Elitetroppen er sendt til Somalia for å delta i et fredsbevarende FN-oppdrag. Den pågående borgerkrigen må få en slutt. Et viktig ledd i å nå målet er å arrestere krigsherren Mohamed Farrah Aidids menn. Men noe går fryktelig galt. I 18 skrekkfylte timer blir soldatene sittende innestengt i Mogadishu, der størstedelen av Aidids tropper er stasjonert. De er omringet på alle kanter. Mange skades, mange dør, mens atter andre knytter livsvarige vennskapsbånd. Alle får de smake, på hardest mulig måte, hva krig og heltemot er.

Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?

A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.

Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.

Kingston, Jamaica. After the controversial extradition of notorious drug lord Dudus Coke to the United States in 2010, chaos took over his former territory, the western neighborhoods of the city, where extremely violent gangs of teenagers kill each other for whatever reason. A group of reformed gangsters from Denham Town decide to mediate.

Onni Lintula, a journalist interested in ancient sights and a glacier has joined the Cypriot peacekeeping force. On the beach he falls in love with the local beauty Stalo. Despite the turbulent situation, strict moral rules and the obstruction of Stalo’s brother, Onni and Stalo find each other.