From: froberts@midsouth.rr.com
Date: Fri Dec 02 2005 - 07:11:41 PST
Sorry Everette,
I thought you were Korean vet. My fault.....
Don't forget a week from Sat. 12:30 Dino's
----- Original Message -----
From: Everette <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 9:00 am
Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
> no I am later than Korea
>
>
> Most seems to misunderstand me on this, I have no problem with the
> man as a
> person. My problem is the persona he assumes to "act" in front of
> camera on
> his show.
>
> He is from what I read an OK guy, maybe it is just me that does
> not like to
> be yelled at. I will not watch program if something even mildly
> interesting
> comes on at same time. I am sure that me not watching is not a
> great loss
> to the ratings and maybe there are more folks that like to be
> yelled at than
> there are that do not like it so he can keep his ratings up.
>
> Everette
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <froberts@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
>
>
> > Guys,
> > Lighten up on Everette.... He's just an A R M Y vet... :) Korea at
> > that.... He's just a big wooly bear.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Floyd Petri <fpetri@eastex.net>
> > Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 1:00 am
> > Subject: Re: [MV] Lee E
> >
> >> Everette normally I would not say anything at all about this.
> >> 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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> >>
> >>
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