"My men are hard chargers!"

One of the more significant scenes from "Heartbreak Ridge" occurs near the end of the movie at about the second to last scene.  The setting is on a captured enemy hilltop where Gunnery Sergeant Highway's men have gathered themselves after the long up hill fight.  You can see the tired long looks on the Marines faces after the battle.  Gunny is sitting on a collapsed brick wall smoking a cigar resting from his wounds when Major Powers (the commanding officer) and his staff arrive on the dusty hill in a worn out WWII military Jeep.  Major Powers is a young infantry officer and is "war hungry."  The Major has been riding Gunny Highway's ass the entire film.  Here is when the Majors frustration with Highway boils over.  Powers powerwalks over to where the Marines are gathered on the crumbled wall and vents his concerns to Gunny and Leiutenant Ring.  Powers is visibly upset that the Marines of Recon Plt have taken this hill without the Major being present.  His tone with Highway is very firm and Major Powers clenches his fists and insists that Gunny get on his feet, for what we all assume would be a fist fight between the two Marines.  In the distance the sound of a Huey helicopter becomes clear. The aircraft approaches the hilltop and lands.  From within the chopper emerges the Company commander, the head honcho.  He approaches the now large group of Marines and questions the actions and details of the hilltop assault.  Here is where Major Powers shows how much he doesn't know about being an infantry officer. The commander tells Powers that Gunny Highway and Leiutenant Ring did exactly what was expected of them. To take charge and kick ass.  Major Powers is then relieved of his command and is dismissed by the ranking officer.  The commander shows here that the Marines of Recon Plt are trained to improvise, adapt, and overcome any obstacle. This includes securing a heavily guarded enemy hilltop, even with the odds against them.  The Commander makes clear that the Marines are well disciplined warfighters. The best of the best.

Below here is a Youtube link to exact scene in question, if you become familiar with the first half of the movie, this scene really puts the icing on the cake so to speak. All the little pieces fall into place as Gunny finally "gets his" and the Major gets put into his place by a higher ranking officer.