A young Marine named Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, from Sacramento, joins the Marines in the late 1980s and becomes a sniper alongside his partner Troy. They are deployed to Saudi Arabia for the Gulf War, where they face boredom, heat, and personal struggles before the war's swift and intense conclusion.
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A U.S. Marine sniper's Gulf War experience becomes a poignant introspective journey as he faces the emotional burden of monotony, loneliness, and personal struggles that test his mental resilience.
