Most people have never heard of Pararescuemen – PJs – the U.S. Air Force's elite special forces warriors who are trained in combat search and rescue and to provide critical medical care in extreme conditions. That changes when a videographer records how a decision by an American diplomat in South America causes a simple rescue mission to dissolve into a life-and-death struggle for a team of Navy SEALs and three U.S. Air Force Special Operators who must live up to the vow of their Creed by putting themselves in harm's way so "that others may live."