the gunnery sergeant is probably one of the most iconic ranks in the united states marine corps and the armed forces as a whole but what is the gunnery sergeant and why was it created in this video we're going to explain the origin of the gunnery sergeant rank in the marine corps including its historical and modern roles and the evolution of its insignia from the real exploits a gunnery sergeant daniel daly the gunnery stars in hartman's betrayal and full metal jacket the gunny has grown to be a key part of the marine corps identity but kaylee what if i live in a country where i can't watch full metal jacket well that sucks you know what can help um nordvpn as an american living abroad the internet service providers out here suck so i actually need a vpn to access my bank watch certain content and download certain games plus the idea of getting my identity stolen for using public wi-fi doesn't get me too chuffed nordvpn is the solution what vpns do is surf the web on your behalf so instead of your isp seeing you leave a mean comment on one of my videos all they see is encrypted traffic between you and nordvpn so if you want to protect yourself online or just watch a show not available in your country go to URL_TOKEN battle order to get a two-year plan plus four additional months with a huge discount and a NUMBER_TOKEN-day money-back guarantee that's URL_TOKEN battle order to understand the gunnery sergeant we first have to examine the marine corps original role from the marine corps inception u.s marines served aboard almost every type of american warship they served as ships guards enforcing discipline and regulating entry and exit from the ship at port during sea combat they could act as marksmen fighting from the tops of sailing ships sniping key personnel on enemy ships and power needed to be projected to shore they could form part of an ad hoc landing party although this was not initially their main role by the late NUMBER_TOKENth century some of these roles fell out of favor for example the introduction of iron clads made sniping enemy sailors with small arms impractical but new roles came into being as well among these was the manning of gun batteries on warships although they were just as likely to serve miscellaneous roles on a ship during combat such as riflemen orderlies medical aides and ammo passers marines did man secondary batteries on american warships during the spanish-american war their impact in this capacity during the war was questionable and marines would achieve greater glory elsewhere implementing a new amphibious assault doctrine but being in the fight aboard warships was an important part of the marine corps character in NUMBER_TOKEN this was the environment in which the gunnery sergeant was born as the name suggested gunnery sergeants were originally intended as experts in naval gunnery and ordinance acting as senior members and with ship's detachment initially they were represented by three chevrons three bars and an eagle globe and anchor with cross rifles but this was changed in NUMBER_TOKEN by removing the three bars and replacing the eagle globe and anchor with the bursting bomb as technical specialists gunnery strident spilits were highly competitive and attracted some of the highest quality ncos in the
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