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). It has a pay grade of E-7.
The Gunnery Sergeant insignia consists of two M1 Garands centered vertically between three chevrons and two rockers.
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“It’s gunnery practice out at sea
Just as before you went below;
The world is as it used to be”
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