Promotion to
Gunnery Sergeant (E-7)
The Gunnery Sergeant's Roles and Responsibilities
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The rank of Gunnery Sergeant is the backbone of the Marine Corps Staff
NCO (SNCO) ranks.
As a Gunnery Sergeant you will be expected to bring your years of
experience to bear in quick, accurate decisions that are in the
best interest of the mission and your marines. You will set the
example of leadership and professionalism for your subordinates.
Specifically, you will be charged with the responsibility of:
- Training subordinates in their MOS and basic military skills
- Being accountable for the actions of your squad, section, or
team
- Enforcing the standards of military and physical appearance
- Ensuring supervision, control, and discipline of subordinates
- Personally and professionally developing fellow Marines
- Providing communication links between the individual Marine
and the organization
- Planning and conducting the routine and day-to-day unit operation
within the policies established by senior officers
- Maintaining the appearance and condition of unit billeting
spaces, facilities, and work areas
- Maintaining serviceability, accountability, and readiness of
assigned arms and equipment
- Maintaining the established standards of professionalism and
job performance for the Marine, the NCO's, the SNCO's and the
Corps
- Supporting, following, and implementing policy established
by officers
As a GySgt you will exercise the highest degree of maturity, leadership,
and professionalism. To a large extent, accomplishment of the ultimate
mission -- success in battle -- depends on your leadership.
The Staff NCO Promotion Process
The Staff NCO (E6-E9) promotion process includes a centralized selection
board. The normal sequence from recommendation to promotion to Staff
NCO follows.
Basic Eligibility Requirements for Gunnery Sergeant (E-7)
- Command recommendation
- 6 years Time-In-Service
- 36 Months Time-In-Grade
- Must complete the required Professional Military Education (PME)
course:
Senior NCO (SNCO) Career Nonresident Program/ SNCO Career Distance
Education Program
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rank of Gunnery Sergeant is the backbone of the Marine Corps
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Note: Completion of a tour of duty as a Drill Instructor, Recruiter,
or Marine Security Guard assignment can replace the requirement to
complete the resident PME courses.
The Staff NCO Centralized Board
The Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) will convene selection boards
each calendar year to examine the qualifications of Marines in the
grades of Sgt, SSgt, GySgt, MSgt and 1stSgt for the purpose of recommending
those "best and fully qualified" for promotion to the next higher
grade. The centralized promotion board generally consists of 16 to
18 members.
Your entire military career is evaluated to determine if you qualify
among the "best and fully qualified." This determination is based
on the "whole Marine" concept. In the course of their evaluations,
the Selection Board will consider your demonstrated performance/achievement,
leadership, professional and technical knowledge, experience (type
and level), growth potential, motivation, military proficiency, physical
fitness, personal appearance, conduct, moral character, and maturity.
General Board Procedures
The Selection Board will be told the number of promotions available
for each intended MOS for active duty Marines, Marines in the Active
Reserve (AR) Program, and in each occupational field for all other
reserve component Marines. The Selection Board will also be provided
with the records of Marines eligible to compete within each zone.
You are entitled to correspond directly with the President of the Selection Board considering their case for promotion. Your personal
correspondence may include, but is not limited to, letters to the
President, copies of award certificates, school completion certificates,
MCI’s, photographs, third party correspondence (letters of recommendation
or explanation), etc.
Correspondence to SNCO selection boards need to be addressed as follows:
President (Specific Board) Headquarters,
U.S. Marine Corps (MMPR-2)
Harry Lee Hall 17 LeJeune Road
Quantico, VA 22134-5104 5.
Note: All correspondence must be under cover letter, signed
by the eligible Marine, listing all material being forwarded to
the Selection Board as enclosures. The board will not consider correspondence
not meeting these criteria.
The Selection Process
The Marine Corps then takes all the selectees (without regard
to MOS), and assigns them a promotion sequence number, which is
assigned according to seniority.
For example, if you are on the GySgt list and you have the
most TIG as an SSgt, then you will be given the lowest sequence
number (0001).
Each month, over the next 12 months, the Marines will release the
sequence numbers of those to be promoted during that month.
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