Two Marines are attacked in an alleyway while outside a nightclub. One dies from injuries while the other survives but with severe injuries. The team's investigation soon leads them to Stillwater, PA, where one of the Marines originally hailed from and which also happens to be Leroy Jethro Gibbs's hometown. Gibbs, McGee and Ziva head for Stillwater while Gibbs is forced to confront his past as well as some people, one of whom happens to be related to him...