Alpha Company: Iraq Diary - In The Wilderness of Zaidon

Get inside the heads of the men of Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, and find out why they became Marines. Then find out what is behind Iraqi insurgents’ actions. Patrol with the Marines under the scorching sun and the constant threat of death.

Series Description:

During the summer of 2005, filmmaker Gordon Forbes spent four months embedded with the US Marines 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during their deployment to the Sunni Triangle in Iraq. He documented the daily grind and struggles of the men in Alpha Company as they fought the War on Terror, thousands of miles away from home. While most networks send a crew out to shoot only enough footage for a 90-second highlight piece, this three part documentary “Alpha Company: Iraq Diary” is an honest look at war on the ground.


Three platoons, 74 professional Marines- strangers in a strange land. It's the diary of ordinary people who are now professional soldiers caught in a high stakes war, doing their damnedest to carry out the mission . . . which has changed from aggressive combat, to police work, and winning hearts and minds. It's the part of the Iraq story that no one sees, that is never told, that is missing from the public and publicized picture of the war in Iraq. It's an unembellished, truthful, and compelling look inside.


We learn about how these Marines view war, their desire for combat and their fears. We see how they deal with extreme heat, the constant threat of IED’s and language barriers with humor. We see them dreaming, playing, frustrated and lonely. These Marines are the husbands, brothers, sons, uncles and citizens of America. “Alpha Company: Iraq Diary” is a Marine’s story, and not the kind you see on the evening news.

Видео Alpha Company: Iraq Diary - In The Wilderness of Zaidon канала Gordon Forbes III