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The United States Marine Corps MOS 0306, infantry weapons officers, commonly referred to as "the Gunner" or "Marine gunner" are non-technical chief warrant officers (CWO-2 to CWO-5) that are weapons specialists and are knowledgeable in the tactical employment of all the infantry weapons in the Marine Corps arsenal—all weapons organic to Marine infantry units.
CWO3 Steve Pollock reviews his crewmates, active and auxiliary, at Coast Guard Station Eatons Neck during his change-of-command ceremony (2013). In the United States Armed Forces, the ranks of warrant officer (grade W‑1) and chief warrant officer (grades CW-2 to CW‑5; NATO: WO1–CWO5) are rated as officers above all non-commissioned officers, candidates, cadets, and midshipmen, but ...
A chief warrant officer, CWO2–CWO5, serving in the MOS 0306 "Infantry Weapons Officer" is often referred to as "Marine gunner," which does not replace his rank. A Marine gunner replaces the chief warrant officer insignia on the left collar with a bursting bomb insignia. Other warrant officers are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "gunner".
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Marine Gunner Insignia W-5 W-4 W-3 W-2 W-1 NATO code WO-5 WO-4 WO-3 WO-2 WO-1 Insignia Service Uniform Insignia Title Chief warrant officer 5 Chief warrant officer 4 Chief warrant officer 3 Chief warrant officer 2 Warrant officer 1 Abbreviation CWO5 CWO4 CWO3 CWO2 WO
Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Date of Action: June 1967 to August 1968 The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Chief Warrant Officer John William Frederick, Jr. (MCSN: WO-82847/397561), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while interned as a Prisoner ...
Photo: CWO-5/Marine Gunner Christian P. Wade USMC (Ret.), second from left.. From January to March 1995, elements of the battalion—namely Kilo Company, augmented with elements from India Company, Lima Company, and Weapons Company—participated in Peacetime Enforcement Operation , Operation United Shield in Somalia .
The rank insignia of the CWO is a simplified version of the 1957 coat of arms of Canada, worn on both forearms of the service dress tunic; in gold metal and green enamel miniature pins on the collar of the service dress shirt and outerwear coats (army only); on CADPAT ranks worn in the middle of the chest, embroidered in tan (army) or blue (air force) thread; and in pearl-grey thread on blue ...