7 USER REVIEWS
  • star22

    This was so boring and painfully slow......alot of the character's are really annoying along with the entire series......just goes to show what kind of morons join the military.......another reason to support the fact that "military intelligence" …more»
  • star55

    Making a TV show about a war that's still going on isn't easy. Just look at "Generation Kill," the seven-part miniseries that aired on HBO in 2008. If there's one reason this series, created by Ed Burns and David Simon - the geniuses …more»
  • star44

    The final episode brings home the frustration and futility that is the actual results of stumbling around a combat zone. I never questioned the bravery of the Marines in Viet Nam, but we were sure confused as to their tactics and "kill'm all …more»
  • star55

    The camradrie of the Marine unit and the way the talk the military lingo and is on target just the way when I was in the Army, is identical between soldiers. I watch all the episode. HBO has a great job in putting this show together.more»
  • star55

    This series will be the greatest of all HBO series. I was in the Navy and what impresses me the most is the Professionalism these guys show. I get chills when I'm listening to the fire missions. The real heros need our support during their elistment …more»
  • star44

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    e day some will rember us from the 60s in vietnam.56,000 dead.the show does show how the men are in war time.and how they act like it is a day at work.like in the real world.more»
  • star55

    They nailed it so far.. I was with the Marine Corps. RCT 1/7. At the beginning of the War. Everything they said and did was how it was.. Even the part about J-Lo, it makes you laugh as you watch it. I can't wait til next Sunday... A must watch if …more»

Top Rated Episodes

Screwby

Episode 3, Season 1| Length: 1:00:00| Air Date: 07-27-2008
On new orders, Bravo heads to the town of Ar Rifa, where Fick tries to take control of a dangerous situation created by Encino Man, who requests an artillery strike on a phantom RPG team. After Alpha Company shells the town, Ferrando issues a new, more urgent order: push ahead 40 kilometers and capture an airstrip controlled by Iraq's Republican Guard and defended by tanks. less
On new orders, Bravo heads to the town of Ar Rifa, where Fick tries to take control of a dangerous situation created by Encino Man, who requests an artillery strike on a phantom RPG team. After Alpha Company shells the town, Ferrando issues a new, more … more

Stay Frosty

Episode 6, Season 1| Length: 1:00:00| Air Date: 08-17-2008

Bomb in the Garden

Episode 7, Season 1| Length: 1:00:00| Air Date: 08-24-2008

About The Show

Based on his book of the same name, Rolling Stone contributing editor Evan Wright chronicles his dangerous experiences during the Iraqi war with the First Reconnaissance Battalion Marines on a 16-day trek from Kuwait to Iraq, when he was an embedded reporter in 2003. Project revolves around the individual marines dealing with military bureaucracy as they try to do their jobs. Each episode will be from the point of view of a different soldier.
Based on his book of the same name, Rolling Stone contributing editor Evan Wright chronicles his dangerous experiences during the Iraqi war with the First Reconnaissance Battalion Marines on a 16-day trek from …
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Genres

Adaptation, Drama

Airdates

2008-2008

Networks

HBO Network- Home Box Office