Taking Fire

Taking Fire is Personal Documentary series which involves the actual participants filming their personal war experiences while on a 1 year deployment in Afghanistan. The show is a Discovery Channel Series about the 101st Airborne Division with personal hand held and helmet cameras. The action unfolds during America's farthest flung outpost in the Korangal Valley, deep in Taliban-held country throughout 2010. The rookies wanted to capture what they saw using their personal cameras and bring the footage the folks back home. The footage they brought back charts an extraordinary first-eye view of modern warfare in what's considered one of the deadliest places on earth.[1]

Their combat footage takes viewers into the heart combat. action, with a visceral perspective not captured by news reporters or traditional documentaries. The segments document the personal struggles, confusions, joys and sadness of war. The men in the Discovery Channel series leave the United States for Afghanistan seeking to serve their country however what they they experience possibly something different than what they anticipated,

Taking Fire showcases American Military soldiers under intense fire from Taliban positions in Afghanistan. The men experience IED explosions, pinned down under enemy machine gun fire and many of the surviving soldiers give accounts on the operations and speak of their fellow soldiers who did not return. The footage seen in the show has been approved for public viewing by the Department of Defense. The show contains upsetting images and redacted profanity.[2]

Five-part documentary

Kyle Boucher, a veteran of the 101st Airborne and now a Massachusetts firefighter, recalled thinking upon seeing the footage from the Afghanistan War and shared his 59 second video with Documentary producer Laura Dunne about a firefight and an Blackhawk helicopter's airlift of wounded from Boucher's platoon. Dunne was connected with several members of the unit who had recorded action on their helmet cams during their time in Afghanistan. She put the raw video footage together and the result make up the series “Taking Fire,” a five-part documentary on Discovery Channel.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About Taking Fire". 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "'Taking Fire' on Discovery shows American soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ↑ Flint, Joe (2016-09-12). "Discovery Channel's New War Series Continues Its Makeover". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
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