SEMPER FI: One Marine's Journey tells the story of Jeff Key, who at thirty-four years old and gay, joined the Marines to fulfill his life long dream. After 9/11, Key was sent to the Iraq war, despite the fact that he could have dodged his deployment by revealing his sexual orientation to his superiors. Having returned home with shattered ideals and broken hearted by what he had witnessed, Key turned his experiences into a riveting one-man play. Scotch Ellis Loring as Himself and Doug Spearman as Himself appear in the film, which showcases Key's journey through powerful juxtapositions of interviews, voiceovers, Jeff's personal footage from Iraq, and scenes from his play, revealing the power and dignity of what it means to be a gay American at war.