[SandRat]

R. Lee Ermey, host of the "Mail Call" military technology show, watches as Special Tactics Officer selection course candidates read their next challenge during the "Monster Mash," a grueling exercise that tests a canadidate's physical and mental toughness at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Monday, March 20, 2006. "Gunny" Ermey was at Hurlburt to film an upcoming episode of the show focusing on Air Force Special Operations Command. He is known for his role as a tough-as-nails drill instructor in the film "Full Metal Jacket."
(U.S. Air Force photo/Chief Master Sgt. Gary Emery)

[SandRat]

Now Read this Thread!

[facedown]

[TADSLOS]

Fond memories of Hurlburt and Eglin. Great places to train.

[Supernatural]

Air Force Para-Rescue people (PJ's for Para-Jumpers) are about as tough as they get.

Spectre is nothing to mess with.

[yankeedame]

Wow!! Neat! That was hubby's last duty station before retiring. We were there -- literaly, as we had on base housing -- six years. He was sr. NCO at HQ/SOC.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Ermey is a retired Staff Sergeant, only an honorary Gunny.

[ASOC]

Ah, yes - TACAIR

"Death on Call"

[El Gato]

. He is known for his role as a tough-as-nails drill instructor in the film "Full Metal Jacket."

I prefer his role in "The Siege of Firebase Gloria". Maybe not as good a movie, but his role in it was more "real" as was the basic plot of the movie.

[BobKat]

Here's Lee Ermey visiting my son-in-law, HN3 "Doc" Rust, a corpsman who was wounded himself while tending to the wounded in a firefight in Iraq back in November.

This was at the Naval Medical Center (Balboa) in San Diego in December. Mr. Ermey was there -- not with an entourage, or a gaggle of press people -- but just by himself to visit with, to thank, and to encourage the troops.

He stayed about 30 minutes in the room and his visit meant a lot to my son-in-law and the others he visited that day.

My daughter told me that just before he left, Mr. Ermey went into his "gunny" routine and "ordered" my son-in-law to get better. Of course, the Doc was delighted and now watches everything he can on the History Channel and other places where Mr. Ermey appears.