The Ten Greatest War Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen

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“Year at Danger” is the second film listed on Art Attack’s list of the Ten Greatest War Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen.

Steve Metze, then a major in the National Guard, created this documentary about his deployment at Forward Operating Base “Danger” in Tikrit, Iraq, in 2005. It offers unfiltered, uncensored coverage of the day-to-day life of a combat soldier, from the often excruciating boredom to the terror of frequent mortar and rocket attacks. In this day of sanitized media coverage and “pool” journalism, you’re probably never going to see a chronicle this raw and uncensored.

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Happy April 20th

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So for those of you who know or don’t know, today marks the 21st anniversary of my return home from Desert Storm.  In the first few years this occasion would be marked by quiet reflection or a note I’d write and put in a file.  Over time I realized more and more that it made much more sense to instead contact those positive people in my life and thank them for being there.  People are, after all, the only reason really worth doing anything. 

I’m sure I missed some people off this list.  No matter how many times I try to update it someone has always changed an email address.  And it seems like every year I have to take one off because that person is no longer with us, which happened again this year. 

For those of you here though, now, I thank you for being there, and for having been there.

–Steve