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You truly feel the anxiety and stress of being in the mist of war. Love this new show. If you're a fan of "The Hornet's Nest", "Restrepo", or a similar title you will really enjoy this show. It leaves you wanting more.

The Soldiers that it follows show REAL Emotion during battles to hold down their base "Cop Michigan" one of the most deadly bases to be stationed in Afghanistan right on a major supply route on the border of Pakistan.

This show is NOT filmed with an embedded camera crew instead what you're viewing is footage directly from Helmet cam's of real soldiers in real battle risking their live's in real life or death situations.

It's Virtual Reality but without the Virtual. You feel as if you're playing a First Person shooter with real life and death.

I can't wait for more episodes. Well Done Discovery!

I've seen many documentaries about various wars and battles, but with a couple of helmet-cams and one of the deadliest locations in the region, this show might be the "realest" one of all. I love "Restrepo" and many others; I SO admired the war correspondents & journalists filming in such danger - but this isn't at all buffered for the safety of the camera people. This unit gets fired at, bombed every single day - no safe place to hide - and bc you're watching from the helmet of an active participant, you run, you hear gunfire and can't tell where it's coming from, you turn and suddenly see a buddy injured or worse. It's not close to the action, it's IN THE ACTION. Highly triggering for anyone with PTSD, but for those who don't - I consider it must-watch bc the very least we can do is be as close to what these soldiers felt and faced day-in and day-out. Journalists have to have some sense of safety - they're so valuable - even though obv many die... but I've never felt the adrenaline & fear & REALNESS as I did watching this excellent show. Just from watching 5 episodes, you get a small sense of how daunting, torturous, terrifying & psychologically affective & damaging being in this situation for 24hours must be, much less for months on end. It is as close to the real feelings and heart-pounding moments and frustrations and faces as a 5-episode piece could be - and I was grateful for the chance to watch it. Most of us can never really imagine what war is like - or even different wars (Vietnam vs Afghanistan for example) - but this was the closest experience to it & it quadrupled the awe (and reservations) I have for the kids & men sent into a battle like this. Heart-pounding and VERY well-worth watching. It's kind-of the least a civilian can do, and humanizes troops and forces in a way few docuseries have.