453K views · 7.6K reactions | #MovieMonday - "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) is one of the most acclaimed films concerning the Vietnam War. Former Marine Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was hired as a technical advisor but made such an impression on director Stanley Kubrick that he was given the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. Kubrick allowed Ermey to write most of his own dialogue to make the Parris Island scenes more authentic. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

"Today...is Christmas!" The "magic show" mentioned by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in this scene from FULL METAL JACKET is Marine slang for a religious service. | U.S. Naval Institute

R. Lee Ermey, the former Marine who starred in ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ has died at age 74 https://ti.me/2H6p8U7 | TIME

1.1M views · 64K reactions | In 1996, U.S. Marine vet R. Lee Ermey appeared in a Coors Light commercial with John Wayne. Wayne had been dead for 17 years but was inserted into the spot using clips from the 1966 film CAST A GIANT SHADOW. The commercial boosted Coors Light sales by 10%. #ThrowbackThursday | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook