Fighting for Life

My husband and I just saw this at a special screening in Salt Lake City. We hear every time there is a milestone in the number of deaths in Iraq but when was the last time we heard about the number of casualties? It's amazing to me what these brave people are going through everyday. It's amazing how how much medical care is being provided generously by the personnel there, in Germany and the US. This is a film that should be shown in every high school and college. It shows what the reality is of this on-going war. My congratulations to the film makers and those medical and military personnel who participated in this endeavor. Thank you for all of your service.

This is a must see! No scripts, no sets, no second takes, no lighting, everything in the movie is as it was seen live by the producer Terry Sanders. If you want to know the reality of what medicine in the Army is like and how soldiers wounded in Iraq are cared for, don't listen to all the media hype about the Walter Reed scandal, go see this movie. It intertwines 3 stories about Army medical care. First, it follows the saga of soldiers wounded in Iraq and their journey home through hospitals in Iraq, then Germany and finally Walter Reed in Washington D.C. Second, it chronicles the stories of the doctors, nurses and medics that care for the wounded. Finally, it follows students training to be military doctors at the "West Point" of military medicine, the Uniformed Services University at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.

I was amazed to see how Terry Sanders was able to capture the essence of military medicine and present it in such a way that it is easy to understand for those without any medical or military experience. As a graduate of the Uniformed Services University (USU) medical school, it is very humbling to be associated with this film and the amazing expertise and professionalism displayed by field medics, nurses, physicians, therapists and medical evacuation staff who save and restore lives on a daily basis. Their cause is the same as all of ours - to provide the best care to those who are willing to lay down their life for their country. I guarantee you will be moved by this film and gain a new appreciation for the sacrifice and courage of the more than 1 million service members who have deployed overseas.

Absolutely accurate , gritty, and heroic portrayal of our Heroes. Doesn't matter what your political orientation is, or how you feel about the war, your heartstrings will be plucked by this movie, and you will have a better understanding of people that make this Country so great. All of us have been touched by, or have a family member touched by, this war. This film helps us get a better understanding of them and through what they have gone. If you had any doubt about the future of humanity, and concern about it's modern decay, seeing the Heroes portrayed here will fix that in a minute. I was in Fallujah in 2006, and tremendously appreciate the huge risk that the filmmakers have taken to portray the indescribable spirit and courageousness that is displayed as an every minute occurrence there.

This film tells a very real story, one that has occurred for thousands of severely injured service members, tens of thousands of military and VA healthcare providers, and hundreds of thousands of other service members and their families.

As a USUHS graduate, I know that the training was as tough as USUHS could make it, but that tragically, it was very well done -- in ways that the past >10 years of war have proved, and as depicted in this stunning masterpiece film.

Every American, every elected official, and every lover of peace and democracy should watch the film, to witness the sacrifices that some have made in the name of liberty and safety from terrorism. The price paid by some will continue for at least two more generations, as these wounded families all over the world continue to heal.