Restrepo documents a year with the second platoon in Afghanistan. It is first hand with real soldiers fighting in one of the most dangerous places in the war, the Korengal Valley. The men make a heroic effort to build an outpost named after a lost friend. More after the jump.
There is this place called The Straits Of Hormuz. Say it out loud for me, "the straits of whore-mooze." It isn't a portion of your body that you apply talcum powder to, it's a vital shipping lane. Something like 10-20% of the worlds oil supply goes through that little "elbow" in the waterway. Iran,ticked off that we treat them like they have tiny wieners, says they are "in