The player assumes a managerial role, supervising unit morale, supply logistics, maintenance procedures, and strategic planning undertaken prior to mission deployment.

The game utilizes a combination of manual instructions and a daily newspaper system to provide players with the geopolitical context behind the depicted wars, accentuating the emphasis on realism.

During the game's progress, ground forces engage in realistic deployments and movements, accurately replicating the dynamics of a theatre of conflict.

The player commands six AH-64 Apache crews of the US Army in battles against the Communist FARC insurgents in Colombia and the Russian military in Latvia.

In 1998, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia–Ejército del Pueblo or FARC-EP (Spanish for "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army") staged a large-scale guerrilla offensive against the government of Colombia.