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  1. S6 E1 - Ballista/Pedersen Device/Peashooter

    March 3, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  2. S6 E2 - Mail Call: #67

    March 10, 2005
    21min
    TV-PG
    R. Lee Ermey gives us an inside look at one of the most secure and super-secret facilities in the world: NORAD.
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  3. S6 E3 - Afghanistan

    March 17, 2005
    21min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  4. S6 E4 - The Pentagon

    April 28, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  5. S6 E5 - SS Lane Victory

    March 31, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  6. S6 E6 - 29 Palms

    May 12, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  7. S6 E7 - Civil War Special

    May 21, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  8. S6 E8 - Iwo Jima Special

    May 26, 2005
    45min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  9. S6 E9 - Gator Navy

    June 2, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  10. S6 E10 - B-2

    June 9, 2005
    45min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  11. S6 E11 - Abrams M1-A1/Ernie Pyle/Body Armor

    June 16, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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  12. S6 E12 - Benelli M4/1st Air Cav/Kubelwagen

    June 23, 2005
    22min
    TV-PG
    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.
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