Yoo Si-jin (Song Joong-ki) is the captain of a South Korean Special Forces unit.

He
catches a motorcycle thief, Kim Gi-beom (Kim Min Seok), with Sergeant Major Seo
Dae-young (Jin Goo). The thief is injured during his capture and is sent to the
hospital. Dae-young realizes his cellphone was stolen by the thief and goes to the
hospital along with Si-jin to retrieve his cellphone.
In the emergency room, Si-jin meets Dr. Kang Mo-yeon (Song Hye Kyo) for the first
time. He falls in love with her immediately. Mo-yeon mistakenly assumes Si-jin is
part of the thief's criminal gang, due to his nickname "Big Boss", which is actually
his call sign. He proves to her that he is a soldier with the help of army surgeon
Yoon Myeong-ju (Kim Ji Won).
Si-jin and Mo-yeon begin to date, but due to their jobs, their dates don't go well. Sijin receives orders to lead his soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in the fictional
country of Urk. Meanwhile, Mo-yeon is upset because she failed to become a
professor due to a colleague's privileged background. When Si-jin and Mo-yeon
meet again, they talk about their views on life and realize how different they are. Sijin, as a soldier, kills to protect lives and Mo-yeon, as a doctor honoring the
Hippocratic Oath, tries to save lives. They say their goodbyes. Dae-young, on the
other hand, faces a dilemma on whether to continue with his relationship with
Myeong-ju or risk being removed from the army by Myeong-ju's father.
Eight months later, Mo-yeon rebuffs the sexual advances of hospital director and as
a result is assigned to lead a medical team to Urk. There, Si-jin and Mo-yeon meet
and fall in love again. Through their encounters in Urkan earthquake and an
epidemictheir love for each other grows stronger. While in Urk, Mo-yeon
accidentally confesses her feelings (much to the amusement of their respective
teams) and the two officially start dating.
Back in Korea, the two of them continue their dates until Si-jin and Dae-young are
sent on an operation in which they disappear and are assumed to be dead. Months
pass, and Mo-yeon mourns his death, deciding to commemorate his passing with a
volunteer trip to Albania. This is where Si-jin eventually finds her after he and Daeyoung are rescued from captivity by "a friend from afar", a soldier from North Korea
whom Si-jin had helped save earlier. Si-jin and Mo-yeon along are happily reunited.
Playing the leader of a peacekeeping unit who clashes with then falls for a doctor as
they work together on disaster-relief missions
Fun-loving yet serious guy