Plot Synopsis

As told by those who experienced the front lines of the ongoing war on terror, LIVE TO TELL itakes a personal, intimate and revealing look into recent U.S. Special Operations Forces missions. Since 2001, the Army Rangers, Navy SEALs and Green Berets have been fighting the war on terror -- now the longest war in American history. For the past 15 years, these men have been at the tip of the spear, honorably risking their lives for their country and one another. This eight-episode hour-long series features stories of: Charlie Platoon and the story of Marc Lee; The Red Wings Recovery -- the Army Rangers recovery story of Marcus Luttrell, the United States Navy SEAL which the 2013 film, LONE SURVIVOR, was based off of; A Battle for Haditha Dam -- a strategically key location in Operation Iraqi Freedom; Task Force Merrill -- a team of U.S. Army Rangers that set out on a mission to engage the Taliban and gather intelligence; Roberts Ridge -- a quick reaction force of U.S. Army Rangers that endured the snowy mountains of Afghanistan to rescue a missing Navy SEAL; Objective Breton -- a group of U.S. Army Rangers who went after a jihadist network; Ranger Machine -- in Iraq in 2006, a team of U.S. Army Rangers lead a covert operation to take out a group of Al-Qaeda high value targets; and The Green Berets of 7115 -- a group of Special Forces got ambushed by Taliban fighters and had to fight their way to safety after a teammate is critically shot.