What is the biggest military movie/TV goof, basically the military Movie/TV mistakes that annoys you the most?

1. G.I. Jane (the entire movie)
2. Courage Under Fire (Meg Ryan is anti-military in real life)
3. Top Gun, the parts with Tom Cruise.

Although I am a big fan of The Duke, I would have to say the movie The Green Berets was the biggest crock of horseshit ever depicted on the screen..Kelly’s hero’s was more realistic...The movie was total propaganda. When the film was made the Vietnam war was at the peak of it’s i’m popularity in the states… This movie was an attempt to sway the American public that it was a righteous war. Soldiers that were in Vietnam and served already in Vietnam that saw that movie...laughed hysterically when they first saw it. It was a running joke in the US military. The laughingstock of the US Army at the time. Although I really do believe that John Wayne thought the movie was accurate in it’s depiction of the war, I criticize him for not investigating what was really going on over there. His heart was definitely in the right place but he should have done some investigating Before filming...I’m in barest to be an American every time I see that movie. Again, what a crock of horseshit.

Unlimited ammo, first the rifle having a suppressor on it then it doesn’t or vice versa, flaming inferno of a standard Greg grenade, Ridiculous uniforms/patches severely messed up, and ridiculous weapons/ weapon accessories.

Everything about Peral Harbor except the destruction of Airzona.

Everything in “Kelly’s Heroes.” But it is still one of my all-time favorites. “What’s with the negative vibes, Moriarty? Can’t you say something righteous, and positive for a change?”

How about the movies that got it right? “A Bridge Too Far,” after reading both German and British General’s accounts, is pretty damn historically accurate. The actors even looked similar to the real characters... the events, like failure to bring the correct radio crystals and spares, came directly from the AARs. Yes, there was a bunch of artistic license surrounding the conversations, but the events, timeline, and sequence were all correct.

Right out of the gate, Haircuts/mustaches no where near in reg(william Hurts push broom mustache in The Incredible Hulk. He’s supposed to be a Flag officer ffs). Post Vietnam era Soldiers lounging around on duty with their ID tags hanging out. Any war room crisis scene where someone has their class A coat unbuttoned because you know, stress

The crazed captain in Apacolypse Now

All the verbal cliches
Soldiers are all in their 30s
At least one unstable psycho
Walking into combat with weapons slung
Private’s know more than the leaders
Hand grenades explode like nukes
In a firefight No one is behind cover
Salutes
Soldiers are better shooters than the enemy
Haircuts/ facial hair
Awards our of precedence
Wearing all kinds of “Gee Whiz” magical equipment
Wrong weapons for the era. Enemy using the other enemy’s weapons

Oliver Stone