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Ermey checks out CH-53 Super Stallion and H-21B Workhorse helicopters, gets the scoop on a Navy ritual, finds out how Seebeas built WWII runways, demos an Abrams tank and explains the phrase “G-2.”

Ermey demos a German MP-44 and an M-1 Garand, explains how barrage balloons protected London in WWIIl, explores a freefall parachute team and goes through the alphabet—military style.

What’s a Rocket-Assisted Projectile, how did the "pup" tent get its name, were slings really used as weapons, how did Native Americans use tomahawks and what’s the biggest combat artillery gun?

Why was the M-14 rifle introduced? How did the Viet Cong use booby traps? Who were the Wild Weasels and the secret Ravens, and how did the Green Berets get their name?

Ermey demos an M40A3 rifle and blowgun, examines a WWII Mulberry Harbour, French Resistance weapons, improvements in frontline medical care and explains the military origin of the word "Berserk".

How are Marine snipers trained and what hand signals do soldiers use? How did the Viet Cong move supplies? Can the military air drop tanks, and what was the C-119 Flying Boxcar transport plane?

What are water-cooled guns and fart sacks? How effective were U-boats and armored scout cars in WWII? How do troops sleep on the battlefield and does the Navy really have a ship invisible to radar?

Ermey demos the Claymore anti-personnel mine and a 16th-century sword, and answers questions about nuclear-powered subs, naval resupplies, Patriot missiles, and drill songs

How are military pilots trained, what was the Doolittle Raid and did the OSS use a WWII sub named Sleeping Beauty? What is flak, and what kind of radios are used by today’s military?

Ermey flies in a F-15 Eagle, explores the Hitler Flying Platform, an Atomic Annie howitzer and Army missile programs and decides which was better—the US Tommy Gun or German Burp Gun.

Ermey examines Sting and Red Eye missiles, learns about the African-American Triple Nickles; explores an Avenger Air Defense System and a Kiowa Scout helicopter and explains “Kilroy was here.”

What makes the AH-1W Cobra super and what are AIM Sidewinders? Why was the C-54 Skymaster a hero of the Berlin Airlift? What gear do military police use, and how accurate were flintlock pistols?

Ermey meets an Air Force EOD Unit and a Rescue Squadron, finds out why aircraft carrier flight deck crew wear bright jerseys and answers questions about Operation Iraqi Freedom.