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* BearerOfBadNews: It's in the job description: their duty is to inform the family of fallen soldiers that their loved ones had died.
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* TheWarOnTerror: Will fought in Iraq.

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* LonelyTogether: Both Will and Tony are shown to live fairly solitary lives, having trouble relating to other people, staying up late with nothing to do. They eventually start hanging out with each other when off duty, becoming friends.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Will.
* LonelyTogether: Both Will and Tony are shown to live fairly solitary lives, having trouble relating to other people, staying up late with nothing to do. They eventually start hanging out with each other when off duty, becoming friends.



* ShoutOut: Tony yells out [[Film/ApocalypseNow "Charlie don't surf!"]] during the fishing scene.


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* ShellShockedVeteran: Will.
* ShoutOut: Tony yells out [[Film/ApocalypseNow "Charlie don't surf!"]] during the fishing scene.

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* LonelyTogether: Both Will and Tony are shown to live fairly solitary lives, having trouble relating to other people, staying up late with nothing to do. They eventually start hanging out with each other when off duty, eventually becoming friends.

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* LonelyTogether: Both Will and Tony are shown to live fairly solitary lives, having trouble relating to other people, staying up late with nothing to do. They eventually start hanging out with each other when off duty, eventually becoming friends.



moments.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Both Will and Tony has their moments.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Both Will and Tony has have their moments.

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** "It could be worse. It could be Christmas."

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** --> "It could be worse. It could be Christmas."



* MoodWhiplash: A group of friends are throwing a returning soldier a welcome home party. The soldier relates an amusing story of an Afghani man who looks old enough to be an elder who is actually younger than him and his friends laugh hysterically. Without missing a beat, he goes into graphic detail how the man died from multiple gunshots all over his body, then looks around to see everyone's shocked expression. He can't figure out why they stopped laughing.

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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
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A group of friends are throwing a returning soldier a welcome home party. The soldier relates an amusing story of an Afghani man who looks old enough to be an elder who is actually younger than him and his friends laugh hysterically. Without missing a beat, he goes into graphic detail how the man died from multiple gunshots all over his body, then looks around to see everyone's shocked expression. He can't figure out why they stopped laughing.



** [[spoiler:"I know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the [=POGs=]."]]
* WarIsHell

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** [[spoiler:"I moments.
--> “I
know I'm in the Army. I gave blood to the Army. I [[spoiler:I got blown up in a fire-fight that lasted longer than your entire war. I didn't sunbath in Kuwait with the rest of the [=POGs=]."]]
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* WarIsHellWarIsHell: And it kills people.



* WhatTheHellHero: Tony berates Will for making physical contact with a soldier's next-of-kin.
** Will throws it right back in his face for not being human enough to care.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Tony berates Will for making physical contact with a soldier's next-of-kin.
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next-of-kin. Will throws it right back in his face for not being human enough to care.
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* MeetCute: Averted so very hard. Will and Olivia meet in one of the least romantic ways imaginable.

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* MeetCute: Averted so very hard.Averted. Will and Olivia meet in one of the least romantic ways imaginable.
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Badass is no longer a trope.


* {{Badass}}: Will is a war hero, although he doesn't see it that way.

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