Captain Karen Emma Walden (Meg Ryan) is a Medevac Huey Commander sent to rescue the crew of a helicopter shot down in Iraq during the First Gulf War. She found the crew under heavy enemy fire, tries to rescue them and then her own helicopter is shot down. The survivors of both Choppers were rescued the next day, but Walden had been killed in action.Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) is assigned the case to determine if she should be the first woman to receive (posthumously) the Medal of Honor For Valor in Combat.
Everything seems straight forward at first, but Serling begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of witnesses. Serling decides to dig a little bit deeper and uncovers details about the incident that both astounds him and also reminds him of the pain and guilt of another event in his past. He must make the story public before the Pentagon and the White House try to cover it up.
