Posted on Jun 12, 2017
What film best captures what being in the military is truly like?
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Good or bad, what film accurately portrays life in uniform?
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SGT Joseph Gunderson FROM HERE TO ETERNITY is about the US Army in the days before WW II. Great material about being hard ass!
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SMSgt Eleonore Lawson
And it was filmed in the same Schofield Barracks Quads that got shot up. Like at Hickam where the bullet holes in the buildings are still visible, the same is true for the barracks that housed the Army troops at schofield
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CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025
SMSgt Eleonore Lawson When I finally traveled to Ohau and saw Schofield, a few tears emerged! To see the source of that movie and a quadrangle there was traumatic.
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This question comes up on a regular basis and my answer is always the same. "With the Marines at Tarawa". Won the Oscar for best Short Documentary with the MC the only service to have been awarded an Oscar. FDR had to approve the release to the public as it was especially graphic for the time.
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SFC Ken Heise
U.S. Army Signal Corps has three Oscars.
https://www.army.mil/article-amp/16851/us_army_signal_corps_cherishes_oscar_award
https://www.army.mil/article-amp/16851/us_army_signal_corps_cherishes_oscar_award
U.S. Army Signal Corps cherishes Oscar award
Some of Hollywood's greats during the 1940s had another job - rallying the support of Americans during and after World War II and making training films for the troops.Frank Capra, who directed the film, It's a Wonderful Life; Darryl Zanuck, who served as head of Twentieth Century Fox; and Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss; were all part of the Signal Corps. The 834th Signal Service Photographic Detachment was headquartered in Astoria,...
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I really felt that Fort Bliss was one of the most accurate depictions of Army life as a combat medic in a very long while. The story about a single mother SSG with a stressed and near impossible family life while looking at her 3rd deployment was pretty spot on. A brilliant and poignant depiction of women serving in the Army.
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The Normandy beach landing from Saving Private Ryan was quite emotional for me.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
The knife fight scene from Saving Private Ryan was one of the most difficult scenes to watch in any movie I have seen....
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To be honest you all may laugh but Good morning Vietnam was actually a good depiction. Leave out a few of Robin Williams antics and it was fairly accurate.
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CDR Kenneth Kaiser
I was thinking the same thing. I remember listening for him (I rode the rivers and my patrols were usually from 1600 to 0700) When I heard him I knew my relief was getting ready and the end was near.
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If have to say FMJ i haven't watched any of the new movies about the sand box but seen the previews and they looked pretty spot on
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It depends on each individuals experience in the military. For example, I've only been in an ADA unit up to now, so all the infantry stuff, I have no idea what that's like. My day to day is like The Office. Hopefully that changes once I go to Korea.
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In the past it was Hart break ridge, platoon, Full metal jacket.
Now Thouse times are gone. Being bad ass and kickin in doors has past.
90% Admin 10% kick ass is the norm.
This is a admin army now. The best ERB (aka 201 file) is the best soldier in the army now.
Now Thouse times are gone. Being bad ass and kickin in doors has past.
90% Admin 10% kick ass is the norm.
This is a admin army now. The best ERB (aka 201 file) is the best soldier in the army now.
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