Gunny, you are a Real True American Hero. OOHRAH DevilDog!
To: greatdefender
Wishing I could meet the gunny downrange...
2 posted on
08/24/2009 1:48:40 PM PDT by
Old Sarge
(Marking Time On The Government's Dime)
To: freema; RaceBannon
3 posted on
08/24/2009 1:51:06 PM PDT by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: greatdefender
The irony about Ermey is that he wasn’t actually a “Gunny” when he was a Marine—he retired as a Staff Sergeant, but I think he was a DI at one point. He was awarded a retroactive promotion to Gunnery Sergeant for his work with the troops and generally being a “face” of the USMC. Now that takes nothing away from the fact that he’s basically an American icon now. Heck, who can’t quote a few choice lines from FMJ every now and then? Ermey’s portrayal of Hartmann was amazing...more than just a profanity-spewing psycho, you can tell that he cares about his recruits and that he’s trying to get them ready to be the best Marines he can be.
}:-)4
4 posted on
08/24/2009 1:55:07 PM PDT by
Moose4
(I took my car in for an alignment. Now my front end is chaotic evil.)
To: greatdefender
He doesn’t do mail call anymore. The new show is called Lock-N-Load. Ck. it out.
To: greatdefender
6 posted on
08/24/2009 1:58:36 PM PDT by
a fool in paradise
(Coming to Marxists' Vineyards this 2009 - Wee Wee's Big Adventure.)
To: greatdefender
If not for Ermey’s stellar acting in FMJ, I’d say the movie’s completely overrated. But, his acting is worth the viewing...well, at least the first half. The second half is painfully bad, imho. Ermey has done quite a few other movies as well.
To: greatdefender
I wish I had his job. His new show is great.
14 posted on
08/24/2009 2:29:34 PM PDT by
calex59
To: greatdefender
My USMC son and I met him at an air show......he signed my sons R.Lee Ermey doll and R. Lee gave him a coin.....I was amazed how soft spoken he was. He is down to earth good people......
15 posted on
08/24/2009 2:57:14 PM PDT by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
"We'll never get to the point where we don't need that grunt in the field," stated Ermey in response to a question regarding technology on the battlefield. "When we get weapons, the bad guys figure out how to defeat those weapons. It's always going to be dangerous."
16 posted on
08/24/2009 3:01:07 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: greatdefender
Hope the interview turns out better than the movie.
18 posted on
08/24/2009 3:03:26 PM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: greatdefender
Gunny is good. Have enjoyed his TV series and movies.
19 posted on
08/24/2009 3:04:05 PM PDT by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: greatdefender
R. Lee played one of the helicopter pilots in Apocalypse Now for the famous "Ride of the Valkyries" scene.
21 posted on
08/24/2009 3:41:36 PM PDT by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: greatdefender
Interview with Full Metal Jacket Drill Sergeant(sic)
R. Lee ErmeyDrill Instructor not Drill Sergeant.
A retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant or "Gunny"(sic),
Incorrect. Ermey is a retired Staff Sergeant. Jones made him an honorary Gunny in May of 2002 for PR purposes; ala "Gomer Pyle" being promoted to L/CPL in August of 2001, but his monthly disability check is based on the rank of Staff Sergeant not Gunnery Sergeant.
23 posted on
08/24/2009 10:13:38 PM PDT by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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