 The film ends with Platoon 1141 graduating and earning the title of Marine, with the final scene showing new recruits making their phone calls to home upon arriving at boot camp.During Marine Corps Recruit Training, recruits in formation are prohibited from turning their head or eyes away from their direct front, even when being addressed; when a Drill Instructor (DI) speaks to a recruit, that recruit is expected to stare forward if the DI is oblique to or behind him, and through him if the DI is directly to his front.When instructing recruits, a DI may command "Ears", to which the proper response for the recruits is "Open, sir!"