Marine diaries. Afghanistan war

Afghanistan July 2009. Operation Strike of the Sword begins. The largest marine air assault since the Vietnam War. The assault pushed U.S. troops behind enemy lines. This is the diary of U.S. Marine Sgt. Jack Hansmann giving his grunt’s-Eye view of the first days of the offensive. Edward R. Murrow Award 2010 Online news series. […]

Foot Patrol. Afghanistan War. 2007

What is in the mind of a U.S. soldier fighting in Afghanistan. 2007. Zabul province. A U.S. Army platoon is patrolling a huge area on a remote and unprotected front line outpost. The only way to accomplish the mission is on foot. Soldiers talk to the camera in a honest and blunt way, sometimes using […]

WARDAK SOLDIERS. FOOT PATROL 2

Second film from the Foot Patrol series about what is in the mind of the U.S. soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan War. This time a 10th Mountain division unit goes on a mission to explore a remote area that has never seen any ISAF soldier, hunting for the reclusive Taliban. What do they think about […]

On Ukraine’s Front Line

“Why do you need this? Why do you need thousands of deaths again?” Fighting between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatists in Donbas has increased during 2021, and there are now fears that Moscow is planning a large-scale invasion. With tens of thousands of Russian troops newly deployed to the border, FlyOnTheWall speaks to the […]