The 2009 drama, The Hurt Locker, portrays the life of a bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad, Iraq. The squad consists of Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn, and Specialist Owen Eldridge. The squad only has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment until Will James arrives and becomes the new tech leader. Very quickly, things become much different with their new leader. Sanborn, who is very much set on following the books, gets in many physical confrontations with James due to his lack of care and dangerous behaviour. The fellow squad members are so worried that James’ recklessness will get them killed that Sanborn questions blowing James up while they are out testing ammo and saying that it was an accident. However, James does prove himself as they …show more content…
continue to go out on missions together.
James is very much like a surgeon with what he does. Instead of operating on humans, he operates on bombs. He seems to know all the ins and outs of the bombs and it is obvious as to why he has this much confidence. This, of course, is still a war zone and things do not always go as planned. During a risky mission, James’ persistent behavior ends up injuring Eldridge causing him to be discharged and sent home. Their job there is not all just about the bombs, however. The locals become a very big threat to them all throughout the movie. With tensions already high, they are forced to take extra precautions to maximize their safety. Locals stare from balconies and out windows as the squad does their job. This makes things even more unnerving as anyone with something as simple as a phone could become a threat by detonating a bomb. In one scene, a local drives through their perimeter even after being ordered not to. After the car is stopped, the driver is yanked out of his car and held at gunpoint. It is
obvious as to why this is done and why they are so careful, but it is crazy how every moment is so high strung. But not all the locals are out to kill the Americans. This is where the human rights of the citizens are stripped away. In one scene, a young boy is kidnapped, killed, and used as a body bomb. At another point, an Iraqi man is pleading for help because he has a bomb strapped to him. Unfortunately, James and his squad are unable to free the man and instead, is left in the street as they wait for the bomb to detonate. The war is no longer just the U.S. against the opposing forces in Iraq. It now involves helpless citizens that may have nothing to do with the war, but because of where they live, they run the risk of death every single day. The movie shines light onto the terrible war that continues even to this day. While some scenes may have been very Hollywood influenced, most of what was shown in the movie stays true to what goes on in Iraq. The war in both Iraq and Afghanistan are extremely controversial even to this day. It is important to have movies and documentaries based around topics such as these to get more people aware of what goes on outside of just the U.S.
The book Black Hearts begins by painting an awful picture of a crime scene that was reported to 1st platoon Bravo Company of the 1-502nd 101st Airborne Division. The soldiers that are sent to investigate find that an entire family has been murdered, the daughter had been raped, and someone attempted to set the house ablaze, the family had all been killed in a seemingly brutal execution, while investigating one of the NCOs found a shotgun shell which he thought was strange because most Iraqis do not use shotguns. He compiled the evidence to be sent up to higher and they chalked it up as another Iraqi on Iraqi sectarian execution. Then the book takes us to before any of that happened, the book focuses on a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division, leading the battalion was Ltc. Kunk, he ruled with an Iron fist and was very hard on his subordinates. Within the battalion the book focuses primarily on Bravo Company, who was headed by Cpt. Goodwin. Goodwin was a competent leader but Ltc. Kunk had a reputation for being very hard on his company commanders and having very little faith in their abilities. Pre-deployment while at JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Center) he would explode on his commanders, and tell them that they were doing everything wrong, criticizing and degrading them. This wore down on his commanders and especially Goodwin, Goodwin would begin to second guess his decisions, making him less effective as a leader and making him make more mistakes than before, this would make Kunk even more upset and he would berate him even more than he would in the first place. The battalion would be deploying into the “Triangle of Death” a patch of ground south of Baghdad. It ran along one of the major highways that led into Bag...
War can destroy a young man mentally and physically. One might say that nothing good comes out of war, but in Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, there is one positive characteristic: comradeship. Paul and his friends give Himmelstoss a beating in which he deserves due to his training tactics. This starts the brotherhood of this tiny group. As explosions and gunfire sound off a young recruit in his first battle is gun-shy and seeks reassurance in Paul's chest and arms, and Paul gently tells him that he will get used to it. The relationship between Paul and Kat is only found during war, in which nothing can break them apart. The comradeship between soldiers at war is what keeps them alive, that being the only good quality to come out of war.
Black Hearts is a great example of the reality on how severe bad leadership skills can ripple throughout a unit and impact its overall mission. This book serves as a guide for future leaders of America and will set the examples of what not to do in leadership positions. The lessons we can take from these soldiers can help us as potential leaders to become more competent and effective. The fact that this book focused on the hardships, poor decisions and sound judgment of the soldiers it helped emphasize on what was not the best choice of action and leaves a moment for you as the audience to think how you would of done it better. So right or wrong there was a lesson to be learned and the book did a good job including the reader. This book puts you in the shoes of a small group of soldiers from the 502nd Infantry Regiment and gives you an up close and personal take on the experience of the soldiers, from the bottom of the the ranks all the way up to the commander. 502nd Bravo Company 1st platoon deployed in the fall of 2005 into one of the most dangerous battle zones in Iraq known as the “Triangle of Death”. Thrown into the heartland of a growing insurgency, with undefined goals and a shortage of manpower, Bravo Company began piling up casualties at an alarming rate. They suffered many losses, as well as mental anguish. Because of the long and tragic deployment, a collapse in leadership began to unfold causing one of the most tragic, brutal, and infamous deployments in U.S Army history. There were many reasons that caused the deconstruction of leadership, and eventually, the actions of the soldiers accompanied by the lack of control, lead to the rape and murder of an innocent Iraqi girl and her family. This is a story about character...
James was a Marine right out of his second tour of Iraq, during which he faced a bloody
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An intriguing plot is the first thing people look for in a movie. War is a complicated subject so in a film about war, while it is important for the plot to be interesting, it is even more important that it is sensible and flows smoothly. This allows the audience to be entertained and keeps them from getting lost in too many complicated details. The Hurt Locker is the story of three men who are part of a United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E.O.D.) team stationed in Baghdad in 2004. Sergeant First Class William James is a daring specialist who knows everything there is to know about bombs, inside and out. He begins his rotation with Bravo Company after the former team leader is killed while attempting to disarm a roadside bomb. Bravo Company has just 38 days left on rotation and since James has arrived, those days are fraught with tension. James d...
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