@@Memorex996 That's because the movie is ultimately an anti-war movie, not a movie about the marine corp bootcamp. So it had to show the two facets of the war, the horrible treatment privates recieved in bootcamp and the actual terrible reality of war, both parts of the movie are amazing and necessary.
I heard that he was initially hired for consultancy purposes... but Kubrick was SO fascinated by him and his authenticity, he gave him a shot at acting the part, and the rest was history 🤩
Additionally, the actor originally considered for the role, Tim Colceri, who was also a former US Marine, was given the role of the door gunner briefly shown during the second half.
Ermey and Private Pyle basically stole the movie even though they were in only half of it lol. At first you didn't like Pyle, then you feel deeply sorry for him.
Every Drill Instructor was a stand-up comedian. Very, very true. I never know where they pulled their tirades from. Probably hell. Gather round kids, I'll tell you a story of Drill Instructor SSGT Gaither (SFMF wherever you are). 1990, returning from the field in second phase for those who go back that far. Turning in all of our Duece Gear (782 Form) after two weeks in the field. Platoon 1015 ran down the entire list of gear to take accountability and as we got to the end, we had 100% accountability. Canteen cups - 100%. Watch caps - 100%. Ammo pouches - 100% and on and on goes the list. DI SSGT Gaither couldn't believe it. Not one thing missing from a platoon of 62 recruits. Not one thing! We got to the end - Two leather gloves - 100%. Holeee shit! Not one missing. Last item on the 782 Form for platoon 1015, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. Two glove liners, wool, hold them up! One PVT held up one glove. One PVT out of 62 did not have two wool glove liners. Marines from that time, you know what I am talking about - the green glove liners the went into the black leather shell. SSGT lost it. After the entire platoon managed to go two weeks without loosing so much as a tent pin, or tent pole we're missing one fucking wool glove liner. "Jeezus fuking Christ on a Christmas tree PVT. Where the fuck is your other glove liner!!!!!!" "Sir this private doesn't know." SSGT Gather, "Well you better rip the hairs out of your asshole and weave me one before the end of this day!!" How did he come up with that? There's no way he could have prepared for that. Fucking magic. SFMF.
My grandfather, WWII vet, used to watch the history channel religiously. Now it's just a bunch of garbage with no history conveyed. I feel bad for the new generations, history is a sign of the future.
I find it weird that such a mean hard man could be so loved by people. But it's true. On social media people flock to the drills. They love them. So unusual. I'm one of them ❤
Same here; met him twice and he's the real deal. No bullshit, friendly and having a blast as the Glock spokesman and doing his cable series. Great guy.
Whoa. Angels with rifles. Can you imagine demons being picked off at 400 yards? What's the sound of Satan shitting his pants? I think you're onto something here.
I was at Parris Island in 79, and was surprised that a movie would have such an accurate depiction of Marine Drill Instructors. This was the best portrayal I have yet seen.
I spent a day with 'Gunny' Ermey (they called him, "Lee" on set) working on a "Mail Call" episode several years back. He's a very nice and funny man and welcoming/respectful to people working on the show. I very much enjoyed working with him that day. He even coined me with one of his personal challenge coins. Of all the coins I got on active duty, his is the one that I value the most. They filmed my segment early that morning, so I got to hang around and watch him work. No wonder he worked on so many films, as he works really hard. "Talking head" work is tougher than it looks, and he makes it look easy.
As a civilian I learned a lot from this man. I never went through eight weeks of intensive training designed and delivered in a manor that was going to determine if I live or die in the near future. I watched Full Metal Jacket as a teenager and will never forget this whole opening scene. After watching this man sound off like he had a pair and listened to what he had to say, I too pulled up my socks and grew up. He was like the father I never had but always needed. Thank you.
Rest in peace Emery. God bless. I have to laugh like hell. I was trained in the Army and made E-5 in 5 months. No private for me, but ignorant as hell. I caught hell in the Republic of Vietnam in 1968. I spent a fortnight in a field hospital. Couldn't watch those movies. My drill instructor saved my ass in Vietnam with his determination and strict training. Thank you Sgt Rogers, "Loud and Proud Sir."
I took US Army Recruit Training at Ft. Polk,LA. in April 1974 and the Drill Sgts we had were JUST like Hartman. I mean exactly!! 8 weeks of HELL on Earth!! "Scouts OUT!"
You know, I was a 90s kid. I didn't watch Full Metal Jacket till much later. My first exposure to Mr. Ermey was on his history Channel Mail Call. It was probably one of my most favorite shows on TV at the time. I liked him as someone in movies, sure. But I LOVED him as a teacher.
I will say this over and over again. I went in the Navy as a punk wanna be tough guy, and came out of the Navy a man. They would have never broke me because I could do push ups all day long I was in GREAT shape. But when they started smacking me around, I knew these guys where very serious about making me the way I should be to be apart of a team, to be a team member. If it was not for being properly motivated I would have washed out. I am glad that my CC's took the time to make me the man I am today.
I missed the bulls eye at the rifle range and the range instructor punched me in my jaw. I didn't actually miss the target I hit the target next to it. In another situation my weapon was not properly setup to be safe. We used a fast load clip used in M14s at the time. The clip fell out because the bolt was not sitting on it. The range instructor said put your thumb inside of the chamber. The instructor let the bolt hit my thumb and the firing pin went through it. I didn't flinch or say anything. I watched the other recruits as the blood was dripping through magazine chamber. After that day I never had anyone ever bother me, no one.
.. I remember going to Parris Island when I was a kid with my grandpa he was a Marine the best in his unit I remember going there every Saturday and watching him. I was considered a marine brat even though I never served. there are many people still know me still to this day . I still have a tag to enter the base at any time as respect to my falling Grandpa I cannot go around weaponry . except when they are doing their training exercises but I am always with a Marine Corps member I still miss those days even though my grandpa's long gone I still have his tags on my shoulder. I may be disabled because of a breathing problem when I was a child but like I told most of the commanding officers if you ever needed me I would be there . I have trained on the military base so many times when I was a young child shooting weapons and many other tactics hand to hand combat or what most Marines would know as (I-T) Intense Training. I am 30 years of age most of my friends still serve in the Marines and as soon as I see them I will salute them and as respect for them. they salute me back knowing that my grandfather did his best my grandfather died at the rightful age of 98. God bless you Grandpa Wherever You Are.
I went thru Marine boot on Parris Island in '75 and you could have pretty much lifted Senior Drill Instructor Hartman and dropped him in my platoon and nothing would have been amiss...my experiences matched the movie almost to a T. We even had a recruit crack and jump from our 3rd story barracks down to the hard deck (some of us saw him jump but we all heard the ambulances come and go)...our DI's never said one word about it, we just went on with our training day like nothing happened, we never did learn if he lived or died...and in the pre internet days, pretty much what happened on Parris Island stayed on Parris Island....I saw a number of recruits get punched/slapped and I was personally punched hard in the stomach...Semper Fi (a U.S. Marine vet. and now multi degreed Engineer who retired in 2016 from America's largest defense contractor after 31 years).
@@MM-qi5mk lol...trust me, I busted my ass in college earning an undergrad in Computer Engineering and then after getting hired by Martin Marietta, a grad degree in Electrical Engineering. After reading my original post I think my grammar is pretty spot on, though I am using casual punctuation as I am here on youtube, not writing a thesis or a technical paper.
Exactly. I'm a fan, but the idea that Kubrick plucked Ermey completely from obscurity for his first acting role is wrong. He basically played precisely the same part in 'Company C' 10-15 years before FMJ. That film has more than one other thing in common with FMJ and even includes another major cast member (Cowboy).
Man would I like to meet my DI from the USAF, way back in 1982, and thank him and have a beer with him, SSGT Lockyear, he said he hated me, but I never failed an inspection, I couldn't march for shit so he hid me in the barracks for graduation ceremonies, well, something happened and he checked on me accusing me of something I did not do, it was frigid hot so I didn't mind, they really do take pride in their jobs, trying to make a man out of you which he did, Cheers Ssgt. Lockyear, where ever yo may be🍺‼️
That’s an interesting story. I got there Nov ‘82, and also got to play Dorm Guard during the parade inspection. Except I wasn’t there because I couldn’t march, I was there because my TI wanted me to paint aircraft murals on the walls inside our dorms. 😎 What the heck did you do to piss your TI off anyway? By that time you were almost through with basic and everyone was pretty good at what they were doing. Otherwise they’d have been “recycled” by then😂. Remember that term?🤣
Young people make great soldier's, pilots etc. WW2 most 18 to 25 year olds were some of the best fighter pilots, gunners and soldier's in the war because they did not think about there own mortality as much as their elders still the same today.
The best part was he actually used to be a drill sergeant. His experience and his lessons were real to the core. You will be missed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. Rest in Peace.
Drill Instructor R Lee Ermey. You were outstanding on Full Metal Jacket. Thank you also, for your service in Vietnam, as well as all the folks who served their country not only as drill instructors, but all other military brances. The world is a bit safer thanks to your sacrifices :-). Condolences to all military families who lost loved ones not just in the Vietnam War but all other wars. May all RIP :-(
i heard that people have given Ermey shit because he wasn't a combat veteran, but he seems like a damn good drill instructor, and a good drill instructor is very important in implementing those core values and discipline that will follow a marine for his or her career
"So I can take a private who can do 9 pull ups and dammit, by the time I've finished talking to that private he can do 12. Why? Because I have initmidated this private so severely that I've convinced him that he can do 12 or he's gonna die."
Just wanna say thank you my drill sergeant at the time was a real pain in the ass but he was there to make sure you would survive to see what he knew thanks again I really enjoyed it been watching you for years🇺🇸💯
"The usmc are some of the toughest sob on earth". Really, ryan stuckey? Really? The British Army has been producing "tough sobs" longer than your country's even been in existence (on the presumption that you must be a Septic; septic tank - Yank). As such, you've obviously absorbed your country's typical, arrogant "superiority" propaganda and actually believe it. Think again, sonny! Normal infantry training in the British Army is three times as long as your "Marine training". Then comes the special training for "light infantry and Guards" units. On top of that, there's even more intensive training for paratroopers and commandos. Septics know fuck-all about "real" military training. I've fuckin' shit 'em! MsG
"A queen's most loyal", Dende the White Mage? I'm a fuckin' Irishman, fella! I don't do the "loyal to the fuckin' queen" bollix, although I did spend many years in "her" army as a Medic. I've actually been out on excercise (scheme, as we say) with your Marines and with your Rangers many a time. I'm sorry, but for spontaneous improvisation, ingenuity, sheer bloody-mindedness and military skills they ain't a patch on the British Army paras, the SAS, the SBS or even the RN Booties. I've personally witnessed how even RGJ and DLI units ran fuckin' rings around Septic Ranger and Marine units in West Germany using unorthodox methods. What gets up my hooter, more than anything else, is the automatic assumption that the Septics MUST be better than all the other armies in the world, simply because the US is a so-called "superpower". It ain't necessarily so. Every "Special Forces" unit is based on what the British Army learned in three centuries of conflict (including in my homeland). And let's face it, the US didn't even have a foreign intelligence organisation until the Brits showed them how to do it during WWII. After all, the bastards have been at the sneaky-beaky game for about seven centuries. It's not that I'm denigrating any US forces; far be it from me. What should be clear is that the Septics didn't invent special forces, as they constantly intimate, but merely built on the vast experience of the British Army. E chiaro, ragazzo? MsG
Gionn Caomhin Morpheagh yeah... they did a real good job against the ‘septic yanks’ when we kicked your asses and sent you back home, tails between your legs! bow down! To the n#gga that is greater than you!
R Lee Ermey truly deserved an oscar for best supporting actor in Full Metal Jacket. He was spot on in his roll as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. He was exactly how the D.I.'s ran boot camp back then. Talk about having a flashback and reliving an intense period of time in life. Gunny you were amazing!
Wow, when this movie came out, it almost triggered my PTSD flashbacks of my own experience earning my Title at Parris Island!!! A lot of the things Gunny said to the recruits was said to me, back in 1979, by my DI's.
R Lee was a staff sergeant in Vietnamm he was only promoted to drill instructor after the movie !!! It only takes a little homework !!! Still love me some R Lee Emmy vids
Кино
Remember when the History Channel used to run...history shows?
Now it's aliens and ice road truckers ....FFS
Yeah like a decade ago
You mean to say that people buying storage units from aliens isn’t history?!
Josh Jones At least pawn stars has some history and artifacts involved.
The Vietnam War is not history?
the Sarge was the true star in full metal jacket. he is the reason why that movie kicked ass
Oddly enough he was humble enough to say private Pyle made the movie...but I agree with you. I don't even care much for the scenes after boot camp.
He was also great in "The Siege of Firebase Gloria".
@@jerryf6581 and The Boys in Company C
yeah the movie was pretty meh after the bathroom scene
@@Memorex996 That's because the movie is ultimately an anti-war movie, not a movie about the marine corp bootcamp. So it had to show the two facets of the war, the horrible treatment privates recieved in bootcamp and the actual terrible reality of war, both parts of the movie are amazing and necessary.
"You will not laugh! You will not cry! You will learn by the numbers! I will teach you! " REST IN PEACE R LEE ERMEY.
Now get up! Get on your feet
Isn't that the truth
Amen man. He was the true face of the USMC
RIP Mr Ermey :(
Rest Easy Sergeant. At Ease.
I was there the last time they stopped hitting I don’t know if that’s a good thing now you can’t even cuss or point your finger
OMG did he die? I didn't know. That sucks.
xblackcatx13 666 he died two days ago
noooo :(
I heard that he was initially hired for consultancy purposes... but Kubrick was SO fascinated by him and his authenticity, he gave him a shot at acting the part, and the rest was history 🤩
Additionally, the actor originally considered for the role, Tim Colceri, who was also a former US Marine, was given the role of the door gunner briefly shown during the second half.
Gunnie should get all the royalties from Full Metal Jacket, he MADE that movie.
Agreed. He made the movie.
Yes he did.
Gunny didn't get any royalties from full metal jacket 🤣
Ermey and Private Pyle basically stole the movie even though they were in only half of it lol. At first you didn't like Pyle, then you feel deeply sorry for him.
When did he die?
Every Drill Instructor was a stand-up comedian. Very, very true. I never know where they pulled their tirades from. Probably hell.
Gather round kids, I'll tell you a story of Drill Instructor SSGT Gaither (SFMF wherever you are). 1990, returning from the field in second phase for those who go back that far. Turning in all of our Duece Gear (782 Form) after two weeks in the field. Platoon 1015 ran down the entire list of gear to take accountability and as we got to the end, we had 100% accountability. Canteen cups - 100%. Watch caps - 100%. Ammo pouches - 100% and on and on goes the list. DI SSGT Gaither couldn't believe it. Not one thing missing from a platoon of 62 recruits. Not one thing! We got to the end - Two leather gloves - 100%. Holeee shit! Not one missing. Last item on the 782 Form for platoon 1015, Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. Two glove liners, wool, hold them up! One PVT held up one glove. One PVT out of 62 did not have two wool glove liners. Marines from that time, you know what I am talking about - the green glove liners the went into the black leather shell.
SSGT lost it. After the entire platoon managed to go two weeks without loosing so much as a tent pin, or tent pole we're missing one fucking wool glove liner. "Jeezus fuking Christ on a Christmas tree PVT. Where the fuck is your other glove liner!!!!!!"
"Sir this private doesn't know."
SSGT Gather, "Well you better rip the hairs out of your asshole and weave me one before the end of this day!!"
How did he come up with that? There's no way he could have prepared for that. Fucking magic.
SFMF.
Great story! thank you for your service
wow thats killer.ass hair.who knew
The good ole days of History Channel. Back when it was about military history, not fucking reality TV
BigRedChester Right? It’s not even history anymore
Now it's the Hysteria Channel.
BigRedChester All I see is stuff about aliens now!
My grandfather, WWII vet, used to watch the history channel religiously. Now it's just a bunch of garbage with no history conveyed. I feel bad for the new generations, history is a sign of the future.
BigRedChester it's funny because many people complain about the fact of the history channel only broadcast military history
THE REASON PEOPLE WATCH FULL METAL JACKET, IS BECUZ OF R. LEE ERMY.
I find it weird that such a mean hard man could be so loved by people. But it's true. On social media people flock to the drills. They love them. So unusual. I'm one of them ❤
@@truthteller9522 He’s neither a mean nor a hard man. Nor was his character. Watch more interviews with him about it.
I appreciate the second half of the movie just as much as the first half, maybe even more. It’s a fantastic movie all around including Gunnery
There’s never been truer words spoken.
My wife and I met this guy and had our pictures taken with him. Got his autograph too. One HELLUVA guy!
Same here; met him twice and he's the real deal. No bullshit, friendly and having a blast as the Glock spokesman and doing his cable series. Great guy.
He's a bad motherfucker but a gentleman and a true American as well.
In which now he is dead. Rip
Lucky bastard!
My mom met him at an airport
Grandpa your burgers are burning!....Call Grandma!!!
R.Lee Ermey is the best!
i think they had a stunt man to run to the grill
God bless R. Lee Ermey! No doubt he's teaching the angels how to shoot a firearm.
Whoa. Angels with rifles. Can you imagine demons being picked off at 400 yards? What's the sound of Satan shitting his pants? I think you're onto something here.
Or the demons. And he’s loving it
Outstanding, St Peter - I think we've finally found something that you do well!
If he yelled in my face I'm not ashamed to say that I would probably crap myself. The guy was a true bad ass. RIP R. Lee Ermy
He should've received a Golden Globe award for his performance.
I was at Parris Island in 79, and was surprised that a movie would have such an accurate depiction of Marine Drill Instructors. This was the best portrayal I have yet seen.
The man is a legend.
I spent a day with 'Gunny' Ermey (they called him, "Lee" on set) working on a "Mail Call" episode several years back. He's a very nice and funny man and welcoming/respectful to people working on the show. I very much enjoyed working with him that day. He even coined me with one of his personal challenge coins. Of all the coins I got on active duty, his is the one that I value the most. They filmed my segment early that morning, so I got to hang around and watch him work. No wonder he worked on so many films, as he works really hard. "Talking head" work is tougher than it looks, and he makes it look easy.
You are an exceedingly lucky person. God bless.
RIP
Ermey is kickass and on top of that he thinks that Tom Cruise is a piece of shit and I agree with that.
Would like to know why. A piece of shit is pretty low.
Tom Cruise is a piece of dog cr__.
Not a good enough answer. Lots of marriages in Hollywood stiff and as for Scientology, better than a drug habit.
You have got a point with Kate though
Who's to know. maybe he's just an asshole or maybe we'll never know. This is Hollywood. The last people I'd be beliving is the press.
Rest in Peace R Lee Ermey. Semper fi in Heaven
R.i.p Pyle
Of course Gunny Hartman was rough, but he needed to be. War's rough business and needs only the hardest and toughest people to take part.
Ian Mangham why is he a snowflake
As a civilian I learned a lot from this man. I never went through eight weeks of intensive training designed and delivered in a manor that was going to determine if I live or die in the near future. I watched Full Metal Jacket as a teenager and will never forget this whole opening scene. After watching this man sound off like he had a pair and listened to what he had to say, I too pulled up my socks and grew up. He was like the father I never had but always needed. Thank you.
Full Metal Jacket wouldn't be anything without R. Lee Ermey.
Rest In Piece Sir 🇺🇸😭
R Lee is the man. Met him personally and he is awesome.
I wish I got to, maybe I'll meet him when my time is up
Lucky fuck! That would have been an honor.
Bullshit
It's shocking how much of a nice guy that R. Lee Ermey really was. You would never guess if you only knew him from "Full Metal Jacket".
RIP Mr. Ermey
R. Lee Ermey 1944-2018 ,sleep well Gunnery.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
RIP Sarge!!!! We will never forget all you have done! #Semper Fi
Rest In Peace,Marine. Thank you for your service and talent
Ronald Lee Ermey! Ermey for President, Sempr Fi, sir!
halfbakedoreo you're not Half Baked your baked all the way dumbass
Stephen Smith I 2nd that
.
Press Secretary. Trust Me.
+GreenLanternSalem I'll bet that would be funny as hell!😯😂
he played president in some revelations type of movie
The best half a movie ever!
Ben Lee I love this comment. I’ve always felt the first half of this movie is so amazing and the second half is boring and bland.
Agreed
The second half has some good stuff in it.
@@weownthenight8565 I love the second half
I love Sir Ermey he is the best drill instructor ive ever seen may he rest in peace.
RIP R Lee Ermey :(
The history channel should just start recycling old programs
Thats what Military History Channel.
I respect all Marines
The best i can do is reruns of pawnstars
The History Channel is OWNED By the Fuckin PawnStars I guess. They should go pay for it back, Un less American Nose Pickers has.
@@wikiwikiwee1 in the words of Pawn Stars. Fuckin priceless!
Its been so long since the history channel was any good I forgot what actual history documentaries look like! God I miss shows like these
Rest in peace Emery. God bless. I have to laugh like hell. I was trained in the Army and made E-5 in 5 months. No private for me, but ignorant as hell. I caught hell in the Republic of Vietnam in 1968. I spent a fortnight in a field hospital. Couldn't watch those movies. My drill instructor saved my ass in Vietnam with his determination and strict training. Thank you Sgt Rogers, "Loud and Proud Sir."
R.I.P. R. Lee Ermey. You were the best Gunnery Sergeant in movie history.
I took US Army Recruit Training at Ft. Polk,LA.
in April 1974 and the Drill Sgts we had were JUST like Hartman. I mean exactly!!
8 weeks of HELL on Earth!!
"Scouts OUT!"
R.I.P. Sarge R. Lee Ermey (1944-2018).
R.I.P Gunny rest in peace
“You’re so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece.” Easily my favorite insult. If I was on set I would of passed out laughing
You know, I was a 90s kid. I didn't watch Full Metal Jacket till much later. My first exposure to Mr. Ermey was on his history Channel Mail Call. It was probably one of my most favorite shows on TV at the time. I liked him as someone in movies, sure. But I LOVED him as a teacher.
I will say this over and over again. I went in the Navy as a punk wanna be tough guy, and came out of the Navy a man. They would have never broke me because I could do push ups all day long I was in GREAT shape. But when they started smacking me around, I knew these guys where very serious about making me the way I should be to be apart of a team, to be a team member. If it was not for being properly motivated I would have washed out. I am glad that my CC's took the time to make me the man I am today.
I missed the bulls eye at the rifle range and the range instructor punched me in my jaw. I didn't actually miss the target I hit the target next to it. In another situation my weapon was not properly setup to be safe. We used a fast load clip used in M14s at the time. The clip fell out because the bolt was not sitting on it. The range instructor said put your thumb inside of the chamber. The instructor let the bolt hit my thumb and the firing pin went through it. I didn't flinch or say anything. I watched the other recruits as the blood was dripping through magazine chamber. After that day I never had anyone ever bother me, no one.
Mutlap the firing pin went through your thumb
.. I remember going to Parris Island when I was a kid with my grandpa he was a Marine the best in his unit I remember going there every Saturday and watching him.
I was considered a marine brat even though I never served.
there are many people still know me still to this day .
I still have a tag to enter the base at any time as respect to my falling Grandpa I cannot go around weaponry .
except when they are doing their training exercises
but I am always with a
Marine Corps member
I still miss those days even though my grandpa's long gone
I still have his tags on my shoulder.
I may be disabled because of a breathing problem when I was a child but like
I told most of the commanding officers if you ever needed me I would be there .
I have trained on the military base so many times when I was a young child shooting weapons and many other tactics hand to hand combat or
what most Marines would know as (I-T) Intense Training.
I am 30 years of age most of my friends still serve in the Marines and as soon as I see them I will salute them and as respect for them.
they salute me back knowing that my grandfather did his best
my grandfather died at the rightful age of 98.
God bless you Grandpa
Wherever You Are.
What year?
R. Lee Ermey should have won an award for Full Metal Jacket
I went thru Marine boot on Parris Island in '75 and you could have pretty much lifted Senior Drill Instructor Hartman and dropped him in my platoon and nothing would have been amiss...my experiences matched the movie almost to a T. We even had a recruit crack and jump from our 3rd story barracks down to the hard deck (some of us saw him jump but we all heard the ambulances come and go)...our DI's never said one word about it, we just went on with our training day like nothing happened, we never did learn if he lived or died...and in the pre internet days, pretty much what happened on Parris Island stayed on Parris Island....I saw a number of recruits get punched/slapped and I was personally punched hard in the stomach...Semper Fi (a U.S. Marine vet. and now multi degreed Engineer who retired in 2016 from America's largest defense contractor after 31 years).
Interesting.
We had kids at the Citadel do the same thing; go off rocker. All they had to do is call dad to come get them if they did not like it.
Multi degree engineer my arse.
Fortnite Pro’s , I agree with you. His grammar doesn’t add up to a person with multiple college degrees
@@MM-qi5mk lol...trust me, I busted my ass in college earning an undergrad in Computer Engineering and then after getting hired by Martin Marietta, a grad degree in Electrical Engineering. After reading my original post I think my grammar is pretty spot on, though I am using casual punctuation as I am here on youtube, not writing a thesis or a technical paper.
Out-fucking-standing!!!
I have a high level of respect for Mr Ermey. Sir Rest In Peace Sir!
IMO This was the most realistic depiction of a DI of any movie ever made up until the Head scene at the end of Boot Camp.
Rest In Peace. Huge part of my childhood. Learned a lot of good history from this man.
What a character.....we need more like him
I would have loved Sgt Ermey as my DI because I would he would have turned out be a damn good Marine.
A GUY LIKE THAT WOULD GET YOU THROUGH HELL . YOU WOULD BRUISED AND BATTERED BUT YOU WOULD COME OUT ALIVE.
So his portrayal of a drill instructor of that time was pretty accurate from what I can tell.
My favourite line in the movie is when he says to Pyle.” I’m gonna rip off your balls so you wont contaminate the world. 🤣🤣🤣
Rest in Peace Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey and Thank you for your service.
RIP Gunny. Semper Fi
RIP SGT Ermey Semper Fi and bless you for all you did to represent the USMC.
Has the film world forgotten R. Lee's first movie portrayal of a DI? "The Boys in Company C"
He also played a bad guy in Miami Vice
His comment about DI's raising a hand to someone to teach them something was shown more in his DI portrayal in Boys in Company C.
Exactly. I'm a fan, but the idea that Kubrick plucked Ermey completely from obscurity for his first acting role is wrong. He basically played precisely the same part in 'Company C' 10-15 years before FMJ. That film has more than one other thing in common with FMJ and even includes another major cast member (Cowboy).
Boys in Company C was my dad's fave
Let's not forget seige of firebase Gloria!
RIP, sarge. 🙏🏾
Man would I like to meet my DI from the USAF, way back in 1982, and thank him and have a beer with him, SSGT Lockyear, he said he hated me, but I never failed an inspection, I couldn't march for shit so he hid me in the barracks for graduation ceremonies, well, something happened and he checked on me accusing me of something I did not do, it was frigid hot so I didn't mind, they really do take pride in their jobs, trying to make a man out of you which he did, Cheers Ssgt. Lockyear, where ever yo may be🍺‼️
That’s an interesting story. I got there Nov ‘82, and also got to play Dorm Guard during the parade inspection. Except I wasn’t there because I couldn’t march, I was there because my TI wanted me to paint aircraft murals on the walls inside our dorms. 😎
What the heck did you do to piss your TI off anyway? By that time you were almost through with basic and everyone was pretty good at what they were doing. Otherwise they’d have been “recycled” by then😂. Remember that term?🤣
Semper Fi, Gunny. Rest easy, rest in peace.
R.I.P. Gunny, You will be missed.
If it absolutely positively needs to be destroyed over night call the Marines.
JosepH LevInskI i disagree with you..if it needs to be destroyed over night you must call HILLARY clinton and all her cry babies...lol...
JosepH LevInskI if it needs be destroyed over night call a marine, if it needs to be destroyed yesterday call the green berets
Rest easy, Gunny. You're always alive to me, brother.
Semper Fidelis
7:35 that's not a soldier kid, it's a Marine!
Anthony Ciccariello true, this ain't the army
Kid had best unfuck himself!
Nope he said Soldier. Marines are Marines. Soldiers are Army
Anthony Ciccariello oohra!
Young people make great soldier's, pilots etc. WW2 most 18 to 25 year olds were some of the best fighter pilots, gunners and soldier's in the war because they did not think about there own mortality as much as their elders still the same today.
God bless the U.S.M.C.
🇺🇸What's wrong being patriotic?🇺🇸
Gear Permer it's just lame
God bless you too.
J Willemsen god is dead
Lu Bu no.
The best part was he actually used to be a drill sergeant. His experience and his lessons were real to the core. You will be missed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. Rest in Peace.
Thank you for your service and rest in peace.
R.I.P. Gunny. A true hero has been lost. The world is a lesser place.
RIP Lee Ermey(March 24, 1944 - April 15, 2018)
Great video! Thanks for the upload. Also,somewhat random side-note, but man I love that warm sound of the VHS 📼 audio and soft tape hiss.
I cried when he died. He was so awesome.
R. I. P. Gunny…thanks and Semper Fi!
Drill Instructor R Lee Ermey. You were outstanding on Full Metal Jacket. Thank you also, for your service in Vietnam, as well as all the folks who served their country not only as drill instructors, but all other military brances. The world is a bit safer thanks to your sacrifices :-). Condolences to all military families who lost loved ones not just in the Vietnam War but all other wars. May all RIP :-(
RIP R Lee Emrey: 1944 - 2018
What a legend.
Back when men were MEN!
Just like I said. Excuse number 1. PUSSY lol
Sevenstrings Sting Its still just an apartment
lol You're in Florida I hope the HurryCane destroys your house.
+dedalliance1 fuck you, that shit sucked, missed a ton of work and gotta replace a ton of shit. price we pay for wearing shorts durring xmas
Ur right men were men back then. Too many offended pussies nowadays
Art Bell now R Lee Ermey? Enough already. RIP Sargeant
i heard that people have given Ermey shit because he wasn't a combat veteran, but he seems like a damn good drill instructor, and a good drill instructor is very important in implementing those core values and discipline that will follow a marine for his or her career
thank you to all the Veterans!!!
3:51 Lmao, "AHHHH"
"So I can take a private who can do 9 pull ups and dammit, by the time I've finished talking to that private he can do 12. Why? Because I have initmidated this private so severely that I've convinced him that he can do 12 or he's gonna die."
R.I.P Ermey rest well
Just wanna say thank you my drill sergeant at the time was a real pain in the ass but he was there to make sure you would survive to see what he knew thanks again I really enjoyed it been watching you for years🇺🇸💯
there is a reason why the usmc are some of the toughest sob on earth.
can you please not swear my ears ain't no trash bin
"The usmc are some of the toughest sob on earth". Really, ryan stuckey? Really? The British Army has been producing "tough sobs" longer than your country's even been in existence (on the presumption that you must be a Septic; septic tank - Yank). As such, you've obviously absorbed your country's typical, arrogant "superiority" propaganda and actually believe it. Think again, sonny!
Normal infantry training in the British Army is three times as long as your "Marine training". Then comes the special training for "light infantry and Guards" units. On top of that, there's even more intensive training for paratroopers and commandos. Septics know fuck-all about "real" military training. I've fuckin' shit 'em!
MsG
"A queen's most loyal", Dende the White Mage? I'm a fuckin' Irishman, fella! I don't do the "loyal to the fuckin' queen" bollix, although I did spend many years in "her" army as a Medic.
I've actually been out on excercise (scheme, as we say) with your Marines and with your Rangers many a time. I'm sorry, but for spontaneous improvisation, ingenuity, sheer bloody-mindedness and military skills they ain't a patch on the British Army paras, the SAS, the SBS or even the RN Booties. I've personally witnessed how even RGJ and DLI units ran fuckin' rings around Septic Ranger and Marine units in West Germany using unorthodox methods.
What gets up my hooter, more than anything else, is the automatic assumption that the Septics MUST be better than all the other armies in the world, simply because the US is a so-called "superpower". It ain't necessarily so. Every "Special Forces" unit is based on what the British Army learned in three centuries of conflict (including in my homeland). And let's face it, the US didn't even have a foreign intelligence organisation until the Brits showed them how to do it during WWII. After all, the bastards have been at the sneaky-beaky game for about seven centuries.
It's not that I'm denigrating any US forces; far be it from me. What should be clear is that the Septics didn't invent special forces, as they constantly intimate, but merely built on the vast experience of the British Army. E chiaro, ragazzo?
MsG
Gionn Caomhin Morpheagh if i recall correctly we're 2-0 against you and bailed you out twice in the last 100 years so keep talking, ha.
Gionn Caomhin Morpheagh yeah... they did a real good job against the ‘septic yanks’ when we kicked your asses and sent you back home, tails between your legs! bow down! To the n#gga that is greater than you!
what's up with all the repetition?
Crappy edit.
I gave it thumb down.
R Lee Ermey truly deserved an oscar for best supporting actor in Full Metal Jacket. He was spot on in his roll as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. He was exactly how the D.I.'s ran boot camp back then. Talk about having a flashback and reliving an intense period of time in life. Gunny you were amazing!
Wow, when this movie came out, it almost triggered my PTSD flashbacks of my own experience earning my Title at Parris Island!!! A lot of the things Gunny said to the recruits was said to me, back in 1979, by my DI's.
RIP Gunny
RIP HARTMAN!!
You are truly one of the best actors for that roll you nailed it. One of my favorite movies.because of the drill Sargent scenes.
Thanks for telling it like it really was, Gunny. Semper Fi - Do or Die, Sir!
USMC '71-'75
Favorite Call of Duty voice over is Lee's.
Piss poor editing. The second half repeats the first half.
Love the ad at the end. I’m a big 57 yo man, and all seven of my Grandkids have no fear of me, unless they know I’ve caught them red handed.
R Lee was a staff sergeant in Vietnamm he was only promoted to drill instructor after the movie !!! It only takes a little homework !!! Still love me some R Lee Emmy vids
Rip
he passed away 😔
Rest in Peace Gunny! March 24th 1944- April 15th 2018
We laughed, we cried, we learned by the numbers, and were taught by you. Semper fi marine.
Poor editing.. Duplicated in many parts
RIP Gunny.