The film begins with the daily scenes of American soldiers at the outpost camp, sometimes they are suddenly attacked by unidentified fighters from the surrounding mountains. The original attackers are believed to be local youths who were bribed by the Taliban to do so.
The outpost commander used many ways to persuade the local villagers to live in harmony through the donations, gifts, money, projects of bridges and roads, schools ...
After initial progress, including optimistic pledges from local elders and the disarmament of local youths, the situation seems to worsen when the outpost commander himself was assassinated and the sudden attacks get more often and more intensified with increasingly advanced weapons.
The climax of the film is a preemptive attack of about 300 Taliban soldiers, while the outpost is completely unprepared, isolated, lacking ammunition and resources are very far away. 8 American died and 27 are injured. If ảirforce reinforcements didn't arrive in time, hardly anyone could survive.
The battle against the Taliban at the Keating Outpost portrays many examples of courage, bravery, creativity and self-denial for comrades. Later, many of them received the noble medals (star, cross) of the US military for their honor service.
On the other hand, many leaders in line relating to the Outpost were disciplined for failing to ensure the necessary defenses for the outpost and delay in aids to save soilders life. The US military has also changed its strategy: closing indefensible outposts in remote areas and focusing on densely populated ones.
