Sentences with phrase «as gunnery»

A famous and unique landmark at Flamenco beach you won't anywhere else on earth is the old Navy tank parked on the sand, a reminder of the past when the United States Navy used the island as a gunnery range.

In the early 1900s, the islands were used as a gunnery and bombing range by the Mexican government, but when oceanographer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau came across them in the 1960s, he began a campaign to have their unique and pristine ecosystem protected — a campaign that ultimately led to the creation of the Marieta Islands National park in 2005, eight years after his death.

The Gunnery (never properly referred to as the Gunnery School) is an ancient institution of high repute, so small that the absence of eight students in an eight - oared shell would seriously deplete the student body.

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The location was already familiar territory for the military, as it had served as a World War II aerial gunnery range.

Prothro served 39 months as a Navy gunnery officer on the USS Breton, an escort carrier in the Pacific Fleet that was involved in the assault and occupation of Okinawa.

Not a military school, despite its name (it was known as Mr. Gunn's School a century ago), The Gunnery stands in the hills above Washington, Conn., some seven miles from Lake Waramaug, the most placid body of water in the area.

We follow this unlucky unit as they go through a hellish training regime at the mercy of Gunnery Sergaent Hartman (R. Lee Ermey — real - life ex-Marine war vet) before being shipped out to «Nam to face the enemy's Tet Offensive.

Fletcher is a brute, a bully and a born leader; comparisons have been made to R. Lee Ermey's Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in «Full Metal Jacket,» but another cinematic predecessor that springs to mind is Robert Duvall's Lt. Col. «Bull» Meechum in «The Great Santini» — a father - figure who cares less about the condition of his charges as they are than he cares about what they could be.

United States Marine Corps (Quantico, VA) 06/1991 — 10/2011 Gunnery Sergeant, Retired • Provide 20 years of honorable service in varied leadership positions within the USMC • Recipient of the Bronze Star for service in Iraq and a two - time recipient of the Navy / Marine Corps Achievement Medal • SNCOIC (Staff Noncommissioned Officer in Charge) at the Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Center • Deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from August 2005 to February 2006 • Assist a Military Transition Team with Iraqi Army's 1st Division 2nd Brigade Headquarters in the training of Iraqi forces • Serve as the Brigade G1 (Admin) Advisor and G4 (Logistics) / Motor Transport Advisor responsible for training high ranking Iraqi Officers (O6 / General Officers) in effective administration, IT, logistics, and other vital operational functions • Additional assignments included Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Tank Battalion, Delta Company 4th Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned, and Special Purpose MAGTF for Experiential Operations, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab