Question about the movie 'Jarhead'

[Scotteq]

HOLY SIX YEAR OLD NECRO, BATMAN!!



this one time.. at boot camp...

 

[Printer Bandit]

this one time at boot camp i stuck an M16 up my....

 

[unokitty]

Nevermind!

 

[OutHouse]

nevermind

 

[purbeast0]

I remember that night very well. I was the Squad Leader on the squad that PVT White was in. He was the soldier who was killed that night. And you're right. That really was a long night. The next few days were even longer, as we were questioned over and over by CID. I still remember when our CO Capt Mabry got on our bus that night and informed us that PVT White had lost his life. A bunch of his buddies in the back just broke down. I just stared at the floor of the bus, feeling very guilty. For years after, I blamed myself. Our squad was broken up into Alpha and Bravo teams. PVT White was in Bravo. I was supposed to order Bravo up but accidentally ordered Alpha up. I felt had I not messed up, PVT White would not have been there when the round struck and killed him. I no longer feel responsible, but that night still haunts me. I remember going to PVT White's memorial service at the chapel days later. In my naive 18 yr old eyes, I remarked to the soldier next to me that they had given PVT White the Purple Heart. He said something to the effect of "Sure his family doesn't care about that. sure they just want him alive" PVT White, you will never be forgotten. RIP friend.

woah if this is srs...

 

[OutHouse]

I remember that night very well. I was the Squad Leader on the squad that PVT White was in. He was the soldier who was killed that night. And you're right. That really was a long night. The next few days were even longer, as we were questioned over and over by CID. I still remember when our CO Capt Mabry got on our bus that night and informed us that PVT White had lost his life. A bunch of his buddies in the back just broke down. I just stared at the floor of the bus, feeling very guilty. For years after, I blamed myself. Our squad was broken up into Alpha and Bravo teams. PVT White was in Bravo. I was supposed to order Bravo up but accidentally ordered Alpha up. I felt had I not messed up, PVT White would not have been there when the round struck and killed him. I no longer feel responsible, but that night still haunts me. I remember going to PVT White's memorial service at the chapel days later. In my naive 18 yr old eyes, I remarked to the soldier next to me that they had given PVT White the Purple Heart. He said something to the effect of "Sure his family doesn't care about that. sure they just want him alive" PVT White, you will never be forgotten. RIP friend.

??? what are you talking about? jlbenedict did not write about somebody getting shot.

 

[shenrick]

??? what are you talking about? jlbenedict did not write about somebody getting shot.

No he doesn't. But he was making the comparison to the scene in the movie. I assumed he was referring to the night I mentioned when a soldier was in fact shot and killed during a live fire exercise in Basic Training at Ft. Sill in 1994. The DI firing the M-60 above our heads had a weapon jam and when it cleared the weapon discharged killing a soldier.

 

[Paladin3]

I remember that night very well. I was the Squad Leader on the squad that PVT White was in. He was the soldier who was killed that night. And you're right. That really was a long night. The next few days were even longer, as we were questioned over and over by CID. I still remember when our CO Capt Mabry got on our bus that night and informed us that PVT White had lost his life. A bunch of his buddies in the back just broke down. I just stared at the floor of the bus, feeling very guilty. For years after, I blamed myself. Our squad was broken up into Alpha and Bravo teams. PVT White was in Bravo. I was supposed to order Bravo up but accidentally ordered Alpha up. I felt had I not messed up, PVT White would not have been there when the round struck and killed him. I no longer feel responsible, but that night still haunts me. I remember going to PVT White's memorial service at the chapel days later. In my naive 18 yr old eyes, I remarked to the soldier next to me that they had given PVT White the Purple Heart. He said something to the effect of "Sure his family doesn't care about that. sure they just want him alive" PVT White, you will never be forgotten. RIP friend.

Thank you for your service and sharing your story. Some give all.

 

[JamesV]

Army basic training in 1988, we had to crawl under barbwire while live rounds were fired above our heads, and they had mortar 'holes' that would explode randomly (some kind of firework explosion), set along the course.

I don't think it was physically possible to stand up and get shot though... the lattice of barb wire was pretty thick and substantial.

I was more worried about the grenade range and someone dropping one... man are those things way heavier than you would guess, and 50 yards away behind huge concrete walls and a bunker building... you could still feel the blasts while waiting.

 

[Bulk Beef]

First: Holy fucking necro dude.

Second: BCT at Sill in 2005, did the low crawl under live fire. You could see the tracers were like 12' overhead. For someone to get hit would require things to go seriously wrong.

 

[rickon66]

Fort Campbell, KY Feburary 1970 -In basic had to crawl 100 yards in mud /water under live fire w/explosions at night. No one was killed then but about half of us came down with pneumonia after being hauled back in open cattle trucks.

 

[Oceanas]

I was more worried about the grenade range and someone dropping one... man are those things way heavier than you would guess, and 50 yards away behind huge concrete walls and a bunker building... you could still feel the blasts while waiting.

My grandfather was a Master Sergeant in the Marines during WW2. He lost his right eye due to someone botching up with a frag grenade on the range.

It's been a long time since I heard the story, and I don't remember where he was anymore when it happened, but I do remember it took him a good chunk of a day making various flights before he got somewhere where they could give him treatment. He was a tough SOB.

 

[Chiropteran]

Of course it happens.

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLopbgNVbAI

 

[Soundmanred]

Fort Johnston, VA October 1861 -In training had to crawl 1,000 yards in feces /sewage under live musket fire w/explosions in the evenings. Most of us were killed then and the remainder of us came down with dysentery after being hauled back by horse & buggy.