In this episode of The Big Picture, SGT Stewart Queen takes audiences to Europe to discuss the important and complex role U.S. soldiers served in the defense of Western nations during the Cold War. After World War II, U.S. soldiers occupied abroad to aid in the reconstruction of countries “torn apart” by the destruction of the war. Remaining in Europe, units continued their training as “guardians of our perimeter of peace” to protect against the perceived worldwide threat of communism. This episode shows the lives of these soldiers and how they stayed ready and alert during peacetime.