History TV: "Bravo Company: Kandahar" Tonight (5 Nov 07)

[The Bread Guy]

http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=113090

BRAVO COMPANY: KANDAHAR

Mike Sheerin directs and narrates an intensely authentic portrayal of life in war-torn Afghanistan for the Canadian soldier. Sheerin follows the troops of Bravo Company stationed at Forward Operating Base Martello for 19 days. This one-hour documentary captures the many experiences of war for the Canadian soldier from coping with the tragic loss of comrades to daily foot-patrols in the rugged Afghan mountains to the apprehension and detention of three suspected Taliban fighters.

When it's on:

Monday
    November 5 at 9:00 PM
Tuesday
    November 6 at 1:00 AM

 

[medaid]

Thanks! Will tune in!

 

[Mike Baker]

I plan on tuning in.

 

[BernDawg]

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Rocketryan]

Thanks for telling us

 

[DirtyDog]

Blah.

 

[Sheerin]

Blah.

Blah?

 

[DirtyDog]

Blah?

Didn't find the show all that great.

 

[Sheerin]

Didn't find the show all that great.

Fair enough. 

 

[aesop081]

Didn't find the show all that great.

We could always go back to the TV movie "peacekeeper" as the public image of the CF

no ?

 

[midget-boyd91]

Mike Sheerin (sic?) really didn't seem all that enthusiastic about his film. It would have been great to watch had he spoken like he actually wanted people to watch it.

 

[DirtyDog]

We could always go back to the TV movie "peacekeeper" as the public image of the CF

no ?

Just thought the show was mediocre at best.  Didn't have much to offer and i didn't care for his speculation.

 

[Sheerin]

Mike Sheerin (sic?) really didn't seem all that enthusiastic about his film. It would have been great to watch had he spoken like he actually wanted people to watch it.

I can assure you that he was quite enthusiastic about the film. 

 

[Mike Baker]

I liked it, even though I fell asleep with 15 mins left to it  :-\

 

[JBoyd]

My wife watched a bit of it I believe, I had to head to sleep early last night.

 

[Flip]

Every little bit helps.

This documentary shows Canadians in a new and more realistic
light.  I say, the more of this new light the better.
Canadians need to get used to seeing Canadians in a
combat (real life) context.

It was a little basic but I liked it.

The sounds of artillery made it sound like Canada controlled the weather.  ;D

 

[medicineman]

Thought he went on a little too much about what happened to the detainees...incidentally, anyone know where they may be now  :?

MM

 

[MedTechStudent]

Thought this Doc. was very compelling.  Really was nice to see an unedited, real look on whats done over there.  I liked the honesty when they admitted that the job is 90% boredom and 10% waiting for the excitement.  I stayed up till 2am watching it  :brickwall:...but it was worth it

 

[Kirkhill]

Mike, thanks for doing that. It showed me a lot more about what the guys over there are going through.  I can't help but wonder though, if you found yourself worn down by the heat and the sand and the lack of showers.  Do you think that might have contributed to what seems to be a sense of futility that you seemed to express towards the end of the documentary? 

I am assuming that "our" Sheerin and Mike Sheerin are one and the same.

 

[MedTechStudent]

It was funny, I read a thread the other day about how to try to not swear in the CF because it is a bad habit for when you get out.  Or something along those lines.  But watching the WO on that Documentary  just made me smile.  He covered every possible usage for "fuck" I think there is lol