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Six-time All-Star Kevin Brown holds alleged mail thieves at gunpoint for police 11:32 PM ET ESPN Kevin Brown has gone from striking out big league batters to retiring would-be mail thieves. The longtime major league pitcher seemingly put an end to a recent run of stolen mail in his north Macon, Georgia, neighborhood, apprehending a 15-year-old boy and another man before their arrests Wednesday. According to a report by The (Macon) Telegraph, Brown hid in a neighbor's yard and waited for the alleged thieves to swipe some mail. When they tried, Brown caught them, holding them at gunpoint until police...

R. Lee Ermey died according to a tweet from Donald Trump Jr.

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) -- The Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program in Southern California got a big boost today, when R. Lee Ermey, retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and motion picture star visited Naval Air Station North Island Dec. 22. The History Channel host of 'Mail Call' accepted a contribution valued at more than $10,000 from the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) Superintendent's Association. Navy Capt. Mike Kelly, commanding officer FRCSW, presented Ermey a check for $9,500 and an assortment of toys during a brief ceremony at the NAS. Ermey said the donated money would...

ATLANTA (Army News Service, July 12, 2006) – Producers from The History Channel’s “Mail Call,” a one-hour weekly show highlighting military history and events, arrived to an enthusiastic reception at Third Army’s Digital Video and Imagery Distribution hub in Atlanta, Ga., last week. The television series is filming its 100th episode on the DVIDS mission and how Third Army Public Affairs tells service members’ stories around the world through DVIDS and satellite technology. “Third Army’s DVIDS and ‘Mail Call’ are trying to do the same job,” said R. Lee Ermey, host of “Mail Call.” DVIDS has provided Ermey and his...

3/28/2006 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFPN) -- "I wanna be on something that shoots," said retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey. That's exactly what the host of the History Channel's "'Mail Call" got when he and his crew spent two days at Hurlburt Field filming for an upcoming show. Best known for movie roles such as the hard-as-nails basic training drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket," "Gunny" Ermey attracted a crowd wherever he and the film crew went. The Airmen of the 16th Special Operations Squadron got a kick out of having a bona fide movie star...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (July, 21, 2005) -- “Don’t you dare touch that remote control, ‘cause you’re watching ‘Mail Call,’” barked Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey, actor and former Marine. The History Channel’s No. 1-rated show visited Camp Pendleton early this week to shoot for an upcoming episode featuring the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and the MK-19 grenade launcher. The production crew first made its way to the School of Infantry’s green belt instructor course to drop in on training. They videotaped students sparring and grappling while instructors supervised. Then, the crew turned its cameras on advanced...

SOUTHWEST ASIA, (AFPN), July 19, 2005 – Servicemembers with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location here are not strangers to receiving letters, mementos and care packages from families, friends and loved ones. However, one sergeant assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group receives enough mail to keep a fully staffed post office gainfully employed. Tech. Sgt. Michelle Smith’s bioenvironmental engineering office has been inundated with more than 400 letters. “In June, we received a large box containing more than 200 support letters and care packages from various campaigns and supporters,” said Sergeant Smith, the noncommissioned officer in...

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2005 – A man who probably is best known as the Marine drill instructor from the movie "Full Metal Jacket" and as host of the History Channel's "Mail Call" program visited recovering troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here May 12. Marine Sgt. James King tells R. Lee Ermey, best known as the Marine drill instructor in the movie "Full Metal Jacket" that he plans to enter the Marine Corps Marathon and the New York Marathon after he recovers from the amputation of his left leg. Ermey met recovering war wounded at Walter Reed Army Medical...

I went to the VA Hospital in La Jolla, California yesterday to fill a prescription and get a new knee brace. While I was there, I asked if they had any Iraq War vets as inpatients. I was told that there were. I then asked if they were receiving enough mail. That was probably a stupid question, because you never get enough mail when you’re in the military. It seems that the majority of letter writing campaigns were focused on the vets at Walter Reed, Bethesda Naval Hospital, and those presently ‘in country’. We need to let the rest of...

Join the Gunny on a trip to Afghanistan and see what it takes to fight on the frontline in the War on Terrorism. Starting with an Air Force C-17 flight into the heart of the war, you'll experience an armed patrol into the countryside; learn how to clear a minefield; call in an airstrike; and ride along on a helicopter trip into the mountains as our troops root out the bad guys.

History Channel features Predator on ‘Mail Call’ SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Retired Honorary Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey, "Mail Call's" host, sits on the show's set. "Mail Call" will air a segment on the MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle featuring members of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron on the History Channel on May 9. (Photo courtesy of History Channel) by Staff Sgt. Shane Sharp Air Warfare Center Public Affairs 5/4/2004 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- The History Channel show “Mail Call” will feature a segment on the MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on May 9. “Mail Call” is a weekly series...

My wife's nephew is an Army Reserve MP being shipped to Fort Dix, NJ for training subsequent to being deployed to Iraq. The family is nervous about his deployment (naturally). Apart from the obvious environmental/societal dangers that are part of the equation of there, the kid is pretty well grounded and has a good head on his shoulders, and should come through the experience just fine. But fortune favors the prepared, so I was wondering if some of the more knowledgable Freepers out there could post or freepmail me any info that I could pass on to this kid. What...

Mail Call Live from the Gulf Sunday, July 6 @ 10pm ET/PT Host R. Lee Ermey answers viewer questions about Operation Iraqi Freedom and fighting desert warfare in a 1-hour live broadcast. Onboard the USS Nimitz, he finds out why the men and women on aircraft carrier flight decks wear different bright-colored jerseys; meets with an Air Force EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) unit that deals with unexploded bombs on the battlefield; and at Talil air base in Iraq, finds out what it takes to rescue downed pilots with the Air Force Reserve 39th Rescue Squadron. TV PG

Film’s Most Intimidating Drill Instructor Visits Nimitz Story Number: NNS030603-22 Release Date: 6/4/2003 1:49:00 AM By Operations Specialist 3rd Class Carla Morton, USS Nimitz Public Affairs ABOARD USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- R. Lee Ermey, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket," was aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to meet with Sailors and to film segments for his television show, “Mail Call.” “It feels good to be aboard Nimitz,” said Ermey. “I have been bugging The History Channel for this opportunity, and I finally got the approval. It is really...

CAMP VICTORY, Kuwait - Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey of "Full Metal Jacket" fame and host of The History Channel's "Mail Call," traveled to Kuwait over the Memorial Day holiday weekend to visit with Antelope Valley troops assigned to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The TV and film star and former real-life Marine Corps drill instructor made his way toward Camp Victory near the Iraqi border with Kuwait for a Memorial Day visit. "These National Guard troops are my neighbors and a lot of them used to be Marines, and once a Marine, always a Marine," Ermey said during an earlier...

NEAR KUT -- An idle mind being the devil's playground, Charlie Company's demons have had ample room to roam of late. After five days parked outside Kut awaiting orders, these men are going stir-crazy. Marines do not suffer inactivity well. At first, the downtime was welcome. Knowing their light-armored vehicles weren't rolling right away meant Marines could string rope between them to use as clothesline, and they did laundry. They took showers. They cleaned weapons. They built fires at night in the windswept desert. And despite orders to stay away from the roadside cigarette dealers, because those hawking smokes could...