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Season 3

14 episodes · 2003

  1. 1

    Live from the Gulf

    Jul 6, 200330 min

    This episode was live in Kuwait. Gunnery Sgt. Ermey talked to the troops and answered questions.

  2. 2

    Super Stallion Helicopter; Flying Banana; Navy Hazing; Seabees; GI Jargon; Tank Ammo

    Jul 13, 200330 min

    Helicopters; hazing ritual; building runways in the Pacific; the G-2; battle tank

  3. 3

    M-1 Garand Rifle; First Assault Rifle; JATO; Golden Knights Parachute Team; Barr

    Jul 20, 200330 min

    Rifles; jet-assisted take-off; freefall parachute team; barrage balloons; military jargon.

  4. 4

    Rocket-Assisted Projectile; WWII German Gustav; Tent Tech; Pup Tent; Tomahawk;

    Jul 27, 200330 min

    Rocket-propelled artillery; artillery gun that fires the largest caliber shell; tents; tomahawks; slings.

  5. 5

    M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets

    Aug 10, 200330 min

    Military rifles in Vietnam; booby traps; the Ravens; the Wild Weasels; river-patrol boats; the Green Berets.

  6. 6

    Marine Sniper Rifle; BlowGun; Mulberry Harbor; French Resistance; Frontline Medi

    Aug 17, 200330 min

    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."

  7. 7

    Marine Sniper School; Hand Signals; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Motorcycles; Loading Palettes; C-119

    Aug 31, 200330 min

    Snipers; hand signals; Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail; motorcycles; tanks; the C-119 Flying Boxcar.

  8. 8

    Armored Scout Car; Water-Cooled Machine Gun; Fart Sack; Shuteye; Nazi U-Boats; Stealth Ship

    Sep 7, 200330 min

    Armored scout cars; water-cooled machine guns; sleeping bag; sleeping on the battlefield; German U-boats; Navy ship invisible to radar.

  9. 9

    Claymore Mine; 1st U.S. Nuclear Sub; Resupply at Sea; Patriot Air Defense Missile; Jody Songs

    Sep 14, 200330 min

    Anti-personnel mine; 16th-century Scottish sword; early nuclear-powered submarine; how naval vessels resupply at sea; the Patriot missile; cadence songs.

  10. 10

    WWII Half Track; Arctic Vehicles; Weird Weapons; Navy Hydrofoils; Combat Controllers; Gunnery Sergeant

    Oct 5, 200330 min

    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.

  11. 11

    Military Pilot Training; Flak; Doolittle Raid; One-Man Submarine; Military Radios

    Oct 12, 200330 min

    Training of military pilots; flak; the Doolittle Raid; Sleeping Beauty submarine; radios; foxhole radio.

  12. 12

    F-15 Eagle; Flying Platform; Atomic Annie; Army Missiles; Tommy Gun v. Burp Gun; Measuring Bullets

    Oct 19, 200330 min

    F-15 Eagle; single-man vertical flight machine; howitzer firing both conventional and nuclear warheads; Army-controlled missile programs; submachine guns; measuring bullets.

  13. 13

    Avenger; Stinger & Red-Eye Missiles; Military Firefighter & Smokejumper; Kiowa Helicopter; Kilroy

    Oct 26, 200330 min

    Avenger Air Defense System; Stinger and Red Eye missiles; military firefighters; the Triple Nickels; Kiowa scout helicopter; "Kilroy Was Here."

  14. 14

    Cobra Attack Helicopter; Sidewinder Missile; C-54 Skymaster; MPs; Flintlock Pistol

    Nov 2, 200330 min

    Attack helicopter; AIM Sidewinders; transport plane; military police; flintlock pistols.