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• Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
• The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. ... Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”
• “As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”
• Alongside even' officer chain of command is an enlisted one, and the company gunnery sergeant ("gunny" for short) is the enlisted counterpart ... Without a gunny, the day-to-day operations of the infantry would likely grind to a halt.