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Mail Call

  • Watchlist
  • 2002-2007
  • 7 Seasons
  • History Channel
  • Documentary, Comedy, Action & Adventure
  • Watchlist

Retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey takes viewers' questions concerning military hardware and technology, then consults with experts to answer them. Topics covered to date include gas masks, Gatling guns, night vision equipment, and samurai swords.

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R. Lee Ermey
Self - Host
Gary Harper
Self
David Sessions
Lead

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Episode 2

Beach Masters/DLI/Hooch/Eureka MPTGS Type 3/ Cabantuan Raid/Arisaka

Fri, Sep 23, 200530 mins

The Gunny visits N.W.S.C. (Naval Special Warfare Center) Coronado to check-out naval Beach Masters and find out what exactly they do. He also visits the Defense Language Institute at the Monterey Presidio to discover how soldiers learn the many foreign languages of the world. Plus, The Gunny shoots the Japanese Arisaka Type 99, and shows-off his brand new Eureka Type 3 M.P.T.G.S. tent.

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No one gets in Hollywood's face like R. Lee Ermey. The former drill instructor and 11-year Marine Corps vet has made a nice second career for himself as the go-to actor to fill hard-edged military-man roles, including a much-lauded turn in Full Metal Jacket. For the past three seasons, he's been happily barking answers to viewer questions on Mail Call, the History Channel's combat technology show-and-tell series. "I get to drive tanks," Ermey says of the show that starts its fourth tour of duty on Jan. 11 (10 pm/ET). "I get to blow things up and shoot weapons." Fortunately, the only thing he's shooting today is the breeze with TV Guide. TV Guide Online: What's the coolest thing you've blown up on Mail Call?R. Lee Ermey: Some old ammunition over in Iraq. We worked with the explosive boys, and they had a dummy in a flight suit in the bottom of a pit. Its head was a watermelon. They cut Saddam Hussein's face out of a picture, pasted it

Wed, Jan 7, 2004

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