At the height of the Cold War, First Lieutenant Anthony Bertolini arrives in Verdun, France and finds a military circus where a headquarters should be. Only a day's drive away from the Northern Area Supply Command, communist armies plot the destruction of the West, but Verdun's young Army lawyers have more pressing concerns. In the tradition of the characters from M*A*S*H, they dodge flying beer bottles, subvert Army regulations, and plan clandestine all-nighters in search of romance and laughter and joi de vivre. Bertolini is seduced, but France's earthly pleasures lead to hard choices - about love, loyalty and the meaning of family.