From American Beauty to Jarhead Machine Gunner 0331

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2005)

I worked on American Beauty as a Camera PA (look it up.. you're here) and then shortly thereafter joined the Marine Corps as a grunt 0331 (machinegunner). I was 27. Then went to Iraq, and served in a line company that was the first unit in Baghdad.
This movie is incredibly accurate to the real thing.. this is probably the most accurate depiction of my experience in Iraq, except we saw more combat...
If you want to know what it's like.. this is the movie for you! I was overjoyed to see that the Staff Sargeant even had my last name...
Ooorah... Sykes 0331 USMC.
btw.. read the book.. it is a must for every Marine.