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.