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The AP offers a completely positive look at the 10th Mountain Division's role in the war:
FORT DRUM, New York (AP) -- They've hunted down terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, opposed rebels in Bosnia and battled warlords in Somalia.Sorry if you were thinking of some other war - it's Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds that the story refers to. Other Army and Marine units also appear in the movie. The film was screened in a special sneak preview at Ft Drum's movie theater on Monday, two days before it's nationwide premier.Now, 10th Mountain Division troops are facing off against Martian invaders -- with no less than the fate of the Earth in the balance.
Kudos to Spielberg for going for the "real thing". More on the 10th:
It's not the first time the 10th Mountain Division has made it to the silver screen. The division's historic rescue of Army Rangers in Somalia in 1993 was chronicled in the book "Black Hawk Down," which was made into a 2001 movie by director Ridley Scott.Which makes this quote all the more ironic:Since its reactivation in 1985, the 10th Mountain Division has been the nation's most-deployed military force. Fort Drum troops also have served in the Persian Gulf War, in Florida providing relief to victims of Hurricane Andrew, and in Haiti, Kosovo and more than a dozen other countries.
"It feels awesome to help save the world," said Sgt. Christopher Lumpiesz, of Tampa, Florida, who gets to help shoot down a Martian ship in the movie.On a personal note, the middle daughter has seen the film and gives it two thumbs up. She warned me that mom will be jumping a lot through this one. (Mrs G tends to startle a little bit at certain points in movies - it's fun for the whole theater.) The rest of the family will see it this weekend.
Mrs G says: Damned surround sound.
