Speaking of his past experiences, a Vietnam War veteran describes the darker, unspoken details of life as a soldier that people often overlook.

In the near future, two brothers seek to fix a courier delivery gone wrong - the package turns out to be a deadly virus designed to eradicate 'The Pit,' which is not only the place they live, but also a living organism.

A man is forced to witness the brutality of nature during a trip to Africa to film content for a documentary. When his coworkers begin treating the only woman on their team like prey, he must grapple with his own understanding of animal vs. human nature.

While on a near-future mission in Afghanistan, a soldier must scrounge up a quorum and receive enough upvotes from the American public before he can execute an important kill.

On a lunar outpost, a group of coworkers pass the time by making historical movies and debating whether history is the product of individual efforts or of the nebulous interactions of everyday people. The stakes of the debate become all too real, however, when a breach of the base requires one of the friends to prove his heroic mettle.

Finally at peace after decades of war, the telepathic people of Gaant and the people of Enith can coexist, including a Gaantish military officer and an Enithi nurse. The two had become unlikely friends after being one another's prisoners during the war; they'd bonded over chess, and can now finish their game in peace.

An ex-military engineer is enthused to receive an invitation to a reunion for Desert Storm operatives, only to realize he's stumbled into an elaborate revenge plot.

A veteran tells his acquaintance about his darkest memories as a solider the Vietnam War.

Separated from his unit, an American soldier in France forms an unexpected partnership with a man who seems equally lost. Their adventures eventually lead them back to their unit, but not before they shoot down parachuters that may or may not have been their own men.

A current university professor and former soldier sits serenely in his office until two students, who are actually his former army colleagues, enter for essay help. The three boys discuss a possible essay topic about a real attack that involved of the army lieutenants of their time.