I have seen a lot of comments and criticisms from veterans about the realism of the movie.  Criticisms about Hollywood sensationalizing war and over-hyping the main characters super soldier’s status is legit.  No way in hell a EOD specialist can ever take over a Barrett M82 sniper rifle and successfully take down an opposing sniper.  The uniform was totally wrong.  If they only had a month left during their 12-18 month tour that took place in 2004, they should have been wearing the tan BDU’s, not the new digital style.  Fully armored HUMVEES wasn’t even available until my unit got there.  I believe EOD may have gotten their hands on fully armored vehicles, but when I got there, those vehicles were rare.  With all the technical errors in the movie, you still can not ignore the fact that the intensity and emotional toll that they had on the characters were realistic.

The intensity, the fear to being on the other side of the wire is real.  Too bad though, the movie does promote war.  Any sane soldier that has been over there will tell you that place is a fucking hell hole.  Anyways, I don’t know want to get into talking about what it was like over there.  You should watch the movie yourself.  If you are a veteran looking for realism about the war, than Generation Kill is probably the one you should watch.  Both are awesome and you can’t go wrong with either.