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  • S06E01 Ballista/Pedersen Device/Peashooter

    • March 4, 2005
    • History

    Ermey demos a 2,000-year-old Ballista spear-thrower and a WWI Pedersen Device; examines Humvee armor protection; checks out the Rhino PAK; rides a monoplane and shares memories of his beloved Jeep.

  • S06E02 NORAD

    • March 11, 2005
    • History

    The history of NORAD includes a tour of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center in Colorado.

  • S06E03 Afghanistan

    • March 18, 2005
    • History

    Ermey returns to Afghanistan; goes on foot patrol around Kabul; tests a CH-53 Super Stallion and an MTVR; gets trigger time with a Cobra attack helicopter and spends time with Medical Corpsmen.

  • S06E04 SS Lane Victory

    • April 1, 2005
    • History

    Ermey boards the SS Lane Victory; explores the role of Merchant Marines, Navy Armed Guard and the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII and examines armed-robot SWORDS being deployed on the battlefield.

  • S06E05 The Pentagon

    • April 29, 2005
    • History

    Ermey tours the Pentagon; gets trigger time with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s UMP40 submachine gun; infiltrates Army Operating Center; and looks back on how 9/11 changed the Pentagon.

  • S06E06 29 Palms

    • May 13, 2005
    • History

    Ermey tours a Marine Corps Training Center and joins a training exercise; mounts an Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle; and compares the US Marine and German firepower at the Battle of Belleau Wood.

  • S06E07 Civil War Special

    • May 22, 2005
    • History

    Ermey demos Civil War weapons; examines cavalry gear; looks at the Le Mat 9-shot pistol; cooks up salt pork and hard tack; trains like a Zouave and explores the guns and gear of the Civil War.

  • S06E08 Iwo Jima Special

    • May 27, 2005
    • History

    Ermey travels to the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima with 86 veterans of the WWII invasion to relive the US Marine Corps' most heroic battle.

  • S06E09 Gator Navy

    • June 3, 2005
    • History

    Ermey ships out with the Gator Navy and joins in drills; gets an A-Z rundown on ship repair; and looks back on Rosie the Riveter and the Battle of the Coral Sea.

  • S06E10 B-2

    • June 10, 2005
    • History

    Ermey rides a B-2 Stealth Bomber with the 509th Bomber Group at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The Gunny pays tribute to the 509th’s Enola Gay and other World War II bombers.

  • S06E11 Abrams M1-A1/Kasserine Pass and El Guttar

    • June 17, 2005
    • History

    Ermey trains with an Abrams M1-A1 tank; explores the Battle of Kasserine Pass and WWII reporter Ernie Pyle; and tests a new kind of full body armor.

  • S06E12 Benelli M4 Shotgun/st Air Cav in Vietnam/Germany's WWII ME-163 Komet & Kubelwagen

    • June 24, 2005
    • History

    Ermey tests a Benelli M4 shotgun; profiles a Medal of Honor winner; explores the Battle of Ia Drang; gets behind the wheel of a Kubelwagen; and examines the ME-163 Komet fighter plane.

Season 7

  • S07E01 MK-19 Grenade Launcher/PPSH-41/WWII Weasel/Vertijet

    • September 16, 2005
    • History

    Ermey visits Camp Pendleton; gets trigger time with the MK-19 grenade launcher; explores Russian tactics and weapons of WWII; test drives a WWII Weasel; and profiles the failed Vertijet.

  • S07E02 Beach Master/DLI/Hooch/Eureka MPTGS Type 3 Tent/Cabanatuan Raid/Arisaka Rifle

    • September 23, 2005
    • History

    Ermey explains the origins of “hooch”; explores a Eureka MPTGS Type 3 tent; demos an Arisaka rifle; and examines the WWII raid at Cabantuan by Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas.

  • S07E03 German Renaissance/9mm Luger P-08/AFN/Battle of Britain

    • September 30, 2005
    • History

    Ermey explores the weapons of the German Renaissance; demos the 9mm Luger P-08; explores the Battle of Britain and the history of American Forces Network; and salutes WWII journalist Bill Mauldin.

  • S07E04 Hurricane Katrina

    • October 6, 2005
    • History

    Ermey hits the skies with Air Force Pararescue Teams; goes on patrol with the Marines and explores clean-up efforts; and visits the French Quarter with the 82nd Airborne and the Army National Guard.

  • S07E05 DOD Firefighter/USMC Martial Arts Training/Little David

    • October 7, 2005
    • History

    Ermey trains as a DoD firefighter; explores the history of napalm; gets trigger time with the Japanese Nambu pistol; and examines a secret remote-controlled weapons project called Little David.

  • S07E06 IED/Guadalcanal/Sullivan Brothers/Rough Riders

    • October 21, 2005
    • History

    Ermey meets with USMC Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units; explore the history of the first Marine Raiders; observes a moment of silence for the Sullivan Brothers; and takes a look at the Rough Riders.

  • S07E07 Army's National Training Center

    • October 28, 2005
    • History

    Ermey gives the 411 on the M243 Bradley Fighting Vehicle; gets the dirt on the M9 combat Earthmover; and explores a role-playing exercise to train US soldiers in counter-insurgency tactics in Iraq.

  • S07E08 AAV/Wild West Guns/Merrill's Marauders/Screaming Mimi

    • November 4, 2005
    • History

    Ermey trains with an Amphibious Assault Vehicle; shoots some guns of the Old West; salutes WWII’s Merrill’s Marauders and explores the German secret weapon called the Screaming Mimi.

  • S07E09 Ermey's Vietnam

    • November 11, 2005
    • History

    Host R. Lee Ermey travels to Vietnam for the first time since he left in 1969, when he served in Marine Wing Support Group 17. "The Gunny" recalls memories and visits famous sites such as Khe San, Hanoi and the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.

  • S07E10 Minot AFB

    • December 13, 2005
    • History

    Ermey visits Minot Air Force Base; explores the history of the B-52 bomber; looks at air launch cruise missiles and Joint Direst Attack Munitions; and roars off in a B-52 on a training run.

  • S07E11 Knob Creek Gun Range

    • December 29, 2005
    • History

    Ermey visits the Knob Creek Gun Range and fires off a few rounds; take a turn on a machine-gun shooting course; gets a lift on a Cayuse OH-6A helicopter, then goes on a night shoot.

  • S07E12 The Potato Digger/KP/John Wayne/The Wire Dogs

    • October 8, 2006
    • History

    Ermey annihilates some spuds with a Colt Model 1895; tells the tale of Maynard Snuffy Smith; investigates the P-38 and its connection to John Wayne, and explores the history of the Wire Dawgs.

  • S07E13 War in the Pacific

    • March 7, 2006
    • History

    Ermey goes aboard the USS Missouri, site of Japan’s formal surrender in WWII; explores the island-hopping campaign; and celebrates the ingenuity and fighting spirit that finally ended the war.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Ermey's Biggest Bangs

    • March 2, 2007
    • History

    New intro/Best of: M203 Grenade Launcher, Trebuchet, 1895 Colt Machine Gun, MP5 9mm Submachine Gun, M1 Garand Rifle, A4 .30 Cal Machine Gun, Claymore Mines, Knob Creek Gun Range

  • S08E02 Ermey's Hottest Rides

    • March 9, 2007
    • History

    New intro/Best of: Mid Air Refueling, Cobra Helicopter, Halftrack, The Jeep, Landing Craft Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC), Light Armored Vehicle, M5A1 Stuart Tank, 47ft motor life boat, promo - watermelon salesman

  • S08E03 Pinnacle Armor/Pershuing VS. Pancho Villa/M274 Mule/German MG-42

    • April 6, 2007
    • History

    Ermey gets the skinny on Pinnacle Armor; explores the mission pitting Pershuing against Pancho Villa; rides an M274 mechanical mule; honors combat cameraman Norm Hatch; and demos a German MG-42 gun.

  • S08E04 San Diego, California at the Strategic Operations Training Center

    • April 13, 2007
    • History

    R. Lee gets in a little trigger time training with a group of insurgents in an Iraqi Village at the most realistic training facility used by the U.S. Marine Corps w/Roger Cannon, Brian Plescia Capt Steve Coast. An in-depth tour of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, dedicated to finding and the remains of all missing and unidentified service men and women w/Lt. Lentfort Mitchell, Dennis Danielson Col Claude Davis. Witness the guns and gear used by the British Red Coats against the American rebels during our War of independence w/George Mack. The story of US troops on Panama w/Rob Lihani Sgt. Patrick Nugent Finally, take a trip to Fort MacArthur in Long Beach, California to re-enact the great L.A. Air Raid of 1942 w/Stephen Nelson

  • S08E05 Hurlburt Field, Florida

    • March 23, 2007
    • History

    R. Lee Ermey answers viewer questions on location at with a focus on Air Force Special Operations and hardware. Lee tours the Air Force Base and gets a taste of what the officer candidates call "Hell Week"; then, Gunny goes to school and trains in car bomb and explosives detection and fires assault rifles used by terrorists. Finally, Lee takes off in the meanest gunship in the Air Force, the AC-130 and squeezes off a few rounds with its 105 mm cannon

  • S08E06 M8 Armored car

    • May 18, 2007
    • History

    a WWII scout car nicknamed the greyhound. He takes it for a test drive and fires off the M8's 37mm cannon with Bill Kirhkidis; then, Gunny features the Mauser C96 pistol (the pistol of choice for everyone from Winston Churchill to Star Wars' Han Solo) in a live fire demonstration. Gunny gives the gear geeks in the audience a field day with an overview of all the weapons, gear and gadgets used by the average German soldier during World War II with Anders Hudson. K98 Bolt action rifle, MP40, MG34, MG42, Stick Grenade, uniforms, boots, ammo pouch, bread bag, M3, 40, 42 helmet, camo, foodwagon. Gunny's Golf Tournament & Charities in Marriott DC - Young Marines with Shotgun Scramble won by Richard Grieco, Gunny's Ball with Bob Dole, ROTC - Maj Matt Donald, Ross Daly, Lt Col Todd Miller, Ohio State MSgt Dan Whitney, Terrorist Training - Robin Tullercash, War Dogs K( Corp - Sgt. Stubby of D-Dogs for Defense, War Dog Cemetery in Guan, Fort Benning training.

  • S08E07 National Museum of the United States Air Force

    • March 16, 2007
    • History

    historic Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. First, Lee tours the museum and he reveals the fascinating story (and rare footage) of the highest bailout in history from an American aircraft. Then he tells the history of the Lockheed Starlifter, the Vietnam-era cargo plane made famous when one was designated The Hanoi. Lee also attends a reunion of the surviving POWs who flew on the Hanoi Taxi; then, he reveals the truth about UFOs and the Air Force's top secret Project Bluebook. Finally, Lee gets to take the controls for some real stick time in a vintage B-25 Mitchell Bomber.

  • S08E08 Fort Knox, KY

    • March 30, 2007
    • History

    visit the United States Armor Center and check out our armored arsenal. We go along on a Recon Officer training course with Special Ops Army scouts; and then, Gunny goes for a flight on an Apache Attack Helicopter. View a profile of George S. Patton, hear the story of George S. Patton's ivory-handled revolver and see other historic relics from the Patton museum. Gunny gets to drive and fire the cannon of the only working vintage Vietnam-era M40 Ontos Tank shredder known as the Road Runner. A trip to the assembly plant to see the M1 Abrams tank built from the ground up.

  • S08E09 Tennessee Museum of Aviation

    • May 25, 2007
    • History

    Tennessee Warbirds Museum of Aviation to see the P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbirds with R. Neal Melton, Franklin Luckman Jr, R. Nathan Davis.M6 double barrel survival rifle AR7, Scuttlebutt, A trip back in time to see just what kind of gear the WW2 Marines carried into battle - M1941 uniform, pack, boondockers, frog herringbone, 1903A1 rifle. Back to the skies for a one-of-a-kind ride in the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor with Maj David Lane, XB70 Valkyrie. Even the Gunny makes mistakes, so R. Lee shows off a few of his most famous SNAFUs. Finally the Gunny gives a fond farewell to the venerable Navy F-14 Tomcat with Capt Bill Seizmore, Cdr Jim Howe, Cdr Curt Seth.

  • S08E10 Polaris MV and Textron M1117

    • May 4, 2007
    • History

    vehicles are test driven. Trigger time with an M4 Carbine and a Beretta M9. Camillus Knives - Woodsman's Pal, Tac Tool and Ermey updates to the latest gear: Spec Ops, Blackhawk, Oakley, CamelBak. Then he torture tests the rugged laptop from VT Miltope by running it over with his jeep and throwing water on it. Plus flashlights from Surefire - M6 combat, Aviator Hellfire.

  • S08E11 Iraq Episode

    • May 9, 2007
    • History

    the Gunny talks via satellite one-on-one with troops in Iraq. At the Atlanta, Georgia headquarters of the Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System and gets the scoop on the fight against the insurgency. Run by the US Army, DVIDS receives via satellite the combat camera and public affairs videotape of all operations involving the US armed forces with Ltc William Beckman, Ssgt Amy Forsythe. Iraq - Lt Michael Schulz, Cwl Ty Powell, Sgt. Kurt Edusada, Sgt. Louis Sanchez, Col Joie Stovie, Ssgt Ajeem Pandey, Col Paul Sutherland, Cpl Andrew Ringbloom, 1Lt Douglas Connor, Col James Polo. He also meets civil affairs specialists and engineers installing a water purification system for a remote village. Cpt Steven Hayden, Spc James Anderson, Robert Anderson, Lt. Dana Melvin. Police - Ssg Michael Barnette, 1Lt Matthew Upperman, Cpl Thomas Swint, 2Lt Jarrod Bailey, GySgt Herbert J. Kennedy, Bradley Sgt Gordon Misner, Kristian Leibfarth, Pvt Carlos Cardona, Pfc Donald Williams, Sgt. Kendrick Shunte, Cpt David Sandoval, Spc Alexandre steban, Sgt. Ted Walters Finally, the Gunny pays tribute to Army Corporal Ozwarthy who was recently killed while serving in Iraq.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x10 Gunny's Deal of the Day

    • History

    Mail Call The Best of Season 2 Xtra Gunny's Deal of the Day

  • SPECIAL 0x11 SNAFU

    • June 26, 2007
    • History

    It happens in the military, and it happens on MAIL CALL--the hit television series from THE HISTORY CHANNEL. Not everything we plan for on MAIL CALL happens the way it should. And when things go wrong, the Gunny sounds of loud and clear--and it ain't pretty! This video is loaded with an hour of uncensored foul-ups, blunders and mishaps from the MAIL CALL set. Trust us, you are NEVER gonna see this stuff on television! If you're a hardcore MAIL CALL fan ready for full-caliber Gunny, then lock and load the "Xtra Salty" version.

  • SPECIAL 0x12 D-Day Special

    • January 6, 2004
    • History

    In commemoration of the anniversary of the Allied landing on D-Day in 1944, host R. Lee Ermey takes an in-depth look at the technology used throughout the "longest day"--and travels to Dover, England and Normandy, France for a view from both sides of the operation in a special hour-long program

  • SPECIAL 0x13 The Best Of Season 1

    • July 1, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 2: Knight's Armor to Land Mines, 3: Body Armor to WWI Pilots, 4: Cannoneers to Clearing Minefields, 11: Grenades to Tunnel Rats, 14: Grenade Launchers to Jet Packs, 23: Bazookas to the 21 Gun Salute, 25: Coast Guard Ships to WWII V-Mail, Gunny's Deal of the Day, Launch Promos from the "Larger Than Life" Campaign for Mail Call's Debut Season plus R. Lee Ermey's Biography and Filmography

  • SPECIAL 0x14 The Best Of Season 2

    • July 5, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 15: Civil War Rifles to Hedgecroppers, 17: US Marine Training Tools to Dazzle Paint, 18: Trebuchets to Boomerangs, 19: LAVs to the Military Salute, 20: The Deuce-and-a-Half to Scottish Kilts, 21: Medieval Weapons to Ejection Seats, 26: Unmanned Aircraft to the Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Knife

  • SPECIAL 0x15 The Best Of Season 3

    • July 12, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 28: M-1 Garand Rifle to Barrage Balloons, 30: Viet Cong Booby Traps to the Green Berets, 32: Ghillie Suits to the C-119 Flying Boxcar, 33: WWII Scout Cars to U-Boats, 34: Claymore Mines to Jody Songs, 37: Hiller Flying Platforms to the German Burp Gun, 38: Red-Eye Missiles to Kilroy

  • SPECIAL 0x16 The Best Of Season 4

    • July 21, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 40: Golden Knights to P-61 Black Widow, 41: Blimps to the Navy Graveyard, 43: Grease Guns to Charlie, 47: The Real Uncle Sam to Dive Bombers, 48: Kettering Bug to the A-10 Thunderbolt, 50: The U.S.S. Salt Lake City, 52: The Bren Gun to WWII's Weary Willy

  • SPECIAL 0x17 The Best Of Season 5

    • August 1, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 53: Krag-Jorgenson Rifle to the U-2 Spy Plane, 55: WC54 Ambulance to Desert Ducks, 58: Flashbang Grenades to CH-54 Skycrane, 60: The War of 1812 episode, 61: Glock Handguns to Troop Convoy Protection, 62: XMB Rifle to the Small Diameter Bomb, 65: USO to Secret Military Resorts

  • SPECIAL 0x18 The Best Of Season 6

    • August 12, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 67: Cheyenne Mountain Operations to NORAD, 69: Inside the Pentagon, 70: WWII Merchant Marines to Navajo Code Talkers, 73: Iwo Jima Special (Part 1), 74: Iwo Jima Special (Part 2), 76: B-2 Stealth Bomber to the 509th Bomber Group, 77: Abrams M1-A1 to Body Armor

  • SPECIAL 0x19 The Best Of Season 7

    • August 18, 2007
    • History

    Includes: 80: Beach Masters to the Arisaka Rifle, German Renaissance to the Battle of Britain, DOD Firefighter to Little David, Improvised Explosive Devices to Rough Riders, Army's National Training Center, The AAV to Merrill's Marauders, Knob Creek Gun Range