Their boys enjoy a visit from self-invited grandmother Marda Brooks, but she's leaving by the time Trevor convinces her it's unfair to talk out on the family her frustration over his decision not to leave the army for Chase's job offer. Generals Holden and Clarke are ordered to prepare the division, surprisingly soon, for another tour of active duty, about a year in Pakistan, collateral to the Afghan NATO front. Colonel Sherwood feels sidetracked by Clarke and encourages DEnise to enroll for a two years academic nursing course, as advised by base hospital doctor Dan Seaver. hector and Gloria's marriage counseling produced nothing for months, but when divorce and homelessness is suggested as only alternative, they decide to reunite.
—KGF Vissers