* 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 insignia

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 ).

After a short cruise in that command, he came ashore in 1918 and served for three years as director of Gunnery Exercises and Engineering Competition in the Navy Department, and as senior member of the Fire Control Board.

Hathcock's son, Carlos Hathcock III, later enlisted in the Marine Corps ; he retired from the Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant after following in his father's footsteps as a shooter, and became a member of the Board of Governors of the Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association.

After tours to the USA and the Central Gunnery School, Malan was promoted to Group Captain in 1941 and became Station Commander at Biggin Hill.

The 1120th and the 329th merged with the 328th to become the 328th Flexible Gunnery Training Group.

The 1122nd, 537th, and 538th were consolidated to form the 1123rd Flexible Gunnery Training Group.

MGySgt Segarra, a veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, is the first Hispanic and for that matter the first Puerto Rican Master Gunnery Sergeant acting as paraloft chief, Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group in Camp Smedley D. Butler located in Okinawa, Japan.

He makes his way topside, putting out fires and aiding crewmen along the way, and, once topside, meets up with Gunnery Sergeant Jack " Gunny " Lauton, his commander, and Joe works to shoot planes and torpedoes.

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.

Then in 1951 Tabor was one of the original founding members of the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association along with Belmont Hill, Choate, the Gunnery, Salisbury, St. George's, Brown & Nichols, Phillips Exeter Academy, Pomfret, South Kent, St. Mark's, Kent, the Halcyon and Shattuck clubs from St. Paul's, and Shrewsbury.

They compete in the Colonial League along with Deerfield Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall, Loomis Chaffee, Suffield Academy, The Gunnery, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Cheshire Academy, Willison Northampton and Westminster School.

Writing in The Washington Post, longtime Book World reviewer Paul di Filippo states, “ Overall, the Weisses exhibit fine taste and editorial restraint, although ... their selection of the opening piece is puzzling ... But then a challenging story such as John H. Ritter's ‘ Baseball in Iraq ( Being the True Story of the Ghost of Gunnery Sergeant T. J. McVeigh )’ comes along and dispels all cant and cliché with its elegant portrayal of the reviled terrorist working out his karma .”

On 21 February 1967, while accompanying a company of the 1st Battalion 9th Marines on Operation Chinook II in the Street Without Joy, Thua Thien Province, Fall stepped on a Bouncing Betty land mine and was killed, along with Gunnery Sergeant Byron G. Highland, a U. S. Marine Corps combat photographer.

Along with the primary training base at Las Vegas, the Gunnery School operated a series of Auxiliary Airfields for training in southern Nevada:

On 15 May 1949, with USAF approval, ATC opened its Aircraft Gunnery School at Las Vegas AFB.

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

Higgins discovers that the postman who attacked Turner in Hale's apartment was a former U. S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and CIA operative who had collaborated with Joubert on a previous operation.

Carlos Hathcock ( May 20, 1942 – February 23, 1999 ) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills.

Crusader AA with 40 mm Bofors gun, at the Armoured Fighting Vehicle School, Gunnery Wing at Lulworth in Dorset, 25 March 1943.

* Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey was awarded the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm.

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.

* September 28 – Flying an Airco DH. 9 with the Royal Air Forces No. 218 Squadron, U. S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Everett R. Brewer ( pilot ) and Gunnery Sergeant Harry B. Wershiner ( observer ) become the first U. S. Marine Corps personnel to shoot down an enemy plane in aerial combat.

One of the most famous quotations in Marine Corps legend came during the initial step-off for the battle when Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, a recipient of two Medals of Honor who had served in the Philippines, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Peking and Vera Cruz, prompted his men of the 73rd Machine Gun company forward with the words: " Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?

He taught Gunnery at the Army Advanced Artillery Course, and Executive Assistant to the Marine Corps ' Operations Deputy from 1968 – 1971 ; in that position he prepared the Deputy for meetings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

After accepting the surrender he finds himself inside the game in his dreams, where he must deal with the suspicious Gunnery Officer as well as the understanding Captain, and work out exactly what they're all supposed to do now.

This situation persists with the successors to the Gunnery branch, the Above Water Weapons branch, retaining the responsibility for Parade Training and generally retaining the form of address, GI.

From November 1943 to July 1944 there was also a Bombing and Gunnery Defence Training Flight in attendance with several Wellingtons, Spitfires, Hurricanes, plus a few Martinet tug aircraft, all employed in brushing up the skills of air gunners on air to air exercises.

; Chieftain Mk. 11: Mark 10 upgrade, searchlight replaced with the Thermal Observation and Gunnery System ( TOGS ), manufactured by Barr and Stroud.

In October 1984, Gunnery Sergeant Estrada returned to MCAS Beaufort, SC for duty with VMFA-251 as the Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of the Airframes Division.

In September 1932 ( just weeks after his wedding ) with the rank of brevet captain, he attended the Long Gunnery Staff Course in England.