Ermey visits Camp Pendleton; gets trigger time with the MK-19 grenade launcher; explores Russian tactics and weapons of WWII; test drives a WWII Weasel; and profiles the failed Vertijet.

Ermey explains the origins of “hooch”; explores a Eureka MPTGS Type 3 tent; demos an Arisaka rifle; and examines the WWII raid at Cabantuan by Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas.

Ermey explores the weapons of the German Renaissance; demos the 9mm Luger P-08; explores the Battle of Britain and the history of American Forces Network; and salutes WWII journalist Bill Mauldin.

Ermey hits the skies with Air Force Pararescue Teams; goes on patrol with the Marines and explores clean-up efforts; and visits the French Quarter with the 82nd Airborne and the Army National Guard.

Ermey trains as a DoD firefighter; explores the history of napalm; gets trigger time with the Japanese Nambu pistol; and examines a secret remote-controlled weapons project called Little David.

Ermey meets with USMC Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units; explore the history of the first Marine Raiders; observes a moment of silence for the Sullivan Brothers; and takes a look at the Rough Riders.

Ermey gives the 411 on the M243 Bradley Fighting Vehicle; gets the dirt on the M9 combat Earthmover; and explores a role-playing exercise to train US soldiers in counter-insurgency tactics in Iraq.

Ermey trains with an Amphibious Assault Vehicle; shoots some guns of the Old West; salutes WWII’s Merrill’s Marauders and explores the German secret weapon called the Screaming Mimi.

Host R. Lee Ermey travels to Vietnam for the first time since he left in 1969, when he served in Marine Wing Support Group 17. "The Gunny" recalls memories and visits famous sites such as Khe San, Hanoi and the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.

Ermey visits Minot Air Force Base; explores the history of the B-52 bomber; looks at air launch cruise missiles and Joint Direst Attack Munitions; and roars off in a B-52 on a training run.

Ermey visits the Knob Creek Gun Range and fires off a few rounds; take a turn on a machine-gun shooting course; gets a lift on a Cayuse OH-6A helicopter, then goes on a night shoot.

Ermey goes aboard the USS Missouri, site of Japan’s formal surrender in WWII; explores the island-hopping campaign; and celebrates the ingenuity and fighting spirit that finally ended the war.

Ermey annihilates some spuds with a Colt Model 1895; tells the tale of Maynard Snuffy Smith; investigates the P-38 and its connection to John Wayne, and explores the history of the Wire Dawgs.