Posted on Dec 1, 2013
Favorite military-related videos, documentaries, films, and/or tv series... and why?
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There's a ton of great content out there dealing with military subject matter (training / operations-related, motivational, entertaining & educational, historical, etc.); the idea is to have a fun and thought-provoking discussion, and to learn a thing-or-two while we're at it. If you can remember details but not the title; no worries, just post a description, and we'll activate the RP network to help find it. Here we'll discuss those defining sources that influence us, our culture, as well as public perception and opinion... sort of a representation of the "art-imitates-life, life-imitates-art" concept. Well, there's certainly some memorable content out there, I have my favorites and I'm sure that that you all do too. So, strap on your seatbelts, pull-up a keyboard, and let's get this thing started; thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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There are so many greats that it is almost impossible. My last 5 -6 years favorite series was Generation Kill-loved the SgtMaj talking about those Grooming Standards and Moostaches!
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The Fog of War by Robert S McNamara, former SECDEF under JFK and Truman, it was such a great documentary with an enormous amount of information and it was very well put together with Mcnamara narrating
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Great choice SGT Hankins, this one is in my personal collection, I've watched it numerous times, and pick-up something new each time... great documentary, highly recommended!
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Taking Chance. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1019454/fullcredits/
This is one of my favorite movies that pays the deserved respect and honor for a fallen soldier. It depicts the escorted trip from the battlefield to his final resting place. This is most significant to me because I am an Air Force ICU nurse and my last deployment I worked as a Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) nurse. My job was to fly around in austere environments, pick up the critically wounded, and transfer them to either Kuwait or Balad, where they would then fly to Germany. On one of my missions, I was on a C-130 caring for a critical patient. In the stanchion behind him was a flag draped coffin. The significance of my deployment hit home at that moment. That was someone's mother, father, son, daughter, cherished and loved family member. A few months after my deployment, I discovered that one of my close friends was his supervisor. I will never forget this hero!
This is one of my favorite movies that pays the deserved respect and honor for a fallen soldier. It depicts the escorted trip from the battlefield to his final resting place. This is most significant to me because I am an Air Force ICU nurse and my last deployment I worked as a Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) nurse. My job was to fly around in austere environments, pick up the critically wounded, and transfer them to either Kuwait or Balad, where they would then fly to Germany. On one of my missions, I was on a C-130 caring for a critical patient. In the stanchion behind him was a flag draped coffin. The significance of my deployment hit home at that moment. That was someone's mother, father, son, daughter, cherished and loved family member. A few months after my deployment, I discovered that one of my close friends was his supervisor. I will never forget this hero!
Taking Chance (TV Movie 2009) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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CPL Aaron Cottingham
Memorable. The airport scene, out of everyone there the children took notice, I don't know if they knew what it meant or not.
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Patton, Top Gun, Hamburger Hill, Blackhawk Down, Act of Valor, Civil War minseries by PBS, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Great Escape, Hogan's Heroes (TV show).
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Full Metal Jacket, Band of Brothers, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, JAG (TV show), M*A*S*H
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SFC Christopher Perry
SSG Fleming,
Nice job adding M*A*S*H. It has been years since I even thought about that show.
Nice job adding M*A*S*H. It has been years since I even thought about that show.
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I still enjoy th episodes esppecially my favorite character...CPT "Hawkeye" Pierce.
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1. Band of Brothers, 2. Saving Private Ryan, 3. Full Metal Jacket, 4. Blackhawk Down, 5. We Were Soldiers
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Tough question! There are so many great ones it is difficult to nail just one down. Full Metal Jacket, Top Gun, Tora, Tora, Tora! Platoon, Dogfights, Three Kings, Generation Kill, and the list goes on. My current favorite is "Enlisted." I love that show!
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How can you pick just one? I remember watching (on the serious side) 12 O'clock High, Combat and Rat Patrol (and on the less serious side) Hogan's Hero's, McHale's Navy, F Troop and MASH and thinking each one was the best at the time. As for the movies its even harder to pick, one of note being The Green Berets. And then there's Patton (as mentioned on earlier posts), The Longest Day or Saving Private Ryan. But if really pressed I'd have to say that films like Fat Man and Little Boy or On the Beach (not necessarily a military film in the strictest sense but it was based on the aftermath of military actions) to be my favorites... what can I say I was an NBC NCO.
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