MAKING MARINES — For over 200 years, the US Marine Corps has trained America's men and women to fill the ranks of the world's most elite fighting force, and although technology and training techniques have changed, the spir... more »it of the Marine Corps remains the same: Honor. Courage. Commitment. Making Marines follows recruits from day one on Parris Island to the final, grueling 54-hour test of mental and physical endurance, The Crucible. Witness the life-changing transformation from civilian to US Marine--and the exhaustive training it requires--firsthand through the eyes of drill instructors, company commanders, and recruits in this all-access documentary that takes cameras behind the closed doors of the Corps' top training facility.
NAVY SEALS: THE UNTOLD STORIES
In an era of fierce conflict and global chaos, the U.S. Navy SEALs stand ready to answer their nation's call. Honed and hardened in the flame of combat, they descend from the night sky and rise from the ocean depths to strike their targets with deadly efficiency. Based on first-person accounts, this extraordinary miniseries captures the danger and emotion of three actual, classified SEAL missions. From the planning stage, through preparation, to the heart-stopping execution, these superbly trained young warriors face battle savagely, but in secret.
GRENADA - Braving enemy gunfire, the SEALs fast-rope from a crippled helicopter into a war zone to rescue the Govenor-General of Grenada, who is being held hostage by rebel soldiers.
SOMALIA - In the midst of a brutal civil war, Navy SEALs descend on Mogadishu in the dead of night to prevent the American Embassy from being overrun by rebel forces and to rescue 281 civilians from certain death.
PANAMA - The SEALs square off against heavily armed guards at Paitilla Airport as they endeavor to disable dictator Manuel Noriega's private jet, thus cutting off the vicious dictator's escape route.« less