* Bokeem Woodbine as Gunnery Sergeant Crisp, USMC Force Recon

" Nigger " is used by soldiers of both races in jokes and as expressions of bravado (" put a nigger behind the trigger ", says the black Corporal " Eightball "), with racial differences among the men seen as secondary to their shared exposure to the dangers of combat: Gunnery Sergeant Hartman ( R. Lee Ermey ) says, " There is no racial bigotry here.

He portrays an aging United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant and Korean War veteran.

* Louis Colon-20 year Retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant.

* a company Gunnery Sergeant

Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland " Lou " Sanford Diamond, USMC ( May 30, 1890 – September 20, 1951 ) is famous within the U. S. Marine Corps as the classic example of the " Old Breed " — tough, hard-fighting career marines who served in the corps in the years between World War I and World War II.

By then he was a Gunnery Sergeant.

Two years after his promotion to Master Gunnery Sergeant on July 10, 1939, he was assigned to the Depot of Supplies at Philadelphia to help design a new infantry pack.

A Weapons platoon will usually have a First Lieutenant ( O-2 ) and a Gunnery Sergeant ( E-7 ) because of the larger number of Marines and the more complex employment of the weapon systems included in these platoons.

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U. S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him.

Zack and his fellow AOCs are " welcomed " by their head drill instructor, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley ( Louis Gossett, Jr .).

* Louis Gossett, Jr. as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley

The role of Gunnery Sergeant Foley was difficult to cast.

In addition, Gossett was advised by US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Buck Welscher and Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey.

On August 21, 1779 Gunnery Sergeant Pedro Rodríguez concluded the construction of the main parts of the fort San Pedro de Los Lobos, over the eastern bank of the Lagoon about 300 meters from its shoreline and nearly 1, 500 meters east of the mouth of Las Garzas stream, finishing the work Lieutenant Bernardo Serrano.

On August 21, 1779 Gunnery Sergeant Pedro Rodríguez concluded the construction of the main parts of the fort San Pedro de Los Lobos, over the eastern bank of the Lagoon about 300 meters from its shoreline and nearly 1, 500 meters east of the mouth of Las Garzas stream, finishing the work Lieutenant Bernardo Serrano had begun.

Ronald Lee Ermey ( born March 24, 1944 ) is a retired United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant ( honorary ), Drill Instructor, TV show host, and actor.

Ermey has often been typecast for the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films.

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 ).

The Gunnery Sergeant insignia consists of two M1 Garands centered vertically between three chevrons and two rockers.

The Detachment's insignia, designed by Gunnery Sergeant Anthony Siciliano, incorporated the Raiders ’ famous knife, the United States Marine Raider Stiletto, and the Raiders ’ insignia as a tribute and link to the famed battalions, which existed for only two years after their 1942 inception.

From 1941 until 1946, the rank was equivalent to grade 2, ranking with Gunnery Sergeant and other technical ranks with which it shared its insignia.

The Master Gunnery Sergeant insignia consists of a bursting bomb ( colloquially referred to as a " pineapple " due to the similarity of its appearance as stylized ) centered vertically between three chevrons and four rockers.

The insignia of SAC was designed in 1951 by Staff Sergeant R. T. Barnes, then assigned to the 92nd Bombardment Wing.

* Sergeant ( insignia of a Sergeant )

* Sergeant ( insignia of a Sergeant )

Sergeant First Class Snorkel wears a green Class A Army dress uniform with heavily wrinkled garrison cap ; the officers wear M1 helmet liners painted with their insignia.

whose fairy wings bear the insignia of a Technical Sergeant, and who wears only socks, shorts, and a uniform hat.

* Acting Sergeant ( insignia of a Corporal )

Sergeant First Class insignia

" Typically a Sergeant First Class assigned on a manning document to fill a first sergeant role while being promotable to Master Sergeant can be frocked to First Sergeant rank and hold the insignia due its position.

In 1929, like the rank of First Sergeant, two " rockers " were added beneath the stripes with the same insignia in the middle.

The rank was replaced by Technical Sergeant in 1946 until restored in 1959 when the crossed rifles insignia were added to Marine chevrons.

Shoulder mark of a contemporary British OG ( Olive Green ) pullover with RAF Sergeant insignia.

Technical Sergeant insignia, U. S. Air Force

Technical Sergeant insignia, U. S. Army

Technical Sergeant insignia, U. S. Marine Corps

Senior Master Sergeant insignia

E-8 First Sergeant insignia