The story takes place in a fictional world where you play as an elite soldier who is dropped behind enemy lines. Your mission is to take out the enemy forces, save hostages, destroy crucial installations, or mark them for destruction by aerial attack. You have 12 missions divided into three groups, which can be completed in any order within each group.
The gameplay involves scrolling horizontally through levels with different terrain types, such as jungle and desert, during daylight hours. Each mission has a time limit, and you must complete the primary objectives and reach the extraction point on time to avoid being considered missing in action. Before starting the mission, you can choose your weapons and ammunition according to the objective.