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LAV; Landing Craft; Doughboy; OPFOR; Chain Mail; Military Salute

Season 2, Episode 6, Aired Feb 02, 2003

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In this episode, R. Lee Ermey rides along with the Marines in an LAV, or Light Armored Vehicle. He finds out why landing craft don't sink when their ramps come down, what the WWI term "Doughboy" means, who our troops train against (the OPFOR, or "Opposing Force"), how to make medieval chain mail, and how the military salute developed.moreless

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- A typical chain mail shirt weighs 18 pounds.
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- The Miles lasers have a range of 800 meters.
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- The Higgins Boat Delivered more troops to land than all the other landing craft combined during World War 2.
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- The Higgins Boat is named for its designer, Andrew J. Higgins.
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- An LAV can travel over 100 miles on a flat tire.
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- A combat loaded LAV weighs 14 tons.
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- R. Lee Ermey: The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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- R. Lee Ermey: (Providing the voice for Mini Lee as it chews out the Pillsbury Dough Boy) You're not a real doughboy. You're a disgusting fatbody. Sound off like you've got a pair! Oh my God! You don't have a pair!
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