Show Notes
CONFIDENTIAL BRIEF #2 DATE: February 2026 Bootcamp begins. Draftees face brutal training, sleepless mornings and lessons in how to kill. Some break under the pressure. Oliver pushes through, meeting a peculiar group: Corporal Donovan, Ben, Jayden and the ever-quiet Noah. Between the chaos, Oliver is also pulled into an ADF marketing scheme. A storm closes in.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 | Title Sequence 0:26 | Introduction 1:33 | Previously On 2:48 | Part I 7:32 | Part II 12:51 | Part III 17:32 | Part IV 20:54 | Part V 25:27 | Closing Theme 25:51 | Sign-Off
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