gunnery sergeant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gunnery sergeant
An Americanism dating back to 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Matt served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an infantry squad leader and gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
McDonald was an active-duty gunnery sergeant stationed with the Marine Corps Logistic Operations Group in Twentynine Palms, according to the district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Canley was a 30-year-old gunnery sergeant who had spent half his life in the Marine Corps.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
Before departing our base at Camp Pendleton, my company gunnery sergeant, a reasonable and world-weary grunt in his 30s who was wounded in Kuwait the year before, came to see me in my office.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2020
“I remember when I first met him like it was yesterday,” says Richard Gregory, who was Van Riper’s gunnery sergeant in Mike Company.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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