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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The aide from the White House sent to watch the Medal of Honor investigation. His primary concern is the public relations benefit they'll gain from this.
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* SpotTheImposter: Iraqi tanks are mixed in with friendlies. Serling orders his tanks to stop moving and turn on their headlamps which is not normal procedure in the middle of combat.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: The Army doesn't want it known that Boylar's death was the result of being shot accidently by his own commanding officer. Serling slips the reporter who has been hounding him an audio tape of the entire battle.
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** Serling's commanding officer sympathizes with his guilty conscience and is aware of his alcohol abuse, and sticks up for him during his friendly-fire investigation.
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* CountryMatters: If it wasn't clear why Monfriez doesn't like Walden he drops this little nugget in the middle of their standoff.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The last we see of Walden is her bleeding from a gut-shot [[spoiler:done by her own men]] trying to hold off insurgents with her sidearm as they are being evaced. It's obvious that she dies and the body was never retrieved because it was a hostile area and there probably was NotEnoughToBury.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler: Walden takes the HonorBeforeReason approach the leadership, and tries to compensate in the field by throwing her authority around in a life and death situation rather than trying to inspire/persuade her men. It leads to them finally turning on her, and while them leaving her to die is unforgivable, Walden really could have handled the whole situation better.]]
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler: Walden takes the HonorBeforeReason approach the to leadership, and tries to compensate in the field by throwing her authority around in a life and death situation rather than trying to inspire/persuade her men. It leads to them finally turning on her, and while them leaving her to die is unforgivable, Walden really could have handled the whole situation better.]]
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* WithDueRespect: [[spoiler: "I strongly urge you to dismount the vehicle, ''sir!'' Yaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!"]]
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* WithDueRespect: [[spoiler: "I strongly urge you to dismount the vehicle, ''sir!'' Yaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!"]][[DrivenToSuicide Yaaaaaaaaahhhh]]!!!"]]
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''Courage Under Fire'' is a 1996 drama film directed by Creator/EdwardZwick, starring Creator/DenzelWashington, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/MattDamon, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Creator/ScottGlenn.
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''Courage Under Fire'' is a 1996 drama film directed by Creator/EdwardZwick, starring Creator/DenzelWashington, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/MattDamon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Creator/LouDiamondPhillips, and Creator/ScottGlenn.
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''Courage Under Fire'' is a 1996 drama film directed by Creator/EdwardZwick, starring Creator/DenzelWashington Creator/DenzelWashington, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/MattDamon, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Creator/MegRyan.
Creator/ScottGlenn.
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** [[spoiler: Monfriez, Altameyer, and Ilario are all complicit in Captain Walden's death. Instead of them taking the NeverMyFault approach, potentially portraying any one of them as a soulless monster, all of them clearly ''[[KarmaNod understand]]'' that what happened to her was their fault.]]
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** [[spoiler: Monfriez, Altameyer, and Ilario are all complicit in Captain Walden's death. Instead of them taking the NeverMyFault approach, potentially portraying any one of them as a soulless monster, all of them clearly ''[[KarmaNod ''[[KarmicNod understand]]'' that what happened to her was their fault.]]
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** [[spoiler: Monfriez, Altameyer, and Ilario are all complicit in Captain Walden's death. Instead of them taking the NeverMyFault approach, potentially portraying any one of them as a soulless monster, all of them clearly ''[[KarmaNod understand]]'' that what happened to her was their fault.]]
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** This is noticeably something of a plot point because Serling treats this assignment as rather routine until he learns that Captain Walden was female, at which point the more political implications of his task become more than clear to him.
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* RealityEnsues: Turns out Walden [[spoiler: found this out the hard way. She makes it clear to Montfriez that no matter what happens, she ''will'' have him and the others court-martialed. He leaves her to die.]]
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** Turns out Walden [[spoiler: found this out the hard way. She makes it clear to Montfriez that no matter what happens, she ''will'' have him and the others court-martialed. He leaves her to die.]]]]
** Monfriez is shown to be somewhat sexist, and naturally this creates friction when taking orders from his female CO.
** Turns out Walden [[spoiler: found this out the hard way. She makes it clear to Montfriez that no matter what happens, she ''will'' have him and the others court-martialed. He leaves her to die.
** Monfriez is shown to be somewhat sexist, and naturally this creates friction when taking orders from his female CO.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope There isn't one.]] At the end of the day, all the tragedy comes down to weak people making bad decisions.]]
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* SincerityMode: Serling sounds noticeably genuine when he [[spoiler: pleads with Monfriez not to kill himself, agreeing with him that he's 'been a good soldier' and Serling doesn't want to lose any more good soldiers.]]
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* CharacterShilling: Everyone who knew Walden while she was alive who doesn't later turn out to be a complete asshole thinks she was wonderful. Admittedly, almost none of the sources Serling gets his info from are unbiased, (her parents, the soldiers she saved, the Army brass that are trying to lionize her, the guy who [[spoiler: feels guilty about leaving her to die,]] etc.) but the way the film almost goes out of it's way to portray her as tough, smart, courageous, selfless, and morally in the right at basically every turn comes across as a bit clumsy.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: The film is about whether or not Captain Walden, an army helicopter pilot, should be the the first woman awarded the Medal of Honor ([[PosthumousCharacter posthumously, in this case]]). In the end, [[spoiler:the medal is indeed awarded]].
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: the main focus of the movie is about whether or not Captain Walden, an army helicopter pilot, should be the the first woman awarded the Medal of Honor.
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: the main focus of the movie is about whether or not Captain Walden, an army helicopter pilot, should be the the first woman awarded the Medal of Honor.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Ilario and even Montfriez have this reaction as they watch Walden's position get napalmed after leaving her to die.]]
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* MexicanStandoff: What causes the entire tragedy. [[spoiler:Montfriez and Walden were holding guns on each other, when Walden spotted an Iraqi soldier and fired, simultaneously being shot by Montfriez.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Ilario and even Montfriez have this reaction as they watch Walden's position get napalmed after leaving her to die. Also Montfriez after he first shoots Walden, then realising that she was actually firing on the Iraqi troops who'd just appeared.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Ilario and even Montfriez have this reaction as they watch Walden's position get napalmed after leaving her to die. Also Montfriez after he first shoots Walden, then realising that she was actually firing on the Iraqi troops who'd just appeared.]]
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It is Serling's job to go and speak with the surviving crewmembers to discern what happened during the night and thus decide whether Walden deserves the Medal or not. It all looks as though it will be straightforward... [[TheRashomon but then the surviving crewmembers offer differing explanations for what happened, and differing descriptions of what Walden was like...]] and Serling, haunted by the way the Army has swept his own responsibility for the tank incident under the rug, refuses to be part of doing the same with someone else.
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It is Serling's job to go and speak with the surviving crewmembers to discern what happened during the night and thus decide whether Walden deserves the Medal or not. It all looks as though it will be straightforward... [[TheRashomon [[RashomonStyle but then the surviving crewmembers offer differing explanations for what happened, and differing descriptions of what Walden was like...]] and Serling, haunted by the way the Army has swept his own responsibility for the tank incident under the rug, refuses to be part of doing the same with someone else.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler: Walden takes the HonorBeforeReason approach the leadership, and tries to compensate in the field by throwing her authority around in a life and death situation rather than trying to inspire/persuade her men. It leads to them finally turning on her, and while them leaving her to die is unforgivable, Walden really could have handled the whole situation better.]]
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** Walden refuses to leave Rady behind even though he's been shot in the head and will likely die no matter what happens. (Although he actually ends up living) [[spoiler: This forms the core of the conflict with Monfriez and Altameyer that later ends in her death.]]
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* TanksButNoTanks: The Abrams tanks in this movie are actually British Centurion tanks modified to look like Abrams, a common practice in movies that aren't BackedByThePentagon. The turret machine guns on the M1 and M1A1 are remote controlled and can't be operate manually as Serling does in the opening (the M1A2 can be manually operated, but it wasn't in service then).
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* TanksButNoTanks: The Abrams tanks in this movie are actually British Centurion tanks modified to look like Abrams, a common practice in movies that aren't BackedByThePentagon. The turret machine guns on the M1 and M1A1 [=M1A1=] are remote controlled and can't be operate manually as Serling does in the opening (the M1A2 [=M1A2=]'s turret guns can be manually operated, but it wasn't in service then).
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Serling fires a turret-mounted machine gun without announcing it beforehand.
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* TheRashomon: Walden's entire downed helicopter crew survived except for her, and all give different accounts of what she was like. Ilario sings her praises, while Monfriez calls her a coward who collapsed under pressure. Altameyer is dying of cancer and seems to become despondent whenever the topic is even brought up, and Rady was shot in the head and unconscious the entire time. By the end, [[spoiler: Ilario tells Serling the real story, that Montfriez and Altameyer got scared and rebelled against Walden's authority when she refused to leave Rady behind. Ilario timdily sided with them, leading to a standoff between Walden and Montfriez when she demanded his weapon. Walden then shot an approaching Iraqi soldier only for Montfriez to think she was shooting at him and shoot her in the stomach. When rescue arrived, the injured Walden held back the Iraqis on her own while the three escaped with Rady, assuming they would come back for her. But Montfriez told the rescue party she was dead, abandoning the captain to her fate to avoid a court-martial, which lead to the whole crash site (and presumably Walden) being napalmed. Altameyer was wounded and could not protest, while Ilario was too afraid to. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The three men were subsequently traumatized by guilt to varying degrees.]]]]
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* TheRashomon: Walden's entire downed helicopter crew survived except for her, and all give different accounts of what she was like. Ilario sings her praises, while Monfriez calls her a coward who collapsed under pressure. Altameyer is dying of cancer and seems to become despondent whenever the topic is even brought up, and Rady was shot in the head and unconscious the entire time. By the end, [[spoiler: Ilario tells Serling the real story, that Montfriez and Altameyer got scared and rebelled against Walden's authority when she refused to leave Rady behind. Ilario timdily timidly sided with them, leading to a standoff between Walden and Montfriez when she demanded his weapon. Walden then shot an approaching Iraqi soldier only for Montfriez to think she was shooting at him and shoot her in the stomach. When rescue arrived, the injured Walden held back the Iraqis on her own while the three escaped with Rady, assuming they would come back for her. But Montfriez told the rescue party she was dead, abandoning the captain to her fate to avoid a court-martial, which lead to the whole crash site (and presumably Walden) being napalmed. Altameyer was wounded and could not protest, while Ilario was too afraid to. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The three men were subsequently traumatized by guilt to varying degrees.]]]]
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* UnfriendlyFire: Occurs in both the film's plot and sub-plot. [[spoiler:Monfriez shoots at Walden after he mistakenly believes she's shooting at him]]. Serling accidentally kills a soldier under his command when he fires on his tank mistaking it for an enemy tank.
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* RealityEnsues: Turns out Walden [[spoiler: found this out the hard way. She makes it clear to Montfriez that no matter what happens, she ''will'' have him and the others court-martialed. He leaves her to die.]]
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* PetTheDog: Montfriez is kind of a dick, [[spoiler: (and ulimately the villain)]] but he saves Illario's life when he's about to fall out of the Huey to his death.
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* PetTheDog: Montfriez is kind of a dick, [[spoiler: (and ulimately and ultimately the villain)]] villain,]] but he saves Illario's life when he's about to fall out of the Huey to his death.
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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Montfriez, Altameyer, and Ilario (who's weak and goes along with them) wanted to abandon Rady to escape the Iraqis, but Walden refuses.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: When Ilario tells Serling that the captain would likely have been killed even if they hadn't left her to die.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: When Ilario tells Serling that the captain would likely have been killed even if they hadn't left her to die.]]
-->'''Serling''': "You think that matters?"
-->'''Serling''': "You think that matters?"
