Chris Taylor é um jovem e ingénuo americano que decide alistar-se como voluntário para combater na guerra do Vietnam. Chris pertence a um pelotão comandado pelo sargento Grodin, um homem conhecedor e humanitário, e pelo arrogante e sanguinário sargento Barnes. Durante um ataque a uma aldeia, o sargento Barnes dá ordens para atirar sobre mulheres e crianças, dando origem a um choque entre as duas patentes e pondo em risco a unidade do grupo. A guerra continua e Chris, afetado pelo caos e pelo ódio, percebe que terá de sobreviver não só ao conflito com o inimigo mas também à luta entre os homens do seu pelotão.
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically. Finland and WWII, locally known as continuation war, is the backdrop of this documentary.
The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland.
A girl joins the army instead of her brother, who has been injured in a car accident and cannot join the army in time. She is then disguised as a male conscript to save the brother from troubles.
Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.