Watermelons across the world feel a little safer now.
Obama voter
R.I.P., Gunny & SEMPER FI.
Yours, TMN78247
USA, Retired
Always wondered what sort of relationship Ermey had with Vincent D’Onofrio after they made “Full Metal Jacket”. Suspect it was not warm and fuzzy.
My wife and I got a chance to speak with him a couple of times. I brought our Weinerdog to an event he was at. R. Lee had lost his Weinerdog not shortly before so he snuggled our dog and talked passionately about what a good friend he had just lost. It was not the way one might imagine a visit with him would be.
“WHAT IS YOIR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, PRIVATE?”
May he rest in peace.
You were in my face aways calling me and us girls, ladies, pukes, pieces of shit, assholes and a few others I can't remember.
My legs roared with pain, my arms bursting from "just one more", my mind desparately trying to fantasize me growing up like the cartoon HULK and whippin' the SHIT out'a you, but you were relentless, you son of a bitch.
But I made it through Basic Sahge (I was in the Army n' we didn't have gunny's) ... n' I was from Boston n' had no "R's .... just AH'es, n you was SAHGE.
And you started me on the CORRECT road to manhood I didn't see comin' until 30 or so years later.
So thanx, Sahge .... rest now .... and I hope I've learned something from you that I passed on to MY boys and any others I could influence.
Thank you for helping me be an American man.
Ermey played the role of Gunny Sergeant, in a Vietnam War era boot camp environment, to perfection. Few actors can lay claim to perfection in portraying their character.