Combat operations in Afghanistan ended a decade ago but for some, the dust still hasn’t settled. Royal Marines now fight a new battle, the one inside themselves. This is a story of soldiers, told by soldiers, coming to terms with life changing injuries, the loss of identity, friendship, resilience and learning to live again. 

Passionate, apolitical, and told with stunning contemporary and archive footage, ‘Once, We Were Warriors’ changes the perception of what it is to be a veteran, what resilience truly is, inside and out.