


In 1968, he was ordered to South Vietnam with MWSG-17, and spent 14 months in-country. Įrmey then served in Marine Wing Support Group 17 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan. He served in the aviation support field for a few years before becoming a drill instructor in India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, where he was assigned from 1965 to 1967. In 1961, at age 17, Ermey enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and went through recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego, California. After his second arrest, a judge gave him a choice between the military and jail Ermey chose the military. As a teenager, Ermey often got into trouble with the authorities, and he was arrested twice for criminal mischief by the age of 17. In 1958, when Ermey was 14, he and his family moved to Zillah, Washington. He grew up with five brothers on a farm outside Kansas City, Kansas. He also hosted GunnyTime on the Outdoor Channel.Įrmey was born in Emporia, Kansas, on March 24, 1944, to John Edward and Betty Ermey. Lee Ermey, which concerned the development of different types of weapons. On television, Ermey hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various military issues both modern and historic and Lock n' Load with R. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power, a prison warden in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and John House in House. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant.Įrmey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Lt.
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He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Trading in both stocks was halted yesterday, pending the announcement.Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and Marine drill instructor. It said in its results released on Tuesday that construction demand in both the public and private sectors is expected to improve this year.īut headwinds remain, including rising international steel prices owing to China's environmental controls on steel producers, and intense competition in Singapore's construction sector.īRC Asia, meanwhile, said in its forecast that any improvement in construction demand will translate to more work for the construction supply chain, including the reinforcing steel industry, only in 12 to 18 months' time.Ĭalling it a "very difficult period", it said it expects profit margins to "remain rather challenging".īRC Asia and Lee Metal shares last traded at $1.31 and 41 cents, respectively, on Tuesday. Its gross profit margins fell to 17.1 per cent, from 22 per cent in the previous year, owing to lower tonnages delivered for value-added components in the fabrication and manufacturing business. Its full-year net profit for last year tumbled 44 per cent to $7.5 million, despite a 6 per cent increase in revenue to $339 million.

Lee Metal fabricates reinforcement steel products for the construction sector, including HDB and SMRT projects, and has a presence in Malaysia and Hong Kong too. The offer is conditional on approval by the Competition Commission of Singapore, among others.īRC Asia provides just-in-time reinforcing steel solutions to the construction sector in Singapore. The voluntary general offer will be funded by a shareholder loan from Esteel, bank borrowings and internal cash resources.īRC aims to delist Lee Metal, as this will facilitate management and operational control over the company and its subsequent developments. Assuming full acceptance by Lee Metal shareholders, BRC will pay a total of $199.3 million, representing 62.2 per cent of its market capitalisation.
