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gunnery

[guhn-uh-ree] / ˈgʌn ə ri /


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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

In the first decade of the 20th century, two brilliant English civilians, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, invented the world’s first modern gunnery computer to aim the big guns of battleships.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

It included a live-fire gunnery exercise conducted by the guided missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

In so doing, Mr Carter overrode a request by the Marine Corps to exempt women from certain roles, including in infantry and machine gunnery.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2022

“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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