seems a lot of military cliches about what you would expect from a soldier in iraq. one of the things that disturbed me about it was discussing the addiction to war sarnent james experienced. this is a real phenomenon and i ve seen it among a number of soldiers i ve had the opportunity to serve this. once they leave the combat zone, they are eager to go back. this can be indicative of a much larger transitional issue for today s veterans. today i have the honor of working for a veterans service organization, am vets. this is a top concern how veterans reintegrate into society, how they interact with families and soldiers. what i saw in the hurt locker sergeant james, something happened in his military career that made him the way he was. it was not only endangering his family relationships but endangering the soldiers.
that was the dramatic ending to the first scene of the movie the hurt locker which has been nominated for nine academy awards. the oscar ceremony sunday and now a deepening controversy over the film. while time magazine calls it the perfect war film, many veterans say the movie is loaded with unforgivable accuracies. joining us, a former sergeant who served in iraq in 2003-2004. ryan, what are some of the inaccuracies that jumped out at you. first, thanks for having me. from the get go, the movie started off well enough. the scene you just showed, the opening scene, was actually quite compelling, captured what it felt like to be on the ground when an i.e.d. is going off and the drama surrounding that by the time they introduce the main character, sergeant first class james, it all went downhill. we re talking about anything right down to the smallest details about uniforms, military
protocol and things like that it just it turns into a film that really had everything wrong about the u.s. miller and operations in iraq. i want to play, in fact we re looking at it right now, the video where sergeant first class james takes off his protective armor while disarming a bomb found in a trunk. has that ever happened to your knowledge? well, as a matter of fact, i have heard of similar instances of things like that. however, some of the more inexcusable tactical errors would be when sergeant james brings his three-man eod team through the streets of baghdad hunting down the bad guys. one of the things i took away that was particularly insulting was the portrayal of the soldier on the ground in iraq. the infantry that surrounded sergeant james and his teammates were inept at any type of military operation. i ve heard over the last couple of days, this is just a movie, you really shouldn t read too much into it. however, when you look at it,