Rest Easy Gunny

[Fx51LP308]

Louis Gossett Jr., the First Black Man to Win Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Dead at 87

Gossett won the Academy Award as Richard Gere's hardcore drill sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentleman."

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Thank you for making "real" Naval officers. Not the stuff we get today. I shall never forget Ensign Seeger and how you helped her.

In addition, you had a dual Military Role as Col., then Brig. General "Chappy" in the"Iron Eagle" series.

Rest Easy. You deserve it.

 

[kcbird]

Hell of an actor. I loved a lot of his movies when I was a kid Iron eagle, El diablo, toy soldiers.

 

[fpgt72]

God Iron eagle was just so horrid. I am ok with movies existing in a reality that does not exist, but with the stuff in that movie.....sorry I just could not buy it.

He did knock it out of the park in officer and gent.

 

[Slash0311]

I really enjoyed him in Diggstown as the boxer. Great ending if you've not seen it.

I really like his sense of humor in Firewalker (if I remember correctly) with Chuck Norris.

Godspeed sir. You'll be missed.

 

[Fx51LP308]

God Iron eagle was just so horrid. I am ok with movies existing in a reality that does not exist, but with the stuff in that movie.....sorry I just could not buy it.

Well, if nothing else, at least it demonstrated to Military Internal Security the need to keep things totally tight. Rule #1 being, never allow other family into the op facilities (especially kids). I have to wonder how many base security personnel were scratching their heads after seeing it. I mean, "Take your child to work day" is one thing, but Daaaayyyyooooomm!

He did knock it out of the park in officer and gent.

Yes, he did.

 

[Arc Light]

Great actor and will be missed. Liked him in Iron Eagle (I was a kid, what can I say), The Deep, and Jaws 3 among many others.

 

[fdkay]

Enemy mine was a very good movie.

 

[Ronws]

Enemy mine was a very good movie.

You said it before I could.

 

[n2ishun]

Louis Gossett Jr., the First Black Man to Win Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Dead at 87

Gossett won the Academy Award as Richard Gere's hardcore drill sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentleman."

www.yahoo.com

Thank you for making "real" Naval officers. Not the stuff we get today. I shall never forget Ensign Seeger and how you helped her.

In addition, you had a dual Military Role as Col., then Brig. General "Chappy" in the"Iron Eagle" series.

Rest Easy. You deserve it.

That's some fucked up shit.
Last I looked there weren't any sergeants in the navy ?

 

[Fx51LP308]

That's some fucked up shit.
Last I looked there weren't any sergeants in the navy ?

But there are sergeants in the Marine Corps, which falls under the "Dept. of the Navy." And, apparently, this particular installation used Marine Corps DI's to train Naval Officer Candidates. Ever notice that there are no USMC "Medical" personnel at the Recruit depots? But there are Navy Corpsmen. No USMC Chaplains, but there are Navy Chaplains.

Sometimes, different tasks are done by different branches of service. And I, for one, am glad they have USMC GySgt's doing OCS training. Because the one question any qualified DI will ask is, "Could I ever salute this person?" So you know they aren't going to turn out anything but a truly qualified individual.

Well, it used to be that way!

 

[Ronws]

But there are sergeants in the Marine Corps, which falls under the "Dept. of the Navy." And, apparently, this particular installation used Marine Corps DI's to train Naval Officer Candidates. Ever notice that there are no USMC "Medical" personnel at the Recruit depots? But there are Navy Corpsmen. No USMC Chaplains, but there are Navy Chaplains.

Sometimes, different tasks are done by different branches of service. And I, for one, am glad they have USMC GySgt's doing OCS training. Because the one question any qualified DI will ask is, "Could I ever salute this person?" So you know they aren't going to turn out anything but a truly qualified individual.

Well, it used to be that way!