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Master Gunner Master gunner is an appointment of the warrant officer rank in the British and United States armed forces. United Kingdom In the British Army's Royal Artillery master gunners are experts in the technical aspects of gunnery. They fill advisory ra ...

Identification Badge (MGIB) recognizes soldiers who complete one of eight U.S. Army master gunner courses and is an indicator for commanders and soldiers to value the master gunner's advice regarding the training and employment of weapon systems.Master Gunner Identification Badge, A history of mastery in gunnery
NCO Journal (Army University Press), by Sergeant 1st Class Aaron M. Smith (U.S. Army), dated 10 June 2019, last accessed 4 February 2020. According to a U.S. Army article, the master gunner is the technical and tactical experts for their weapon's platform. They advise the commander on everything related to the vehicle platform and weapon systems. They also develop training materials to conduct gunnery and live-fire exercises. "I rely on my master gunners. I probe them for information based on how best to maintain our weapons as well as train our crews... They are there every step of the way from the time we put those crews together until the time we qualify them...," said

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Kevin Zhang of the 1st Cavalry Division (1st Cav). "Master gunners are trained in methodology... What it boils down to is knowing the standard and being that person in the unit to enforce the standard, and to make sure that people are qualifying correctly... We're also experts in current gun maintenance so we can troubleshoot and fix a lot of problems and issues that may occur at the range, on the spot, instead of having to fall back to unit mechanics," explained Sergeant 1st Class Nathan Quarberg of 1st Cav.Master gunners bring expertise to brigade combat team
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Jennifer Bunn (U.S. Army), dated 2 January 2019, last accessed 5 February 2020. The final design of the MGIB was officially approved by the

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(TIOH) on 31 January 2019 but was awarded to the first graduating classes of key U.S. Army fires schools on 8 January 2018. According to the U.S. Army's NCO Journal, the MGIB was designed to recognize both the schools and different U.S. Army branch histories with gunnery: US Army Master Gunner Badge Concept

The approved design of the MGIB comes in three versions: regular size, regular size–subdued (both at ), and a miniature version (at ). The non-subdued version is made of polished

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.Detail Specification Sheet Badge, Identification, Master Gunner, U.S. Army, MIL-DTL-3628/280
Department of the Army, The Institute of Heraldry; dated 16 July 2019; last accessed 5 February 2020 The eight U.S. Army master gunner courses eligible to award the MGIB to its graduates are:Design and Development of the Master Gunner Identification Badge (MGIB)
Department of the Army, The Institute of Heraldry; SAAA-IHS; dated 2 September 2019; last accessed 14 April 2020 *

Field Artillery Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, short range, long range, and extremely long range target engagement. Until the early 20t ...

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Stryker The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It ...

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