In order to stop his eviction, LENARD, a war veteran suffering from PTSD, takes a job as a private defense contractor in the oil fields of Iraq. But when he fails his future employer's required psychiatric evaluation, he is forced to ask his estranged sister, MIRIAM, a licensed social worker who's in the middle of a fight of her own, to break protocol and clear him for duty. Now, Lenard must choose between fighting overseas for money or helping his sister in her struggle.