Alpha Company: Iraq Diary (1)
Alpha Company: Iraq Diary
1 / TV-14
During the summer of 2005, filmmaker Gordon Forbes spent three months embedded with the U.S. Marines 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during their deployment to the Sunni Triangle in Iraq. He and his team documented the daily grind and struggles of the men in Alpha Company as they fought the War on Terror, thousands of miles away from home. While most networks send a crew to shoot only enough footage for a 90-second highlight piece, this three-part documentary covers several operations - from helicopter raids and mounted patrols to everyday interactions with the people of Iraq.
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Meet the men of Alpha Company in the U.S. Marine Corp’s 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and experience their final weeks of training before deploying to Iraq. Using Hollywood special effects and actors in battlefield simulations, see how these Marines prepare for a new kind of war
Join Alpha Company in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle where it’s 115 degrees by 8:30 a.m. Go with them as they hunt insurgents, a job that can seem tedious—until an IED detonates underneath your vehicle or a suicide bomber blows himself up 30 feet in front of you.
Get inside the heads of the men of Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, and find out why they became Marines. Then find out what is behind Iraqi insurgents’ actions. Patrol with the Marines under the scorching sun and the constant threat of death.
During the summer of 2005, filmmaker Gordon Forbes spent three months embedded with the U.S. Marines 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during their deployment to the Sunni Triangle in Iraq. He and his team documented the daily grind and struggles of the men in Alpha Company as they fought the War on Terror, thousands of miles away from home. While most networks send a crew to shoot only enough footage for a 90-second highlight piece, this three-part documentary covers several operations - from helicopter raids and mounted patrols to everyday interactions with the people of Iraq.
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