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Season 3

2003 · 14 episodes · 7h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Live from the Gulf

   6 Jul 2003 · 30 min

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

2. 2

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

   13 Jul 2003 · 30 min

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

3. 3

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

   20 Jul 2003 · 30 min

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

4. 4

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

   27 Jul 2003 · 30 min

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

5. 5

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

   10 Aug 2003 · 30 min

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

6. 6

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

   17 Aug 2003 · 30 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

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

   31 Aug 2003 · 30 min

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

8. 8

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

   7 Sept 2003 · 30 min

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

9. 9

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

   14 Sept 2003 · 30 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

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

    5 Oct 2003 · 30 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

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

    12 Oct 2003 · 30 min

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

12. 12

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

    19 Oct 2003 · 30 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

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

    26 Oct 2003 · 30 min

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

14. 14

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

    2 Nov 2003 · 30 min

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