The First Recon Marines prepare to invade Iraq and the soldiers try to pass the time while they wait.
Bravo company heads toward Nasiriyah, where Alpha company is involved in a skirmish. A wrong turn causes Bravo to lag behind other companies.
On new orders, Bravo heads to the town of Ar Rifa, where Fick tries to take control of a dangerous situation created by Encino Man, who requests an artillery strike on a phantom RPG team. After Alpha Company shells the town, Ferrando issues a new, more urgent order: push ahead 40 kilometers and capture an airstrip controlled by Iraq's Republican Guard and defended by tanks.
First Recon is down to one meal a day. Bravo sets up a roadblock.
The First Recon learns about a planned ambush on a bridge ahead from local Iraqis.
The first Recon must escort civilians who are fleeing Baghdad down the highway.