The Unit on Tuesday nights at 9:00 on CBS.
It's about a modern day elite special forces unit starring the guy that does the Allstate commercials.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_unit/
Ed told me about this show last season and I immediately became addicted.
Brooke
Russ Cloer, WWII Captain, 7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division.
No haven't seen it, so thanks for the heads-up.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
It is a great show when they have carry out a special ops mission. Sometimes their mission is not that dangerous and the focus of the episode is on their personal lives. So far it has been great this year.
The first or second episode of last year they were called in on a hostage episode with a group of aircraft hi-jackers/terrorists. The team of 2 or 3 arrived on the scene of a parked a/c under survelience and began giving orders to the regular Army. The Army commanders didn't like that. So, the Spec Ops leader just did his thing and didn't tell the Army commander. The took out the bad guys with snipers and then rushed the plane. It was cool.
Steve
Enginears...Engeneres....Engineres----- I are one and I can't spell it.
Yeah they do some really cool stuff on there. I especially liked the one last season when they were someplace catching drug people and they all had to get back to base on their own.
Brooke
God bless those heroes who suffered and died, for plain folks, like you and me.
War is a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
This looks lie a show that I would really like, but I am a little hesitant after getting addicted to "24".
chris
Son of Francis "Combat" Stephens- Co. C 36th Combat Engineer Regiment
24? I never did watch that one. It looked good on the previews but somehow I never did catch it.
I'm guessing it ended badly???
I'm hopelessly addicted to Lost. This season is just moving so SLOW.
Brooke
God bless those heroes who suffered and died, for plain folks, like you and me.
War is a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
The same for me with "Lost". I never thought of watching it until my daughter borrowed a CD set of the 1st season. My wife and I started watching each episode and only lasted thru about 6.
The first episode that had the details of the airplane crash was funny. One closeup shot revealed the aircraft had NO BRAKES!! There were wheels installed on the landing gear but no brakes. I guess they didn't need brakes since they knew it wasn't going to land but instead crash on the set. Ha.
So this year, I still have not watched one episode of Lost. Why? Well, I know that each episode builds on the other one-----we used to call that soap opras----that I feel like I will be totally LOST. 
Steve
Enginears...Engeneres....Engineres----- I are one and I can't spell it.
24 is an incredible show.It is about a counter-terrorism org. and the entire seasn takes place in the 24 hour timeframe. us "24" junkies couldnt miss a minute. I recomment renting the season on cd. The next season starts in January
Chris
Son of Francis "Combat" Stephens- Co. C 36th Combat Engineer Regiment
Chris:
Agreed. My daughter turned me onto it. Unfortunately I started second season with a marathon on one of the networks over a holiday, but was hooked half way into the first episode. Talk about intrigue. Wow. Will have to take out the series on NetFlix like I do everything else.
That is how I got hooked on the Sopranos, Sex in the City and now, 6 Feet Under. 
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
I loved 6 feet under but we downgraded the cable and I don't get it anymore.
Brooke
God bless those heroes who suffered and died, for plain folks, like you and me.
War is a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
Last night the show was pretty good. But the best part was what happened on the "home front". The wives wanted to raise money to buy phone cards for Americans serving overseas. One bought an old WW2 jeep that she planned to give away as their door prize. While cleaning up the jeep they found a Red Cross box that had a photo and a letter written just before the Battle of the Bulge.
In order to get more publicity about their program, they wanted to research who the soldier was so they could tell his story. They identified and located his buddy that was in the photo and he told them the name of the soldier who was killed in battle and who his widow was. Very interesting but a little too unrealistic in how they pulled up this info so fast.
There was a twist. Should I give it away?
At the fund raiser, they invited the soldier's wife and buddy. Before the raffled the restored jeep off, they wanted to read the letter to the wife---the last letter he had written before he died in combat. The letter ended with "My Darling Midge, I miss you so much". The old soldier spoke up and said "I'm Midge".
Enginears...Engeneres....Engineres----- I are one and I can't spell it.
Looks like they should have read the note to them over the phone first. It would have saved everyone some embarassment.
Ed said last night..... "That's the Army for ya."
Was he the letter writer? Did he receive it from home? Did Jimmy write the letter to him? Did Jimmy even sign the letter and if he didn't, what made them think that it was his, did they make the assumption from the photo? I was like WTF?
Anyway, it was a good episode and I really liked the attitude adjustment Tiffy gave the protestors.
Brooke
God bless those heroes who suffered and died, for plain folks, like you and me.
War is a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.
