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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 6:45 pm
Anyone watching? Now THIS is REALITY television. It is a documentary about an Arkansas National Guard Unit deployed to Iraq over a period from 2003 to 2005. The producers not only followed the troops to the battlefield, but also filmed the loved ones of those deployed and the "battle" they dealt with at home. Not only do these guys have to deal with helping to rebuild a country, keeping themselves safe from harm and maintaining order in war zone, but they have the normal daily issues we all face, money issues, marital trouble, etc. I am VERY anti war but I am VERY, VERY pro-soldier and these men who have left their families and jobs (one man basically had to take a $40,000 a year pay cut because of his deployment) are true heroes. This is def. "must see" TV. Official Site
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:14 am
Thanks for the info, this looks great! Good news and bad news, bad news is it's already airing and they're up to episode 6 but the good news is starting 11/24 they will re-air from episode 1 so I'm gonna remind myself... if anyone remembers let's try to bump this on the 24th...
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:34 am
I'll do my best ............ Also, there is a marathon of sorts starting this coming Saturday 11/5 starting 7pm eastern and ending Sunday 11/6 at 7pm eastern. Unfortunately going by what my TIVO says, it may only be the same three or four episodes repeated over and over. But that will help catch everyone up a bit and the timeline on the OS (link above) can help with the rest of the plot line until the first episodes are re-aired.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:44 am
........ and in keeping with tradition since I have to have a crush on at least one character of EVERY show I watch ......... I'm offcially calling dibs on Matt Hertlein. He's prejudiced sumthin'-sumthin' but he sure is cute! 
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2005 - 12:07 pm
Yeah it's a marathon with the last couple of episodes like you suspect... won't start repeating from episode 1 til 11/24 so I'm just gonna wait..
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, November 21, 2005 - 6:21 pm
Bump. Laura, here's your reminder. Marathon of "Off to War" on Thanksgiving Day. more info
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Laura11103
Member
08-13-2002
| Monday, November 21, 2005 - 9:49 pm
Thanks Clio! I actually had remembered for once and already have my dvr set... looks like episodes 1, 2, 3 (8pm, 9pm and 10pm) on Thurs, episodes 4, 5, 6 ((8pm, 9pm and 10pm) on Fri and episodes 7, 8, 9 ((8pm, 9pm and 10pm) on Saturday and they repeat throughout the night... love doing the marathon Sundays! thanks again for the reminder...I'll post my thoughts next week...
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