What was your favorite movie/TV series to watch while deployed?

SGT Jonathon Caldwell — Tue, 10 May 2016 23:38:39 -0400

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made May 10 at 2016 11:40 PM

SSG Roger Ayscue — Tue, 10 May 2016 23:40:46 -0400

WOW....and I thought we had it good with the Armed Forces Desert Network on FM Radio!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 10 at 2016 11:50 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 10 May 2016 23:50:08 -0400

I played cards. However I did watch band of brothers start to finish on my buddies laptop. Other than that, didn't watch much.

Response by SGT Jonathon Caldwell made May 10 at 2016 11:54 PM

SGT Jonathon Caldwell — Tue, 10 May 2016 23:54:38 -0400

03-04 watched a lot of South Park
05-06 watched a lot of Friends and UFC
11-12 watched Prison Break, Sons of Anarchy and Big Bang Theory

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 12:11 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:11:22 -0400

At FOB Warrior, KRAB in Kirkuk (before we left and years before ISIL was just outside the city) I was in a room full of 0-1/0-2s in Iraq. Our Bn put most of us in one room which was nicknamed 'the dairy queen since it was painted red and white. One 1LT from the IDARNG got mail from home with the last season of the Sopranos, Star Trek Enterprise and the remake of Battlestar Gallactica. It felt weird escaping from boring at times FOB and watching something from home. We had a decent tv and stereo since the 25th ID basically gave it to us when the left. We also had and Xbox or a Playstation as well. We had A/C too and we stayed in our room (instead of going to a bunker far away) when they fired the occasional 107mm rocket into our base.

Response by SFC Alfredo Garcia made May 11 at 2016 12:11 AM

SFC Alfredo Garcia — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:11:45 -0400

Movie- 300

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 12:12 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:12:02 -0400

I remember those days in 2004-05 (FOB Warhorse, Baquobah, Iraq) and 2006-07 (COB Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq).

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 12:18 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:18:45 -0400

Archer, Game of Thrones, MASH

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 12:20 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:20:02 -0400

03-04 band of brothers
06-07 oz, smallville, the shield, lost, prison break, Simpsons
15 month deployment^^

Response by Maj John Bell made May 11 at 2016 12:32 AM

Maj John Bell — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:32:35 -0400

We used to turn the sound off and supply our own dialogue.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 12:54 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:54:41 -0400

Funny how things change. Back in 1990 you were lucky if you had a radio (other than a Walkman ) or a Game Boy.

Response by SPC Brian Mason made May 11 at 2016 1:11 AM

SPC Brian Mason — Wed, 11 May 2016 01:11:24 -0400

House, M.D. Some fellow medics and I would get into watching a few episodes if we had the free time.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 1:39 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 01:39:02 -0400

We watched Generation Kill and gamed on a PS4 on our last deployment. Yes, MRE's instead on popcorn.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 2:21 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 02:21:01 -0400

SGT Jonathon Caldwell The Wire, OZ and The Shield

Response by SPC Steven Schoenhut made May 11 at 2016 2:50 AM

SPC Steven Schoenhut — Wed, 11 May 2016 02:50:42 -0400

First deployment didn't have anything to watch or time to watch it. Second I watched the Shield and my third was Game of thrones!!

Response by SPC James Harsh made May 11 at 2016 3:07 AM

SPC James Harsh — Wed, 11 May 2016 03:07:36 -0400

I had picked up a tv series that had 5 seasons. There was also hard drives to copy movies from each other. I got into the tv show Supernatural, it's about two brothers traveling the US chasing Halloween stuff. Had some classic rock, girls and was interesting when it brought angels and demons into it. I stopped watching it, apparently it's a show for teenage girls.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 3:27 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 03:27:40 -0400

Anything sci fi

Response by SGT Frank Leonardo made May 11 at 2016 3:28 AM

SGT Frank Leonardo — Wed, 11 May 2016 03:28:48 -0400

Watched a lot of South Park when I had the chance when I was not on a convoy which I was on the road every 2 days.

Response by SGT Ej P. made May 11 at 2016 4:09 AM

SGT Ej P. — Wed, 11 May 2016 04:09:15 -0400

At the MWR Tent.. then whatever they had available on the shelf

Response by SSG Dennis Grossmann made May 11 at 2016 5:34 AM

SSG Dennis Grossmann — Wed, 11 May 2016 05:34:25 -0400

In DS/DS I had one tape, I listened to it over and over. That was Faith no More.
OIF 04-05 I didn't have time to watch much., but watched every episode of Desperate Housewives while waiting to go home on leave.
OIF 09-10 Law and Order, all of them, CSI, all of them and whatever I could get, usually watched a lot of porn on the internet. It was a pretty boring deployment.

Response by LTC Tom Jones made May 11 at 2016 8:00 AM

LTC Tom Jones — Wed, 11 May 2016 08:00:49 -0400

Here is a little wrinkle for you; sort of a "blast from the past." We had a 16-mm projector in the team house at A-236 where I was a Camp Conversion Officer. This was on the Cambodian border in 1970. Special Services (I suppose) had movie tins rotated around from unit to unit. We got a couple at a time every two to three weeks. We would prop the tin side panel on the team house up to expose a bed sheet and show the movie to the team members inside while our Vietnamese counterpart cadre and our predominately Montagnard CIDG--along with their families--would sit outside and enjoy, what was for some a "moving picture" miracle. Images were reverse and the language was completely foreign to most of them but they thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle. Generally, they sat quietly and attentively on the other side of the "screen" watching such fare as "Night of the Living Dead" or some slightly dated western. The most memorable night came when we were but a few minutes into the movie when the uproar from outside the team house was so sudden and so loud we all started for our weapons. The movie, "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, (1955)." Physical comedy--a universal language.

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 8:16 AM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 08:16:44 -0400

Always had a good time watching House and pretty anything else I could find on hand, though spent a lot of time on the cribbage board.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made May 11 at 2016 9:21 AM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Wed, 11 May 2016 09:21:02 -0400

SGT Jonathon Caldwell It's midget porn. Hence the intense yet confused looks on their faces.

Response by LTC Thomas Tennant made May 11 at 2016 9:43 AM

LTC Thomas Tennant — Wed, 11 May 2016 09:43:30 -0400

A group of us got together to watch "Desperate Housewives". Come on, it was too funny not to miss and better than being on drugs.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 9:53 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 09:53:09 -0400

I can tell you the worst one. Paranormal Activity 2. I was forced to watch that with my Team Leader on a Sunday afternoon because she was too scared to watch it solo.

Response by PO1 Brian Austin made May 11 at 2016 11:44 AM

PO1 Brian Austin — Wed, 11 May 2016 11:44:17 -0400

On board ship, it was various movies on ship's TV, whatever was available. I did see "The Rock" 23 times on one deployment, after i started counting..lol At breakfast it was always the "Victory at Sea" series on the mess deck TV's, repeatedly morning after morning.

While in Iraq, it was whatever DVD's available, Law & Order, L&O SVU, Combat!, The Shield, Friends, B.O.B. to name a few, random movies and games on the laptop. Played a lot of cards.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 1:32 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:32:22 -0400

One that's been said a few times is The Shield (07-08 tour). Amazing show... During my last tour (13-14), my team leader and I found another show from FX (maybe it was FXX) called Chosen. It was super inappropriate and only lasted for a season, but we thought it was hilarious.

Response by SFC Terry Fortune made May 11 at 2016 2:19 PM

SFC Terry Fortune — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:19:55 -0400

Band of Brothers

Response by CWO4 Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 5:36 PM

CWO4 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 17:36:36 -0400

I watched 10 seasons of family guy....

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 6:41 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:41:40 -0400

i saw every episode of brothers in arms, as well as every episode of family man

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2016 9:09 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:09:38 -0400

Person of Interest!

Response by TSgt Joe C. made May 12 at 2016 1:07 PM

TSgt Joe C. — Thu, 12 May 2016 13:07:35 -0400

The series we watched a lot while I was deployed was The Sopranos.

Response by CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2016 2:35 PM

CPL(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 12 May 2016 14:35:38 -0400

I watched anything with action in it. My wife never lets me watch that stuff at home so the deployment was perfect to catch up on a lot of movies. the 300, troy, gladiator, all of the Blade movies, all of the underworld movies,East bound and down, calcification.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made May 12 at 2016 10:53 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Thu, 12 May 2016 22:53:53 -0400

Lots of No Doubt Videos and Mortal Combat Games.

Response by SSG William Jones made May 12 at 2016 11:54 PM

SSG William Jones — Thu, 12 May 2016 23:54:51 -0400

Didn't get to see any, but I did get to spend my 43rd birthday in Riyadh. Kind of impressive!

Response by MAJ Keira Brennan made May 13 at 2016 1:52 PM

MAJ Keira Brennan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:52:53 -0400

I watched about 22 film noir DVDs and those fancy-schmancy Janus art-house DVDs. Have no idea of how the Afghans got them to a COP in RC(E).

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 14 at 2016 11:34 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 May 2016 23:34:25 -0400

'How I Met Your Mother' A buddy and I crushed the entire series in the last few weeks of our deployment.

Response by SGT Larry Prentice made May 14 at 2016 11:57 PM

SGT Larry Prentice — Sat, 14 May 2016 23:57:18 -0400

Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers and Sopranos were always playing somewhere.

Response by CPT Kurk Harris made May 25 at 2016 1:13 PM

CPT Kurk Harris — Wed, 25 May 2016 13:13:55 -0400

Boston Legal, and The Office OIF 07-08

Response by LTC John Mohor made May 27 at 2016 12:19 AM

LTC John Mohor — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:19:42 -0400

For me I liked escaping thru laughter. I ended up in 2004 watching the three American Pie movies numerous times. Stupid humor I know but it was an escape. I'd laugh so hard at time I'd wake my SGM and he'd have to ask me to please be quiet as it was usually later in the night. I do remember another time we had a group of about 8 of us, MSG 's mom sent a CD of John Wayne's the Green Berets. We watched it until the lady was singing and the movie ended abruptly. We had to wait a month before the MSG's Mom made sure she copied the entire movie to CD. When we finally had it we had to start at the bieginning of course (even though we'd all seen it numerous times before Iraq).

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 1 at 2016 8:36 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:36:56 -0400

We watched Napolean Dynamite like 200 times in 2004.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 2 at 2016 12:33 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:33:23 -0400

Sorry, but I watched the entire series of No Man's Land. I am not going to go into details, but I was away from my wife and those movies HELPED OUT A LOT!

Response by PO1 Dallas Shewmaker made Dec 15 at 2016 3:27 PM

PO1 Dallas Shewmaker — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:27:02 -0500

While on ship in the 90s, I must have seen "The Rock" and "Terminator 1&2" 50 times. "A Few Good Men" was another regular movie on AFRTS. Shows like Home Improvement and In Living Color were popular. I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation religiously. We didn't have laptops/streaming devices then. The only video games we had were the Playstation that MWR would check in and out.

Later on, we watched lots of CSI, JAG, just about any crime show. Forrest Gump was a good movie that we would watch.

Response by SPC Brian Mason made Dec 22 at 2016 2:00 PM

SPC Brian Mason — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:00:13 -0500

First time, it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer which I picked up from the Bazaar. 2nd time it was House M.D. (which I love and temporarily made me forget where I was.) along with FRIENDS.

Response by SFC Dennis A. made Dec 22 at 2016 3:14 PM

SFC Dennis A. — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:14:47 -0500

When I was in we had snail mail and if we were lucky and you had a radio you could listen to AFN. Some of the places I deployed to didn't have that. No computers, no internet and no cell/smart phones.

Response by SFC Michael W. made Dec 22 at 2016 5:04 PM

SFC Michael W. — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 17:04:12 -0500

Mine was a mixture of old and new War Movies while playing the game Command 'n Conquer!

I know, it's weird but who cares? LOL

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Dec 24 at 2016 3:07 AM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:07:19 -0500

Our radio and TV in Viet Nam, 1968-69 came from Armed Forces radio and TV through AFVN, Da Nang. The studio was half way up of Monkey Mountain as shown in this picture. One of our favorite TV series was "Combat" a WWII setting starring Vic Morrow as Sgt Saunders.

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Mar 26 at 2017 10:14 PM

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 22:14:24 -0400

At Da Nang Viet Nam, in 1968-69 We had both radio and television broadcast from AFVN DaNang (Armed Forces Radio, Vietnam) Shown here is the broadcast studio which was located half way up Monkey Mountain, a high point near Da Nang. One of our favorite TV shows was Combat, with actor Vic Morrow as Sgt Saunders a WWII setting TV series at the time.

Response by SSG Jeffrey Monk made Apr 2 at 2020 8:28 PM

SSG Jeffrey Monk — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:28:38 -0400

I enjoyed Deadwood and Carnivàle.

Response by CPT Brad Wilson made Jun 29 at 2020 9:16 PM

CPT Brad Wilson — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:16:22 -0400

When I was at Victory Base Complex 2007-2008 they had a place on base where locals could sell stuff and I found the new Battlestar Galactica series for about $5. I got what I paid for and some discs didn’t play well but it was a good way to unwind