Anthony Swofford, kortweg Swoff (Jake Gyllenhaal), wordt na zijn training als scherpschutter bij de mariniers uitgezonden naar het Midden-Oosten. De Eerste Golfoorlog is net begonnen en Swoff en zijn maten kunnen niet wachten om in de praktijk te brengen waar ze jaren op getraind hebben en te strijden tegen de grote vijand in de woestijn. Maar de werkelijkheid blijkt anders. Maandenlang moeten de mannen wachten totdat er iets gebeurt, terwijl de vijand in principe om elke hoek kan liggen en op ieder moment toe kan slaan. Swoff en z'n maten houden zich op de gloeiende zandvlaktes staande met sardonische kameraadschap en boosaardige humor, en dit allemaal in een land waar ze niks van weten, tegen een vijand waar ze niks van zien en voor een zaak waar ze weinig van snappen.
Nee, helaas is Jarhead nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Sam Mendes | Director |
| Camera | Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Walter Murch | Editor |
| Production | Bobby Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucy Fisher | Producer |
| Production | Pippa Harris | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sam Mercer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Douglas Wick | Producer |
| Production | Debra Zane | Casting |
| Art | Dennis Gassner | Production Design |
| Art | Stefan Dechant | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Marco Niro | Art Direction |
| Art | Christina Ann Wilson | Art Direction |
| Art | Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Art | Chris Cummings | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | A. Todd Holland | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Jeff Passanante | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Edward L. Turk | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Richard J. Bell | Greensman |
| Art | Mark Weissenfluh | Leadman |
| Art | Rick Poyner | Location Scout |
| Art | Kasra Farahani | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Carol Koch | Sculptor |
| Art | John Chichester | Set Designer |
| Camera | Greg Beaumonte | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Andy Harris | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mitchell Andrew Lillian | Key Grip |
| Camera | Brian Branton | Grip |
| Crew | Cliff Fleming | Aerial Coordinator |
| Camera | François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | George L. Little | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Q. Mathews | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert L. Stevenson | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deidra Dixon | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steven E. Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Blanca Garcia | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corey Bronson | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Blanchard | Set Dressing Artist |
| Crew | Gary A. Theard | Cableman |
| Crew | John Wright | Craft Service |
| Crew | L. Chip Crosby Jr. | Driver |
| Camera | Kirsten Laube | Camera Loader |
| Crew | Dennis McCarthy | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Crew | Sean T. Stratton | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Robert Hatfield | Projection |
| Crew | Mark Sparks | Propmaker |
| Art | Andrew Petrotta | Property Master |
| Crew | Lindsay Hudson | Set Medic |
| Crew | Cheryl Andryco | Set Production Assistant |
| Crew | Steve Cremin | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Chris Kephart | Stand In |
| Crew | Jeff Habberstad | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Greg Anthony | Stunts |
| Crew | George A. Parker | Technical Supervisor |
| Crew | Fred Teague | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Robert E. Dingle | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Crew | John A. Brubaker | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Sharon Mann | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Jeff M. Lewis | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Clark Higgins | Video Assist Operator |
| Crew | Kent Blocher | Visual Effects Editor |
| Directing | Alan B. Curtiss | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luke Longin | Layout |
| Directing | Jayne-Ann Tenggren | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Kenny Becker | Color Timer |
| Sound | Richard Quinn | Dialogue Editor |
| Lighting | Danny Ault | Electrician |
| Lighting | Ken W. Ballantine | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Edward R. Nedin | Rigging Gaffer |
| Production | Tannis Vallely | Casting Associate |
| Production | Murray Miller | Location Manager |
| Production | Mark Mayer | Production Accountant |
| Production | Lois Walker | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Gerald Scaife | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Marvin E. Lewis | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Brian Chumney | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bill Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Thomas Pasatieri | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Thomas Vicari | Scoring Mixer |
| Sound | Kyrsten Mate | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Larry Schalit | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kyrsten Mate | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Pat Jackson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Visual Effects | Matt Brumit | Digital Compositors |
| Visual Effects | Christopher Cram | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Jennifer Bell | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Pablo Helman | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Christian Alzmann | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Editing | Pat Jackson | Additional Editing |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matt Chase | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ma. Teresa Chavez | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Iannaccone | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Constantine Sekeris | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Glenn H. Roberts | On Set Dresser |
| Directing | Cy Roscoe Strickland | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Basti Van Der Woude | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jody Spilkoman | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jeff Habberstad | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Mark W. Brown | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Phillip Cappe | Concept Artist |
| Art | Kim Lincoln | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Eric Ramsey | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Deborah Ross | Title Designer |
| Sound | Jane McCulley | ADR Editor |
| Sound | David Boulton | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Krissopher Chevannes | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Jon Logan | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jeremy Molod | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Ben Conrad | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | James Willetts | Foley Recordist |
| Crew | Christian Eubank | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Jerome Bakum | Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Martin Rosenberg | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Todd Martin | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Camera | Will Dearborn | Additional Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Quinn Grove | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Jason Corica | Camera Production Assistant |
| Camera | Seong Dilg | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Matthew Haskins | Second Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Peter Daulton | Lead Animator |
| Production | David H. Kramer | ADR Voice Casting |
| Production | Stacy Opalewski | Casting Assistant |
| Editing | R. Orlando Duenas | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Sean Cullen | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Curtis Lindersmith | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Editing | Terra Bliss | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Production | Bill Ceresia | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Bridget Cleary | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Timber Kislan | Location Assistant |
| Production | Deedra Ricketts | Location Casting |
| Sound | George Budd | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Jim Dunbar | Music Coordinator |
| Production | Enriqueta 'Queta' Amador | Accountant |
| Production | Chesley Phipps | Assistant Accountant |
| Lighting | David Burnett | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Alejandra Cárdenas | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Lighting | Chris Napolitano | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Ruben Marquez | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | Edna Wilkerson | First Assistant Accountant |
| Crew | Michael DePue | Generator Operator |
| Lighting | Gary Kangrga | Key Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Jason Blaise Cunningham | Rigging Grip |
| Production | Terrence B. Zinn | Key Set Production Assistant |
| Production | Faith Hibbs-Clark | Local Casting |
| Production | John Montgomery | Payroll Accountant |
| Crew | Skip Holm | Pilot |
| Production | Jake Borowski | Production Assistant |
| Production | Julio Salazar | Production Driver |
| Production | R. Dawn Vigil | Production Secretary |
| Visual Effects | Stephanie Taubert | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Writing | Sam Chouia | Script Consultant |
| Production | Skylar Schmidt | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Jennifer Gillespie | Travel Coordinator |
| Writing | Anthony Swofford | Book |
| Writing | William Broyles Jr. | Screenplay |
| Crew | P. David Miller | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Jeanie King | Visual Effects Producer |
