Kathy is right, it is told from a soldiers prospective, which I can no more understand than that of a bagpipe player breaking his previous record for sustaining his longest single note. You have to relate, except for the obvious melancholy he feels in the glorious free country he protects.
I'm a big net surfer and don't spend much time in theaters - finding movies out there is as simple as pie these days, so I just use the resources of the net to bring entertainment to my TV. I do like the 16 frames per second look and grainy film antiquing of war movies, from Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and such - but I'd wait yntil DVD on this one unless you feel compelled to see a glum slice of reality.