Mistakes

When Blackburn reports for duty, he is asked his "Serial Number" and reels off some 7 digit number. However in '93 and earlier, the Army was already using the Social Security Number (9 digits) for your Service Number (it's not a called a Serial Number). See more...

Trivia

According to veterans of the actual event, when the Rangers got the go-ahead for the mission and were getting their gear ready, "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N Roses was playing on the base's loudspeakers. There were some half-serious comments among the men about the appropriateness of this song. However, the film's producers failed to secure the rights to use "Welcome to the Jungle," so they substituted Faith No More's "Falling to Pieces"--which is perhaps thematically in line with what happened on the raid. See more...

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