Gunnery Sergeant

Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) is the seventh NCO rank (NCO: Non Commissioned Officer) To the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). He is directly above the Staff Sergeant and under the Master Sergeant and is paid according to the Soldstuff E-7. The appropriate NATO Rank Code OR-7 is, with " OR " for other ranks or non-commissioned officers and enlisted men is. The rank is thus like a Sergeant major/Chief boatswain the Bundeswehr and the Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy.

Responsibilities
A Gunnery Sergeant in the infantry is typically in charge of coordinating logistics for a company-sized group of Marines (approximately 180 personnel.) Junior Gunnery Sergeants usually serve as platoon sergeant for weapons platoons. A U.S. Army Sergeant First Class shares the same pay grade as a Gunnery Sergeant, but not the same responsibilities. A Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant's job is to be the operations chief of a company of Marines. A Sergeant First Class in the Army usually will not have a comparable level of responsibility. The rank of Gunnery Sergeant in the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 1009).