Elli French is a immature, gay blackness man, reject by his female parent and with few option for his hereafter, decide to fall in the Marines, make whatever it take to win in a system that would project him aside. But even as he battle deep-rooted bias and the grueling routine of basic preparation, he find unexpected chumminess, strength, and support in this new community, give him a hard-earned sense of belong that will determine his personal identity and forever alteration his life.