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* DesertWarfare one source of frustration for the Scout Snipers is that the wide open spaces mean that the front moves too fast for them to be necessary.

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* DesertWarfare one DesertWarfare: One source of frustration for the Scout Snipers is that the wide open spaces mean that the front moves too fast for them to be necessary.
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* DesertWarfare one source of frustration for the Scout Snipers is that the wide open spaces mean that the front moves too fast for them to be necessary.
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The film was followed by three direct-to-video sequels: ''Jarhead 2: Field of Fire'' (2014), ''Jarhead 3: The Siege'' (2016) and ''Jarhead: Law of Return'' (2019). Unlike the original, all three sequels are entirely fictional (and have no connection to the original).
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: A [[RunningGag frequently]] recommended strategy to relieve boredom is to masturbate. But all it does is just increasing sexual frustration and mounts the tension in the camp.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: A [[RunningGag frequently]] recommended strategy to relieve boredom.

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* InsistentTerminology[=/=]MilitaryLingo:

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* InsistentTerminology[=/=]MilitaryLingo:InsistentTerminology: Via use of military lingo.



* PacManFever: When Swofford and his squad are being shipped out to Saudi Arabia there are a few lines of dialogue referring to levels in ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', and that if you reach the tenth level, nothing happens, you just start at the beginning again. Erm, no. The Metroid series doesn't actually have "levels" in the traditional gaming sense as any area can be visited at any point in the game on the condition that you have appropriate upgrades to access it. Not to mention that even the first Metroid game for the NES had a [[SamusIsAGirl legitimate, if short, ending]].

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* PacManFever: When Swofford and his squad are being shipped out to Saudi Arabia Arabia, there are a few lines of dialogue referring to levels in ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', and that if you reach the tenth level, nothing happens, you just start at the beginning again. Erm, no. The Metroid series doesn't actually have "levels" in the traditional gaming sense as any area can be visited at any point in the game on the condition that you have appropriate upgrades to access it. Not to mention that even the first Metroid game for the NES had a [[SamusIsAGirl legitimate, if short, ending]].



* RealityIsUnrealistic: On Website/IMDb, somebody complained that the Marines in the film weren't wearing any nametapes on their BDU uniforms. This is actually accurate as nametapes in the USMC didn't become mandatory on the BDU until October 1992 and the movie takes place in 1990 and 1991.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: On Website/IMDb, somebody complained that the Marines in the film weren't wearing any nametapes on their BDU uniforms. This is actually accurate as nametapes in the USMC didn't become mandatory on the BDU until October 1992 1992, and the movie takes place in 1990 and 1991.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Staff Sergeant Sykes. He's tough and demanding, but has his platoon's best interests in mind. He does his best to keep his Marines occupied with training so they don't become complacent or bored.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Staff Sergeant Sykes. He's tough and demanding, demanding but has his platoon's best interests in mind. He does his best to keep his Marines occupied with training so they don't become complacent or bored.



* ShellShockedVeteran: While riding a bus during a welcome-home parade, the Marines find themselves face-to-face with a ragged UsefulNotes/VietnamWar veteran who jumps onto the bus to congratulate them for winning the war, and making it "clean". The Veteran visibly [[HeroicBSOD breaks down]] and sits down, asking if he can ride with them for a while. The squad is visibly uncomfortable when faced with what they could possibly become.

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While riding a bus during a welcome-home parade, the Marines find themselves face-to-face with a ragged UsefulNotes/VietnamWar veteran who jumps onto the bus to congratulate them for winning the war, and making it "clean". The Veteran visibly [[HeroicBSOD breaks down]] and sits down, asking if he can ride with them for a while. The squad is visibly uncomfortable when faced with what they could possibly become.



* SophisticatedAsHell: A lot of the Marines have HiddenDepths; Troy quotes Hemingway, Swofford is obviously well-read and the platoon's MilitaryMoonshiner, Harrigan, studied Classics at Dartmouth.

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A lot of the Marines have HiddenDepths; Troy quotes Hemingway, Swofford is obviously well-read and the platoon's MilitaryMoonshiner, Harrigan, studied Classics at Dartmouth.
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->''"A story: A man fires a rifle for many years. and he goes to war. And afterwards he comes home, and he sees that whatever else he may do with his life - build a house, love a woman, change his son's diaper - he will always remain a jarhead. And all the jarheads killing and dying, they will always be me. We are still in the desert."''
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-->'''Fergus:'''Oh ''SHIT!''

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-->'''Fergus:'''Oh -->'''Fergus: '''Oh ''SHIT!''
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* OhCrap: Fergus accidentally sets fire to the camp whilst covering Swofford's watch on Christmas Eve. When he realises that the fire is about to spread into a crate of flares, he responds appropriately.

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* OhCrap: Fergus accidentally sets fire to the camp a supply truck whilst covering Swofford's watch on Christmas Eve. When he realises that the fire is about to spread into a crate of flares, he responds appropriately.
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* OhCrap: Fergus accidentally sets fire to the camp whilst covering Swofford's watch on Christmas Eve. When he realises that the fire is spreading into their munitions, he responds appropriately.
-->Oh ''SHIT!''

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* OhCrap: Fergus accidentally sets fire to the camp whilst covering Swofford's watch on Christmas Eve. When he realises that the fire is spreading about to spread into their munitions, a crate of flares, he responds appropriately.
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* OhCrap: Fergus accidentally sets fire to the camp whilst covering Swofford's watch on Christmas Eve. When he realises that the fire is spreading into their munitions, he responds appropriately.
-->Oh ''SHIT!''
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* TheUnfought: Swofford is a sniper who never gets an order to fire a single shot. At the movie's climax he is finally ordered to target an enemy officer, and has him in his sights... [[spoiler:when Command decides to just bomb the place instead.]]

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* TheUnfought: Swofford is a sniper who never gets an order to fire a single shot. At the movie's climax he is finally ordered to target an enemy officer, and has him in his sights... [[spoiler:when Command decides to just bomb the place instead.]]]] Swofford even takes note of the fact that this is the first time he has actually seen the enemy since the war began.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Released in 2005, set in 1991. Intentional, as the United States was going through a virtually identical war at the time.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Released in 2005, set in 1991.1989-1991. Intentional, as the United States was going through a virtually identical war at the time.
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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Fowler commits this. It's defiling a corpse, but that's still a major no-no by the books. There's an allusion to the same marine having shot a camel just because he could.
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* BittersweetEnding: Swofford gets to go home after The Gulf War ends and all of his platoon mates make it back with him with most of them receiving promotions. However the marine's life is forever changed as not only does he discover that his girlfriend has left him for someone else, he has also become hollowed by his experience on his tour. We get a quick montage of the other marines and while a few of them are shown to be living happy lives, like Cortez with his family, some are now working in dead end retail jobs and Troy dies in a car accident. Finally, the epilogue reveals that Swofford would return to Iraq once again later in his career.

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* BittersweetEnding: Swofford gets to go home after The Gulf War ends and all of his platoon mates make it back with him with most of them receiving promotions. However the marine's life is forever changed as not only does he discover that his girlfriend has left him for someone else, he has also become hollowed by his experience on his tour. We get a quick montage of the other marines and while a few of them are shown to be living happy lives, like Cortez with his family, some are now working in dead end retail jobs and Troy dies in a car accident. Finally, the epilogue reveals that Swofford Sgt. Sykes would return to Iraq once again later in his career.

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