US Marine Corps
6 ranks
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal wears one chevron with crossed rifles and forms the mass of a Marine rifle battalion: the rank the Corps fights wit...
Gunnery Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant wears three chevrons over two rockers with the bursting bomb device and is the technical and tactical backbone of...
Master Gunnery Sergeant
Master Gunnery Sergeant wears three chevrons over three rockers with the bursting bomb and represents the technical apex of the Ma...
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, SMMC, wears a special eagle globe and anchor device and serves as the senior enlisted advi...
Marine Gunner
The Marine Gunner is an infantry weapons specialist appointed as a warrant officer and addressed simply as Gunner, the only Marine...
Staff Sergeant (USMC)
In the Marine Corps the staff noncommissioned officer ranks begin at E-6, so promotion to staff sergeant moves a Marine into the s...