Ten year old Jared Marshall*s life crumbled down after his parents* divorce a year ago. Not only does his dad put his job first since, mother uproots him from Iowa by moving in with her ma so she can take a job in California. When Jared*s class writes letters to US troops in Bosnia from the nearest base, kindhearted Sergeant First Class Vince Carerra, who grew up fatherless and got divorced because his wife wasn*t faithful while he was on tour of duty, takes to the kid and starts a correspondence with *fatherly* a*ice. Once his unit returns to Fort Sebastian, Vince calls on Jared*s home, warmly weled. Vince bees Jared*s personal baseball coach and after some Cupid encouragement, his mother*s boyfriend, but on an understanding not to mit because he*s likely to be redeployed.