Two soldiers push their vehicle to the limit while chasing down the enemy, who is trying to escape on motorcycle.
At a base near Kandahar, a seasoned soldier directs a team of rookies under attack, only to discover four of his men stranded without weapons.
A remote base in the mountains of Afghanistan is under attack, leaving one soldier clinging to life.
In Charkh, Afghanistan, a team of soldiers risks it all crossing into enemy territory to capture the Taliban.
It’s an epic and deadly battle against the Taliban to take Antenna Hill a dangerous peak in Afghanistan’s Jaghatu district. In this mission, U.S. forces scale the hill’s highest point to conduct a battle assessment of the area … until Taliban fire furiously rains down on them. When Sgt. Augustine Cortinas gets separated from the others and is pinned down by the Taliban, nine men stay to help, while 1st Lt. Joshua Brewer leads a four-man squad to finish the mission.
When a NATO convoy carrying fuel and water comes under attack on Highway 1, U.S. soldiers must try to hold off a Taliban ambush for hours and protect the hundreds of vehicles under assault. As the soldiers run out of ammo, their tactics grow desperate. Then, when Marines patrolling a canal in Helmand province are blindsided by a brutal ambush, a soldier risks his life running straight into the line of fire to rescue a brother pinned down by the enemy.
As the Marines rush to rescue a burning vehicle, they are ambushed by Taliban forces. Outnumbered, the Marines have to call in air support with Hellfire missiles. Two of the enemy shooters escape the missiles, leading the U.S. forces on a tireless manhunt. Then, on patrol in the district of Sangin, Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Tom Trotter's sixth sense warns him the enemy is taking aim but he can't escape in time.
While on their way to rescue a foot patrol, a convoy of Marines gets stuck in a trench and is ambushed by Taliban forces in Afghanistan. They need to tow their lead vehicle out before the enemy gets the upper hand. And in one of the most dangerous areas of Iraq, a routine Army patrol drives into an improvised bomb with devastating consequences.
See the action unfold as the U.S. Army is ambushed while checking on Afghan border police. When the men run out of ammo, they adapt to the situation and make it through the kill zone. Two Army units in Charkh fall under attack at the same time in the same village. The convoy must rely on air support to save them from the invisible enemy.
The Army launches Operation Mountain Fire a fierce attack against Taliban fighters attempting to take over the village of Barge Matal. In Charkh, two U.S. soldiers play a game of cat and mouse with the Taliban.
While on a mission to check on the locals of the village near the American Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kala Gush in the mountains of Afghanistan, an Army platoon is attacked by the Taliban. Gunner Spc. Kyle Schipritt becomes wounded while getting peppered with shrapnel and miraculously makes it out alive. This FOB is under attack day and night, and before long, Schipritt is back on the road only to be hit again by flying shrapnel. Also, Taliban on mountain side positions fire down on a U.S. Army patrol in an Afghan village.
When a small group of Marines set out after a Taliban squad known to be attacking one of their main supply routes, Taliban fighters turn the tables and ambush the Marines from close range. In the midst of a spray of fire, the Marines' machine gunner gets hit. The team must work together to fight their way out of the ambush and save their dying friend. And, a Special Forces rookie must lead his team through a vicious firefight. Or none will make it out alive.
Ambushed On patrol in Afghanistan, soldiers find themselves surrounded by the Taliban. Running low on ammo, they must fend off an intense enemy assault and hope reinforcements arrive in time. Then, during a patrol of one of Iraq's most dangerous roads, a military vehicle drives directly into an ambush.
Aerial gunner Staff Sgt. Scott Matthews of the Air National Guard and his team take to the sky in helicopters and rush to the site of an overturned vehicle with a shocking number of casualties. Staff Sgt. Matthews' mission is to get the casualties into the helicopter and back to help before they are taken down by enemy fire and harsh winds. Also, combat engineers must eliminate roadside bombs, but after they learn that the enemy has just planted some down the road, each step could be their last.
A Search and Destroy mission unleashes hell in an Afghani graveyard when a soldier gets hit by enemy fire. And in southern Iraq a surprise attack puts a Marine squarely in the crosshairs.
An elite infantry group gets pinned down by the Taliban. Battle for there lives in a close quarters ambush. Also, after repeated attacks from an enemy compound the Marines take revenge!
Blood Brothers helmet-cam footage captures the harrowing experiences of soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, trying to keep themselves and their buddies alive.
Deadliest Weapon tells the stories of warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan who are under constant threat of life-threatening IED explosions.
Follow the men and women of the Army, Navy, Drug Enforcement Administration, Coast Guard and other forces through the chaos of battle with real-life, first-person footage. It’s their vision, their words, their war. We’ll see them ready to face whatever hell awaits around every corner screeching bullets from enemy fire, drug dealers’ knives and rigged explosives.
