Primarily documents the life of Sandra Marie George Robinson and service with the United States Army Reserve. Robinson recalls feeling that she and the other females in basic training were being tested mentally and physically; the intensity of the training, including having to low-crawl under barbed wire while shots were fired above her head; and the challenge of learning to drive an 18-wheel tractor-trailer. Robinson shares her belief that she and her U.S. Army Reserve unit were not mentally or physically prepared in the event of an overseas deployment; that they should have received counseling and support before they deployed to a combat zone; and that that support was going to involve different needs than someone who hadn't been in a combat situation. She also shares her distress due to the lack of transition assistance after her deployment.