
Hulka and assigned to guard the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, an armored personnel carrier disguised as a recreational vehicle. Once in Italy, the platoon is reunited with a recovered Sgt. General Barnicke is impressed when he finds out that they had to complete training without a drill sergeant, and decides they are just the kind of "go-getters" he wants working on his EM-50 project in Italy. There they give an eccentric, yet highly coordinated, drill display led by John. They rush to the parade grounds in their fatigues. After a long night of practice, they oversleep and almost miss the ceremony. The rest of the platoon are returned to base, where a furious Stillman threatens to make them all repeat basic training.Īfter partying with Stella and Louise, the buddies return to the barracks, and John motivates the platoon with a passionate speech and begins to get them in shape for graduation. When the club is raided by MPs and police, Stella and Louise cover for John and Russell.

The men go to a mud wrestling bar, where John convinces Dewey "Ox" Oxberger to wrestle a group of women. Hulka is injured when Stillman, trying to impress a visiting colonel, orders a mortar crew to fire without setting target coordinates. As basic training progresses, Russell and John become romantically linked to female MPs Louise Cooper and Stella Hansen. Their commanding officer is the arrogant and incompetent Captain Stillman. He stands out as a slacker throughout basic training. Upon arriving at Fort Arnold, they meet their fellow recruits, and their drill sergeant, Sergeant Hulka.

Talking his best friend Russell Ziskey, a teacher of English as a second language, into joining with him, they go to a recruiting office and are soon sent off to basic training. Realizing that he is a loser with no prospects, he decides to join the Army.
#STRIPES CAST FRANCIS DRIVER#
John Winger is a cab driver who, in the span of a few hours, loses his job, his apartment, his car, and his girlfriend.
