Watched this yesterday on HBO Max and I thought it was great. It felt like a combination of Black Hawk Down and 13 hours, it was super intense and almost all of the movie took place inside one house. Two thumbs way up on this one, especially if you're a fan of war movies.
*** WARFARE *** (Alex Garland)
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I just finished watching this on HBO a little while ago. If you have never been in combat and want to know what it is like, WARFARE is the most realistic portrayal of combat I have ever seen in a movie other than Restrepo which was a documentary. The only other movie that comes close is The Outpost. Once I started watching it, I couldn't stop watching it. I was on my 3rd deployment to Iraq in 2006, serving as the ABE (Assistant Brigade Engineer) NCOIC for 2nd Brigade Combat Tream, 1AD. I was sent to Ramadi on emergency orders and was there for just over a month serving as Task Force Engineer for TF 1-35ARMOR. Ramadi was rough. Several Soldiers I knew died in Ramadi. Being as I spent time in Ramadi, this movie hit home. I'll know later tonight if it was a bad idea for me to watch it
Thank you for all you and your buddies went through, huge respect.
This movie really stuck with me. In the theater the sound was overwhelming. This is one of a few movies that was I'd say was well-made in every respect, but that I have zero desire to see again, at least not for now.
This movie really stuck with me. In the theater the sound was overwhelming. This is one of a few movies that was I'd say was well-made in every respect, but that I have zero desire to see again, at least not for now.
What was the obsession with not leaving gear behind
At one point one soldier made a run outside where the first tank was blasted for the sole purpose of retrieving a sledgehammer
At one point one soldier made a run outside where the first tank was blasted for the sole purpose of retrieving a sledgehammer
You check out gear from supply and you return gear to supply. It was not uncommon to get into a heated discussion about lost gear and paperwork with a pogue in the rear.
Also, anything left behind will be rigged as a trap for the next US unit to pick up.
Think of it as the grown up version of the Boy Scout "leave no trace" mindset.
Also, anything left behind will be rigged as a trap for the next US unit to pick up.
Think of it as the grown up version of the Boy Scout "leave no trace" mindset.
One of the best films I've seen in a long time. Actors were incredible.
They're trained to leave nothing behind. All of that gear is expensive, and part of them.
Well
I guess the "leave no gear behind" strategy changed the last couple years in Afghanistan
And I understand some the deadly weapon retrieval, but in one scene he literally brought back a sledgehammer by itself from the open street
I guess the "leave no gear behind" strategy changed the last couple years in Afghanistan
And I understand some the deadly weapon retrieval, but in one scene he literally brought back a sledgehammer by itself from the open street
Do you think that there are extra sledgehammers laying about the base?
You take all of your equipment back with you. It is difficult to replace anything while deployed much less something mission critical to breach doors.
You also start to understand what all of us former military feel betrayed by Biden leaving equipment behind in Afghanistan. It is a fundamental violation of the standards that we maintain.
You take all of your equipment back with you. It is difficult to replace anything while deployed much less something mission critical to breach doors.
You also start to understand what all of us former military feel betrayed by Biden leaving equipment behind in Afghanistan. It is a fundamental violation of the standards that we maintain.
astros4545 said:
What was the obsession with not leaving gear behind
At one point one soldier made a run outside where the first tank was blasted for the sole purpose of retrieving a sledgehammer
It's purely situational, IMO. You weigh the pros and cons. My unit would have left the sledge without a second thought. It's an asset. So is a highly trained SF operator. You don't trade one for the other or even chance it when **** is going down. I also have personally low crawled through an over grown field with an unknown number of downed/hiding insurgents in it in the middle of the night to retrieve three empty ammo cans that fell off a gun truck after a pretty vicious ambush. That was a scary ass endeavor. The fear being they would be used as traps/IEDs to kill more Americans. So again, it's situational.
And the overwhelming default is to bring it all back with you.
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