"What Do They Get Right And Wrong In Military Movies" Topic

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Tango01	03 Feb 2020 12:20 p.m. PST
"Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink served his country for 20 years, where he was deployed all over the world. Willink was enlisted Navy SEAL with SEAL Team ONE and SEAL Team TWO, plus he was the commander of SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser that fought Iraqi insurgents in Ramadi during the Iraq War. Willink earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his brave service. With all of that experience in the military and fighting in bloody battles, GQ asked Jocko Willink to watch military movies and discreet the military action to see how realistic the films were. Willink analyzed several movies including 1990's Navy SEALs starring Charlie Sheen, Zero Dark Thirty, Captain Phillips, Act of Valor, Lone Survivor, and American Sniper, which is about Chris Kyle, who was in Willink's Task Unit Bruiser…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
mrwigglesworth	03 Feb 2020 12:52 p.m. PST
Mortars don't go thump when shooting. They go BANG! Real friggin loud!
PaulB	03 Feb 2020 3:50 p.m. PST
Hand grenades that send men flying through the air
Narratio	04 Feb 2020 8:00 p.m. PST
Weapons that fire forever but never, ever get hot.
USAFpilot	20 Feb 2020 9:10 p.m. PST
Dr. Strangelove has the most realistic flying crew scenes of any movie. Too much make believe fake Hollywood bull crap in most war movies.

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