This is the army

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2006)

It is curious how a lot of (ex)militairy here rate the movie as only 1 star and complain how the army is so much different than this movie. Maybe they want it to be different but i can assure you it is not.
I have been in the Dutch army for a year, drafted, and worked with the US army during drills in Germany, all i can say is : All armies are the same and the way Jarhead shows the army is almost 100% correct. It is about the first gulf war, but that is really not the point, it could be about any modern conflict.
The boredom, the lack of sex, some psycho fellow soldiers, cliché drill instructors, the swearing, the porn the hookers, it's all true. What do you expect when you put a bunch of 18-24 year old males together with nothing to do but wait for possible death ?
The last part was not even there in my army time when there was the cold war, it was just boredom. And let me tell you boredom converts 80% of young males without girls into raving mad maniacs.
This movie excels in showing how it is to be in the, or any, western army service. It also shows the highway of death for what it is : A war crime.
I strongly recommend anyone who is thinking about joining the army to watch this movie first, you might want to hold on to that job at 7-11 after seeing this.