It's Friday night, and the first movie I want to introduce on my 2021 learning list is Midway (2019) [by Roland Emmerich].
This is the one that just recently came out and it's absolutely an incredible movie and something I think you should consider watching here on a beautiful Friday night.
This movie highlights many areas of leadership, and trust by commanders, and it's something that all leaders today can learn from, especially as we pivot to the Pacific.
[It also highlights] the importance of tough, and realistic training with naval aviators taking extreme risks in order to sink the Japanese fleet and build American momentum.
There's also great respect for intelligence professionals with Joe Rochefort and his cryptologic professionals, his team there providing time-sensitive intelligence to his commander, Admiral Nimitz. And this movie also highlights the incredible bravery of the Doolittle Raiders led by then Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle who later became a general and a Medal of Honour recipient.
Naval history and Heritage Command says this is by far the more realistic movie about naval combat ever made.
So folks, it's Friday night. Enjoy a good movie. Try Midway.
Transcriber's comment: It feels like he's implying that the conflict between Imperial Japan and the United States is being echoed in today's conflict between the People's Republic of China and the United States, and that Midway is a good model for what's currently happening in our "battlespace".
Transcript:
Alright Folks, get your popcorn ready baby.
It's Friday night, and the first movie I want to introduce on my 2021 learning list is Midway (2019) [by Roland Emmerich].
This is the one that just recently came out and it's absolutely an incredible movie and something I think you should consider watching here on a beautiful Friday night.
This movie actually starts several years before World War II in 1937 when naval attaché Lieutenant-Commander Layton gets intelligence that Japan will act if the United States threatens its oil supply, and we know what happens several years later on the 7th of December in 1941. And so that intelligence led to later actions and it's something we can learn from.
This movie highlights many areas of leadership, and trust by commanders, and it's something that all leaders today can learn from, especially as we pivot to the Pacific.
[It also highlights] the importance of tough, and realistic training with naval aviators taking extreme risks in order to sink the Japanese fleet and build American momentum.
There's also great respect for intelligence professionals with Joe Rochefort and his cryptologic professionals, his team there providing time-sensitive intelligence to his commander, Admiral Nimitz. And this movie also highlights the incredible bravery of the Doolittle Raiders led by then Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle who later became a general and a Medal of Honour recipient.
Naval history and Heritage Command says this is by far the more realistic movie about naval combat ever made.
So folks, it's Friday night. Enjoy a good movie. Try Midway.
Transcriber's comment: It feels like he's implying that the conflict between Imperial Japan and the United States is being echoed in today's conflict between the People's Republic of China and the United States, and that Midway is a good model for what's currently happening in our "battlespace".
Awesome!