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SYNOPSIS:  comedy
It’s 1968 when Technical Sergeant Joe “Tuffy” Tofuri picks up a new flight of basic trainees.  There’s Plopper, a small, 17-year-old stuttering trainee with no self-esteem.  Bubba, the bald giant African American, who arrives barefoot.  Mazzo, a Boston juvenile delinquent, whose father gave him the choice ... join the military, or become a Monk.  And then there’s Wilson, a werewolf wannabe.  Sergeant Iggy Nolten, a cocky new graduate from the T.I.School, is also assigned to Tuffy for advanced training.  Iggy has no concept of what being a T.I. actually entails, but he’s about to find out.

Lastly, there’s Tuffy’s Chinese American Squadron Commander, Major Chin Ho Wok.  He’s a diminutive; cantankerous individual with a speech impediment that rivals Elmer Fudd.  The major’s mood is always grim because his Basic Training Squadron lacks an airplane in its front yard.  Of course, there’s also a continuing problem ... with his ill-fitting service hat.

Plopper passes out from fear whenever he sees Tuffy, and Mazzo can’t believe he’s actually in basic training.  Bubba, who’s from Mississippi, can't understand why Mazzo has never heard of a milk wagon, or its mule.  And Iggy fears Tuffy, while Major Wok is cursing his hat.  It’s a rough, yet uproarious road for all, as everything Plopper attempts to do is wrong.  Mazzo doesn’t know his left from his right, and Wilson has bitten another trainee.  Iggy becomes leery of Tuffy, and struggles through his advanced training.

Tuffy is relentless with his training tactics; driving them all with a steel fist in a velvet glove.  "Failure" is a word that is not in his vocabulary.  But he is conflicted within himself when he reads the names in the Air Force Times of his ex-trainees that are causalities of the War.  Tuffy desperately struggles with the decision ... continue training young men ... or retire.

While Major Wok is screaming about the airplane his squadron doesn’t have, and his hat, Iggy is becoming more frustrated, and questions Tuffy’s methods of training.  The lessons Iggy learns are humbling, and he slowly discovers there’s more to training basic recruits than just what is in the Training Manuals.

Gradually the trainees begin to learn invaluable lessons about discipline, teamwork, and life.  However, Plopper continues to struggle, tasking Tuffy’s patience, and pushing him further to the possibilities of retirement.  But the day arrives when unexpectedly; the trainees and Iggy are put to the ultimate test by Basic Training Headquarters.  All that Tuffy has tried so hard to accomplish is instantly placed on the line.

Without any reservations, it is the defining moment in all their young lives.  The questions remain ... will they succeed ... will they fail ... and will Tuffy call it a career?