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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.