From: froberts@midsouth.rr.com
Date: Fri Dec 02 2005 - 05:32:40 PST
Guys,
----- Original Message -----
> Everette normally I would not say anything at all about this.
Lighten up on Everette.... He's just an A R M Y vet... :) Korea at
that.... He's just a big wooly bear.
From: Floyd Petri <fpetri@eastex.net>
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 1:00 am
Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
> However, your
> 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.
>
> However, if the answer is yes then that generates another
> question. How did
> 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???
>
> However, if the answer is no then all of us veterans now know and
> owning or
> 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???
>
> Now I don't have my flame shields up because I am retired military
> and I
> like the abuse. "More PT Sergeant". So I will answer your last
> paragraph
> with this:
>
> Ever see the movie "Star Ship Troopers"? I believe I would vote
> yes to have
> 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.
>
> That being said Hanoi Jane is a traitor and should be tried as one
> instead
> 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.
> Floyd
> Retired U.S. Army
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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> >>
> >>
> >>
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