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  The Killer Elite - The true story of bullets, bombs and a Marine platoon at war in Iraq

  Source: Rolling Stone Magazine

  
  

  (First article that ultimately led to the book - Generation Kill)

  
  

  June 13, 2003

  By Evan Wright

  
  

  The invaders drive north through the Iraqi desert in a Humvee, eating candy, dipping tobacco and singing songs. Oil fires bur...

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  A Conversation with Generation Kill Director Susanna White

  This Sunday, HBO airs the first episode of Generation Kill, a darkly funny and hyper-realistic miniseries about American soldiers on the eve of the Iraq invasion. The show was produced by David Simon and Ed Burns, the acclaimed creators of the pol...............

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  Generation Kill - mmmm mmm finger-lickin' good.

  

  
  

  Any follow up to The Wire is going to have some mad expectations to meet and the first two episodes of Generation Kill, HBO's on-the-ground view into an elite Marine Unit that led the invasion of Iraq, does not disappoint.

  
  

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  Generation Kill Review, by Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly

  Through the first episode of Generation Kill, HBO's miniseries about the elite Marine unit that led the first invasion of the Iraq war, it was difficult to keep track of which helmeted, smudged-faced character was which. I feared writer-producer D.........

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  How did they do it?

  Generation Kill looks incredibly real. Does anyone know where they filmed it? How they did it?

  
  

  For instance, there's a shot of an enormous caravan heading into Iraq of tanks, trucks, and so forth - how did they shoot it? Did they actually bring ...

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Premiere: July 13, 2008

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About the Book (that inspired the miniseries)

Generation Kill (2004) is a book written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright chronicling his experience as an embedded reporter with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion‎ during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His account of life with the Marines was originally published as a three-part series in Rolling Stone in the fall of 2003. "The Killer Elite", the first of these articles, went on to win a National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.

The assignment

Wright spent two months with the battalion, having persuaded a commander that he could cope with such an assignment.

The Marines of First Reconnaissance were initially hostile and suspicious, but soon warmed to him and treated him as one of their own. He gained their respect through his (apparent) fearlessness in the face of combat. Often riding in the lead vehicle, a lightly armored Humvee, Wright was in real danger for much of the time.

Wright encounters members of the battalion from all ranks, but the "main players" can be narrowed down to just six from Bravo Company: Sergeant Brad Colbert, Lance Corporal Harold James Trombley, Sergeant Rudy Reyes, First Lieutenant Nathaniel Fick, Sergeant Antonio Espera and Corporal Josh Ray Person.

Consequences for Wright and the Marines

Sgt. Espera was forced to leave the battalion, SSgt. Eric Kocher was disciplined and one Marine's promotion from corporal to sergeant was canceled as a direct result of the publication of the original articles. The Marines' outspoken criticism of their superiors was deemed unacceptable.

Wright attended the Marines' homecoming at Camp Pendleton, California on October 6th, 2003. He has described being attacked by a group of Marines who twisted his arms behind his back, put him in handcuffs and threatened him because they felt that the articles insulted them and their officers. This was the only negative reaction he received; indeed the base newspaper later described Generation Kill as a "cool book".

Despite initial doubts, Marine commanders later encouraged the officers of 1st Reconnaissance to read the book and the articles to get an insight into the reality of war.

Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick went on to write his own book, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer (2006).

Rudy Reyes plays himself in the miniseries adaptation.

Source: Wikipedia

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