SPR as a Teaching Tool

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2001)

At Basic Combat Training, my company had to watch this movie as part of our class on the seven Army Values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. (No, it isn't an accident that they form the acronym LDRSHIP.) Whether it was intended to be so or not, Matt Damon, in his role of Private Ryan, clearly exhibited each one of the Army Values. It stirred our emotions, and made us focus on the task at hand. We were proud to be training as American soldiers.