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Season 1 – Mail Call

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Host R. Lee Ermey, a retired staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, reads mail and answers viewer questions about past and present military matters. Ermey frequenly takes viewers on location to address certain questions or types of equiment, and runs the show almost as if he's a drill instructor for the viewers.
Mail Call — Season 1

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R. Lee Ermey

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 4, 2002 Tank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword Steering a World War II tank; Gatling gun's speed; power of the samurai sword. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 11, 2002 Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; Landmine Parts of 15th-century armor; World War I infantry backpack; ingredients of a land mine. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 18, 2002 Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 25, 2002 Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 1, 2002 Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles, used in the Old West; how gas masks work. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 2, 2002 Mortar; WWII GIs' Personal Items; Native-American Arrows Mortar; World War II G.I.'s personal items; American Indian arrows. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 15, 2002 Re-Fueling a Fighter Jet; Naval Signal Flags; GI Chow How to refuel a fighter jet in mid-air; how ships send messages using signal flags; what soldiers eat. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 22, 2002 Revolutionary War Musket; Jousting; Foxholes How fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket; jousting; how to dig a foxhole. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 29, 2002 The Pilum; WWII Radios; First Rockets The ancient Roman pilum is designed to penetrate armor; World War II army radios; how rockets were first used on the battlefield. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 5, 2002 Ninja Weapons; Flamethrower; Military Dogs The weapons of the Japanese Ninja; how flamethrowers work; what military dogs do. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 7, 2002 Grenades; Dog Tags; Dinner in a Pouch How a grenade works; the purpose of dog tags; what modern-day soldiers eat in the field. Details Episode 12 Aired Oct 21, 2002 The Jeep; HIMAR; Hurricanes The Jeep; new rocket launcher HIMAR; how and why the military hunts down hurricanes. Details Episode 13 Aired Oct 28, 2002 Future Gear; Marine Camouflage; Army's New Armored Vehicle Possible gear for troops on tomorrow's battlefields; Marines design their new camouflage pattern; the Stryker. Details

Season Info

Network
History
Rating
TV-PG (L)
Genre
War
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 4, 2002