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Hurt Locker: Oscar Laurels, Veteran Backlash Reveal a Dangerous Gap
Three Oscars and a Best Director trophy did not inoculate hurt locker from sharp professional critique: veterans and former explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel say the film’s image of bomb technicians as adrenaline-seeking loners misstates how the work is actually done.
Verified facts: Brian Castner, former U. S. Air Force EOD officer who deployed to Iraq, has publicly criticized the film’s portrayal of bomb disposal as reckless and improvisational. Castner and other EOD professionals describe the real practice as driven by procedure, repetition, and use of robotics before any human approach. Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Phillips, a team leader in Iraq’s eastern Maysan province, characterized the film’s central character as a “run and gun cowboy type, ” a profile he said the services are not seeking. Brian Mockenhaupt, a former U. S. Army infantryman, argued the film stacks improbable incidents into a single deployment, creating a sense of nonstop chaos that veterans say does not reflect typical operations.
We The People: This Day in History, March 7
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – On March 7, 1901, the twenty-seventh Texas legislature voted to adopt the bluebonnet as the official state flower.
The flower’s name comes from its resemblance to a sunbonnet and has been known by various names, including buffalo clover and wolf flower.
Native to Texas, the bluebonnet blooms in late March and early April.
Thanks to a state highway-beautification program where bluebonnet seeds were scattered along roadways, year after year, Texans get to enjoy their beauty.
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On This Day…
As we sink into March it seems we are getting more lamb than lion in our weather, but what’s the future hold? Click here for your WEAU FIRST ALERT FORECAST to see what the wild weather ride looks like for the next few days.
You may have a weekend that is already packed with things to do or perhaps you are planning some Spring cleaning and home tasks. Whatever it is, we kick it off with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” This is our weekly glance back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history today.
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