The series follows the soldiers of B Company of the 1st Battalion [REF] on their training for deployment, on fighting operations, as well as examining life and conditions at the Now Zad front line base [REF].
Training consisted among other things of sleeping out with the unit for about a month on Salisbury Plain,[REF] mock battles in a cold-war era mock Eastern European village,[REF] convoy protection,[REF] deployment from Chinook helicopters,[REF] military tactics, and what to expect while in country.