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  • The bamboo-pole contraption was the brainchild of a U.S. Marine, whom commanders at Dwyer identified as Gunnery Sgt.

    As Improvised Explosive Devices Evolve, Soldiers Work to Find New Methods to Detect Them Adam Entous 2011

  • What I'll be doing is called a Gunnery Assistant, those operating the guns are the Gunners.

    jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2002

  • I’m here for two reasons: first of all, since you’re all involved in the state visit of Ibrahim Zarzi, I wanted to keep you in the loop about our efforts to apprehend the threat to him whom we have identified as Gunnery Sergeant Reyes Fidencio Cruz, USMC, currently AWOL from his service obligations, operating on motives unknown.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • I’m here for two reasons: first of all, since you’re all involved in the state visit of Ibrahim Zarzi, I wanted to keep you in the loop about our efforts to apprehend the threat to him whom we have identified as Gunnery Sergeant Reyes Fidencio Cruz, USMC, currently AWOL from his service obligations, operating on motives unknown.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • The article on "Gunnery" gave them just one of those convenient tables which are the blessing of wise men and learned men, and which lead half-trained men to their ruin.

    The Brick Moon, and Other Stories 1899

  • New York Times article on King notes that she's "ever vigilant for busted rules" - which seems in keeping with the fear-inspiring, speak-up-you-maggot taskmasters of the popular imagination, such as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

    Slate Magazine 2009

  • Mine Counter - Measure vessels where he held a number of key positions such as Gunnery and Navigation Officer, "Tshabalala said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • At Camp Pendleton in Southern California, where the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine Division was one of the first into the fray in Iraq, Gunnery Sgt.

    An Early 'Welcome Home,' and More Planned as Iraq Service Ends Stephanie Simon 2011

  • Marine Gunnery Sergeant Stouffer laid down his collider rifle and for the first time since he was a child, he wept.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • Marine Gunnery Sergeant Stouffer laid down his collider rifle and for the first time since he was a child, he wept.

    365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

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