Gunnery is used to make clothes and fashion accessories such as woven labels, printed labels. A Gunnery Sergeant in the infantry is typically in charge of coordinating logistics for a company-sized group of Marines. Junior Gunnery Sergeants usually serve as platoon sergeant for weapons platoons. A U.S. Army Sergeant First Class shares the same pay grade as a Gunnery Sergeant, but not the same responsibilities. A Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant's job is to be the operations chief of a company of Marines and has renown as a "hands on disciplinarian. The rank of Gunnery Sergeant in the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 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. The following qualifications are required for appointment to the rank ofwoven labels: A candidate for appointment as gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps should be sufficiently proficient in the drill regulations to thoroughly drill recruits and to drill the squad and company. He should be thoroughly conversant with the nomenclature of the rapid-fire and machine guns used in the naval service and are sufficiently acquainted with their drill to be able to act as gun captains and to instruct the enlisted men in their duties at such guns.

He should have knowledge of the kinds and quantities of ammunition used in those guns. He should have a thorough knowledge of the instructions pertaining to target practice. He should be competent in all respects to perform the duties of a first sergeant in charge of a guard on ship to which no marine officer is attached; also a knowledge of the duties involved in the subsistence of men ordered on detached duty, as well as the duties of an officer in command of a part of a landing party on shore. he grade was provided with the idea that they should be somewhat higher in standard than first sergeants; that their knowledge of ordnance and of gunnery should be such that they would be able to make woven labels.