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Host R. Lee Ermey, a retired staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, reads mail and answers viewer questions about past and present military matters. Ermey frequenly takes viewers on location to address certain questions or types of equiment, and runs the show almost as if he's a drill instructor for the viewers.
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Record to watch 8 episodes in the next two weeks

    Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots
    Revolutionary War Musket; Jousting; Foxholes
    Blimp; Miitary Shotguns; Navy Graveyard; Poop Deck
    AAV; Jeep; Medieval Battering Ram; Urban Warfare; Ball Turret Gunner; Nose Art
    The War of 1812
    Afghanistan
    Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield
    Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks
  • Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots

    Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers.
    Upcoming
  • Revolutionary War Musket; Jousting; Foxholes

    How fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket; jousting; how to dig a foxhole.
    Upcoming
  • Blimp; Miitary Shotguns; Navy Graveyard; Poop Deck

    Blimp; aerial reconnaissance during the U.S. Civil War; military shot guns; grapeshot revolver; Navy Graveyard; G.I. jargon: "poop."
    Upcoming
  • AAV; Jeep; Medieval Battering Ram; Urban Warfare; Ball Turret Gunner; Nose Art

    Marines' 26-ton Amphibious Assault Vehicle stays afloat; jeeps; battering rams; urban warfare; World War II bombers; pictures on World War II airplanes.
    Upcoming
  • The War of 1812

    Weapons of the War of 1812; camp life at historic Fort Meigs; siege at Fort McHenry; USS Constitution.
    Upcoming
  • Afghanistan

    The role of the Marine Corps in Afghanistan; gathering intelligence and promoting goodwill among Afghans; CH-53 Super Stallion; Cobra attack helicopter; MTVR; Medical Corpsmen.
    Upcoming

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Mail Call

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Host R. Lee Ermey, a retired staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, reads mail and answers viewer questions about past and present military matters. Ermey frequenly takes viewers on location to address certain questions or types of equiment, and runs the show almost as if he's a drill instructor for the viewers.

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