Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Doherty aiva wechipiri pavana vatatu vaBernard naBarbara Doherty. Akadzidzira kuva mutyairi wendege paEmbry<unk>Riddle Aeronautical University asati atamira kuSnowbird, Utah kwechando dzinoverengeka ndokuzobatana neUnited States Navy muna 1995. Doherty akashanda somupfuri weNavy SEAL uye murindi, akapindura
kubhomba kweUSS "Cole" uye akanga ane nzendo dzebasa muIraq neAfghanistan. Akasiya Navy muna 2005 somupurisa muduku wekirasi yokutanga uye akabatana neCIA. Pashure pokusiya Navy, akashanda kukambani yakazvimirira yokuchengetedza muAfghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kenya neLibya. Akabatanidzwa zvikuru mukununurwa kwePFC Jessica Lynch kubva kumauto eIraq muna 2003 uye kununurwa kwaKaputeni Richard Phillips kubva kumakororo eSomalia muna 2009. Mumwedzi waivapo kusati kwaitika kurwisa uku, Doherty, uyo aishanda muDhipatimendi reHurumende, akaudza ABC News mubvunzurudzo kuti iye pachake akaenda kuLibya kunotsvaka zvombo zvepasi-zvine simba zvinonzi MANPADS, uye kuzvikanganisa.