not only have i read the book and watch the movie and but i be station on the uss john f kennedy when they film this . needless to say and film crew and actor can be try to people try to do their job . now and about the movie . a a career navy man and i be pretty upset on how they show life on board an aircraft carrier . i could pick apart the inaccuracy throughout the movie ( anyone that have live on a carrier could ) and but that would take page . one scene that stand out in particular be when they be in the cic ( combat information center ) and they be watch a radar contact move across the screen . each time the contact move and it beep . unfortunately and that equipment doesn not beep like that ( i be a technician on that equipment ) . the book be base upon fact and the movie wasn not . the follow on tv series be just a bad and the navy finally realize that support for this series would just make them look bad . if youre a navy person and watch this to see how a movie about carrier life be see from the eye of hollywood . if your not a navy person and watch midway or top gun and at least those movie be entertain and base upon fact .