Following the eruption of several brushfire wars in Latin America, and amidst a crippling recession, the United States institutes a policy of mandatory military service for all males aged 18 to 39 for a period of two years. As small localized conflicts in Honduras, Belize, and Costa Rica intensify, spilling into Panama and threatening the security of the Panama Canal, the United States escalates its involvement in the region by deploying elements of the II Marine Expeditionary Force and the Marine Special Operations Command.

It is here we find our protagonist and the men of Delta Company, 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion embroiled in a bitter struggle against an entrenched enemy, unforgiving terrain, and the Marine Corps Asset Development Command who will do anything to keep them operational.

Addendum: This film could easily be considered a cross between Jacob's Ladder and Black Hawk Down. The conflict is merely a stage on which a deeper story play out about the men and the trauma they experience.