Being from Denmark, I had never heard of this series before I was about 20 years old. In 2006 I was deployed to Iraq with the Danish Army, and I found the TOur of Duty complete series DVD in a store on base. I bought it and I am so glad I did. As I watched it on my own "Tour of Duty" it really made me care a lot about the people in the show. I even recognized a few of the issues the soldiers in the series faced. Further more I was really impressed with the military accuracy the series had. Of course some things were a bit far fetched, but generally it is very realistic. One negative thing about the show is probably what they used too many "redshirt" characters.