Most memorable military "movie discrepancies"?

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:11:20 -0400

Ah yes, we've all seen them; "so, there you were" in a theater or a room full of service members or veterans, one minute everything's ok, then all of a sudden there it is... the over-the-top military movie discrepancy! So, what was that moment that stands out most in your mind? What are those associated memories or stories that come to mind? Did the base theater erupt into 'chaos' over an unkempt/incorrect uniform, improper language/jargon/ customs, or was there something that was just plain 'unsat' from a military point-of-view. lol Well, there's a ton of them out there, and I'm pretty sure that something should immediately come to mind, so what are we waiting for? Quick, pull up a keyboard, and let's get this thing started; thanks for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!

Response by SGT William B. made Mar 28 at 2014 3:20 AM

SGT William B. — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:20:36 -0400

Battle for L.A. - I really dislike pretty much every line of dialogue in this movie. I've never heard anyone refer to a FOB in speech as a "Eff oh bee". Seriously, when they write these scripts, I'm convinced they go out and hire the kid that flunked out of basic or AIT and use their "expertise" to accurately portray the military.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2014 5:14 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:14:32 -0400

In the original episode of Stargate SG-1 was an Air Force guy with SSGT stripes and Major insignia on the shoulder.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2014 5:36 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 05:36:11 -0400

On the show Burn Notice there's a character portrayed by Bruce Campbell named Sam Axe who in the show is an ex-Navy SEAL. There's a few occasions where Bruce Campbell is in uniform, and as much as I love the man as an actor he has absolutely zero military bearing whatsoever. It was pretty obvious that the man had never been given any kind of instruction on how military men talk, move, provide customs and courtesies, and really do just about anything military related.

Response by SFC Aaron Calmes made Mar 28 at 2014 3:54 PM

SFC Aaron Calmes — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:54:16 -0400

Watching John Q with my wife when he is about to kill himself the 9 mm beretta has the hammer locked to the rear and when him pulls the triggers it goes click and he realizes the safety is on. The hammer won't lock to the rear on safe and there is no click you you pull the trigger either. Even my wife caught it (I was so proud lol).

Response by SGT Donald Croswhite made Mar 28 at 2014 8:24 PM

SGT Donald Croswhite — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:24:00 -0400

Weapons in movies have a lengthy-always-rapid-fire rate of fire. And the sound of the shots are longer than the usual pop sound. Grenades have large amounts of actual fire...

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Mar 29 at 2014 11:11 PM

Maj Chris Nelson — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:11:08 -0400

Rambo, when rescuing the POWs in Vietnam, landing the Huey in the river, then shooting the LAW thru the front window at the Russian HIN-D....with all those POW's in the back blast area.....oops.....and nobody harmed!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2014 12:04 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:04:11 -0400

Basic - too easy. 

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Mar 30 at 2014 12:13 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:13:19 -0400

Everything about the "Philadelphia Experiment". Being from the Electronic Warfare Community, I know to every good legend is a Kernel of truth but in this case it is a very small one, I'm sure what they are describing is an early WWII Version of the SLQ-32, Yep it puts out a bit of Juice, Yep it will get warm but no it doesn't make the ship disappear at least in the visual spectrum and no it won't make you melt into the ship.

Response by 1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2014 11:13 PM

1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:13:51 -0400

The last scene of John Wayne's "The Green Berets", a movie so bad it's good:
Q - Who let a bird colonel go on that one?
A - Probably the same guy who thinks it's a good idea for Kirk to go on every landing party.
Q - Who let this foreign national kid onto the flight line?
Q - How is the sun setting over what was most likely the East coast?

The Green Berets (1968) - John Wayne

Response by CW2 Jonathan Kantor made Apr 11 at 2014 1:34 PM

CW2 Jonathan Kantor — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:34:29 -0400

Probably the MQ-9s flying via jet propulsion with multiple missiles and miniguns onboard flying all over Germany. That was in the A-Team film that came out recently... and it was baaaaaaaaad.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 11 at 2014 8:51 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:51:56 -0400

Broken Arrow should be called Empty Quiver.

Response by PO2 Rocky Kleeger made Apr 12 at 2014 12:14 PM

PO2 Rocky Kleeger — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:14:03 -0400

I love this category!!! Okay, where to begin? How about..."Behind Enemy Lines": Beginning of the movie on the flight deck. They kept switching from the F-18 Legacy Hornet, to the F-18 Super Hornet on the SAME CAT...

There are a lot more..but I would be here all day

Response by SSG Richard Stevens made Apr 12 at 2014 3:28 PM

SSG Richard Stevens — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:28:26 -0400

That ways choice to

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 12 at 2014 3:43 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:43:41 -0400

I don't have any specific examples, but what always makes me get that CSM twitch is 1. Salutes 2. Popped collars with ACUs and 3. Wearing the PC like a baseball cap. Bonus points if a movie has all 3.

Response by SGT Dan Knispel made Apr 12 at 2014 4:13 PM

SGT Dan Knispel — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:13:06 -0400

My personal favorite is from Independence Day the scene where Will Smith is telling his girl friend why he has to go back to the base. The epaulets on his uniform switch up so often (under or over the collar) that you'd swear that they were doing it on purpose just to screw with us.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 12 at 2014 4:16 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:16:07 -0400

The Core, crap sci-fi movie, but the thing that drives me insane is the three minutes that Hilary Swank is in uniform, she's wearing these small hoop earrings. I just want throw something at the screen.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Apr 12 at 2014 4:34 PM

SSG Trevor S. — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:34:27 -0400

"Nuclear fireball" hand grenades.

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 12 at 2014 5:45 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:45:18 -0400

Not a movie, but Friday Night Lights TV show.

A beret was worn with the flash over the ear.

Response by LTC Richard Wasserman made Apr 12 at 2014 10:56 PM

LTC Richard Wasserman — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 22:56:42 -0400

I like the TV series "COMBAT!". But, there was a two part episode where SGT Saunders and the platoon were helping a group of English defend a Rail Road Station.

At the very end, they were panning up to show the station from the air, you could see the street next to the set and saw new cars driving up and down the modern road.

I almost fell out of my chair.

Response by LTC Richard Wasserman made Apr 12 at 2014 11:03 PM

LTC Richard Wasserman — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:03:47 -0400

Anybody watch the Fox TV show, "Enlisteds"?

Response by LTJG Robert M. made Apr 13 at 2014 2:30 PM

LTJG Robert M. — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:30:30 -0400

One of the X-men movies depicts the infamous Cuban missile crisis (Oct '62) with Russia and the marines on the deck of the ships are carrying M-16's. Those did not hit service until 1964!

Response by SrA Daniel Hunter made Apr 13 at 2014 4:13 PM

SrA Daniel Hunter — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:13:52 -0400

The two most fresh in my mind, because I commented on them in another post, are both from "A Few Good Men." The first is the "Conduct Unbecoming a United States Marine" conviction. The other is how the producers make it seam as though a Marine Corps Lieutenant out ranks a Navy Lieutenant.

Response by LTJG Robert M. made Apr 13 at 2014 4:41 PM

LTJG Robert M. — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:41:54 -0400

In the movie the "The Guardian", 2006, COSTNER flies a mission after retiring, CO of the AitSta, jumps in the Helo to fly the mission even though he is not flight qualified.
Two things that will never happen, if you aren't up to quals and Flight Surgeon cleared, you don't fly, and once you are retired, you are out of active service.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 13 at 2014 5:31 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:31:19 -0400

Iron Eagle II....the guy says something about "is this where you punch in the vectors?" in a M113, toggles the commo switch from internal to external and guns fire from the cupola....completely ridiculous.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 13 at 2014 6:11 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:11:00 -0400

My brother saw a movie about the Civil War and the flag had 50 stars. He won 50 dollars for Reader's Digest for that catch.

Response by Sgt Mark Ramos made Apr 13 at 2014 6:49 PM

Sgt Mark Ramos — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:49:45 -0400

WarGames (1983) with Matthew Broderick.
"I want a visual confirmation on that. Scramble two F-16s out of Galena". Then they show two F-15s.
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Response by TSgt Scott Hurley made Apr 13 at 2014 8:28 PM

TSgt Scott Hurley — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:28:22 -0400

The John Wayne movie "In Harms Way". It has a couple of inaccuracies, but the one that is very obvious for military reasons, was when they are on board the ships at see after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie was made in 1965, so you know the fire control radar sets that are on the ships were NOT the Mark 37 sets of WWII, they were the Mark 68, which had the AN/SPG-53 radar dish on them. Which was in use at this time. Now I do believe the ships used were of WWII vintage, but with the upgrades to them on the fire control sets, you can tell that it was not 100% a WWII ship.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 14 at 2014 4:18 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:18:49 -0400

In the climactic scene of the 1989 civil war epic Glory, the ocean is on the wrong side during the attack on Fort Wagner.

Response by SSgt James Howerton made Apr 15 at 2014 12:24 PM

SSgt James Howerton — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:24:23 -0400

The one (among many others) that ticks me off every time I see it is the movie "A Few Good Men." In it a procedure called a "Code Red" ends up killing another Marine. I spent a total of 16 years in the Corps and never heard of a "Code Red." No Marine in his right mind would risk losing his hard-earned stripes beating the crap out of another Marine as part of a mob. Drunken fights, that's a different thing. All branches see those, I'm sure. Now, I did see an involuntary bath given to a Marine because he never bathed and stunk to high Heaven. Living at the time in an open squad-bay his B.O. wafted throughout the entire barracks and just got to be too much to take. Floor-scrubbing brushes (the type with pretty stiff bristles) were used along with Lava soap. He was told this would happen once a week unless he started bathing frequently. It worked. Never smelled him again. As far as the "Code Red" goes, it is absolutely ludicrous. But then again, Hollywood never lets the facts get in the way of a good story, especially an anti-military movie. The movie portrays all enlisted Marines as being either robots who carry out orders without EVER questioning their lawfulness; or hard-ass, blood-thirsty killers. They don't do Officers any favors in that movie either, except the liberal Lieutenant (JG) who's an attorney and all the other lawyers in the movie. Of course we all know lawyers have high moral and professional standards as witnessed by all the ones in Washington, D.C. who are currently running (ruining?) our Country. Either way you get the impression that Marines are not too bright, certainly not as smart as a Naval Officer performing as a lawyer. In my experience real Naval Officers and Marine Officers are both extremely bright and many enlisted personnel are also pretty dang smart, too. That "Code Red" business just ticks me off, though. As far as Military Appearance (uniforms, haircuts, etc.) there are just too many movies to name where those things are FUBAR. The sad thing about "A Few Good Men" is it's actually a pretty good movie as far as it's entertainment value. Jack Nicholson is extremely believable as a Jarhead, even as limited as his character is through the screen play. But I just can't see a Marine Corps Colonel, primed to get his first star, taking the route Nicholson's character does as far as the embittered Marine PFC Santiago, his demise and the cover-up that followed. You don't rise to a full-bird Colonel in the Marines without great leadership abilities, which is the main thing that Nicholson's character lacks. The one Marine Corps movie that made me feel as though I was re-living part of my youth is "Jarhead." Accurate in every detail except when I went through (right after the Vietnam war ended) Drill Instructors still used their hands to emphasize a point, sort of like the movie, "Full Metal Jacket," but to a lesser extent.

Response by MSG Bobby Ewing made Apr 19 at 2014 9:22 AM

MSG Bobby Ewing — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:22:09 -0400

There are so many movies to name here, but one movie that isn't particularly a military movie is "Evolution". When the military takes over the alien site, you have numerous "movie discrepancies" popping out at you.

One thing I can honestly remember, is my dad telling me that I will never watch a movie the same again after joining the military. He is retired AF and I always wondered why he kept saying that's wrong, or that would never happen in military films.

Response by SSG Laureano Pabon made Apr 19 at 2014 12:38 PM

SSG Laureano Pabon — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:38:30 -0400

Sir, there was a movie I recall was the Final count down,

What I find amazing was that here we found the US. Navy on a time track going back to 1941 to confront a war that we all knew about but at that time were not aware.

I find it interesting how I often find todays military to be very impressive compare of my time but todays military don't get it.

This was a scene from that movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChU-mGeBaM

Splash The Zeros, Pt. 2

Response by CPL Jeffrey Rodgers made Apr 20 at 2014 1:15 AM

CPL Jeffrey Rodgers — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:15:36 -0400

The movie Basic with John Travolta is one that I cannot watch due to the screw ups. At one point you have Samuel L Jackson character wearing Master Sgt rank, however when the camera cuts off, than returns to him he is a Specialist.

Response by GySgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 22 at 2014 10:13 PM

GySgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:13:37 -0400

Most recently Lone Survivor, calling a Marine Staff Sergeant a Sergeant :(

TV show Homeland, messing up the rank, wearing the wrong uniform, and that Marine needed a hair cut every episode!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 23 at 2014 11:19 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:19:07 -0400

The Green Zone

Early in the move the NBC team is securing a compound while looters are running out of it.
Matt Damon's character "CW2 Miller" approaches the snipers position under an awning. When he reaches the end of the awning he fires to draw out the sniper, he seems to fire two 3 round bursts but no casings are ejected from his weapon and he dust cover is closed...

Response by CMSgt James Nolan made May 7 at 2014 8:04 PM

CMSgt James Nolan — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:04:57 -0400

All of them. Too many to name. The best part for me is how aggravated my wife gets with me when I point them out. "it's just a movie". Nope, at least try and get close...all I am asking.

Response by SFC Stephen Carden made May 8 at 2014 10:49 AM

SFC Stephen Carden — Thu, 08 May 2014 10:49:27 -0400

There are two movies that I have a problem with as a PSYOP soldier. The first is "The General's Daughter", starring John Travolta. I don't know what that crazy captain was actually doing in that movie, but it wasn't Psychological Operations. Of course, she and others in the movie called it "PSYOPS". The second is "The Men Who Stare At Goats". Again, not PSYOP. Those guys should have been called "Psychedelic Operations"!

I saw another movie the last time I was in Afghanistan called "Act of Valor". Apparently the Navy SEAL team in this movie (apparently played by a real SEAL Team)is the only Team in the entire Navy available for any mission. I have no doubt that the SEALs can do everything that they do in this movie, but all in the course of one week? A HALO insertion, combat, a sub lock-out, combat, a HALO insertion offshore with a rubber boat infil, combat...and so on. Don't forget the riverine warfare in South America with the helo extraction. Seriously, guys, take a knee. We have lots of other SEALs to help you out!

Response by Sgt Jon Johnson made May 9 at 2014 8:36 AM

Sgt Jon Johnson — Fri, 09 May 2014 08:36:17 -0400

In the movie "Rambo" he shoots a law rocket out of helicopter. Really....can you say back blast!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 9 at 2014 11:28 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 May 2014 23:28:46 -0400

I can't believe no one has mentioned The Hurt Locker

Response by SSG Matt Murphy made May 12 at 2014 6:43 AM

SSG Matt Murphy — Mon, 12 May 2014 06:43:22 -0400

The Deer Hunter....the very dramatic scene where he turns on his captors in the Russian Roulette "game" and overcomes all of them. Then frees his mates and proceeds to float downstream on a log leaving all the weapons, food and "loot" behind.
Yea; smart move.

Response by SSG Clint Browning made May 12 at 2014 12:25 PM

SSG Clint Browning — Mon, 12 May 2014 12:25:24 -0400

I may need to have a second look, but if I remember correctly John Wayne jumps out of a "perfectly good" aircraft without hooking up his static line in "The Green Berets".

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made May 12 at 2014 11:45 PM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Mon, 12 May 2014 23:45:49 -0400

Any Rambo movie where he never runs out of ammo.

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made May 12 at 2014 11:50 PM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Mon, 12 May 2014 23:50:35 -0400

How about Jag the TV show. Mac and Harm were both O4's but Harm had time in grade so he out ranked her. She picked up O5 before he did but when he picked up O5, he out ranked her again.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2014 11:06 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 13 May 2014 23:06:40 -0400

While not really a "military movie" the first Transformers movie from 2007 has a scene that always sends me into a faux rage where Jon Voight's character, the SECDEF, says that something is "classified above Top Secret."

Also, Josh Duhamel's character, Lennox, goes from being a Captain in 2007, Major in 2009, to a LTC by the third movie in 2011, which I think is just hilarious

I guess i shouldn't be to upset, these movies are about giant alien robots.

Response by Cpl Victor B Johnson made May 19 at 2014 12:45 PM

Cpl Victor B Johnson — Mon, 19 May 2014 12:45:49 -0400

I admire close order drill. While watching Annapolis (2006), the Plebes were introduced to Tyrese Gibson's character (Midshipman Cole). He told the Asian guy to zip up the body bag, the same Plebe executed port arms backwards.

It's barely noticeable; however, being a Marine that wanted to become a drill instructor, my eyes immediately saw it. lol

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 28 at 2014 9:06 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 May 2014 21:06:50 -0400

Basically all of the movie "Cadet Kelly!" :P I think they kept referring to someone wearing BG shoulder boards as a Captain. that made me cringe.

Response by Maj Jeremy R. made May 29 at 2014 12:34 PM

Maj Jeremy R. — Thu, 29 May 2014 12:34:15 -0400

The A-Team...every bit of the C-130 scenes...from the flight crew standing on the ramp with their flight caps on, to the way they taxied and took off out of Ramstein, to how they evaded the missile, destroyed the UAV and airdropped a tank!

Response by CPT Kyle Schembechler made Jun 2 at 2014 4:31 PM

CPT Kyle Schembechler — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:31:49 -0400

I always cringe when I see a complete lack of trigger discipline. That and the general lack of firearms etiquette seen throughout Hollywood.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jun 5 at 2014 11:43 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 23:43:45 -0400

In "I Am Legend": First off Will Smith in Class A's and having a beard. Yeah, he COULD have had a shaving profile, but not with that baby face... And then during the final zombie assault on his house, when he is shooting his M4. When he runs out of ammo during the fight you will hear his rifle go "bang, bang, bang, click, click, click, click." Uhm sorry, but an M4 uses a single action trigger mechanism and the bolt locks back after the last shot. No "click, click, click" after you run out of ammo.

Response by SFC Stephen Carden made Jun 9 at 2014 3:09 PM

SFC Stephen Carden — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:09:04 -0400

Just saw another one y'all. The movie: Shooter. The star: Mark Wahlberg. The discrepancy: At the beginning of the movie the sniper team is on a "peacekeeping" mission based in Camp LeMonier, which the movie says is in Ethiopia. Camp LeMonier is in Djibouti. It also shows the camp as a small collection of tents in a desert surrounded by T-walls and such. Not so. Camp L. is a former French Foreign Legion post, right by the Red Sea, that is built up very well with permanent buildings and paved roads. And that was in '05. I've heard it is even better now.

Response by SSG Chris Cherry made Jun 9 at 2014 8:54 PM

SSG Chris Cherry — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:54:28 -0400

While not intended to be taken seriously...

Men Who Stare at Goats. All of it. I was actually asked, several years ago, if anything in the movie was true. I honestly had no answer for him.

More in line with the discussion: I want to say in the second Transformers movie the guys are wearing SWCS patches (Schools unit, for those who may not know)

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 10 at 2014 5:06 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:06:14 -0400

Tears of the Sun, the entire thing.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jun 11 at 2014 11:49 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:49:37 -0400

Jack Parr once shared a joke that the Army had developed an Atomic Hand Grenade. It had a bursting radius of 25 meters. The only problem is that a soldier could only throw it 10 meters.

I remember that story every time I see a hand grenade depicted in a movie. I now know where all those Atomic Hand Grenades went to. Although, movie stars seem to be able to lob them much farther

Response by MSG Sean Milhauser made Jun 21 at 2014 7:00 PM

MSG Sean Milhauser — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 19:00:48 -0400

The "Hurt Locker" movie was a great (awful) example. So many uniform violations AND the EOD tech doing stuff that was absolutely ridiculous. I think I remember seeing one"soldier" in that movie wearing a subdued cloth US flag on BOTH shoulders of his ACU top, among other things.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 21 at 2014 11:31 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:31:49 -0400

I agree with MSG Milhauser. Hurt Locker was the perfect example of how much they glamorized the Army in that movie. I remember while on deployment, my EOD unit was ready throw live IEDs at us because we called them Hurt Locker so much.

Response by CW5 Sam R. Baker made Jun 26 at 2014 8:30 PM

CW5 Sam R. Baker — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:30:09 -0400

TWO WORDS = FIRE BIRDS!!!!!

Response by SN Sean Willson made Jun 27 at 2014 10:16 AM

SN Sean Willson — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:16:03 -0400

In the movie Iron Eagle the main characters father is a Colonel. Upon returning from sneaking his son on a training flight the colonel salutes and is dressed down by a major. WTF,O.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jun 27 at 2014 10:29 AM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:29:40 -0400

"The Boys of Abu Ghraib"

The soldiers are wearing the SSI of my old unit, the 43d MP Bde, not the 800th MP Bde. Needless to say we veterans of the 43d are a bit POed to say the least. We are the ones who closed Abu Ghraib in 2006. The 43rd was not even BOG in Iraq when all that went down under the 800th

Response by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 27 at 2014 2:29 PM

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:29:33 -0400

In Feb 2001, the film crew came onboard the USS Carl Vinson to film "Behind Enemy Lines." We were requested to be extras in the background while on the flight deck:

In one scene, Owen Wilson catapults a football. A BIG, no-no. In another scene, Gene Hackman walks onto the flight deck with his cranial underneath his armpit - a HUGE no-no for flight ops protocol. We are always manned up and ready in full flight-deck gear whenever we get ready for flight ops. But, for the sake of Hollywood, they wanted it in the movie.

In the picture, I am with actor, Malik Whitfield.

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Jul 16 at 2014 3:21 AM

Sgt Packy Flickinger — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:21:31 -0400

There was a movie, can't swear to it but I think it was Iron eagle, but it showed many scenes of it taxing, taking off, flying, into a dogfight, then landing. The jet changed types 5 times. Now if you can change and F5 into an F4 and others in flight, thats great.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 19 at 2014 11:50 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:50:18 -0400

To begin, my wife can no longer watch any military movies with me - unless we both agree to suspend disbelief and I bite my tongue. She's learning the regulations, however, and we have a good laugh from time to time.

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 19 at 2014 11:57 PM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 23:57:12 -0400

In order to facilitate continued discussion on this and related topics, here are just a few conversations you'll want to check out; thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2014 1:00 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:00:42 -0400

The Hurt Locker

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2014 1:04 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:04:12 -0400

Air Force One - the entire movie. Saw it with my then fiancé', now wife. When they 'landed' at Ramstein AB, they were using the artist rendering of what Ramstein looks like now, I hollered BULLSHIT very loudly in the theatre. She swore she would never watch a military movie with me again, and she hasn't.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jul 20 at 2014 8:26 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 20:26:57 -0400

I cut movies some slack if it at least looks like they've made an attempt at making things realistic. I have a case of the ass when it is obvious that the attempt was poor (or non-existent). I understand if the plot may not necessarily be plausible, but at least make it VISUALLY realistic.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 20 at 2014 8:31 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 20:31:48 -0400

My wife sends me to our room and watches TV downstairs with the kids. Since military educators have not come out with the family version of "Hooked on Phonetics" yet, my kids are none the wiser when they hear "Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot" or "Bravo-Sierra" coming from the bedroom.

Response by PO1 Rodney Bracey made Jul 23 at 2014 3:03 PM

PO1 Rodney Bracey — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:03:10 -0400

Battleship (2012)

The USS Missouri memorial got underway with less than a skeleton crew but more importantly, it is a museum ship. It does not have any fuel on board nor any capability to get underway. It also does not have 16" shells nor powder on board. Not only that but to fire the 16" guns, it takes a crew of no less than 90 Sailors to fire the guns. Also, a 16" high explosive shell weighs about 2700 pounds, not 1000 pounds as stated in the movie. It cannot be carried from 1 turret to another above nor below decks. When missiles are fired at the alien ship - they were SM2 when they were launched but turned into Tomahawks as they flew towards the aliens. (former Battleship Sailor)

Response by Capt Richard Desmond made Jul 23 at 2014 3:03 PM

Capt Richard Desmond — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:03:56 -0400

It was basically the entire movie "Broken Arrow" with John Travolta and Christian Slater. 1st Broken Arrow isn't even the code for lost nuclear weapons, it is Bent Arrow, according to "We Were Soldiers", Broken Arrow means a US unit is being overrun and all aircraft in the AOR are supposed to come in for air support. The 2nd one was when they hit the "Stealth switch" on the B-2, oh man that had me rolling!

Response by Capt Richard Desmond made Jul 23 at 2014 3:32 PM

Capt Richard Desmond — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:32:49 -0400

Battlefield Earth another John Travolta "Classic", the scene where they find one Harrier Sim and the Humans basically become fully CMR with like 5 sim hours, oh and the fact that they can launch all those Harriers without fuel, maintainers, airfield ops, ATC, weapon loaders, actively built missiles and munitions, someone who knows how to configure a Harrier, and in post apocalyptic Earth GPS, TACAN, and UHF/VHF radio stations are all still powered and functioning because reasons!

Response by PO1 G. Leslie /Stiltner made Jul 23 at 2014 5:20 PM

PO1 G. Leslie /Stiltner — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:20:16 -0400

This was not a movie but a TV Show, I was watching NCIS and it was an episode where a recruiter was at the school career day handing out Brochures. He was a Navy Recruiter and the Brochures he was handing out were for the Marine Corps. I rewound and looked twice to make sure an it was so!!

Response by SrA Jeff Campbell made Jul 23 at 2014 5:38 PM

SrA Jeff Campbell — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:38:23 -0400

Wow! So many movies Hollywood it up...obviously they are just trying to sell the movie...but if anyone watched Expendables, Expendables 2, you have to laugh...also although the movie LONE SURVIVOR is based on a True Story.....Come On....No human being could slam into a tree at 20-30 mph and wrap around it and get up and fight.......SERIOUSLY? Here is a Twist to your question MAJOR BURNS: What Movie after watching it, MADE YOU SAY....WOW that was as close to what I do as they could portray on the screen? I have a feeling the number one selection would be "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN" WOW that movie makes the hair stand up on my arms....and I say thank God I did not join the Army! My Dad was in the Army, he persuaded me that I would be a better Airman then an army man! ha ha ha....He was right!

Response by Capt Jeff S. made Jul 24 at 2014 3:42 AM

Capt Jeff S. — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 03:42:58 -0400

The depiction of the Persians in the movie "300": )~

http://www.dvdactive.com/images/reviews/screenshot/2011/7/300bdcap8_original.jpg

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 24 at 2014 8:12 AM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:12:07 -0400

Interceptor - 1993 movie where terrorists hijack a C-5 by climbing down the interior of a KC-135 boom and cutting a hole in the fuselage...then the hero evades the terrorists by climbing through the miles of hidden crawl spaces in the aircraft -- followed by a F-117 "dogfight" that ensues after the aircraft are airdropped off the C-5 ramp...wings unfolded (ha) and engines started during the flat-spin freefall to earth. This one's hard to beat.

Response by CMDCM Gene Treants made Jul 25 at 2014 1:39 PM

CMDCM Gene Treants — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:39:10 -0400

"The Last Ship" you know the new TV series. The engine room on this Arleigh Burke type Guided Missile Destroyer has an engine room fire and we see flash bang - an oil fire in the boiler room or an old style ship, not a gas turbine ship. Glaring only to one who served or trained on a Gas Turbine, but still...

Response by PFC Zanie Young made Jul 27 at 2014 10:25 AM

PFC Zanie Young — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:25:36 -0400

Though not a military movie, I would have to say it is Child's Play (2 or 3). Since when we have killer dolls wiping out a platoon of kids in military school, as well as ranking officials like commandants?!?!?

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Aug 19 at 2014 12:29 PM

Cpl Dennis F. — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:29:07 -0400

Does it go without saying: the ribbons and their placement, as Hollywood picks them solely on their colors.

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Aug 19 at 2014 3:13 PM

Cpl Dennis F. — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:13:40 -0400

The PX in Danang was, I believe, the only air conditioned building in the country, so if you were in the area, you would go and sit in the cool and watch what ever crap they put on the screen. I remember watching over the silhouettes of heavily armed muddy grunts, M60 and M16 barrels sticking into the air. John Wayne's "The Green Berets" was playing and the entire movie was endless catcalls and outrageous laughter at the absurdities portrayed. I Corps Danang was after all, primarily Marine country.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Aug 19 at 2014 4:36 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:36:15 -0400

Pentagon Wars. It's a "documentary" about the development of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. They insinuated that it isn't awesome.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Aug 19 at 2014 6:12 PM

SFC Mark Merino — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:12:57 -0400

Col Private RallyPoint Member , this might become the longest thread known to man.

Response by 2LT Paul Denhup made Aug 20 at 2014 12:14 PM

2LT Paul Denhup — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:14:57 -0400

Any John Wayne movie where he is pulling a Grenade pin out with his teeth!

Response by CDR Thomas Gatliffe made Aug 20 at 2014 1:59 PM

CDR Thomas Gatliffe — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:59:55 -0400

As soon as Hollywood and/or television writers get involved, discrepancies are a given. They either jazz-up capabilities to almost "god-like" infallibility or they have people doing things well outside their functional capabilities. I really like the NCIS show but I alternately laugh and groan through most shows. However, such shows are for mental "escapism" entertainment only and can't really be taken too seriously.
Like everyone else, NCIS agents are human beings with all the usual human failings. I even tossed (figuratively, not literally) one out of my office once when he came to me with a totally unsubstantiated allegation about one of my CPO's based on a "druggie" trying to cut a deal. I and the Command Master Chief did some unobtrusive investigation but found there was absolutely no substance behind the story. However, I was ultimately happy to find I didn't have a bad CPO so it wasn't really a waste of time.

Response by CW2 Ernest Krutzsch made Aug 20 at 2014 6:26 PM

CW2 Ernest Krutzsch — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:26:29 -0400

Two that come to mind, M60 tanks in Patton, and Rambo fires a Law inside a Huey

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 29 at 2014 10:22 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:22:09 -0400

Major Payne: gold tooth. Nough said.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 22 at 2014 5:12 AM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:12:57 -0400

John Travolta on "Broken Arrow" had his Majors oak leaves with the stems facing forward on his flight suit instead of outward opposing the shoulders.

"Three Kings" All the actors were wearing OD green Ranks and Nametapes on the Chocolate Chips.

I tech advised on a movie recently and can say other than the patches being made up they will at least have the insignia's on correctly and the uniforms are correct.

Response by SGT Aja Johnson made Sep 22 at 2014 9:08 AM

SGT Aja Johnson — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:08:23 -0400

Samuel L. Jackson in Basic, I can't stand that damn CAPE!

Response by SPC David S. made Sep 27 at 2014 6:36 PM

SPC David S. — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:36:15 -0400

The line "Repeat ...." should be "Say again... " as repeat applies to repeating a fire mission not a message.

Response by CPO Bernie Penkin made Sep 27 at 2014 10:42 PM

CPO Bernie Penkin — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:42:45 -0400

Couldn't watch the TV show Jag. Drove me nuts. Anyone remember the very short lived show Super Carrier?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2014 11:13 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:13:13 -0400

"Dear John" had a lot of discrepancies. I stopped watching it at some point and walked out.

Response by LTC Mark Gavula made Oct 2 at 2014 8:53 AM

LTC Mark Gavula — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:53:27 -0400

I don't have time to read the discussions and this movie may have been mentioned. The movie is, "Basic," starring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta. at the beginning of the movie Samuel
L. is wearing SPC rank and then is promoted to MSG.

Response by MAJ John Griffin made Oct 8 at 2014 10:00 PM

MAJ John Griffin — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:00:02 -0400

The most memorable "gaffe" in the military movies ... Yes, there are many ... But the most classic has to be John Wayne not hooking up his static line in the " Green Berets" as they jump in to go capture the NVA General near the end of the movie ....

Response by SFC Melker Johansson made Oct 9 at 2014 1:09 PM

SFC Melker Johansson — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:09:01 -0400

I hated "The Messenger". The characters did not wear their uniforms correctly (particularly the berets looked awful) and they blatantly failed to follow Casualty Notification procedures. It's a serious topic and I felt they made a mockery out of it. Maybe I was only overreacting? Hmm.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2014 8:12 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:12:58 -0400

Sir one of my biggest pet peeves was in the movie "Pearl Harbor" when Josh Harnett yells out "I think World War II just started." Sir he yells this in the middle of the Japanese attack....I highly doubt that any more the men would have yelled that out at any point during the war.
Not only that Sir but whenever I watch the movie with my dad he can point out things that are inaccurate about every 2.5 minutes. So i would throw that entire movie up there.

Response by SSG Maurice P. made Nov 2 at 2014 12:24 PM

SSG Maurice P. — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:24:04 -0500

people i'm not trying to offend anyone but the liberal Hollywood movie (the walking dead) had a big discrepansy.........................someone said in the movie that it was a black mans Vietnam experience...I was with the walking dead 6 years after it was infamous and 85% of that 1st battalion 9th marines were white i can imagine 6 years earlier that it probably had more than 85% if i'm wrong i will apologize, just trying to keep it real!!!1June1977 1st battalion 9th marines 3rd mar div went up and over mt fujihama in japan...

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Nov 2 at 2014 4:15 PM

Capt Richard I P. — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:15:40 -0500

Weapons handling. Always weapons handling.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 2 at 2014 5:07 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:07:32 -0500

Well, working on the CV-22 out at Kirtland, AFB they used these a lot in early filming. Right before I arrived they had filmed the first Transformers using A0024, and used A0027 I believe in Terminator Salvation.

Of course, having worked on the plane, I had to see what they did in the films. The one stand out thing is in Terminator they show the cockpit of the V-22 flying the lead somewhere. In the center of the cockpit is a display, the Center Cockpit Display (forget the technical name for it, CDU I think?). On that display shows the CV-22 all in red. Now to those who don't know, when the plane is "red" on the screen in certain areas, means that system is non-operational; either its not turned on, deactivated, etc. What this meant was they were running the plane off ground power for the shots, so essentially (if it were airborne) your plane would be like "OH SHIT WE'RE CRASHING!"

I laughed when I saw that. They could have AT LEAST brought up a random menu or something.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Nov 27 at 2014 11:48 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:48:38 -0500

"Where Eagles Dare" (1968) - At the beginning of the movie (winter '43-'44), a German officer lands in an American Bell 47 helicopter that didn't enter service (in the U.S.) until 1946.
All the females were coiffed in obvious sixties hairstyles. No attempt at all to take the hair back to the forties! Many other WWII movies of the sixties did the same with women's hairstyles.

Response by BG Robert Enzenauer made Jan 5 at 2015 1:13 PM

BG Robert Enzenauer — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:13:13 -0500

As a former military physician, it's the over-the-top UNSAFE actions of the EOD guy "hero" of the movie in HURT LOCKER. After just ONE stunt like he pulled he would have been sent home for a psych eval. DOC ENZ

Response by MSgt Michael Durkee made Jan 5 at 2015 1:42 PM

MSgt Michael Durkee — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:42:09 -0500

The Karate Kid II, when Miyagi-san and Daniel are on Kadena AB and call the A1C they're asking directions from, Corporal :)

Response by CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter made Jan 6 at 2015 12:08 PM

CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:08:34 -0500

My wife will not watch military moves with me. Top Gun is at the top of my list. It was one funny movie

Response by TSgt Frederick Horne made Jan 6 at 2015 12:30 PM

TSgt Frederick Horne — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:30:03 -0500

In one of the Alien vs Predator movies the military nukes the town with a MK83 1000 lbs general purpose bomb with a F-22. There would have been a decent boom when it went off but not wipe out an entire town like it did.

Response by MSgt Rob Weston made Jan 6 at 2015 12:44 PM

MSgt Rob Weston — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:44:38 -0500

Easy...(not military) At the end of X-Men Origins: Wolverien

Col, Stryker was being detained by the MPs at the end of the movie. The MPs drove up in a Peace Keeper (PK). I know the PK were used in the USAF for nuclear weapons defense (I drove them in the 90s), however I don't believe the US Army had them as well

Response by MSgt Rob Weston made Jan 6 at 2015 12:47 PM

MSgt Rob Weston — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:47:57 -0500

One more addition... In Armageddon the USAF SSgt who told the NASA employee to "cease and desist"... 1st USAF Security Forces do not say Cease and Desist, never said it in my 21 years... 2nd, we are not rocket scientists or computer hackers that can re-engage a nuclear weapon.

Response by SSG Tim Everett made Jan 6 at 2015 3:10 PM

SSG Tim Everett — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:10:25 -0500

The Rock (the film) -- Marines wearing berets. Actually pretty much any modern military movie featuring dudes wearing berets into combat. And pretty much EVERY movie with berets has the person wearing it all jacked up like a chef hat.

Response by PO2 Frances Smart made Jan 7 at 2015 11:47 PM

PO2 Frances Smart — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:47:19 -0500

The end of "An Officer and a Gentleman" when he gets on his motorcycle, no helmet, and rides off into the sunset. No military member on any military base, anywhere, anytime, would be caught riding with no helmet. It would pretty much mean the end of their motorcycle privilege on base.

Response by PO2 Frances Smart made Jan 8 at 2015 2:27 AM

PO2 Frances Smart — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:27:08 -0500

Independence Day, one of my favorite movies, but seriously, the POTUS in a flight suit going on a mission to save the world from aliens? Really?

Response by LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU® made Jan 8 at 2015 9:46 PM

LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU® — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:46:16 -0500

I forgot the name of the movie, but Samuel L. Jackson is acting as a drill sergeant screaming at new recruits. When you saw his close-up, he was wearing a specialist rank. It kind of ruined the scene! hahaha

Response by PO3 Jeff Lane made Jan 8 at 2015 9:54 PM

PO3 Jeff Lane — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:54:15 -0500

Id have to say Top Gun, when Iceman, Val Kilmer says Mavericks in a dead spin and headed out to sea!! Ummmmm? dead spins are usually strait down i would think and they were flying over mountains at the time! Next when Maverick says, Goose I cant reach the ejection handles!!! Ummmm again!!!! Theres one between your legs!!!!!

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 19 at 2015 9:13 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:13:40 -0500

Firebirds. If you know anything bout helicopters you will know bout this movie. Lol

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 30 at 2015 11:47 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:47:42 -0500

Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The ships they bombed were Spruance class destroyers. Didn't exist then

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 30 at 2015 11:49 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:49:50 -0500

Stripes... Everything!

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 31 at 2015 12:10 AM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:10:45 -0500

In order to keep the conversation rolling, here are just a few other threads that you'll want to check-out. Thank you for all that you do and hope to see you in the discussion threads!

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Feb 2 at 2015 12:25 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:25:08 -0500

Col Private RallyPoint Member, in the movie, "The Hunt for Red October, after Jack Ryan is aboard the aircraft carrier, there is a closed-circuit TV in the Combat Information Center that shows the operations on the flight deck. At one point, a gull-gray F-14 Tomcat, in obvious distress, comes in for a landing. The camera cuts away from the TV to Ryan's face, and the cuts back to the TV. All of a sudden, the plane crashing is no longer an F-14, but an old Korean War-era fighter (possibly a McDonnell FH Phantom or a F2H Banshee), colored the dark blue that the Navy stopped using in the 1960s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXgJdrYss1k

Wave off! Wave Off!!!!!!

Wave off!!!!

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 2 at 2015 6:00 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:00:52 -0500

Ok this has always bothered me...in Down Periscope there's a couple scenes where Nitro the Electrician's Mate has to make some connections using his fingers and toes to bare wires to complete the circuit...

He's totally doing that wrong. I can tell you as an Electrician's Mate that you can't simply lick your fingers, you have to use some dielectric grease to facilitate the proper connection.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. It's been bothering me for years now!

Response by Maj Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2015 12:04 PM

Maj Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:04:39 -0500

What about Top Gun - When Maverick and the Soviet pilot are flying canopy to canopy - has anyone wondered where the vertical stabilizers might be? That movie had more holes than a box of Cheerios!

Response by Col Joseph Lenertz made Feb 5 at 2015 1:02 PM

Col Joseph Lenertz — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:02:40 -0500

I'm a retired AF DV airlift pilot, so: "Air Force One"
...where to begin? None of the real security measures for AF1 are in place, and no-one seems to notice or care. US Secret Service and AF crew are hapless buffoons, with one exception. I love all the gunfire inside the airplane with no apparent effect on the plane's pressure or damage to any aircraft components. Harrison Ford as President taking on the team of trained insurgents solo, and finally zip-lining (forward, into 150+ mph winds) to the C-130 toward the end. Fun movie, but you have to keep your "I believe" hat on the whole time.

Response by PO2 Steven Erickson made Feb 5 at 2015 1:34 PM

PO2 Steven Erickson — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:34:46 -0500

Every submarine movie except "das Boot". That includes Crimson Tide. Mutiny on a boomer? You know NOTHING about submarine crews.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2015 1:40 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:40:51 -0500

This one: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi [login to see]

Response by MSgt Marty Hogan made Feb 5 at 2015 2:02 PM

MSgt Marty Hogan — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:02:42 -0500

EVE of Destruction (1991)

There are several, but this one takes the cake...

When they have to get across the country quickly and hop on the SR-71 Blackbird. There are 4-5 of them up walking around looking at consoles and monitors, etc. LOL

Only problem with that is that the SR-71 is a 2-seater supersonic air/space craft that requires the pilots to wear pressurization suits and to be tethered with oxygen lines and other cable bundles.

Response by SSG Ethan Harris made Feb 5 at 2015 2:22 PM

SSG Ethan Harris — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:22:26 -0500

Spoiler Alert for American Horror Story, Season 4, Last Episode: [you were warned]

Although not a military movie, American Horror Story has a scene at the end of the fourth season where a character fires a five (possibly six) round revolver a total of 12 times. 12 shots, he types for emphasis! The pistol was maybe a .38 or .357 with a 2" barrel. The character has no rounds in his pockets and never empties the cylinder. For even more entertainment value, I notice that at one point, he pulls the hammer back twice between shot one and two. Action begins at 10:14 in the last episode of season four. Gruesome and NSFW.

Response by SPC Sierra Zamora made Feb 5 at 2015 2:28 PM

SPC Sierra Zamora — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:28:08 -0500

Forgive me if this has already been posted, but the movie "Enemy of the State" frustrated me.

They moved an imagery satellite in order to get video on Will Smith as he was running through the city. This is absolutely ludicrous.
Moving a satellite uses fuel. The life span of a satellite is dependent on how much fuel it has. No way he was such a valuable target that they completely moved this satellite out of it's orbital slot to get imagery on a target moving through the city, let alone a live feed of it showing him running clear as day. A drone, sure I could see that. An IMINT bird, get outta town!

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Feb 5 at 2015 2:37 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:37:24 -0500

Col Private RallyPoint Member, check out this scene in the blubbery celluloid disaster called "Dear John", with Channing Tatum and released in 2010. His staff sergeant epaulets on his Class A shirt are reversed for the entire scene. One might ask why I would even know about this scene, considering how insipid the movie is and my defense is that my wife made me do it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyX77hjD-Bs

Response by LTJG Frederick Birchmore made Feb 5 at 2015 3:32 PM

LTJG Frederick Birchmore — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:32:22 -0500

Don't forget John Kerry's 1971 performance before Congress, wearing his PX ribbons on fatigues. A disgrace in form as well as in substance.

Response by 1stSgt Jack Closson made Feb 5 at 2015 6:50 PM

1stSgt Jack Closson — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:50:11 -0500

Don't see any mention of "Full Metal Jacket". Always wondered how the recruit, got a weapon into the head, and who left ammunition for him to use? Then the journalist ends up walking patrol at night with Grunts in Hue? I don't think so. Will give them credit for using the Rifle Creed in the barracks, although we slept in Quonset Huts in San Diego in 1963.
And then there is "Heartbreak Ridge", Eastwood's character is assigned to Camp Lejuene and is obviously a Camp Talega on MCB Camp Pendleton. If the desert fauna don't give it away, the Quonset Huts do. And the character with an earring is just wrong, especially in recon.

Response by SSG Ethan Harris made Feb 5 at 2015 8:08 PM

SSG Ethan Harris — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:08:50 -0500

Mr. T in the French Colonial Army. Because there are no earrings allowed.

:)

Response by LTJG Frederick Birchmore made Feb 5 at 2015 8:28 PM

LTJG Frederick Birchmore — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:28:22 -0500

Not a movie, but still a B-grade "performance." Several unearned PX ribbons, like Good Conduct and Expeditionary. Purple Hearts also contrived. Ribbons on fatigues. Looks like fake hair and chin also. Wrong uniform. Should've been wearing a pink one.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2015 10:06 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:06:58 -0500

The movie Shaq did in the 90's..."Steele" I think the name was. Between the chewed bubblegum of the duty uniforms AND the Greens they were wearing.....I stopped about 15 minutes into the movie.

Response by 1SG Patrick Sims made Feb 6 at 2015 8:24 AM

1SG Patrick Sims — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:24:01 -0500

Hollywood's formula for writing a war movie, is a pain. With few accepting they change the war and the uniforms, but retell the same story over and over again---Soldiers who disobey incompetent officers, sadistic Sergeants, a main character that deserts because of war crimes he's committed, or witnessed and remained silent about---The main character will go home--become an alcoholic or drug addict and kill himself in the end. If they want to put a twist on it they'll have him kill his entire family, and then kill himself. I can never understand why anyone would spend millions making these stink bomb, no one goes to see. I guess the directors want to re-live their rebellious youth of the 60's. Even if they didn't have a rebellious youth.
It's all like going to see a Spike Lee movie. Before you walk into the theater you already know how it's going to end---Everyone dies or goes to prison.

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Feb 6 at 2015 11:31 AM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:31:26 -0500

History channel did a series on WWII recently. In the episode on D-day, they showed stock footage in black and white of C-130s doing personnel drops while the narrator talked about the airborne assault behind the beaches on June 5-6, 1944. D-day airdrops were done by C-47s mostly. C-130 first joined the Air Force about 1956. Really disappointing for the History Channel to make such a gaff.

Also, numerous movies where the sound effects for aircraft are all wrong. Prop planes making jet noises, etc.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, to uniform inaccuracies. I write those off as just lack of attention to technical details by Hollywood types who don't really care.

Response by SMSgt Bryan Raines made Feb 6 at 2015 3:45 PM

SMSgt Bryan Raines — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:45:34 -0500

Gotta be the entire "Iron Eagle" movie series. Come'on the entire premise of teenagers stealing planes from an Air Force Base, hacking computers, breaking into sensitive areas, setting up a mission and all the logistics involved with said mission? gimme a break this movie should have been listed as "scifi/fantasy instead of action and adventure.

Response by SGT Beau Thomas made Feb 6 at 2015 6:59 PM

SGT Beau Thomas — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:59:38 -0500

I will mention one TV show that got everything right, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. That show is text book perfect concerning uniform wear.

Response by SGT George Smead made Feb 6 at 2015 7:13 PM

SGT George Smead — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:13:41 -0500

I think it would be harder to name a movie without a goof. I understand that they cannot be 100% accurate because of budget and "Drama", but at least hire someone who's been there and done that.

Response by MAJ Terry LaFrance made Feb 6 at 2015 7:19 PM

MAJ Terry LaFrance — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:19:51 -0500

The list of stuff being correct would be shorter.

Response by SGT George Smead made Feb 6 at 2015 8:45 PM

SGT George Smead — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:45:10 -0500

Patton. As a kid I always wondered why the Germans were using American M48 tanks. This was when I was 8 and I knew the difference

Response by SPC Shyue Lor made Feb 7 at 2015 2:24 AM

SPC Shyue Lor — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:24:54 -0500

Lone Survivor, everything was fine, until the Hollywood extraction scene which, was pretty Micheal Bay on the scale of 1- Micheal Bay.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2015 5:19 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:19:16 -0500

Almost the entire "Top Gun" movie. It is actually a running joke in the Navy. Example: Someone running around without their cover on. Response: "Who do you think you are Tom Cruise?"; "Does this look like Top Gun to you?"; etc.

Response by CPO Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 8 at 2015 5:55 PM

CPO Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 17:55:13 -0500

From what I understand, if the movie is not sanctioned by the services it portrays then they are required to change the uniform or military representation portrayed so as not to be a direct representation of current US Forces.
This may or may not be true, it is just how it was explained to me when I was pissed about awful salutes and ribbon racks from Chief Mess Specialist/Special Operator Casey Ryback (Under Siege) and other inaccuracies that have already been pointed out.

Response by MSgt Michelle Mondia made Feb 9 at 2015 1:33 PM

MSgt Michelle Mondia — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:33:36 -0500

Response by SGT Gideon Smith made Feb 9 at 2015 2:43 PM

SGT Gideon Smith — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:43:31 -0500

Im torn between hurtlocker making eod look like they do more then play wi th remote control cars and Jack teacher making mps look tough. The absolute worst gaff I've seen in a military movie was to be in American Sniper. The scene where Bradley cooper runs into the amputee at the auto shop and the kid tells him "you really should swing by the VA", yeah, said no vet ever!

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2015 4:03 PM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:03:53 -0500

In Olympus has fallen when they punched flare and it came out like it would at a fricken air show or something. More than that the patriot missile bit off on the flares! haha.

Response by SSG Ronald Limbaugh made Feb 10 at 2015 8:56 AM

SSG Ronald Limbaugh — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:56:32 -0500

The first time I watched "Basic" with Samuel Jackson... I about had an aneurysm due to the "military" inconsistencies. Whoever (if anyone) was the military advisor for this film should have been summarily executed during post-production.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2015 12:23 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:23:26 -0500

We watched that terrible movie "The Green Zone" once while deployed in Afghanistan. There was a general towards the beginning of the movie who was wearing our patch, the 75th Fires Brigade. The only problem was that he was wearing it upside down... I guess it isn't over the top stupid, but we all got a good laugh out of it at least. That was probably the most entertaining part of the whole movie!

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2015 3:36 AM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:36:25 -0500

The Hurt Locker. The ENTIRE movie is inaccurate and completely unrealistic.

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 13 at 2015 3:45 AM

SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:45:28 -0500

I'd also ask: when did the army become a bunch of popped collar d bags with members only jackets? EVERY Movie has army personnel with the ACU/multicam collar up and velcroed closed. I don't even know anyone that does this with the body armor on, which is what it was designed for. Just looks silly and makes us like like d bags

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Feb 16 at 2015 2:28 PM

LTC Stephen C. — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:28:02 -0500

Col Private RallyPoint Member, Private Benjamin (movie) was on TV the other night. Please be assured that I did not watch it in its entirety, although one time I think I did.
However, she did a John Wayne (as in The Green Berets). She jumped out and was not hooked up! What makes this even more bizarre is that she was at skydiving altitude (the Colonel says earlier, "See you at 13,000 feet"). She was jumping a T-10 parachute system, which is designed for static line use only. Sure enough, the stunt jumper is shown pulling a ripcord in freefall and has a good canopy (35', T-10, OD in color). However, the only ripcord available would have been for the reserve canopy which would have been a white, 22' canopy.
This makes the John Wayne jump sequence tame compared to the Private Benjamin fiasco!

Response by TSgt Mario Guajardo made Feb 17 at 2015 3:31 PM

TSgt Mario Guajardo — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:31:17 -0500

ummmm, they're movies...I don't expect them to be real or accurate, they are there to entertain not educate

Response by SGT George Smead made Feb 25 at 2015 9:59 PM

SGT George Smead — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:59:00 -0500

How about the most accurate scene? Boys in Company C. They were out on patrol and the Lt. asks one of the soldiers what smells so bad. He says it's them they haven't had a shower in a month (or something like that). That is so real life.

Response by SSgt Donnavon Smith made May 18 at 2015 3:58 PM

SSgt Donnavon Smith — Mon, 18 May 2015 15:58:24 -0400

There is a movie Called by Dawn's Early Light. The entire movie takes place on a B-52 and in one scent they open a file cabinet to get the launch codes and in another there is a knockdown drag-out bar-room style fight downstairs (which is smaller than most cubicles)

Response by MSgt Brian Welch made May 18 at 2015 4:08 PM

MSgt Brian Welch — Mon, 18 May 2015 16:08:26 -0400

Well, I'm going to have do some checking but I'm pretty sure it was one of the Iron Eagle movies or was it War Games,... anyway they had a female SSgt that was maybe 250 lbs at some control console. She was just an extra pulled from the extras pool I guess but what I really thought was funny about it was they clearly had to have her uniform custom made to fit her.

Response by SGT Richard H. made Jul 13 at 2015 11:32 PM

SGT Richard H. — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:32:23 -0400

One of the movie discrepancies that really makes me grind my teeth is at the end of "Jarhead" when they are all partying and firing their weapons in the air. Yeah, like THAT would ever happen in a battle zone.

Response by SGT Christopher Churilla made Jul 14 at 2015 6:32 PM

SGT Christopher Churilla — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:32:53 -0400

One that stuck out for me was "Last Castle". How did James Gandolfini's character make Colonel with his fat butt?

Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made Jul 14 at 2015 7:30 PM

SSgt Charles Edwards — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:30:45 -0400

Iron Man. After the convoy comes under attack and the fire team leader calls "contact left"; they proceed to get out on the side in which they ate taking fire! What?

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 14 at 2015 9:53 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:53:04 -0400

How has none mentioned Steve Martin's gritty documentary Sgt Bilko?
Or the pauly shore's desert storm exposé In The Army Now?

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Jul 21 at 2015 7:56 PM

SMSgt Thor Merich — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:56:14 -0400

There are too many to list. But my biggest annoyance is the Clint Eastwood movie, Heartbreak Ridge, where he is in charge of a Recon unit. They are a bunch of goofballs and all jacked up. Seriously, Marine Recon??? I was never in the Marines, but I have several friends who are former Recon. Even though they left the Marines many years ago, they are some of the most squared people I have ever met.

Response by SGT William Howell made Mar 17 at 2016 12:47 PM

SGT William Howell — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:47:08 -0400

Any movie where they put a Kilo of C4 on anything to blow it up and then there is a fireball.

Response by SSgt James Howerton made Mar 19 at 2016 1:21 PM

SSgt James Howerton — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:21:07 -0400

Most movies and their exaggerations have to be taken with a grain of salt. When it's represented as fact or based on a "true story" then it bothers me. The one that always gets my goat is when they say, "The Congressional Medal of Honor." There never has been and never will be such an award. It's simply The Medal of Honor. I think (really, I know) I get on my wife's nerves every time this gets mentioned in a movie. The Medal of Honor; attaching the politician's of Congress taints the bravery of the warriors who have been awarded it (and I said awarded, since no award is "won").

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 9 at 2016 2:27 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 09 May 2016 14:27:57 -0400

not military movie, but in the 2009 Star Trek reboot, Kirk goes from being a cadet to Captain. seriously? I don't care what you do, no military is going to promote anyone from cadet to O6. Same movie, they can't make up their mind if Uhura is a cadet or an LT.

Response by SGT Randall Spence made May 17 at 2016 12:54 PM

SGT Randall Spence — Tue, 17 May 2016 12:54:20 -0400

Almost every military movie, etc. has it's inaccuracies and just plain screw-ups in scripts, jargon, equipment and the list goes on.

Response by LTC William Bridgeman made May 26 at 2016 1:00 PM

LTC William Bridgeman — Thu, 26 May 2016 13:00:46 -0400

Almost every movie ever made about the War Between the States incorporates 1873 Colts and Springfield Trapdoors.

Response by GySgt Charles O'Connell made Dec 1 at 2016 12:39 PM

GySgt Charles O'Connell — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:39:59 -0500

Any military themed movies starring Steven Segal

Response by SP5 Donald Wood made Feb 21 at 2018 5:57 PM

SP5 Donald Wood — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:57:07 -0500

The beard on the helicopter pilot Capt. Leland Gallo on the TV series Valor. Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think you can operate a modern helicopter pilot helmet properly if you wear a beard.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 21 at 2018 6:11 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:11:05 -0500

"That's a Fact, Jack," Stripes
With an answer like that, would get you in the, Front Leaning Rest Position.

Response by CPT Bruce Beattie made Apr 9 at 2018 10:51 PM

CPT Bruce Beattie — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:51:34 -0400

In the spring of 1968, I was a student at the US Army Special Warfare School at Ft Bragg just prior to deploying to Vietnam as an advisor. The movie shown in the post theater was "The Green Berets" with John Wayne. The audience was filled to capacity with SF soldiers who had earned their green berets, many of whom had been "across the pond". The catcalls, boos, hissing, laughter and complaining were extremely loud and constant! The errors were too numerous to remember! Today, almost fifty years later, it is still my most memorable movie experience ever!

Response by SGT Joshua Bressel made May 7 at 2018 4:23 AM

SGT Joshua Bressel — Mon, 07 May 2018 04:23:06 -0400

Basic. The ENTIRE MOVIE!!!! The only thing more ridiculous, than the premise, is Samuel L Jackson's uniforms! Especially wearing EVERY SINGLE badge, tab, and insignia, in the Army, on one BDU shirt, some of them, upside down!!!!!!!! I couldn't even finish the movie.....

Response by MSgt Daniel Foster made Nov 27 at 2018 12:20 PM

MSgt Daniel Foster — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:20:56 -0500

Top Gun. So full of discrepencies it makes me sick. Like an F14 taking rounds in the left engine. They only thing anybody is going to hear is "eject, eject, eject"!

Response by Sgt Mark Tarte made Nov 27 at 2018 7:14 PM

Sgt Mark Tarte — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:14:44 -0500

What always irks me are the military movies from the late 60s thru the 70s where the actors’ hair isn’t even close to military regs of the era the movie is set, mostly WWII and sideburns and fu Manchu moustaches are everywhere!

Response by PO1 Warren Jameson made Nov 8 at 2019 1:15 AM

PO1 Warren Jameson — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 01:15:23 -0500

I loved the four Spruance Class Destroyers in a nest in the movie Pearl Harbor. Considering they weren't commissioned until after 1975, would mean they have to have been with the USS Nimitz in "The Final Countdown".

Response by PO1 Mike Meehan made Nov 15 at 2019 5:38 AM

PO1 Mike Meehan — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 05:38:42 -0500

Hunt for Red October...Morse code with the periscope "blinky light"...no such thing..

Response by SSgt Daniel d'Errico made Nov 26 at 2019 1:03 PM

SSgt Daniel d'Errico — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:03:03 -0500

The invisible re arming of an in flight F-16 in the movie Iron Eagle. Here a 14 year old kid takes off in an F-16, flies all the way to Sandboxia, to rescue his dad, with no wing fuel tanks, no onboard munitions, and some how he gets more weapons to deploy for four bombing runs. All out of the clear blue sky! USAF weapons troops are good, but flying along side an F-16, and re arming it inflight with no wespons loading truck or trailer. Please Hollywood, remember that we (USAF maintance/weapons troops) see these fantasy stories ans catch those FUBAR scenes!

Response by SFC Benjamin Varlese made Dec 1 at 2019 6:03 PM

SFC Benjamin Varlese — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 18:03:26 -0500

Hands down “Basic” but “Hurt Locker” and “Green Zone” deserve mention because they present themselves as “accurate depictions” of the realities of the contemporary battlefields.
A few buddies now do military consulting for Hollywood and they all say that regardless of what they recommend, what ends up on film is entirely up to the director’s “creative vision” and what the producers think will market best. Many directors like Michael Bay and Michael Mann have begun to pay more attention to the details and advice from their SMEs but the audience still craves the ridiculous explosions and other audio and visual effects they associate with a firefight. Perfect examples are “13 Hours”, “American Sniper”, “12 Strong”, and “Lone Survivor”, but in all those cases they had 1st hand information and accounts to go by.
Honestly, I just chuckle to myself at the little stuff, try to remember I’m watching it to be entertained and only offer my critique if asked by my family and non-military friends

Response by CPT Paul Weiss made Dec 2 at 2019 9:50 PM

CPT Paul Weiss — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:50:06 -0500

All the flics from WWII to the present that show Grunts going into combat (be they Soldiers, Marines, or any the now so popular Special Ops) with little more than a pistol belt, canteen, small pack, and two frags) and wiping out battalions of the enemy.

Response by SR Jason Budd made Dec 2 at 2019 11:02 PM

SR Jason Budd — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:02:18 -0500

The movie, and the television series, we can't let this slip through the cracks.

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.

Response by PO2 Bill Ries made Dec 4 at 2019 12:05 PM

PO2 Bill Ries — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:05:50 -0500

"End of tomorrow" Soldiers were strapping claymores to their chest plates! LOL

Response by SPC Kyle Mardis made Dec 5 at 2019 6:22 PM

SPC Kyle Mardis — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:22:46 -0500

Every time I hear “over and out” or “repeat”. The Forward Observer in me screams. I explain to anyone watching with me that “over” means “I am done, your turn” and “repeat” to fire the last arty mission again.

Response by SPC Stewart Smith made Dec 5 at 2019 9:45 PM

SPC Stewart Smith — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:45:00 -0500

Every grenade being a small nuclear missile.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2019 9:45 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:45:51 -0500

Minor, but common:

“Over and out”

If I could choke someone through my TV...every. Frikkin. Time.

Response by SGT Stan Setliff made Dec 6 at 2019 8:24 AM

SGT Stan Setliff — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:24:12 -0500

Chuck Norris's Law Rocket repeater. Some of the crap in movies, ruins what might be a good movie.

Response by SGT Cory Blissitte made Dec 6 at 2019 8:42 PM

SGT Cory Blissitte — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:42:21 -0500

Not a discrepancy, but an accuracy! Blackhawk Down (2001). Infantrymen running, carrying everything including the kitchen sink and falling down on their face. Most accurate thing I think I've seen about the true Infantry experience. Falling down because your are carrying too danged much stuff, and you rolled your ankle, dislocated your knee, lost your balance, the Earth tilted out from under you suddenly, or for whatever reason.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2019 9:37 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:37:21 -0500

Movies are made to make money, not give correct information although some of it may be factual most of it remains to be seen. I always watch movies with a grain of salt but then again "Know your History" and talk to those that have been there; but it is fun to look for all the discrepancies.

Response by PO1 Dallas Shewmaker made Dec 7 at 2019 4:32 PM

PO1 Dallas Shewmaker — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:32:36 -0500

So let's be honest with ourselves... if you want 100% accuracy... watch a documentary. Even our most loved military movies have a great deal of inaccuracies. Some of which are obvious and seem to be done either in disregard or on purpose. Others are subtle and meant to present a "what-if" scenario. Everybody talking about Rambo, for example. I don't know a single person, veteran or otherwise, that actually believes that what John Rambo is doing is anywhere near according to standard. In fact, the movie itself is an entire dialog about what it would look like if this one-man army was able to pull it off.

Response by CSM John Mead made Dec 7 at 2019 5:51 PM

CSM John Mead — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:51:04 -0500

The key to remember is that they are just movies. I've done the same as everyone here and still do--point out the discrepancies until my wife tells me the same, "it's a movie"! Truthfully, it's know as artistic license to embellish the truth and try to pull the untrue nonsense over are collective eyes. Just accept that you know better, but there are civilians out there who don't know any better and accept nonsense as gospel.

Response by SPC Stewart Smith made Dec 8 at 2019 1:14 AM

SPC Stewart Smith — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:14:03 -0500

Just saw this little gem.
Nicolas Cage plays an ex marine who wears army specialist and private rank on his right shoulder.

Response by SGM Harvey Boone made Dec 8 at 2019 10:40 AM

SGM Harvey Boone — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 10:40:07 -0500

Has anyone ever watched a movie that is t was totally correct Come on people its a farce just made to make money and supposedly entertain people . It fills a void and gives valor stealer's some thing to screw up on. Get real people get real!

Response by 1SG James Kelly made Dec 8 at 2019 2:55 PM

1SG James Kelly — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:55:18 -0500

ZULU
The Color SGT didn't get a medal (just doing his job).
Happened in real life too.

Response by CPO Robert Turner made Dec 9 at 2019 8:57 AM

CPO Robert Turner — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:57:52 -0500

After my time in Iraq, I have a hard time watching any war movie anymore. I just can't do it. My take on all of them has changed. Remember, movies are for entertainment and the reality of "it" is not entertainment. I can understand, a little, the movie industry's morale/propaganda movies during World War Two; back then Americans paid for the war and war bonds were important. The Movie industry helped in this endeavor; but today, none of it works.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 9 at 2019 12:55 PM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:55:51 -0500

Most Michael Bay movies that Air Force Security Forces are in. Armageddon Security Forces members take control of computers in space command must likely just to check facebook post. Then let strippers on a flightline of a PL1 resource another hell to the no. How about Transformers. Helicopter lands every Security Forces shows up and sets up a 360 around it with .50 calls, 240B and 249s and what do they all do start firing without looking at the backdrop. Good thing they all killed each other before the robot killed them. Then theres Ironman once again SF member hanging out with Tony Starks contact left, what does Airman Spongebob do. Gets out the truck on the contacted side. Smart enough to join the Air Force not smart enough for the Air Force.

Response by SGT Jim Giffin made Dec 9 at 2019 4:24 PM

SGT Jim Giffin — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:24:07 -0500

In the Green Beret John Wayne smashes what is obviously a toy gun on a tree.

Response by MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan made Dec 9 at 2019 9:53 PM

MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:53:08 -0500

Going back to John Wayne and "The Green Berets"...at the end of the movie the Duke is standing with a young boy looking out over the ocean at what is supposed to represent a sunset...problem is that at Danang (supposed location) when one looks out toward the ocean one is looking eastward..hard to have the sun set in the east unless we turn everything upside down.

Response by CWO4 John Stalnaker made Dec 11 at 2019 11:37 AM

CWO4 John Stalnaker — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:37:29 -0500

ANY (caps are intentional) movie a Marines haircut resembles Shaggy from Scooby Do.

Response by MSG Allan Davis made Dec 27 at 2019 8:46 PM

MSG Allan Davis — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:46:38 -0500

The uniform thing I hear quite a bit. I learned while doing some advisor work on a film that there is an old Cold War federal law that prohibits the proper wear of the uniform in movies and television as to not provide accurate information regarding it’s appearance to enemy states.

Response by Sgt Michael Clifford made Jan 1 at 2020 10:01 AM

Sgt Michael Clifford — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 10:01:31 -0500

'Full Metal Jacket' Had a great first 20 min. but I was disappointed to see the 'Stars and Stripes' team salute a LT and a Col. as they arrived in Hue. Not healthy for officers.
Found it disturbing to watch Tom Cruise (Lt) behave disrespectfully toward Demi Moore (LtCmdr) in 'A Few Good Men'.
The TV series 'The Code" was a joke from start to finish.
The harbor shot of Pearl Harbor in the Affleck film seemed to show the raked bows of modern destroyers as opposed to what they looked like in 1941.

Response by SrA Tracy Leviner made Jan 5 at 2020 12:44 AM

SrA Tracy Leviner — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:44:35 -0500

The movie " Navy Seals " with ‎Charlie Sheen , when they use a Stinger Air Defense Missile on a truck with two machine guns mounted on it that were chasing it . I was ADA , Chaparral Missile Crewman back in the late 80's and we had Stingers assigned to us also . Nope , wouldn't work .