Terrible portrayal of real EOD's and military personal in general!!!!!

Rating: 1/10 (18 January 2010)

I recently purchased this movie on DVD because i saw the commercials and was interested in the military aspect of it. I am enlisted in the United States Marine Corps but i stress i do not have any military experience nor am i a marine but i feel this movie does a terrible injustice to the brave men and women who put on the uniform and serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. This movie does not accurately portray soldiers in theatre at all. I don't have military experience but i have watched the news and a ton of shows on the military channel and i even know that #1 you always go on missions in a convoy not in a three man team where you have one Humvee thats protection relies on a specialist throwing a water bottle at the back of another vehicle that is blocking them. #2 that no one ever goes outside the wire by themselves to investigate if indeed their friendly base rat has gone missing or is lieing dead with a bomb in his chest. and #3 i would like to think that an EOD's last resort is to put on their protective suit and try to dismantle an explosive by hand. I would like to think that they would do everything in their power to make that a last resort.
Those are just major points that i found disturbing about a movie being proclaimed as the Greatest WAR MOVIE OF THE DECADE??? The minor details that aren't accurate number so greatly that i don't have the time to write it all out.
In closing if you want a great account of what life is like in a war zone i recommend the HBO series GENERATION KILL it is by far one of the best war related presentations that i have ever seen.