The Tuckers learn they are going to be parents and this results in rash decisions being made which impacts on everyone. Lt. Alex Pereira and Lt. Kate Butler start getting close.

Major Bob Cochrane gets too close to the daughter of an influential businessman and matters could force him out of the army. Rivalry between the men and women surfaces during a dragon boat race.

2nd Lt. Kate Butler faces hostility from the Marines during an exercise but has the last laugh. Lt. Col Dan Fortune has to break the outcome of the reorganisation of the armed forces to the men and has his own decisions to make.