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

R. Lee Ermey knew how to perfectly portray Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket because he was a genuine former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor himself. Director Stanley Kubrick allowed him to improvise most of the character's famously harsh and authentic dialogue based entirely on his real-world military experience. Credit: @cbc | History In Pictures

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

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