Oh shit. I never saw The Goonies, but I knew him as Corporal Elmo Hitalski in M*A*S*H. He was passed over for a promotion to Sergeant by Major Winchester (among others). They end up giving him faked papers and a "transfer". Newly-minted Sergeant Maxwell Klinger calls the MPs and reports Corporal Hitalski as being AWOL, impersonating a sergeant, and going to try to grab a transport out of Kimpo Air Base.

Winchester: "He's a rather large gentleman, possessing a fist the approximate site of Ohio. He has assured me that, should he not be promoted, he will pound me into the ground like a croquet stake." -- Promotion Commotion