[2] He approached the Pentagon for permission to film the United States military, which it granted except for conducting interviews with prominent policymakers.
Dyer was able to film Marines in boot camp, the United States Sixth Fleet, and U.S. Air Force bases in Germany.
"[3] Part Two, "Anybody's Son Will Do", examines the concept of military indoctrination in terms of how enforced group conformity, personality destruction and dehumanization is used on male young adult recruits in order to get them to kill on command without question or hesitation, which does not come naturally to most human beings.
While the example of the US Marine Corps boot camp training is examined in the documentary, it is made clear that the same techniques are used in armies and non-state military groups, since the basic psychology of male young adults is largely the same throughout the world.
Dr. Dyer interviews both recruits and Marine Corps trainers to provide a wide-ranging insight into the psychology of training people for war, as he states, "away from the battlefield."