Combat School

Émission télé · Documentaire · Guerres et armées

The atmosphere is intense and the expectations high in this six-part documentary series, which follows -- for the first time ever -- Canadian infantry soldiers as they undergo a technologically advanced, realistic training regimen to prepare for combat. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers are then embedded with a platoon of 40 men and women once they are deployed in Afghanistan, and viewers see how the soldiers put their skills to the test when they encounter insurgents for the first time.

2009 · 45m

ÉPISODE 1

One Platoon

Forty men and women from the 1 Platoon, Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment travel to Fort Bliss, Texas to train for deployment in Afghanistan.

45 min
ÉPISODE 2

Who Here Wants to Die?

One platoon falls behind in its training and Commander Oberwarth attempts to get them motivated; soldiers to to clear a mock Taliban village.

45 min
ÉPISODE 3

A Virtual War

The platoon receives realistic combat training at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre; Captain Cox goes home to his pregnant fiancée; mock battle tests skills.

45 min
ÉPISODE 4

Hidden Enemies

1 Platoon has guard duty without Captain Cox; mock suicide bombing; the intensity of training is turned up.

45 min
ÉPISODE 5

Ready or Not

1 Platoon reunites with Mike Company for a final battle before training ends; soldiers prepare to leave for Afghanistan.

45 min
ÉPISODE 6

Trial by Fire

The troops of 1 Platoon arrive in Afghanistan and soldiers immediately need to put their skills learned in training to the test.

45 min

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The atmosphere is intense and the expectations high in this six-part documentary series, which follows -- for the first time ever -- Canadian infantry soldiers as they undergo a technologically advanced, realistic training regimen to prepare for combat. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers are then embedded with a platoon of 40 men and women once they are deployed in Afghanistan, and viewers see how the soldiers put their skills to the test when they encounter insurgents for the first time.

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