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Yes. Every movie, tv commercial or photo advertising showing Soldiers in ACUs with the mandarin collar all the way up. We know that nobody uses that crap collar.
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SSG Pete Fleming
haha... I was out before they switched, but I was DOD contracting on base for several years, I never once saw it up...
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SGT (Join to see)
The only time I raise the collar is when I'm gunning in the Stryker with the hatch up. Those 50 call brass are hot and hard to get out of your blouse with an iba on.
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SSG (Join to see)
Aircrews are supposed to wear it up to protect against burns in the event of a fire.
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Cpl Mark McMiller
CSM (Join to see) - Nazi Germany did have a few helicopters but nothing like the one in the movie.
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LTC Gregory Bishop
My company works with tv/film/video games/advertising everyday and it's often a challenge due to a number of factors. Here's an article that may be of interest to you all.
http://allwarriornetwork.com/2014/11/so-you-want-to-be-a-hollywood-military-advisor/
http://allwarriornetwork.com/2014/11/so-you-want-to-be-a-hollywood-military-advisor/
So You Want To Be A Hollywood Military Advisor? - All Warrior Network
by Greg Bishop Getting to Hollywood About 25-years ago this Kentucky boy had a dream to go to film school…but Kentucky and film school were worlds apart. The path “from here to there” was simply insurmountable…until I saw a “Be All You Can Be” commercial on TV that changed my life. The commercial promised
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Cpl Mark McMiller
LTC Gregory Bishop - Thanks for the article, Colonel; Cool business to be in. I imagine some historical movies or TV can potentially take quite a bit of research.
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SSG Pete Fleming
Here's an 80's made for TV movie about an all female commando unit that flew helicopters in WW II... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081472/
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (TV Movie 1980)
Directed by Gordon Hessler. With Lee Purcell, Ann Dusenberry, Tracy Brooks Swope, Dee Wallace.
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Virtually any modern movie with the internal view of a modern Submarine. The show almost always show enough room for "A basketball court" when in reality there is barely room to "swing a Cat". Real modern subs have passageways not a lot wider than 2 people can fit thru at the same time chest to chest or back to back.
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PO1 Charles Babcock
That was why I phrased it like I did. For the few older movies showing reasonably modern subs do, occasionally, show how cramped the space is.
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PO1 Charles Babcock
Ice Station Zebra was fairly close altho even it doesn't give a full indication of cramped spaces in Nuke Boats. If you ever find an internal photo of an OHIO class boat, for instance, a common theme was a luxury suite description. :-) the older nuke boats make the Ohio's look like a cruise ship.
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SSG Pete Fleming
PO1 Charles Babcock - Cool thanks for answering. But can you tell what was the point of going red?
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PO1 Charles Babcock
The red light helps your eyes get dark adapted while still having enough light to see.
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For some reason, hollywood is fascinated by the rank of "Major". "Majors" are briefing the President, running command posts, conducting combat operations on the ground, go direct to generals instead of a chain of command, etc. What is it with the gold oak leaf that is so alluring to the producers?
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Hair & Uniforms. When the actors hair and/or uniform is not even remotely close to regulation.
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SN Mike Duffy
I went to a retirement ceremony a couple years ago, saw a 27yr old CPO. Blew my mind. Damn, I'm old. 52. Looked like a kid.
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A lot of films have sergeants being called Sir; the ones I served under would've at the very least dressed you down and let you know that only officers are called Sir. This always annoys me.
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SGT Randall Smith
All Army enlisted have heard this, " Do not call me Sir. I am not an officer, I work for a living."
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Had just returned from a tour with 5SFG in RVN when "The Green Berets" opened in town. Got invited to the opening. It would take a four page post to detail the errors in this disaster - Mattel M16 with a speaker in the stock, the sunset over the ocean, jumping a Chinook without static lines, the Gabriel demonstration....
BTW, anyone ever notice that John Wayne wore his Montagnard bracelet in every movie he made after his RVN tour regardless of setting?
BTW, anyone ever notice that John Wayne wore his Montagnard bracelet in every movie he made after his RVN tour regardless of setting?
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SGT Randall Smith
My brother always wore his bracelet until he died a couple of years ago. It was given to him by the tribe he lived with in the Highlands.
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SSG Raymond Minze
Actually, CPT Schwebach, the bracelet your referring to was a prop from the movie, "Red River" 1948, in which John Wayne played the lead character. He wore the bracelet and at least in his westerns a, "Red River D", belt buckle.
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Apocalypse Now Colonel Kurtz quote
"We train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won't allow them to write FUCK on their aeroplanes because... it's obscene." ...makes you thi...
apocalypse now
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwY1TLekCcE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwY1TLekCcE
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