Yo yo yo wazzup y’all.
I’m late to the party with this ish…but I just wanna pull your coat about this sick video podcast I found while chillin like a villain. It’s da deelio on what’s going down when Uncle Sam’s throwin’ down.
YaknowwhatI’msayin? This tight joint is from the US DoD fo all y’all.
Oh, excuse me. I was just feeling Freestyle Iraq.
From the Pentagon Channel site: “Freestyle Iraq is a lifestyle news magazine set smack dab in the middle of a combat zone…yep, IRAQ! ”
Yep. It’s a hip and happening look at how US troops cut loose when they’re not dodging
bullets from insurgents. Freestyle Iraq full of MTV-style jump cuts, pans, and an on-cam crew trying their best to get their hip-hop swagger on.
And hark, I think I heard a little Public Enemy in the soundtrack of one of the episodes.
Does Chuck D know about this?
Some of the dialogue is cringe worthy (The host said “Bring your A-game” in reference to being on top of your game on the basketball court. The last time I said “Bring your A-game” to anyone I was…wait…I’ve never said that to anyone.)
All kidding aside, Freestyle Iraq does two things: It attempts to show the human side of US troops, which, right or wrong, is important for fashioning wartime imagery; and it presents the military in an attractive manner to prospective recruits (who shouldn’t be too hard to find).
And the fact that it’s available on the official Pentagon channel is something to note.
Perhaps the folks in uniform are ready to get buck?