Exhausted after surviving a grueling 24 hours aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, Gene uses the Officer skills he learned to babysit his 4-year-old nephews, Jake and Hunter.

With Gene and Shannon both committed elsewhere, Sophie convinces them to allow Nick to accompany her on a private-study trip to Mexico. Always the worried dad, Gene soon follows and Shannon is forced to rescue the kids from Gene's meddling ways.