Season 3 (2003)
Back to main1. Live from the Gulf
This episode was live in Kuwait. Gunnery Sgt. Ermey talked to the troops and answered questions.
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30min
July 6, 2003
2. Super Stallion Helicopter; Flying Banana; Navy Hazing; Seabees; GI Jargon; Tank Ammo
Helicopters; hazing ritual; building runways in the Pacific; the G-2; battle tank
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July 13, 2003
3. M-1 Garand Rifle; First Assault Rifle; JATO; Golden Knights Parachute Team; Barr
Rifles; jet-assisted take-off; freefall parachute team; barrage balloons; military jargon.
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30min
July 20, 2003
4. Rocket-Assisted Projectile; WWII German Gustav; Tent Tech; Pup Tent; Tomahawk;
Rocket-propelled artillery; artillery gun that fires the largest caliber shell; tents; tomahawks; slings.
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July 27, 2003
5. M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets
Military rifles in Vietnam; booby traps; the Ravens; the Wild Weasels; river-patrol boats; the Green Berets.
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August 10, 2003
6. Marine Sniper Rifle; BlowGun; Mulberry Harbor; French Resistance; Frontline Medi
Rifle; blowgun; floating concrete caissons bridge the English Channel; weapons of the French resistance; improvements in front-line medical care; origins of the word "berserk."
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30min
August 17, 2003
7. Marine Sniper School; Hand Signals; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Motorcycles; Loading Palettes; C-119
Snipers; hand signals; Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail; motorcycles; tanks; the C-119 Flying Boxcar.
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August 31, 2003
8. Armored Scout Car; Water-Cooled Machine Gun; Fart Sack; Shuteye; Nazi U-Boats; Stealth Ship
Armored scout cars; water-cooled machine guns; sleeping bag; sleeping on the battlefield; German U-boats; Navy ship invisible to radar.
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September 7, 2003
9. Claymore Mine; 1st U.S. Nuclear Sub; Resupply at Sea; Patriot Air Defense Missile; Jody Songs
Anti-personnel mine; 16th-century Scottish sword; early nuclear-powered submarine; how naval vessels resupply at sea; the Patriot missile; cadence songs.
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30min
September 14, 2003
10. WWII Half Track; Arctic Vehicles; Weird Weapons; Navy Hydrofoils; Combat Controllers; Gunnery Sergeant
World War II M2A2 half-track; Snow Train; strange weapons used by the Allies in World War II; Navy hydrofoils; Air Force combat controllers; Marine Corps gunnery sergeants.
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October 5, 2003
11. Military Pilot Training; Flak; Doolittle Raid; One-Man Submarine; Military Radios
Training of military pilots; flak; the Doolittle Raid; Sleeping Beauty submarine; radios; foxhole radio.
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October 12, 2003
12. F-15 Eagle; Flying Platform; Atomic Annie; Army Missiles; Tommy Gun v. Burp Gun; Measuring Bullets
F-15 Eagle; single-man vertical flight machine; howitzer firing both conventional and nuclear warheads; Army-controlled missile programs; submachine guns; measuring bullets.
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October 19, 2003
13. Avenger; Stinger & Red-Eye Missiles; Military Firefighter & Smokejumper; Kiowa Helicopter; Kilroy
Avenger Air Defense System; Stinger and Red Eye missiles; military firefighters; the Triple Nickels; Kiowa scout helicopter; "Kilroy Was Here."
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October 26, 2003
14. Cobra Attack Helicopter; Sidewinder Missile; C-54 Skymaster; MPs; Flintlock Pistol
Attack helicopter; AIM Sidewinders; transport plane; military police; flintlock pistols.
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November 2, 2003