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.

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.

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 film starts off with Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett ( Berenger ), an experienced sniper, and his spotter Cpl.

Master Gunnery Sergeant Insignia

Master Gunnery Sergeant ( MGySgt ) is the ninth and highest enlisted rank ( along with the grade-equivalent ranks of Sergeant Major and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps ) in the United States Marine Corps.

Master Gunnery Sergeants are sometimes referred to by the nickname " Master Guns " or " Master Gunny ".

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.

During and prior to World War II, this was reversed ; the Sergeant Major was an administrative position while the Master Gunnery Sergeant was part of the S-3 section and enforced discipline.

In their annual performance evaluations, called " fitness reports ", eligible Gunnery Sergeants indicate whether they wish to be considered for promotion to Master Sergeant or First Sergeant, and thus whether they enter the promotional track for Master Gunnery Sergeant or Sergeant Major.

One of the major differences between the two E-9 ranks is that Master Gunnery Sergeants retain their Military Occupational Specialty ( MOS ), while Sergeants Major are given a new MOS to reflect their general command focus.

This reinforces the Master Gunnery Sergeant's role as a provider of military leadership, technical acumen, and mastery of their MOS.

For example, anyone ranking from Private to Sergeant can be a Rifleman ( 0311 ), but only Marines ranking from Staff Sergeant to Master Gunnery Sergeant can be an Infantry Unit Leader ( 0369 ).

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* Lou Diamond ( 1890 – 1951 ), USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant, nicknamed " Mr. Leatherneck "

He has played various movie roles, including a fire chief in Superman III ( 1983 ), General Tudor in The Fifth Element ( 1997 ), Master Sergeant # 3 in Tomorrow Never Dies ( 1997 ) and Gunnery Sergeant Apone in Aliens ( 1986 ) as mentioned above.

Miles Master IIs were used for this purpose as part of the Target Towing Flight at the Central Gunnery School whilst the School was based at RAF Sutton Bridge from April 1942 to March 1944.

The position is commonly held by a Sergeant Major or Master Gunnery Sergeant, but may also be held by a Sergeant First Class or Master Sergeant.

* SAF Warrant Officer School, a Singapore Armed Forces training school within the Pasir Laba Camp complex for Master Sergeants

NCOs are officially divided into two categories: Junior Non-Commissioned Officers ( Jr NCOs ), consisting of Corporals / Leading Seamen and Master Corporals / Master Seamen ; and Senior Non-Commissioned Members ( Sr NCOs ), consisting of Sergeants and Petty Officers 2nd Class.

Technical Sergeants provide mentorship to junior enlisted personnel while preparing themselves for promotion to Master Sergeant, the entrance rank of the senior non-commissioned grades.

Usually, less than ten percent of eligible Master Sergeants are selected for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant in most years.

Senior Master Sergeants typically assume superintendent duties, overseeing enlisted members ' efforts to accomplish a major segment of a unit's mission, in preparation for promotion to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.

Senior Master Sergeants in the First Sergeant special duty serve as First Sergeants of larger units than those employing a Master Sergeant as a First Sergeant.

Senior Master Sergeants are sometimes traditionally referred to by the nickname of " Senior ".

Some Chief Master Sergeants manage the efforts of all enlisted personnel within their unit or major subsection thereof, while others run major staff functions at higher headquarters levels.

All Chief Master Sergeants are expected to serve as mentors for company-grade and field-grade commissioned officers, as well as noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted members, and to serve as advisors to unit commanders and senior officers.

Formerly titled Senior Enlisted Advisor, Command Chief Master Sergeants serve as senior advisors to commanders at Wing, Numbered Air Force ( NAF ), Field Operating Agency ( FOA ), and Major Command ( MAJCOM ) levels.

The laurel wreath around the star in the lower field remained unchanged to retain the legacy of the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force.

All Chief Master Sergeants, including the CMSAF, may also be referred to as " Chief ".

German and international students are educated in more than 20 international or foreign-oriented programs and can acquire German as well as international degrees ( Bachelor / Master ) or Doppeldiplome ( double degrees ).

The majority of surviving choreographies from the period are English country dances, such as those in the many editions of Playford's The Dancing Master.

About 1, 000 post-graduate students attend programmes at the university and many students are taking Master of Science engineering programmes and the Master of Architecture programme.

The Master said, " How uncultivated you are, Yu!

The results of the party's choices and the overall storyline for the game are determined by the Dungeon Master ( DM ) according to the rules of the game and the DM's interpretation of those rules.

Master diving programs are frequently offered by college or club programs.

Graduate degrees — Master of Science — are granted in Agricultural Chemistry, Animal Science, Environmental Studies, Plant Science, and Soil Science.

In the United States in 1995, the Glass Ceiling Commission, a government-funded group, stated: " Over half of all Master ’ s degrees are now awarded to women, yet 95 % of senior-level managers, of the top Fortune 1000 industrial and 500 service companies are men.

Dominican laity are governed by their own rule, the Rule of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, promulgated by the Master in 1987.

How a player character obtains spells varies depending on his Game Master ; but how they are used is universal.

Such things as what attributes and skills will define characters are left to be determined by the Game Master and players, and several different optional systems for resolving actions and conflicts are offered.

The rules of Fudge are highly customizable and can be adjusted for the level of simplicity or complexity desired by the Game Master and Players.

A former senior product manager at Master Lock, a trigger lock manufacturer, was quoted as saying “ If you put a trigger lock on any loaded gun, you are making the gun more dangerous .” Critics also point out that a trigger lock will increase the time it takes a gun owner to respond to a self-defense emergency.

Against this, Robinson points out that all the synoptics are agreed that, when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem in the week before his death, he already has a number of followers and disciples in the city, notably Joseph of Arimathea, and the unnamed landlord of the upper room, who knows Jesus as ' the Master '.

These suspicions are later borne out in " Utopia " ( 2007 ), when the Tenth Doctor discovers that the renegade Time Lord the Master has survived the Time War and has been living in human form in the year 100 trillion, at the end of the material universe, a point so far forward in time that no Time Lord has ever travelled there.

The two research based postgraduate degrees are a Master of Science ( MSc ) and Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ).

Some examples are Sabian's Fusion Hats with holes in the bottom of the hi-hat, and the Sabian X-cellerator, Zildjian Master Sound and Zildjian Quick Beats, Paiste Sound Edge, and Meinl Soundwave.

Joysticks were commonly used as controllers in first and second generation game consoles, but they gave way to the familiar game pad with the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System during the mid-1980s, though joysticks — especially arcade-style one — were and are popular after-market add-ons for any console.

Some locksmiths decide to call themselves " Master Locksmiths " whether they are fully trained or not, and some training certificates appear quite authoritative.

Often, genuine internal practices are highly exaggerated to the point of making them seem miraculous, as in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon or Tai Chi Master.

Members of the Order are aged 18 and older ; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons.

Not always annually there are also the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award since 1975 for lifetime achievement in science fiction or fantasy, the Bradbury Award since 1992 for best dramatic presentation, the Author Emeritus title since 1995 to a senior writer whose major impact was long ago or overlooked.