From: Floyd Petri (fpetri@eastex.net)
Date: Thu Dec 01 2005 - 23:00:34 PST
Everette normally I would not say anything at all about this. However, your
However, if the answer is yes then that generates another question. How did
However, if the answer is no then all of us veterans now know and owning or
Now I don't have my flame shields up because I am retired military and I
Ever see the movie "Star Ship Troopers"? I believe I would vote yes to have
That being said Hanoi Jane is a traitor and should be tried as one instead
Floyd
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last paragraph leads me to believe that I should ask this question. Have you
ever been in the military and if so what branch? I don't know you and I have
never met you or remember anyone discussing you so I really don't know the
answer to the question.
you ever slip threw the crack and not get torn all the way down from a
civilian slimeball and then built up again as a mean lean fighting machine?
Have the Political Influence stamp on your 201 file? Or maybe you missed
being torn down and are still a slimeball???
having an interest in military vehicles does not make you a veteran or makes
you know and understand that "slimeball" in the military is a form of
affection between a Drill Instructor and his/her trainee. Magget is another
one. Or whatever???
like the abuse. "More PT Sergeant". So I will answer your last paragraph
with this:
their system. You must join the military to become a citizen and get the
right to vote. NO MILITARY and you are not SHI-. Not a citizen and you can't
vote. If all the veterans would get together and vote as a block we could
solve all our problems because there are that many of us and we could get
anything that we wanted. So how in the world can you let the atheist and
communist and "unmentionables" allow movies that use the MF and F words
every other word and you only are offended by "Slimeball"? There definately
is something wrong in America or soon to be Amerika.
of being voted Woman of the Year. I could go on and on, but what does that
have to do with military vehicles? Waiting for your answer to the question.
Retired U.S. Army
From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
> Well here I go, I caused - to my regret - the start of this thread, and
> have said very little more about it; that said, --
>
> -- I have my flame shield up against the onslaught I expect when I say
> this ::
>
> "I enjoy the show and only problem I have is Lee's attitude that he takes
> when he calls the audience "slimeball" and other demeaning terms he uses."
>
> It is beyond my comprehension that the US Marine Corp, which is a fine
> organization, can be proud to have him represent them. Maybe what I have
> heard "any publicity is better than none" is true..
>
> Everette
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Ramsell" <daram@comcast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
>
>
>> Glenn
>>
>> He was awarded that rank recently as an Honorary title by the Marine
>> Corps. I believe it was for presenting a positive image of the Marine and
>> the U.S. military in general on Mail Call. If memory serves me correct.
>> His Gunny Sgt. rank was presented to him on a episode of Mail Call.
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Glen Closson" <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
>>
>>
>>>I stand corrected. This is what I found:
>>>
>>> Ronald Lee Ermey is a retired Staff Sergeant of the United States Marine
>>> Corps. After serving more than 10 years (1961 to 1971), including a
>>> brief stint as a Drill Instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San
>>> Diego, India Company 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Ermey retired on a
>>> medical disability and took up acting. In 1987, he took the role that
>>> would define his persona for the forseeable future, that of Gunnery
>>> Sergeant Hartman, the foul-mouthed, abrasive drill instructor in Stanley
>>> Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. He has since applied that persona to a
>>> number of projects, most recently "Mail Call," a question-and-answer
>>> type program about antique weaponry.
>>>
>>> What I was thinking of was the rank of "Gunny." He didn't receive that
>>> rank until after he left the Corps.
>>>
>>> Glen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: froberts@midsouth.rr.com
>>> Sent: Dec 1, 2005 8:04 AM
>>> To: Glen Closson <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
>>> Cc: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
>>>
>>> This is his Bio from the history Channel. He was a Marine for 11 years
>>> and a DI for 2 years.
>>> =======================================================================
>>> =========
>>> About The Host
>>>
>>> Golden Globe nominee and Boston Society of Film Critics Award Winner
>>> for Best Supporting Actor in director Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal
>>> Jacket, R. Lee Ermey, after more than 25 years in the business, is one
>>> of the most successful and talented actors in film and television
>>> today.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> His numerous roles in feature film include: Switchback, starring
>>> opposite Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover, Dead Man Walking, Seven,
>>> Leaving Las Vegas, Murder In The First, Life, The Frighteners and
>>> Sommersby, as well as his critically acclaimed role opposite Jared
>>> Leto in Prefontaine. He continues doing numerous voiceover roles which
>>> span from The Simpsons to Toy Story("1" and "2").
>>>
>>> Ermey served 11 years active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He rose
>>> to the rank of staff NCO, served two years as a drill instructor and a
>>> tour of duty in Viet Nam. Medically retired in 1971, he used his G.I.
>>> Bill benefits, and enrolled at the University of Manila in the
>>> Philippines where he studied drama. Francis Ford Coppola was filming
>>> Apocalypse Now in the area and cast Ermey in a featured role. He has
>>> since gone on to star or appear in approximately sixty films.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ermey is no stranger to prestigious television either. He has starred
>>> in numerous telefilms including HBO's Weapons of Mass Distraction,
>>> TNT's The Rough Riders, and TNT's You Know My Name, starring Sam
>>> Elliot, as well as Showtime's The Apartment Complex.
>>>
>>> Lee starred with Elizabeth Pena in the feature On the Borderline. Just
>>> before that, Lee was in the feature film Skipped Parts, with Jennifer
>>> Jason Leigh and Drew Barrymore. Recently, Lee starred in Saving
>>> Silverman with Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet.
>>> Lee appears opposite Jeff Bridges in Scenes of the Crime and Harvey
>>> Keitel in Taking Sides. For New Line he appeared in Run Ronnie Run and
>>> starred in the remake of Willard with Crispin Glover. Also for New
>>> Line, he stars in the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Lee is also
>>> hosting his own show for The History Channel, MAIL CALL, which focuses
>>> on military technology past, present and future. It continues to be
>>> one of the highest rated series on The History Channel. Lee has
>>> recently begun filming Cheer Up with Tommy Lee Jones for Revolution
>>> Studios.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Glen Closson <glen_closson@earthlink.net>
>>> Date: Thursday, December 1, 2005 9:51 am
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
>>>
>>>> I didn't think Lee was a DI in real life, only in the movies.
>>>>
>>>> I beleive he was granted an "Honorary DI" title.
>>>>
>>>> Glen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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