(at around 1h 17 mins) During the rape scene, there is a shot of Elisabeth's bra being removed, but when the camera cuts back to a far shot, her bra is still on.
(at around 18 mins) When the bomb disposal drone first finds Elizabeth Campbell's body, its camera pans down to show the rope tied to her leg pulled taut against the tent stake. But the alternate angle shot for the audience shows slack in the rope as it lays on the ground.
The spare tire is not on the vehicle after the flat is repaired. Then the spare tire re-appears.
(at around 24 mins) When Brenner and Sunhill leave the base together in the morning after the murder, Brenner drives his car back, and we see three officers moving to the side of the road. Two shots later, the officers are again in the middle of the road.
(at around 8 mins) In the armory scene, Belling takes an M-16 out of a box with an M-203 grenade launcher attached to it. In the next shot the grenade launcher is gone and the M-16 has standard hand guards.
(at around 1h 50 mins) The 21 gun salute as the casket is loaded onto the C-123 Provider, would have never taken place at that time or place. The 21 gun salute takes place at the funeral in a cemetery.
(at around 1h 50 mins) When Elizabeth's casket was being loaded into the plane at the end of the movie, the US flag was presented to the General. The US flag always remains on top of the casket according to military funeral guidelines and the casket would NEVER be loaded into a plane bare. The US Flag is removed when the casket is ready to be lowered into the ground, ceremoniously folded and then presented to the next of kin.
(at around 46 mins) After visiting the office of the murdered victim, the two investigators go to the Officer's Club for a drink. They look around the room and there is a non-commissioned officer (E-7) in the club fraternizing with the commissioned officers. This would never have been allowed in an officers' club nor would it likely have occurred off of the base with officers and enlisted men still in uniform.
Throughout the film, Brenner and Sunhill introduce themselves by their ranks, Warrant Officer, and are addressed in the same way. Army CID Special Agents do not use rank on the job, they use their title of Special Agent, and are addressed accordingly.
When Brenner and Sunhill visit West Point as part of their investigation, they land at an Army airfield on the campus. There is no airfield at West Point. The closest military runway to West Point is Stewart Air National Guard Base, nearly 20 miles away from the campus. It is owned and operated by the U.S. Air Force, not the Army.
(at around 26 mins) In a common Hollywood error, Gen. Campbell refers to Fort MacCallum as a base. The army doesn't refer to their installations as bases. A real Army officer would have referred to the installation as a post.
(at around 7 mins) No jack is used to lift the car while fixing the flat tire.
When the General's daughter is found after the mock battle at West Point, an ambulance chopper is summoned. As the chopper lands, the girl is already on the stretcher, ready to be loaded into the craft.
(at around 12 mins) When Sgt. White leaves Cpt. Campbell's office, he gave a half-wave/half-salute with his left hand. Military salutes are given with the right hand.
(at around 50 mins) Paul Brenner states, "Colonel, you're in the Army. You have no rights to an attorney. You have no right to remain silent." Both are false based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Numerous times during the movie the characters use the term "base" and "off-base" to describe the fictional Army installation "Fort MacCallum". The proper term would be "post" and "off-post". This is a common error, as the Army is the only branch to use the term post, as the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps (and most civilians) all use the term base.
Colonel Kent is shown as a full Colonel (O-6); however, actor Timothy Hutton was barely thirty-nine years old at the time of filming and does not look at all to be in his forties. The normal age for a Colonel is around 42, with Kent both appearing too young and portrayed by a younger actor as well.