Mail Call was a television program that appeared on the History Channel and hosted by R. Lee Ermey, a retired United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant,. The show debuted on August 4, 2002 as part of the 'Fighting Fridays' lineup. Most episodes were 30 minutes, but from 2007 through the show's end in 2009 some episodes were 60 minutes. During each episode, Ermey read and answered questions submitted by viewers regarding weapons and equipment used by all branches of the U.S. military now or in the past, as well as by other armed forces in history. Ermey often took his viewers on location to military training areas to film demonstrations. When not on location, Ermey broadcast from a set resembling a military outpost, including a tent, a Jeep, and various other pieces of military gear which changed throughout the series. At times, he would also have a bulldog - usually symbolic of Marines, especially drill instructors - on his show as well. Comic relief was provided as Ermey inflicted DI-style verbal abuse on his viewers or tests the effects of various weapons on watermelons and paint cans, as well as occasional appearances of "Mini-Lee", an action figure styled in Ermey's likeness, often seen berating a luckless G.I. Joe figurine. His demeanor as host was similar to the character "Gunnery Sergeant Hartman" portrayed by Ermey in the Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, though this attitude was shown only towards his viewers and not the military special guests. Older viewers might compare him to Sergeant Vincent Carter, a character in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. television program.
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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Tank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword | 2002-08-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; Landmine | 2002-08-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots | 2002-08-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield | 2002-08-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks | 2002-09-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Mortar; WWII GIs' Personal Items; Native-American Arrows | 2002-09-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Re-Fueling a Fighter Jet; Naval Signal Flags; GI Chow | 2002-09-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Revolutionary WarMusket; Jousting; Foxholes | 2002-09-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Pilum; WWII Radios; First Rockets | 2002-09-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Ninja Weapons; Flamethrower; Military Dogs | 2002-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Grenades; Dog Tags; Dinner in a Pouch | 2002-10-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Jeep; HIMARS; Hurricanes | 2002-10-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Future Gear; Marine Camouflage; Army's New Armored Vehicle | 2002-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Grenade Launchers; Grape Shot; Shrapnel; D-Day Paratrooper Gear; Jet Packs | 2002-12-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Civil War Rifles; 1st Missile Sub; Navy Divers' Gear; Field Strip; Bowie Knife; | 2002-12-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | AVLB; Fulton Recovery System; Pilot Survival Kit; Trireme; Battleship Guns; Grapeshot | 2002-12-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Virtual Weapons; Greek Phalanx; MiG-29; Hellcat Tank Destroyer; Civil War Gear; Dazzle Paint | 2003-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Trebuchet; Troop Headcounts; BAR; Smart Bombs; Modern Parachutes; Boomerangs | 2003-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | LAV; Landing Craft; Doughboy; OPFOR; Chain Mail; Military Salute | 2003-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Deuce & a Half; Vietnam Gun Truck; World War II Household Fat; Missile Silos; C-17 Loadmaster; Scottish Kilts | 2003-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Self-Propelled Artillery; Musket; Airships; Blue Angels; Pirate Weapons; Depth Charges | 2003-03-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Anti-Tank Rocket; Bazooka; HQ Tour; Tactical Operations Center; Downed Pilots Rescue; 21-Gun Salute | 2003-03-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Medieval Weapons; Lewis Gun; Carrier Pigeons; Gliders in Combat; Anti-Tank Missile; Ejection Seats | 2003-03-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | AAV; Jeep; Medieval Battering Ram; Urban Warfare; Ball Turret Gunner; Nose Art | 2003-03-23 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Unmanned Aircraft; Bogey; 1st Combat Helicopter; Forward Observers; Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Knife | 2003-04-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Newest Coast Guard Ship; Carrier Battle Group; Tanks; Sherman Tank; XM-29 Rifle; WWII V-Mail | 2003-04-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Live from the Gulf | 2003-07-06 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Super Stallion Helicopter; Flying Banana; Navy Hazing; Seabees; GI Jargon; Tank Ammo | 2003-07-13 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | M-1 Garand Rifle; First Assault Rifle; JATO; Golden Knights Parachute Team; Barrage Balloons | 2003-07-20 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Rocket-Assisted Projectile; WWII German Gustav; Tent Tech; Pup Tent; Tomahawk; Slingshot | 2003-07-27 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets | 2003-08-10 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Marine Sniper Rifle; BlowGun; Mulberry Harbor; French Resistance; Frontline Medi | 2003-08-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Sniper School; Hand Signals; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Motorcycles; Loading Palettes; C-119 | 2003-08-31 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Armored Scout Car; Water-Cooled Machine Gun; Fart Sack; Shuteye; Nazi U-Boats; Stealth Ship | 2003-09-07 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Claymore Mine; 1st U.S. Nuclear Sub; Resupply at Sea; Patriot Air Defense Missile; Jody Songs | 2003-09-14 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | WWII Half Track; Arctic Vehicles; Weird Weapons; Navy Hydrofoil; Combat Controller | 2003-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Military Pilot Training; Flak; Doolittle Raid; One-Man Submarine; Military Radios | 2003-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | F-15 Eagle; Flying Platform; Atomic Annie; Army Missiles; Tommy Gun v. Burp Gun; Measuring Bullets | 2003-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Avenger; Stinger & Red-Eye Missiles; Military Firefighter & Smokejumper; Kiowa Helicopter; Kilroy | 2003-10-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Cobra Attack Helicopter; Sidewinder Missile; C-54 Skymaster; MPs; Flintlock Pistol | 2003-11-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | Golden Knights; WWII Army Air Force or Air Corps?; Flying Tigers; AC-130U Spooky | 2004-01-11 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Blimp; Miitary Shotguns; Navy Graveyard; Poop Deck | 2004-01-18 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Guided Missile Destroyer; WWI Aircraft & Aces; Marine Corps FAST Teams | 2004-01-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Grease Gun; Sten Gun; E-3 Sentry AWACS; J-Stars; Vietnam Fire Support Bases; Charlie | 2004-02-08 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Medieval Madness; National Technical Systems; Fabulous Flops; P-51 Mustang; A-2 Flight Jacket | 2004-02-15 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Heavy Support Vehicles | 2004-02-22 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Army Air Ambulance; 1st Special Service Force; Johnson Rifle; MiG-15 vs. F-86 | 2004-03-07 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Fastest Army Vehicle; Uncle Sam; Tank Destroyers; Anti-Tank Rifle; Dive Bomber | 2004-03-28 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Navy SEALs; Frogmen; Kettering Bug; A-10 Warthog; Rommel's Afrika Korps Gear | 2004-04-04 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Jump Gear; Weapons; Communications and Medical Gear | 2004-04-11 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Nuclear-Attack Submarine: Diving, Steering and Sonar; Torpedoes and Tomahawk Missiles; Reactor; Chow | 2004-04-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Mark V Special Ops Craft; U.S. Gunboat; German Paratroopers; German Junkers; M113 APC; K-Rations | 2004-05-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | Bren Gun & Carrier; Special Forces School Final Exam; Beasts of Burden; Predator; 1st RPV | 2004-05-16 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | Spanish-American War Rifle; Remembering the Maine; SR-71 Blackbird; U-2 Spy Plane | 2004-07-11 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | MP5; Three Types of Automatic Weapons; Marine Corps Paratroopers of World War II; Flag Raisers at Iwo Jima | 2004-07-18 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | The Navy Marine Mammals Program; The Chain of Evacuation in World War II; WC54 Ambulance; The Desert Ducks | 2004-07-25 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Gear of the French Musketeers; Fighter Planes of World War II; High Altitude Rescue Team; XR-8 Syncopter | 2004-08-01 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | Marine Corps Marksmanship; The BAT; Maritime Safety & Security Teams | 2004-08-08 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Silencers; Flashbang Grenade; WWII Japanese Gear; HITRON Teams | 2004-08-15 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Javelin Anti-Tank Missile; Tankgewehr 1918; P-3 Orion; SOG | 2004-08-29 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | The War of 1812 | 2004-09-05 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | Military Sidearms/Glock Handguns/MG42/WWII British Commando Weapons/Gun Truck Alley | 2004-09-19 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | XM8/Spencer/AC-47 Spooky/Small Diameter Bomb/Gotha Bomber | 2004-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | Rapid Fielding Initiative/Anti-Tank and Anti-Anti-Tank/Blimp Sub-hunters/Cloud Car | 2004-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | Zoaves/Flying Wing/ICBM/Swift Boats | 2004-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 13 | Celebrity Golf Tournament, Gala Ball, and Auction | 2004-11-09 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Ballista; Pedersen Device; Peashooter | 2005-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | NORAD | 2005-03-11 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | Afghanistan | 2005-03-18 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | SS Lane Victory | 2005-04-01 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | The Pentagon | 2005-04-29 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | 29 Palms | 2005-05-13 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | Civil War Special | 2005-05-22 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Iwo Jima Special | 2005-05-27 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | Gator Navy | 2005-06-03 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | B-2 | 2005-06-10 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | Abrams M1-A1; Kasserine Pass and El Guttar | 2005-06-17 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 12 | Benelli M4 Shotgun; 1st Air Cav in Vietnam; Germany's WWII ME-163 Komet & Kubelwagen | 2005-06-24 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 1 | MK-19 Grenade Launcher; PPSH-41; WWII Weasel; Vertijet | 2005-09-16 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 2 | Beach Master; DLI; Hooch; Eureka MPTGS Type 3 Tent; Cabanatuan Raid; Arisaka Rifle | 2005-09-23 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 3 | German Renaissance; 9mm Luger P-08; AFN; Battle of Britain | 2005-09-30 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 4 | Hurricane Katrina | 2005-10-06 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 5 | DOD Firefighter; USMC Martial Arts Training; Little David | 2005-10-07 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 6 | IED; Guadalcanal; Sullivan Brothers; Rough Riders | 2005-10-21 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 7 | Army's National Training Center | 2005-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 8 | AAV; Wild West Guns; Merrill's Marauders; Screaming Mimi | 2005-11-04 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 9 | Ermey's Vietnam | 2005-11-11 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 10 | Minot AFB | 2005-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 11 | Knob Creek Gun Range | 2005-12-29 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 12 | War in the Pacific | 2006-03-07 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 1 | The Potato Digger; KP; John Wayne; The Wire Dogs | 2006-10-08 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 2 | Lockheed Starlifter, Project Bluebook | 2007-03-16 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 3 | Air Force Special Operations | 2007-03-23 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 4 | Special Ops Army Scouts | 2007-04-06 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 5 | Pinnacle Armor, Apache Helicopter | 2007-04-06 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 6 | M-8 Armored Car, World War II Scout Car; Mauser C-96 Pistol; War Dogs | 2007-04-20 | 30 min |