Corporal Dennis Benson is a Marine who serves in a special operations battalion together with Sergeant Adler Williams. Despite the tight bond between the elite unit Marines, Dennis has not found the courage to tell Adler, or the rest of his team, that he is gay. Adler's own life is turned upside down when his wife tells him that she is pregnant. Before the men can address their looming concerns, their worlds are shaken yet again. Dennis and Adler are sent on a dangerous mission in South Sudan, where they meet Jafar, a young nurse who works at the US Embassy. Soon all three meet their enemies...