Cook discusses his service in the United States Marine Corps during the Gulf War in 1990 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Recounts his reason for joining the Marine Corps; overall service record; deployment to the Middle East; time in the Second Recon Battalion; living conditions and life in the theater; the presence of chemical weapons in the Gulf War and the impact of these weapons on the health of veterans; the PACT Act; opinions of the Middle East following the September 11th terrorist attacks; returning home after each conflict.