A Grunt's Life

Winning Hearts and Minds means two to the chest and one to the head right?

When you find the IED makers house and the wife is giving you the eyes...what would you do?

Murphy and Rich come up with an unconventional way of dealing with the Mohammed situation. Jones gets pleasantly surprised by Murphy, and Captain Berry tells Murphy he’ll be there the next day.

A Task Force Unit comes to the patrol base to plan a raid with the Marines. Their interaction is not what you’d expect.

An injured local comes to the platoon asking for help. The CO gives the order to give aid to the civilians, but LT Murphy is skeptical...

2nd Lieutenant Murphy’s platoon encounters resistance on a raid, but a sociopathic mishap lands them on the hunt for a mystery man who is quietly running Musa Qala. The brass play an infantile game of telephone centered around Afghanistan’s “bright future.”

The Marines of 1st Platoon experience the absurdity of integrating with Afghan forces, when a squad of Afghan Police arrive at their patrol base. Negligent discharges and racism run rampant as the debauchery on base hits a high point.

A female mechanic arrives on base to fix the generator and has a mission to smash Lance Corporal Richards, while 2nd Lieutenant Murphy has to explain the death of their HVT to Battalion Command, and Superman comes back from the dead.

Chaplain Kelly arrives on base to deliver some special guidance to the Marines and ANP.

Marines recounting Azim’s death let their bloodlust erupt into mortal combat on the patrol base, and 2nd Lt Murphy gets the mission he’s been waiting for.