Base newspaper has unusual take on AOV...Wahlberg to play in Lone Survivor movie...

16th MP Brigade Patch is used to represent Ft. Stewart...the base paper that published the unusual AOV movie review.

First up is the news that Wahlberg is going to play in the Lone Survivor Movie....

Mark Wahlberg is reportedly in talks to star in a new project with ‘Battleship’ director Peter Berg. ‘Lone Survivor’ will star Wahlberg as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan who is the lone survivor of an ambush attack.

FirstShowing reports that along with Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Taylor Kitsch will have starring roles in the new film as well. With the recent success of ‘Act of Valor,’ it’s clear that the American box office is still receptive to war-based flicks.
Director Peter Berg more than capable of managing the film as he camped with a Navy SEAL unit in Iraq for a month before penning the script, that is also based partly on the memoir by Marcus Luttrell.
Berg’s other project ‘Battleship,’ which stars Liam Neeson, Rihanna and Brooklyn Decker, is due for a May release of this year.

Its a shame that Act of Valor couldn't remain a recruiting movie, circulated for recruiting only.  It would have made its way to the public through unofficial means and would have been well received...especially after the Luttrell story came out.  Heroism on steroids.  Sacrifice beyond belief.  That movie is how the SEALs should want to be portrayed.  Instead we have the ego play that is AOV...which leads me to this....

 And why would people not flock to see this movie when our culture is nearing the tenth year of following a myriad of reality television shows? The movie raked in $25 million over opening weekend.
The Navy SEALs are elite athletes and their recent actions have been heroic, I give them that. Their official motto is:  "Ready to Lead, Ready to Follow, Never Quit." Other navy seal quotes are: "The only easy day was yesterday!" and, "Don't  bother running, you will only die tired."
However, the SEALs certainly are not "Quiet Professionals." The arrogance that surrounds them has also bitten them in the recent rescue attempt that killed British aid worker Linda Norgrove. Something they were not so eager to fess up to, or make a movie about.
Act of Valor is action packed, violent and glory-seeking. In my opinion, it hits too close to home for many who have lost loved ones in our community, or the many wounded warriors who have sustained life-changing injuries over the past nine years during the war.
The glimpse into the SEALs' secretive world does not leave much to the imagination and what they do is really no secret anymore.
At least on the movie's web page, www.actofvalor.com, it promotes the Navy SEAL foundation though donations on the site that directly supports the community and their families.

The blow back continues.  The wrong guy is in charge of SOCOM.  The over reach that is that command will bite them in the ass and I can't wait for it to happen.