Marx kardeşlerin üstün komedi anlayışının en iyi örneklerinden biri olan filmde, yolsuzluklarıyla nam salan Freedonia ülkesinin ekonomisi Bayan Taesdale'nin yapacağı bağışlara bağlıdır. Bu da yetmiyormuş gibi bir de uğraşılması gereken komşu ülkeler vardır.
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
Uçak pilotu Topper Harley, babasının kötü şöhreti altında ezilirken bir taraftan da rakibi Kent ile her konuda mücadele etmektedir. Tüm bunlar olurken çok tehlikeli bir görev de onları beklemektedir.