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.

A Gunnery Sergeant in the infantry is typically in charge of coordinating logistics for a company-sized group of Marines, or about one hundred twenty 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.

Gunnery Sergeants are commonly referred to by the informal abbreviation "gunny." This nickname is usually regarded as a title of esteem and/or camaraderie, and is generally acceptable for use in all situations except formal and ceremonial ones. Use of the term by lower-ranking personnel, however, remains at the Gunnery Sergeant's discretion.

Notable Gunnery Sergeants

• John Basilone
• Robert H. McCard
• Carlos Hathcock
• Jack Coughlin
• William Gary Walsh

In fiction

• Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the television series NCIS (portrayed by Mark Harmon)
• Victor Galindez on the television series JAG (portrayed by Randy Vasquez)
• Thomas Highway in the film Heartbreak Ridge (played by Clint Eastwood)
• Bob Lee Swagger, created by author Stephen Hunter and portrayed in the 2007 movie Shooter by Mark Wahlberg
• Miles Arthur Rutherford in the The Council Wars book series written by John Ringo
• Senior Drill Instructor GySgt Hartman in the film Full Metal Jacket played by GySgt R. Lee Ermey
• Senior Drill Instructor GySgt Gerheim (on whom the character of Hartman was based) in the book The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
• Alva "Gunny" Bricker on the television series Major Dad (portrayed by Beverly Archer)
• GySgt Emil Foley in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" (played by Louis Gossett, Jr., the role for which he won an Academy Award).
• Gunnery Sergeant Ashley Williams, a character from the role-playing game Mass Effect.
• Vince Carter played by Frank Sutton on Gomer Pyle USMC
• Jim Moore played by Jack Webb in the movie The D.I.
• Gunnery Sergeant Al Apone in 1980s sci-fi classic film Aliens, played by Al Matthews.
• Gunnery Sergeant Erin Mathias, a character in the rebooted Battlestar Galactica, played by Eileen Pedde
• Lawton "Gunny" in the game Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a Gunnery Sergeant.
• Pete Stacker, a UNSC Marine Infantryman in the Halo series
• Gena "Mother" Newman, in the books Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow and Hell Island
• Amos Skillings, in the books Mission Compromised, The Jericho Sanction and The Assassins by Oliver North and Joe Musser.
• Leatherneck, a Marine in the G.I.Joe ARAH toyline, comics and cartoon.

Notes

See also

• U.S. Marine Corps enlisted rank insignia
• Comparative military ranks