Returning home the second time, Jake has a much better understanding with his two brothers. It is with this unit that Rademacher comes under fire, encounters casualties, and develops an appreciation for the commitment and loss. He returns to Iraq, where he is embedded with an Iraqi unit whose US military advisors have encountered embeds before and distrust him, calling him 'Johnny Press'. There he realizes what he has collected fails to tell the story he is looking for. After a month of fairly safe postings in country Jake comes home. Jake has to adjust to life in a combat zone, and goes out with reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border and visits sniper 'hide sites' in the Sunni Triangle. Jake is a bit of a distraction to Isaac, who assigns him an embed position with one of his units.

The film follows Jake as he arrives in Iraq at Isaac's unit. Though not under his command, Joe ended up serving in the 82nd Airborne Division, the same unit in which Isaac serves as an officer. In Iraq Joe performs overwatch duties as a sniper. Joe is many years younger than the two older boys, and enlisted. A year behind him, Isaac was studious, athletic and an Eagle Scout, and was offered an acceptance at West Point. Jake thought of joining the military as a youth, but was never a candidate for selection. As the film develops, however, it becomes clear that an underlying motivation for Jake is to prove himself to his brothers, and to himself. The film depicts the toll the life-threatening work and separation take on the parents, siblings, wives and children of the soldiers. From American, Korean, Soviet and Chinese perspectives, she explores its origins, development and global implications. ( November 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įilmmaker Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the motivation, sacrifice and experience of his two younger brothers, Isaac and Joe, serving in Iraq. Now, Sheila Miyoshi Jager combines international events with previously unknown personal accounts to create a comprehensive new history of that war. You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary.

Brothers at War by Sheila Miyoshi Jager