Although set in the Netherlands, a real Irish Army base in Ireland was used as the primary filming location.
The shoulder insignia, with the flaming sword on the left hand side of the service and combat uniform, is a patch associated with the US Army Europe and Africa Command.
According to the seal at the Garrison conference room , Stroopsdorf houses the 405th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) . The true location 405th AFSB, is actually located in Kaiserslautern, Germany, which is informally known as K-town among base personnel.
The low point of General Patton's career was when he assaulted two soldiers who were confined to bedrest in a field hospital in Sicily, because of concerns of cowardice. The diagnosis that was assigned was actually shell shock or combat exhaustion, what is now known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. When it was brought to General Dwight D. Eisenhower's attention, he ordered a news blackout due to his prowess on the battlefield, and concerns for unit cohesion and the country's morale. He also informally reprimanded Patton and asked him to apologize to the soldiers.
Stroopsdorf, as in United States Army Garrison Stroopsdorf, uses the Dutch word for syrup (stroop) and the German word for village (dorf). The Dutch word for village is dorp.