Sergeant Al Apone

"All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I *love* the Corps!"

- Apone to his men, when they wake up

Sergeant Al Apone was played by Al Mathews in Aliens.

Biography
He is the leader of the marines on the field and the second in command during the mission to LV-426 against the Xenomorphs. He is a good sergeant and his men like him. He treats Ripley with respect, apreciates her efforts to help and doesn´t like Hudson very much because of his stupid comments.

When the Sulaco reached LV-426, Apone readied his men for the drop in typically boisterous fashion before taking his place on board the unit's APC for the drop to the planet's surface. After breaking up Hudson's attempts to embarrass Ripley, Apone led his men into the colony complex.

When they find the colonists, he leads his man to the place only to find them hung on walls and dead. He also watches one of the aliens come from one of them that was still alive. He kills the alien with a flamethrower. Its screams cause the aliens to wake up and attack them.

During the following battle he is taken prisoner by the Xenomorphs for breeding and it is implied he is later killed because of it.