This one-hour NOW features the soldiers of the Third Infantry Division, many of whom have been deployed an unprecedented third time to the battlefields of Iraq.
 
NOW was with the soldiers as they experienced truncated combat training in Ft. Stewart, Georgia, and then were shipped out to Iraq. They are stationed in the area called the Sunni Triangle, which includes Fallujah and Ramadi.

The program follows the soldiers as they attempt to carry out the new policy of "clear, hold, build"in towns and villages across the province of Anbar. It's a tall order. Three years ago, Fallujah had been the scene for some of the bloodiest fighting of the Iraq War, when Marine units attempted to take the city after the killing of four civilian contractors. Now, the U.S. Army has formed an uneasy partnership with Sunni tribal leaders, who had previously been fighting the Americans. They're allied against Al Qaeda insurgents, but can it be successful?

The coverage also includes an intimate look the lives of the soldiers'families. NOW spent time with these soldiers and their families in the final weeks before they left behind newborn babies, young children, fiancées and wives and checks in as newborns become toddlers and as birthdays and anniversaries come - and go.

"I think my biggest hope for this next year is just for it to go quickly and smoothly. I don't want anything major to happen to any of my guys or the rest of the squad or platoon,"soldier Michael Murphy tells NOW. "My biggest concern is just to make it home with ten fingers and toes."