Taking Fire

2016
4.6
300 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 Band of Brothers
16/09/13
101st Airborne rookies, McCool & Boucher, are deployed to Cop Michigan - one of the deadliest combat bases of the war. With standard issued gear, McCool packed a helmet cam and began to document the year that would change the men in his platoon forever.
2 Hero Flight
16/09/20
After three months in Afghanistan, the 101st Airborne suffers a devastating hit. For Rookie medic, Shreeve, one mistake and SGT Petry will be paralyzed. Shreeve shoulders the responsibility - unaware that the next soldier calling for help might be him.
3 Flipping the Switch
16/09/27
After four months in Afghanistan, SGT Adams now has stronger reasons to make it back home alive. He is also more determined than ever before to get his men home safely - but it won' be easy, as the men are getting desensitized to the non-stop fire.
4 Overwatch
16/10/04
It's the Afghan election. RPGs rain in on the COP and at Outpost Pride Rock, the soldiers face a grueling battle - with brutal consequences.
5 The Long Road Home
16/10/11
The 101st prepares to leave Afghanistan. After a year in the Korangal the soldiers are changed men but six years and a reunion later promises some peace.

About this show

Taking Fire is the definitive collection of modern war stories, told by the men and women who fought on the frontlines of Afghanistan. Illustrated with real combat footage shot on helmet cameras and handy cams, this series plunges viewers into the heart of the action.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
300 reviews
A Google user
24 September 2016
War stories from Afghanistan told by the the men and women who fought on the front lines and illustrated with actual combat footage with helmet mounted camera's and hand held cams, to all the brave souls who fought and died so the rest of us will always know freedom a grateful nation salutes you.
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Christopher Bonnell
22 September 2016
It's crazy how shit happens, one second you were talking to a friend, or you were trying to kill someone, then it happens. That person is dead he had a life and then gone, crazy.
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Diamond Touch Auto Detailing Taylor
24 September 2016
This just shows what they went through. Words can't express how thankful I am for my troops..USA
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