(Garza) With ammo running out after every regular location attempt failed, the armored platoon passes lieutenant Shane Aguero's beleaguered men, but his desperately-heroic surge carrying a simple flash-lamp saves them last minute, Alim's 'host' family is released. The regiment licks its many wounds and mourns several body-bags, preparing for repatriation. tense mounts at the home-front, as the finalized body count is to be followed by final notifications of deaths in action. Having found his family moved-out, Jassim joins as regular soldier. The official welcome ceremonies are again torment for families waiting to be reunited, but spouses already sense these trauma-induced guilt etc. will never truly go away, whether the men reenlist or leave the army, in Young's case even as peace activist. Written by KGF Vissers
All Episodes - S01
EPS01
After Saddam's defeat, rookies Allied troops fear a 'boring' job compared to the Afghan front, but veterans realize dangers still lurk all around. 1st Cavalry Lt. Shane A ...
EPS03
Lieutenant Shane Aguero's platoon is part of 'routine' patrols in Baghdad's unruly Shiite sector Sadr City, but gets cut off and isolated, surrounded by hostile militia. ...
EPS04
Staff sergeant Robert Miltenberger was traumatized on earlier deployment in Bosnia by a desperate mother who chose to walk with her dead baby into a mine field, believing ...
EPS06
After the funeral of their grandfather, a Korean war hero, Texan rowdy brothers Tomas and Nathan 'Nate' Young signed up, Tommy first scoring and wedding former hippie cla ...
EPS07
Sergeant Eric Bourquin had a lousy youth in a poor, dysfunctional Texas small town family, feeling close and relatively safe only with kid brother Danny, bullied at schoo ...
EPS08
(Garza) With ammo running out after every regular location attempt failed, the armored platoon passes lieutenant Shane Aguero's beleaguered men, but his desperately-heroi ...