Restrepo Analysis

Restrepo Restrepo depicts the experiences of the soldiers in Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Batallion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley. The film shows the first-hand accounts of the men who endured one of the most dangerous places in the U.S. Military. The platoon begins their operations out of Combat Outpost Korengal. Captain Dan Kearney wants to expand the forces’ influence within the area in order to affect more of the local populace. One night, they push south and set up outpost Restrepo. The outpost is named after Private First Class Restrepo, the platoon medic who was killed in action. Over the rest of their campaign in theater, the platoon receives contact almost every day within the outpost and while out on patrol. They attempt to win over the local population, but encounter many obstacles as they kill a cow when it gets stuck in concertina wire and …show more content…
This operation brought some devastating consequences to the platoon. B Company lost Sergeant Rougle. Within the documentary, you can immediately see the impact on morale and the emotional distress the soldiers went through. This moment is extremely difficult to deal with as a commander. Some soldiers started becoming careless about their own lives, and other soldiers could not sleep at night. Captain Kearney told his soldiers that they must continue on patrols and continue defending the outpost just like they did after they lost Restrepo. He allowed his soldiers time to mourn and remember the loss of a fallen soldier. However, once the next day game, he pushed his soldiers to get back on patrol and punish the enemies who did this. The soldiers at Restrepo go through many highs and lows throughout the film. They are sometimes extremely bored and think about how they would die, and other times are dancing to ridiculous songs and throwing rocks at each other. But, no matter what happened, they maintained a sense of brotherhood and always watched after