Recounts the journey of a U.S. tank battalion's prisoner detention duties, showing how a group of ordinary soldiers, ill-trained for their new responsibilities, descended into the degradations of abuse.

Searching for answers -- The story begins in Afghanistan -- "We weren't in the CIA-we were soldiers" -- Shock the conscience -- Rumors, myths, and ticking bomb stories -- Crimes of omission -- Silent suffering -- Confronting torture's legacy -- Homecoming.