to him about the blanks, isn't he? Selfish father in a way... blinded by stupid family honour!
@VredesStal yup, i think, families should not be in war together because what is the point of defending your country? to protect your future generation. Maybe the general has another son in the US.
drvenkman, soon women will be allowed on the front lines in the Army and Marines so now you don't have to say if I was a man as an example, so would your statement change now? Or would it be the same?
Women get killed when bombs land on them. They were killed at Hiroshima. (No, I don't support women in combat. But we're not exempt fr/getting killed.)
Yes, I've from time to time and often over the years have wondered the very same thing but I think that it's just the punitive consequences, ramifications, yet most importantly the rules of being a soldier in the military but the most apparently obvious reason that he had his own son (as frighteningly horrifying and terrifying as it sounds) executed in the end was to finally prove that his son wasn't a coward or rather as the title of this episode is "Yellow." I wonder what excuse, story, and reason he'd come up as a explanation for his wife Mrs. Cowthrob.
