U.S. Army Reserve members and their families give a personal account of deployment as a “citizen soldiers”. Bridgeport to Baghdad:  West Virginia’s 459th at Home and at War  is a special 120 minute documentary series on Outlook, West Virginia PBS's weekly news magazine. 

Part II:  "Soldier" describes the year they spent in Iraq and how their families coped. The first half documents their arrival in Iraq, training for gas warfare. The 459th company then follows the US Marines as they fight their way to Baghdad.