Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermy receives an operations brief from Master Sgt. Donald L. Funkhouser, operations chief, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Ermy visited the Marines in the course of the leathernecks' efforts in rebuilding the New Orleans area after the devastation wrought upon it by Hurricane Katrina. - Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermy receives an operations brief from Master Sgt. Donald L. Funkhouser, operations chief, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Ermy visited the Marines in the course of the leathernecks' efforts in rebuilding the New Orleans area after the devastation wrought upon it by Hurricane Katrina.