Ernest in the Army is a 1998 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring Jim Varney.

His friend, Ben, tells him that if he joins the United States Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat.

He enlists in the reserves, but one day, a UN peacekeeping commander Pierre Gullet and the British ambassador visit Ernest's camp and demand that the entire unit including him, be deployed to the fictional Middle Eastern country of Karifistan.

He and his fellow soldiers are told to assist UN troops in the hope of saving the country from being invaded by an evil Islamic dictator named Tufuti of Arisia.

Suddenly, he finds a lost boy, Ben-Ali and keeps him safe until his father, held in a prison called Sector 32, is found.