Kony Thomas, who also serves as a military technical adviser and extra for the film, participated in the 1993 military operation in Mogadishu.
The film was originally completed for 150 hours, and the editing department watched it for 6 days and 6 nights.
The French trumpeter in the opening title is played by the son of the director Randall Wallace.
The ending song "Mansions of The Lord" became an unofficial military mourning, which was played at Reagan's funeral.
The image of the A-6 "Invader" attack aircraft in the film was originally shot for "Defense the Invader" in 1991. A few years before the filming started, the A-6 "Invader" had been retired, so it was impossible to shoot this kind of Fighter.
The survivors of the First Cavalry Division in the film were lucky enough to watch the film before it was released, and most of them exited within 30 minutes after the film began, because the film was quite real and they did not want to relive the nightmare.
In order to shoot the film, Mel Gibson deliberately increased his weight by nearly 30 pounds in order to get close to the script.
