This Is War: Memories of Iraq

As a returned Iraq war vet I can tell you this is a good glimpse of what war is like. A good addition to any vets library.

This is a well done documentary showing the impact this war can have on the men and women who fight. It clearly documents the transformation of the people interviewed. It begins with excited naive national guard soldiers and walks us through their ordeal pulling us into the frustration, exhaustion, chaos and destruction that transforms these people into veterans, some haunted, some survivors, some stronger, some not, all forever changed. I highly recommend this piece to give those of us stateside a look at what this war is truly like through the eyes of the soldiers who fight it on the front lines.

This was the best combat movie I have seen coming out of Iraq. Although I do not support this war, I do support our soldiers and Guardsmen who are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. This movie shows an honest portrait, in bite size chapters, of the Guardsmen from the start of their deployment, through a year of anxious vigilance, violent battles, camaraderie and boredom, and the return home. It was moving and hard to take at times but all Americans should be watching movies like this. We owe it to the men and women who are fighting in our names, to be informed about what they are facing.

I saw this today at the G.I. Film Festival in Washington D.C. As a veteran of OIF, I was VERY impressed with it.

It is not an anti-war film, per se, nor is it overly patriotic -- it just tells the soldier's story.

What helps it along is that the footage in the film is not staged - it's just *home movies* expertly spliced together by the director, Gary Mortensen.

I would recommend this film be seen by just any American -- but esp. those who have served in Iraq and by their family members.

I just finished watching this. Excellent. Its' a-political but if you hate the war, you probably won't like it because this shows how are National Guardsmen, ones who really serve their country and sacrifice as they usually leave better paying jobs and family to deploy, serving proudly and readily and facing real threats and ultimately loss.

These soldiers are a credit to the Army and to the Oregon National Guard. They serve with honor and grit and the story they tell is profoundly moving as real and not contemporary "feelings" and complaining and whatnot. This documentary covers some of the toughest periods to serve in Iraq, mid 2004 thru 2005.

I highly recommend this video. I wish the "where are they now" at the end could have been more inclusive, but maybe the ones that were left out, decided not to participate. It's still a job well done.

I'm an Army vet and have friends serving in Iraq now and this film touched me as I hoped it would.