Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) is the seventh enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant and first sergeant, and is a staff non-commissioned officer (SNCO). Send us feedback. Today, Gunnery Sergeants in the Marine Corps infantry forces serve as fire and operations chief for a full company of 180+ marines. At the time of this congressional testimony there were 82 gunnery sergeants in the USMC. Gunnery Sergeant Rank • They should be thoroughly conversant with the nomenclature of the rapid-fire and machine guns used in the naval service and be sufficiently acquainted with their drill to be able to act as gun captains and to instruct the enlisted in their duties at such guns. He should have sufficient knowledge of the system of accountability of the United States Marine Corps to take charge of and properly render the accounts of a guard aboard ship, and should be competent in all respects to perform the duties of a first sergeant in charge of a guard on ship to which no marine officer is attached; also a knowledge of the duties involved in the subsistence of men ordered on detached duty, as well as the duties of an officer in command of a part of a landing party on shore. [2], The qualifications and selection of Gunnery Sergeants in the "Old Corps" was explained in congressional testimony in 1912:[3].

Gunnery sergeants serving as platoon sergeants perform essentially the same duties as staff sergeant platoon sergeants, with the additional responsibility of supervising other staff non-commissioned officers (i.e., the gunnery/staff sergeants leading the organic sections of the platoon). Gunnery sergeants serving as platoon sergeants perform essentially the same duties as staff sergeant platoon sergeants, with the additional responsibility of supervising other staff non-commissioned officers (i.e., the gunnery/staff sergeants leading the organic sections of the platoon). At the time of this congressional testimony there were 82 gunnery sergeants in the USMC. Gunnery Sergeants in infantry and combat support units (i.e., all other Ground Combat Element organizations) typically serve in the billet of \"Company (or Battery) Gunnery Sergeant\" or as the Platoon Sergeant of a crew-served weapons platoon (i.e., machine guns, mortars, assault weapons/rockets, and anti-tank missiles) or Platoon Sergeant and/or Section Leader in tank/armored vehicle platoons (Assault Amphibian or Light Armored Reconnaissance).

Einige Jahre lang mussten Kandidaten für eine Beförderung in diese Besoldungsgruppe einen speziellen Lehrgang absolvieren, bevor sie ihre Haftbefehle erhielten. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. The rank of gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. Tank and assault amphibian gunnery sergeants are also assigned as section leaders, in charge of either two tanks and 8 Marines or three AAVs and 9 Marines. Gunnery Sergeants also serve as Senior Staff Non-Commissioned Officers in military staff sections and headquarters and service companies/batteries at battalion/squadron level and typically have billet titles such as Personnel Administration Chief, Intelligence Chief, Operations Chief, Logistics Chief, Radio Chief, Motor Transport Chief, Maintenance Chief, and Mess Manager.