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As the longest Civilian POW in Vietnam history, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. Held for almost eight years — from May 1965 to March 1973 — he faced capture, starvation, sickness, torture, solitude, desperation and more. Call him resilient and impressive. A survivor and true American hero. So says Sen.…
“War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” –…
With only weeks left in their deployment, the PJs look toward home. Matt longs to see his wife who is due to give birth to their daughter soon after his deployment is over. The unit’s longest serving PJ, Duane, as always, promised his wife that he would come back to his family. But when the…
Fresh out of the PJ schoolhouse, first-time deployers Chris and Lucas move from the beach to the battlefield when they are thrust into the war in Afghanistan with no experience in real combat. Friends since medical school, the two PJs will be the primary medics on the a.m. shift, responsible for saving the lives of…
Justin and Thomas both know how important it is to keep their emotions in check when someone’s life is in their hands. It is a battle they all fight on every mission. In this episode, three missions will test their mettle like never before. Taliban attacks against soldiers and civilians rise during the summer, the…
First Lieutenant Jeff is fresh out of the rigorous training program to become a Combat Rescue Officer and eager to take on the worst missions Afghanistan can throw at him. But he finds himself wanting during a lull in missions for his shift. The slow period brings a unique feeling to the team; the PJs…
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On a remote outpost in south central Afghanistan, a fire base called COBRA brought together 23 Americans that stood in the breach between the rule of law and the rule of terror. They are the U.S. Special Forces. Often referred to as “the thinking man’s ninja”, they navigate an unforgiving landscape and are never certain…
At just 22, Senior Airman Barry is deploying as an Air Force Pararescueman (PJ) in one of the busiest and most dangerous regions of Afghanistan. After saying goodbye to his parents and flying into Kandahar Airfield, he’s ready for the challenge. But a slew of fast-paced and tough missions test Barry’s skills and ability to…
Watch out world, the U.S. Navy has developed a versatile new class of warships: the LCS (Littoral Combat Ship). These fast and agile combat ships are designed to take deadly threats emerging on the world stage and blow them out of the water. Their target? The Killer Tomato. No Joke. These giant red target balloons…
Put your glasses on and your ear plugs in because Sean Rich and the guys are in Colorado Springs this week doing what they do best: finding the best military items and weapons for their auction. The new episode of Lords of War airs tonight at 9P and follows Sean as he shoots and examines…
The war that rivals Vietnam as the United States’ longest still rages in Afghanistan. Near Kandahar, insurgent fighters ambush American and Allied soldiers, while the Taliban’s I.E.D.s – Improvised Explosive Devices – don’t distinguish between military and civilian, friend and foe. In the heart of the fighting are the Pararescuemen (PJs) of the 38th Rescue…
U.S. forces entered Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, and quickly toppled the Taliban in what many hoped would be a swift, clean victory over al Qaeda and the men who directed 9/11. Flash-forward to March 2012, and the war is now entering its 125th month. Amazingly, this country’s longest war has drifted in and out…
Meet the Indiana Joneses of historical weaponry: father-son duo Christian and Alex Cranmer, whose quests for military antiquities have taken them as far as a remote Nepalese palace filled with more than 55,000 rifles and muskets hidden away for more than a century. “We sell history,” Alex says, and that doesn’t mean books, it means…
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One of the greatest challenges of making this film was using dramatic recreations to illustrate the different scenarios that may have led to the loss of the Hunley and her crew. There are about a half-dozen theories that we chase down in the show, and each one had to be re-enacted, in part, inside an…
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Restrepo is a feature-length film by award-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington and journalist/author Sebastian Junger that chronicles the deployment of U.S. troops in the Korengal Valley, one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost,…
by Charles FitzgeraldProducer My research for ‘American Doomsday” uncovered what I first saw as a Stranglovian world of nuclear paranoia, secret bunkers and elaborate “Doomsday” plans. It was bizarre.But digging deeper I realized that America’s Doomsday plans were born of a very real and legitimate fear that if the Soviet Union launched a surprise nuclear attack,…
On the evening of March 24th, 1944, 76 airmen broke out of German POW Camp, Stalag Luft III, in a desperate bid for freedom. It was the most famous escape of World War II—it was also a complete disaster. Of the 76 escapees, all were recaptured, and 50 were murdered in cold blood. The murders were immediately…
Some 60 years after it was sunk by the British Navy, an international team will travel nearly 5,000 meters into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean—to the final resting place of the infamous Nazi supership: The Battleship Bismarck—the supposedly unsinkable vessel whose name once instilled fear and spelled certain doom to any that dared cross it’s path. The…
Making History: Hitler by Denis Minihan, Set DesignerWhen the subject of Hitler and the Nazi Party arises, so do questions — how did this happen and why did this happen? Using these questions of how and why, and our trusty team of 3 graphics pioneers, we made history come alive.During the show we look at…
With the 70th anniversary of the Blitz in September 2010, National Geographic Channel is bringing the Blitz experience to life in a special like you’ve never seen before. Blowing Up History: Nazi Super Bombs aims to show the true horrors of the ferocious and constant bombardment of the Blitz, and to explain why, ultimately — it failed.Blitz…
At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon at more than 500 miles an hour, tearing a jagged gash into the building’s western facade. In less than a second, the plane plowed through four of the Pentagon’s five rings, killing 189 people and injuring hundreds more. The sight…
by Julie WatsonAssociate Producer 18/11/09Final preparations were underway in the London office to fix the filming in New York before the late flight. The office was a frantic mix of team members weighing bags and juggling their contents; repacking and then packing once again. Fully laden, Grace (the director) and I braved the rush hour traffic…
“The power and the potential of a biological weapon is far more frightening than a nuclear terrorist attack. In part, because the construction is easier, and the effect, in many ways, is more devastating. Making these organisms is something that requires advanced biology, but there are lots of people who have studied advanced biology and…
Join series producer Nick Stein and the Border Wars production crew as they follow officers and agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They protect the United States and Mexico border that runs right through the sister towns of Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico; which are separated by a security fence. Every day thousands…
1st Blog entry for Pirate Huntersby Hunt for the Somali Pirates Production Team Prepping for 2 day shoot with former US Navy SEALS: One week until the big shoot at a private shooting range in Alpine, CA- located about 30 minutes from San Diego up in the desert hills (hmm… sounds like a possible forest fire to…
