HONORARY STRIPES - Marine Sgt. Maj. Bruce Mackamul, left, pins honorary Gunnery Sgt. stripes on actor R. Lee Ermey, of Palmdale, along with Maj. Gen. Jan C. Huly on Friday at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Ermey, a 10-year Marine, was a staff sergeant when he was forced to retire from the Marine Corps after being injured in Vietnam. Ermey is best known for his role of a drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket."
Story by Valley Press Editor Dennis Anderson. Valley Press photo by Rob Layman. Reprinted with permission of Antelope Valley Press
126 posted on 03/04/2003 10:05:45 AM PST by Happy2BMe
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HONORARY STRIPES - Marine Sgt. Maj. Bruce Mackamul, left, pins honorary Gunnery Sgt. stripes on actor R. Lee Ermey, of Palmdale, along with Maj. Gen. Jan C. Huly on Friday at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Ermey, a 10-year Marine, was a staff sergeant when he was forced to retire from the Marine Corps after being injured in Vietnam. Ermey is best known for his role of a drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket."