Old Jared Marshall's life bogged down following his parents' divorce. Does his daddy put his job he is uprooted by mommy out of Iowa so that she could take a job in California, by moving in with her ma. When Jared's class writes letters to US troops in Bosnia from the nearest base, kind hearted Sergeant First Class Vince Carerra, that grew up fatherless and got divorced because his wife was not faithful while he had been on tour of duty, takes to the kid and starts a correspondence with'fatherly' information. Once his unit yields to Fort Sebastian, Vince calls Jared's home. Because he's likely to be redeployed, vince becomes Jared baseball coach his mum's boyfriend, but within an understanding never to commit.