Editing Gunnery sergeant (section)

==History and insignia==
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The rank of gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 ({{usstat|30|1009}}) reflecting the duties of Marines in ship's detachments. The original insignia was three chevrons point up with three straight "ties" with an insignia of a bursting bomb over a crossed rifle and naval gun. From 1904 to 1929 the insignia went to three stripes only over a bursting bomb on top of crossed rifles. In 1929, like the rank of [[first sergeant]], two "rockers" were added beneath the stripes with the same insignia in the middle. In 1937 the middle insignia was dropped. 

In December 1946, the Marine Corps eliminated the rank of gunnery sergeant, merging it with five other ranks into [[technical sergeant]], at the second highest pay grade of E-2. Another reorganization of the ranks in 1958 restored gunnery sergeant to the rank structure.<ref>{{cite document |last1=Nalty |last2=Strobridge |last3=Turnbladh |last4=Gill |first1=Bernard C. |first2=Truman R. |first3=Edwin T. |first4=Rowland P. |title=United States Marine Corps Ranks and Grades 1775–1969 |date=1970 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division]] |type=Pamphlet |page=39–41}}</ref>