 Actors, while working from a detailed script, and the final form of the film reflects that structure, were also able to improvise and add to the dialogue, making it their own.The film features Elliot Ruiz as Cpl Ramirez, a Marine who loses his composure after watching a friend die, Andrew McLaren as Captain Sampson the tough company commander in Charge of Cpl Ramirez, Jase Willette as PFC Cuthbert, the young Marine whose death sets off the chain of events, Yasmine Hanani as Hiba, a young Iraqi woman stuck in the middle of the chaos, Eric Mehalacopoulos as the no-nonsense Sgt Ross, Nathan Delacruz a former United States Marine plays Cpl Marcus with his infamous comical one liners Falah Flayla as a former Iraqi Army officer turned insurgent, and Thomas Hennessy Jr. as a Navy corpsman assigned to Kilo company.