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Not to be confused with the fantasy/adventure TV series of the same name.
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Not to be confused with [[Series/TheOutpost the fantasy/adventure TV series series]] of the same name.
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Orlando Bloom is the biggest name in the cast, and his character dies only a third into the movie in a vehicle accident.]]
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Orlando Bloom is the biggest name in the cast, and his character dies only a third into the movie in a vehicle accident.accident, though [[TruthInTelevision this is about how the man his character was based on really died]].]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Keating is the only character whose death wasn't at another's hand; he dies when the truck he's driving falls off of a cliff.cliff...but this is indeed [[TruthInTelevision what actually happened to the real man]].]]
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* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Captain Keating, played by [[Creator/OrlandoBloom the biggest name actor in the cast]], dies rather arbitrarily early on in the movie]] as a way of demonstrating the stakes.
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* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Captain Keating, played by [[Creator/OrlandoBloom the biggest name actor in the cast]], dies rather arbitrarily early on in the movie]] as a way of demonstrating the stakes.[[spoiler:..though [[TruthInTelevision the actual Benjamin Keating did indeed die like this.]]]]
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: One soldier is caught masturbating to a picture of another soldier's wife.
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* CryingWolf: As noted above, Mohammed repeatedly insists a Taliban attack is imminent, only for nothing to happen. Inevitably, no one believes him when he actually is corrent.
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* CryingWolf: As noted above, Mohammed repeatedly insists a Taliban attack is imminent, only for nothing to happen. Inevitably, no one believes him when he is actually is corrent.correct.
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** The Taliban fighter set fire to nearly all the buildings inside the camp when they breached it, forcing Black Knight Troop to fall back into a tight defensive perimeter. This is not shown in-film and Sergeant Romesha is instead shown convincing Lieutenant Bundermann not to order the withdrawl.
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** The Taliban fighter set fire to nearly all the buildings inside the camp when they breached it, forcing Black Knight Troop to fall back into a tight defensive perimeter. This is not shown in-film and Sergeant Romesha is instead shown convincing Lieutenant Bundermann not to order the withdrawl.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Keating is the only character whose death wasn't at another's hand; he dies when the truck he's driving falls off of a cliff.]]
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* GeneralFailure: Broward is not well respected by the soldiers due to his strict adherence to Rules of Engagement and lack of leadership skills. This eventually leads to him being transferred off the base prior to the final attack.
* TheNeidermeyer: Broward is condescending, cowardly, incredibly strict with the rules of engagement, and is unable to gain the men's respect.
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* TheNeidermeyer: Broward is condescending, cowardly, incredibly strict with the rules of engagement, and is unable to gain the men's respect.
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Orlando Bloom is the biggest name in the cast, and his character dies only a third into the movie in a vehicle accident.]]
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* KickTheDog: Literally. [[spoiler:Broward killing the base's dog]] really helps make it clear what an asshole he is.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Orlando Bloom appears to be struggling to keep his British accent hidden under a slight Southern American accent.
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* ShootTheDog: Literally. [[spoiler:Broward kills the base's dog to appease the Afghan locals after they claimed it bit one of them.]]
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'''The Outpost''' is a 2020 war movie directed by Rod Lurie, starring Creator/ScottEastwood, Creator/OrlandoBloom, and Creator/CalebLandryJones, and based on the nonfiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Creator/JakeTapper. It tells the true story of The Battle of Kamdesh, the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan, when Taliban forces engaged the American troops staged at Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in October 2009. Originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, the movie was instead moved to a limited theatrical and video-on-demand release on July 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by an IED out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: As expected in a war film, many deaths are such. [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by an IED out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Captain Broward.
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'''The Outpost''' is a 2020 war movie directed by Rod Lurie Lurie, starring Creator/ScottEastwood, Creator/OrlandoBloom, and Creator/CalebLandryJones, and based on the nonfiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Creator/JakeTapper. It tells the true story of The Battle of Kamdesh, the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan, when Taliban forces engaged the American troops staged at Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in October 2009. Originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, the movie was instead moved to a limited theatrical and video-on-demand release on July 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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* CryingWolf: As noted above, Mohammed repeatedly insists a Taliban attack is imminent, only for nothing to happen. Inevitably, no one believes him when he actually is corrent.
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* LastStand: The battle is the example of one - an isolated base surrounded by hostile forces, with the soldiers noting that they seem to just be waiting for "The big one". Early in the movie it is noted that the base was explicitly compared to Custer's Last Stand.
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* KickTheDog: Literally. [[spoiler:Broward killing the base's dog]] really helps make it clear what an asshole he is.
* LastStand: The battle is the example of one - an isolated base surrounded by hostile forces, with the soldiers noting that they seem to just be waiting for "The big one". Early in the movie it is noted that the base was explicitly compared to Custer's Last Stand. [[spoiler:They actually survive, but the base has to be abandoned]].
* ManlyTears: After the battle is over, [[spoiler:Bundermann]] starts to report to TheCavalry, only to break down in tears.
** MenDontCry: Defied. After starting to cry, he apologizes saying "I know this isn't the time." His superior assures him "This is the time", and the tears continue.
* LastStand: The battle is the example of one - an isolated base surrounded by hostile forces, with the soldiers noting that they seem to just be waiting for "The big one". Early in the movie it is noted that the base was explicitly compared to Custer's Last Stand. [[spoiler:They actually survive, but the base has to be abandoned]].
* ManlyTears: After the battle is over, [[spoiler:Bundermann]] starts to report to TheCavalry, only to break down in tears.
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* HollywoodTactics: In real life, natch. COP Keating is situated at the bottom of a "fish bowl" valley, where any attacker from the surrounding highlands would have a clear line of sight (and fire) to every part of the base. It's also too remote to be accessible by ground vehicles (as [[spoiler:Keating's truck accident]] tragically demonstrates) and only barely gives Black Knight Troop enough access to the surrounding villages to enable their purported security mission.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: The Kamdesh elders' insistence that they're not backing the insurgency is revealed to be more and more blatantly untrue as the story moves along, from one of their youth being caught with gunpowder residue on his clothing to the insurgent radio traffic [[LanguageBarrier being in a local Nuristani language.]]
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* PyrrhicVictory: On both sides. The Americans drive back the assault, at the cost of heavy casualties and most of the base destroyed, [[ShaggyDogStory forcing them to abandon it anyway.]] The Taliban ultimately succeed in driving their foes out of the valley, at even heavier human costs to themselves.
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'''The Outpost''' is a 2020 war movie directed by Rod Lurie and based on the nonfiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Creator/JakeTapper. It tells the true story of The Battle of Kamdesh, the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan, when Taliban forces engaged the American troops staged at Camp Combat Outpost (COP) Keating in October 2009. Originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, the movie was instead moved to a limited theatrical and video-on-demand release on July 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The movie heavily condenses the events surrounding Combat Outpost Keating.
** The movie gives the impression that Black Knight Troop (the unit that fought the battle) was stationed in COP Keating from 2006 to 2009. They actually only arrived in 2009, replacing a completely different unit.
** Black Knight Troop was never commanded by Captain Keating (or even ever met him), as he died in 2006. Keating was also only a first lieutenant when he died and was posthumously promoted to captain.
** Captain Broward is a fictional character likely based on Captain Melvin Porter, the officer who commanded COP Keating before it was attacked and was reprimanded for its lack of preparedness.
** The movie completely omits Observation Post Fritsche, an extension of the camp that was specifically established to provide early warning against Taliban attacks (the Taliban attacked it in conjunction with their main attack on COP Keating).
** The Taliban fighter set fire to nearly all the buildings inside the camp when they breached it, forcing Black Knight Troop to fall back into a tight defensive perimeter. This is not shown in-film and Sergeant Romesha is instead shown convincing Lieutenant Bundermann not to order the withdrawl.
** The in-film airstrikes quickly turn the tide of the battle. In real life, nineteen aircraft (including helicopters and fighters) delivered airstrikes for nearly ''eight hours'' that only gradually wore down the attackers.
** The movie gives the impression that Black Knight Troop (the unit that fought the battle) was stationed in COP Keating from 2006 to 2009. They actually only arrived in 2009, replacing a completely different unit.
** Black Knight Troop was never commanded by Captain Keating (or even ever met him), as he died in 2006. Keating was also only a first lieutenant when he died and was posthumously promoted to captain.
** Captain Broward is a fictional character likely based on Captain Melvin Porter, the officer who commanded COP Keating before it was attacked and was reprimanded for its lack of preparedness.
** The movie completely omits Observation Post Fritsche, an extension of the camp that was specifically established to provide early warning against Taliban attacks (the Taliban attacked it in conjunction with their main attack on COP Keating).
** The Taliban fighter set fire to nearly all the buildings inside the camp when they breached it, forcing Black Knight Troop to fall back into a tight defensive perimeter. This is not shown in-film and Sergeant Romesha is instead shown convincing Lieutenant Bundermann not to order the withdrawl.
** The in-film airstrikes quickly turn the tide of the battle. In real life, nineteen aircraft (including helicopters and fighters) delivered airstrikes for nearly ''eight hours'' that only gradually wore down the attackers.
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* HopeSpot: Carter, at great risk to himself, retrieves the wounded Mace and is eventually able to bring him to the medics. They then proceed to jury-rig a blood transfusion and get soldiers who are compatible to volunteer and donate their blood to him. [[spoiler: He doesn't make it]].
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by a landmine out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by a landmine an IED out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. The last scene features Carter breaking down while speaking to an Army counselor about his experiences in the battle.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. The last scene features Carter breaking down while speaking to an Army counselor about his experiences in the battle.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Keating is both highly respected and beloved by his men for his warm, compassionate personality. This is ultimaely deconstructed, however, [[spoiler: as neither of his successors are able to live up to his example.]]
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* AFatherToHisMen: Keating is both highly respected and beloved by his men for his warm, compassionate personality. This is ultimaely ultimately deconstructed, however, [[spoiler: as neither of his successors are able to live up to his example.]]]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Yllescas is on patrol with the soldiers in the hills surrounding Camp Keating, their radios start to pick up chatter from the locals, which Mohammad roughly (due to it being in an unfamiliar dialect to him) translates as being about scarves. [[spoiler: Yllescas is the only soldier wearing a scarf. Minutes later, he's killed in a bombing]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Yllescas is on patrol with the soldiers in the hills surrounding Camp Keating, their radios start to pick up chatter from the locals, which Mohammad roughly (due to it being in an unfamiliar dialect to him) translates as being about scarves. [[spoiler: Yllescas is the only soldier wearing a scarf. Minutes later, he's killed in a bombing]].
* GayBravado: Invoked. Two soldiers are made to hug and tell each other "I love you" for an extended period before they begin a wrestling match.
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* TheOner: Used repeatedly during the battle scenes, follwing soldiers as they move across the Outpost. It does a remarkably good job of highlighting the geography of the camp.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the final battle.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: ShellShockedVeteran:
** Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the finalbattle.battle.
** It's also implied that Captain Broward's cautious nature comes partially as a result of his experiences in combat in Iraq.
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* TheAce: Kirk is by and large considered to be the best soldier on base.
* DirtyCoward: Mohammad is terrified of the Taliban and constantly claims an attack is incoming. [[spoiler: After the battle is over, it is discovered that he spent the entire battle hiding in the latrines.]]
* AFatherToHisMen: Keating is both highly respected and beloved by his men for his warm, compassionate personality. This is ultimaely deconstructed, however, [[spoiler: as neither of his successors are able to live up to his example.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Almost no one in Outpost Keating likes Carter because of his arrogance, incompetence, and his refusal to join the other soldiers in their crass behavior.
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler: Neither Yllescas nor Broward prove to be as competent as Keating. While Yllescas is able to gain his men's respect, he is unable to replicate Keating's success in negotiating with the Kamdesh elders, and Broward is almost universally despised by his men.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Broward is an asshole, but he regularly makes the technically correct call.
** As a commanding officer, Broward must be kept alive because his death could cause chaos and confusion, so of course he travels with a guard and makes sure to avoid being in the open.
** He refuses to let the Outpost Keating soldiers investigate the man they believe responsible for [[spoiler: Yllescas' death,]] because it's not their mission, it's the local authorities responsibility, and US soldiers functioning as police would be a bad look for the U.S. as a whole.
** His insistence on obeying the laws of engagement do make sense. If a civilian is killed, then the base's already strained relationship with Kamdesh would fall apart.
** He allows the Kamdesh elders to falsely claim that a teenage girl was killed by one of their mortars and even [[spoiler: kills the base's dog,]] since he can't prove the girl wasn't killed by his men since they were treating the rules of engagement lightly before his arrival, lied to him about having PID, and [[spoiler:Afghan superstitions towards dogs mean that a dog biting a man has to die, and it is Broward's job to forge good relations with the elders.]]
** As a commanding officer, Broward must be kept alive because his death could cause chaos and confusion, so of course he travels with a guard and makes sure to avoid being in the open.
** He refuses to let the Outpost Keating soldiers investigate the man they believe responsible for [[spoiler: Yllescas' death,]] because it's not their mission, it's the local authorities responsibility, and US soldiers functioning as police would be a bad look for the U.S. as a whole.
** His insistence on obeying the laws of engagement do make sense. If a civilian is killed, then the base's already strained relationship with Kamdesh would fall apart.
** He allows the Kamdesh elders to falsely claim that a teenage girl was killed by one of their mortars and even [[spoiler: kills the base's dog,]] since he can't prove the girl wasn't killed by his men since they were treating the rules of engagement lightly before his arrival, lied to him about having PID, and [[spoiler:Afghan superstitions towards dogs mean that a dog biting a man has to die, and it is Broward's job to forge good relations with the elders.]]
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the final battle.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the final battle.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by a landmine out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: As Bundermann is the base's second-in-command, he's in charge whenever the base's commaniding officer is away. [[spoiler: Since the final battle occurs in between Broward and Portis' times as comming officer, Bundermann is forced to lead the battle.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Yllescas gets blown up by a landmine out of nowhere, and during the final battle, Kirk, Scusa, and Gallagos are all cut down by bullets with no warning.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: As Bundermann is the base's second-in-command, he's in charge whenever the base's commaniding officer is away. [[spoiler: Since the final battle occurs in between Broward and Portis' times as comming officer, Bundermann is forced to lead the battle.]]
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'''The Outpost''' is a 2020 war movie directed by Rod Lurie and based on the nonfiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Creator/JakeTapper. It tells the true story of The Battle of Kamdesh, the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan, when Taliban forces engaged the American troops staged at Camp Keating in October 2009. Originally scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, the movie was instead moved to a limited theatrical and video-on-demand release on July 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not to be confused with the fantasy/adventure TV series of the same name.
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* AnyoneCanDie: As befitting a true-life story.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Captain Broward
* CassandraTruth: Mohammed, the camp's interpreter, repeatedly warns the soldiers of an impending attack by the Taliban, but he is rebuffed because they think he is crying wolf.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: One soldier is caught masturbating to a picture of another soldier's wife.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Carter isn't well liked by the other soldiers because he repeatedly compares his experience in the Army negatively to when he previously served in the Marines.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the movie, when Staff Sergeant Romesha is on patrol in the hills surrounding the Outpost, he talks to the other soldiers about the vulnerabilities of the camp and what his strategy would be to attack if he were the Taliban. Later, when the Taliban finally attacks, they use his strategy almost to the letter.
* FullFrontalAssault: One soldier is shot at by the Taliban while he's getting ready to shower, leading him to pick up his rifle and fire back while in the nude.
* GeneralFailure: Broward is not well respected by the soldiers due to his strict adherence to Rules of Engagement and lack of leadership skills. This eventually leads to him being transferred off the base prior to the final attack.
* IronicEcho: For most of the movie, the soldiers tell each other "Thank you for your service" sarcastically. Later, after [[spoiler: air support saves them from the Taliban.]] Romesha says it totally sincerely.
* LastStand: The battle is the example of one - an isolated base surrounded by hostile forces, with the soldiers noting that they seem to just be waiting for "The big one". Early in the movie it is noted that the base was explicitly compared to Custer's Last Stand.
* TheOner: Used repeatedly during the battle scenes, follwing soldiers as they move across the Outpost. It does a remarkably good job of highlighting the geography of the camp.
* PassThePopcorn: As a way of illustrating how commonplace ambushes are at the Outpost, early in the movie Keating is seen marking the location of the latest attack on a giant Bingo board posted on the wall.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Keating and Captain Yllescas both count as this.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Captain Keating, played by [[Creator/OrlandoBloom the biggest name actor in the cast]], dies rather arbitrarily early on in the movie]] as a way of demonstrating the stakes.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the final battle.
Not to be confused with the fantasy/adventure TV series of the same name.
!!Tropes Associated With This Movie Incluce:
* AnyoneCanDie: As befitting a true-life story.
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Captain Broward
* CassandraTruth: Mohammed, the camp's interpreter, repeatedly warns the soldiers of an impending attack by the Taliban, but he is rebuffed because they think he is crying wolf.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: One soldier is caught masturbating to a picture of another soldier's wife.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Carter isn't well liked by the other soldiers because he repeatedly compares his experience in the Army negatively to when he previously served in the Marines.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the movie, when Staff Sergeant Romesha is on patrol in the hills surrounding the Outpost, he talks to the other soldiers about the vulnerabilities of the camp and what his strategy would be to attack if he were the Taliban. Later, when the Taliban finally attacks, they use his strategy almost to the letter.
* FullFrontalAssault: One soldier is shot at by the Taliban while he's getting ready to shower, leading him to pick up his rifle and fire back while in the nude.
* GeneralFailure: Broward is not well respected by the soldiers due to his strict adherence to Rules of Engagement and lack of leadership skills. This eventually leads to him being transferred off the base prior to the final attack.
* IronicEcho: For most of the movie, the soldiers tell each other "Thank you for your service" sarcastically. Later, after [[spoiler: air support saves them from the Taliban.]] Romesha says it totally sincerely.
* LastStand: The battle is the example of one - an isolated base surrounded by hostile forces, with the soldiers noting that they seem to just be waiting for "The big one". Early in the movie it is noted that the base was explicitly compared to Custer's Last Stand.
* TheOner: Used repeatedly during the battle scenes, follwing soldiers as they move across the Outpost. It does a remarkably good job of highlighting the geography of the camp.
* PassThePopcorn: As a way of illustrating how commonplace ambushes are at the Outpost, early in the movie Keating is seen marking the location of the latest attack on a giant Bingo board posted on the wall.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Keating and Captain Yllescas both count as this.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Captain Keating, played by [[Creator/OrlandoBloom the biggest name actor in the cast]], dies rather arbitrarily early on in the movie]] as a way of demonstrating the stakes.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Specialist Carter isn't exactly stable when the movie begins, but he gets worse when [[spoiler: Captian Yllescas is killed in front of him]] and is barely able to hold himself together during the final battle.
