Knowing that Troy will not be allowed to reenlist, the Marines attack him with a red-hot USMC branding iron, marking him as one of their own. Swofford learns from Sykes that Troy concealed his criminal record when enlisting and will be discharged when the unit returns home. Later, Operation Desert Storm begins and the Marines are sent to the Saudi Arabian- Kuwait border. The punishments, combined with the heat, the boredom, and Swofford's suspicions of his girlfriend's infidelity, give Swofford a mental breakdown, to the point where he threatens Fergus with a rifle, then orders Fergus to shoot him instead. Fergus accidentally sets fire to a tent while cooking some sausages and ignites a crate of flares, waking the whole camp and enraging Staff Sergeant Sykes, who demotes Swofford from lance corporal to private and puts him on "shit-burning" detail. Swofford obtains unauthorized alcohol and organizes an impromptu Christmas party, arranging for Fergus to cover his watch so he can celebrate.
They even erect a bulletin board featuring photographs and brief notes telling what perfidies the women had committed (known in military slang as a " Jodie Wall"). Eager for combat, the Marines find themselves bored with remedial training, constant drills, and a routine monotony that feeds their boredom, and prompts them to talk about the unfaithful girlfriends and wives waiting for them at home. When Kuwait is invaded by Iraq, Swofford's unit is deployed to the Arabian Peninsula as a part of " Operation Desert Shield" in the Gulf War (1990–1991). While Swofford feigns illness to avoid his responsibilities, a "lifer", Staff Sergeant Sykes, takes note of his potential and offers Swofford an opportunity to attend his Scout Sniper course.Īfter gruelling training, the Scout Sniper course is left with eight candidates, among them Swofford, now a sniper, and Swofford's roommate Corporal Alan Troy who becomes his spotter. Claiming that he joined the military because he "got lost on the way to college", Swofford finds his time at Camp Pendleton difficult, and struggles to make friends. The last shot is of Swoff staring out a window, and only seeing himself out in the desert again.Update Troy died from a Drunk Driver.In 1989, Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, whose father served in the earlier Vietnam War (1961-1975), attends United States Marine Corps recruit training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. Swoff attends his funeral and cries beside Troy's coffin. Fergus (Geraghty) finds Swoff and tells him that Troy had died. Swoff breaks up with Kris (who has a new boyfriend), Kruger (Black) works in an office, Fowler (Jones) is seen in a bar with a girl (possibly a hooker), Cortez (Vargas) is seen at a carnival with his family, Escobar (Alonso) is seen working at a convenience store, and Sykes is still fighting in Iraq. A epilogue follows, showing all the men after the war. They are shipped home and when they arrive, a Vietnam vet boards their bus and salutes them. Swoff fires his rifle into the air as it was the only time during the war that he got to fire it. When they return to their camp, they find the entire platoon celebrating that the war is over. Troy breaks down and cries only because he wanted to take the shot. Lincoln (Haysbert) arrives and aborts their mission, calling in an airstrike to take the target out. Just as they are about to shoot him, Maj.
Swoff and Troy are given a job by Kalinski (Cooper) to take out a target. Staff Sergeant Sykes (Foxx) warns Swoff (Gyllenhaal) that his friend Troy (Sarsaarg) will be kicked out of the Marines pending the end of his tour in Iraq for lying about his criminal record on the entrance forms.
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