I remember a time on my deployment, I had a little pet bird I was nursing back to health that was exhausted and hurt. He made a little home on our 25mm gun platform one deck up from the 5 inch. One day we were doing pac fires and I realized a few minutes to late that he was too close to the cannon up on the 25mm. So I was sprinting out to him and right as I got there he looked up at me right as the 5 inch fired. I've never felt concussion like that through my body ever in my life, it was like my bones were vibrating out of my body, but even worse in slow motion I watched my little bird shudder and freak out as his heart stopped and he rolled to his back dead. I scooped him up and with the help of my friends on board we gave him a burial at sea and dumped him into the ocean. o7 little bird.
GMs are the small arm weapons experts aboard ships, you’ll be dealing with 9mm, M4, M240, M2HB (M2A1), grenade launchers and various other small arms, you can also become 5 in or VLS tech if you so choose but our main job is to shoot and maintain small arms as well as train and qualify the crew for watch standing and crew served team. Not to mention we also deal with ATFP. Been a GM for a little over 6 years now and I truly believe this is one of the best rates of the navy. Highly recommend if you like to play with guns.
How often to actually get to shoot compared to just cleaning and maintaining the guns. And say your ship is attacked would you get to shoot at that threat
I was a Gunnar mate pre 60's. Every thing from 5 inch 38, 54's, 3 inch 50's, 20MM, 40MM, depth charges, K guns, Mark 15 torpedo's you name it we did it all and were good at what we did. Today put a circuit card in and fire away.
We do more maintenance than anything from Mag Sprinks, Small-arms, Crew-Served Weapons, to the MK 45 LWG and VLS and as a 5 in. Tech we're some of the hardest working gunners on board the ship and also during certain firing evolutions for 5 in. We take over when the FCs can't get it to fire. -GM2
GMs do not work on CIWS nor do they fire any missiles from VLS or fire the MK-45 5-inch gun, that is what FCs do. the GMs are responsible for the maintenance of the gun and launch systems themselves but do not directly fire any weapons above the 25mm.
Do GM's fix, load, clean, and maintain MK45, CIWS, and VLS while FC's fire them? If so, do FC's have any responsibilities in maintaining the systems or do they just shoot them?
@Sleepy Lanery You don't need a terribly high score. I way overqualified for GM with an overall score of 83, but the specific score should be like Ar+mk+El+Gs=205. You can look those sub categories up.
Not possible, the rounds explode on contact with the water and the shards only go about 3 to 6 feet deep at best without enough force to be harmful. Now the fish eating the fragments....lmfao
Wow, we're in the same situation. I was planning to join the army as a 19k too but I changed my mind and gunnersmate is one of my options as a rate in the navy.
There is a reason the back of the M9 has grooves. Its where your hand goes to move the slide to the rear. So your hand is free of a potentially loaded barrel...... What not to do is put your hand in front of a potentially loaded weapon and then proceed to use the front of the slide to pull it to the rear. (0:24) I've LITERALLY seen someone shoot their hand by doing this. (From a GM2)
It’s a bit more of a gamble, you can become a surface warfare officer and take on the duty of the weapons officer which pretty much means you’re the officer that the CO designated to be in charge of the armory, but I’m not exactly sure if you get to choose that or not because I’m not an officer and I have no idea what it’s like to join as an officer. If it’s anything like enlisting then you will.
Depends. As of when this comment was written the Navy wide advancement rates are kinda shitty, but GMs are one rate that has pretty good advancement. It’s not uncommon for GMs to be Second Classes at the end of their first contract
GM maintains the maintenance and repair of the weapons. FCs are primarily responsible for tracking and firing the weapon systems. When I was in we were in the same division and were crossed trained quite a bit. I was a qualified CWIS loader though the FCs were in charge of it. And they were qualified to be 5in loaders as well.
GMs are the primary small arms experts aboard ships, they also maintain and repair weapons systems but FCs are the ones that actually manned and shoot those weapons systems like CIWS and Missiles, GMs don’t. FCs are also usually trusted with more advanced weapons systems than GMs but overall we work very closely compared to other rates.
@@Solaniin So at boot camp if you enlisted as a linguist, a CTI (cryptologic technician interpretive) will pull you aside with others and explain what schooling is going to be like. They’ll also give a list of languages the navy is looking for and ask if you prefer one over others. Early on in boot camp you’ll be asked if you know any other languages, which may affect the one you’re assigned. As for changing your rate, it really depends on what big navy wants. However, nuclear engineering is something they will always be looking for.
It’s funny. Aviation Ordnanceman man the .50cal gun mounts on Carriers. I was AO, been out for 10 years, gonna actually swap over to GM. As I don’t need to go to A school since I gained my Torpedo and all weapons quals, and got my armory quals in security! I was was suppose to reenlist after my 4 inactive years was up, but was making hella good money… that’s cost me from going back in as an E5-E3 :(
Ik this video is a bit older but I’m 17 and just starting the recruiting process I’m indecisive about if I should be an AO or a GM and I’m looking for people with experience for suggestions I really want to have the most interactions with weapons I can
I enlisted as a GM. If you love guns then go GM, if you wanna handle bombs and heavy ordnance for aircraft then go AO. GM get to actually use much (not all) of the weapons that they maintain, AO loads and services aircraft weapons.
@@treyvonpoehler1068 Nice. More options are great. I got a high score as well but I still went GM just because it's something I like and I've always been a gun nut. At the end of the day just choose something that you really want to do and can do for at least 4-5 years. If you choose a rate for the wrong reasons you probably wont enjoy your time in the Navy. I recommend picking at least five jobs that you really like, that way when you get to MEPS you'll probably get at least one of them. Let me know how everything turns out, I'm interested in knowing what you go for. Good luck.
Quite a few actually. A lot of mechanic jobs. I worked as a factory machine operator. We were a lot in charge of security with the MAs so. Security Officer. I had a few buddies become cops after getting out. Some just worked as armorers. Logistics inventory worker. We are always taking inventory on Ammunition. I currently work in Quality Assurance for an electronics manufacturer which requires some electronic test equipment experience along with blueprint reading. Sprinkler systems repair. All sorts of stuff. Maintenance mechanic. I almost went back to school to get a degree in electrical engineering.
Depends. Sometimes it’s work on some guns and go home, sometimes you’re standing Duty Guns for 24 hours. What your ship needs from you will determine how much you work. In port that is. Being Deployed or underway is a whole different ball game
waterhead001 not going to lie, it gets boring. You go to work, and stand watch. Caffeine will be your best friend, but to make up for it you will see cool places depending on what fleet you’re in. Sometimes you get to come home on time, sometimes you get extended and stay out at sea longer. As a GM you’ll run gun shoots to qualify your shipmates in Small Arms, and sometimes you get to do live fire exercises with other Countries
Would this also preclude to EOD? I want to be EOD, but you have to be in for three years and I want a rate in that 3 years time that’ll give me a leg up on EOD training.
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I remember a time on my deployment, I had a little pet bird I was nursing back to health that was exhausted and hurt. He made a little home on our 25mm gun platform one deck up from the 5 inch. One day we were doing pac fires and I realized a few minutes to late that he was too close to the cannon up on the 25mm. So I was sprinting out to him and right as I got there he looked up at me right as the 5 inch fired. I've never felt concussion like that through my body ever in my life, it was like my bones were vibrating out of my body, but even worse in slow motion I watched my little bird shudder and freak out as his heart stopped and he rolled to his back dead. I scooped him up and with the help of my friends on board we gave him a burial at sea and dumped him into the ocean. o7 little bird.
Y’all must have been bored lol
@@ScrotumWizard You go sit on water for months at a time and see what happens hahaha. Everything and anything becomes entertainment.
O7 Little bird. You will be missed.
@@Murderdroneslover1 A true national hero. o7
That was very noble of you, taking care of that bird. @@Snulge
GMs are the small arm weapons experts aboard ships, you’ll be dealing with 9mm, M4, M240, M2HB (M2A1), grenade launchers and various other small arms, you can also become 5 in or VLS tech if you so choose but our main job is to shoot and maintain small arms as well as train and qualify the crew for watch standing and crew served team. Not to mention we also deal with ATFP. Been a GM for a little over 6 years now and I truly believe this is one of the best rates of the navy. Highly recommend if you like to play with guns.
How often to actually get to shoot compared to just cleaning and maintaining the guns. And say your ship is attacked would you get to shoot at that threat
My father was a Gunners Mate in the Navy for 20 years. He was in WWII and the Korean War.
My grandfather was a GM DURING WW11 in the navy!! Awesome I found muster rolls and had to google GM! How awesome!!
My grandpa was a gunners mate in ww2 for the US navy.
That's awesome. I bet he had some stories to tell.
W grandpa!
I was a Gunnar mate pre 60's. Every thing from 5 inch 38, 54's, 3 inch 50's, 20MM, 40MM, depth charges, K guns, Mark 15 torpedo's you name it we did it all and were good at what we did. Today put a circuit card in and fire away.
We do more maintenance than anything from Mag Sprinks, Small-arms, Crew-Served Weapons, to the MK 45 LWG and VLS and as a 5 in. Tech we're some of the hardest working gunners on board the ship and also during certain firing evolutions for 5 in. We take over when the FCs can't get it to fire.
-GM2
Spot checks and EV’s all day err day
GMs do not work on CIWS nor do they fire any missiles from VLS or fire the MK-45 5-inch gun, that is what FCs do. the GMs are responsible for the maintenance of the gun and launch systems themselves but do not directly fire any weapons above the 25mm.
I would have to disagree with ya there
On rare occasions we get to fire MK45 from local and as far as CWIS goes we occasionally get asked to assist.
I know as far as CIWS Mk15 goes GMs help with loading during shoots but you’re correct about the actual operation which is done by FCs
Do GM's fix, load, clean, and maintain MK45, CIWS, and VLS while FC's fire them? If so, do FC's have any responsibilities in maintaining the systems or do they just shoot them?
@@jackshittle Wow. Sexist much?
Its a life changing experience, earning Gunner's Mate 2nd Class. Hoorah.
At 83% advancement rate...
And it's Hooyah. GMs Aren't marines.
Boot camp 1999 it was Hoorah, Hooyah was Buds training.
Right like this matters if you deploy numerous times. Your must promote points all add up depending on extra duty assignments.
Spent 14 years as an ABF and now will be a brand new GM2 and they aren't sending me to
A school. Hmmmm
Future GM shipping out Sept 10 2019
Hooyah!
@Sleepy Lanery You don't need a terribly high score. I way overqualified for GM with an overall score of 83, but the specific score should be like Ar+mk+El+Gs=205. You can look those sub categories up.
@Sleepy Lanery Sorry to hear that buddy. Still plenty of good rates to choose, and if you're not in a hurry to join you could retake it.
my grandfather was a GM in ww2 and i plan to follow in his footsteps.
@@stevenhagstrom5726 hooyah!
I ship out to boot camp on the 20th to be a GM. This video got me all excited for my new job!
This man said the 5 inch will wake you up. I've had a branch break through my roof and land next to my bed, ain't nothing waking me up after that
Best rate in the navy !
I’m 12 and I want do this I’ve been wanting to join for a whole year now any advice if I join?
First step is to wait until you're 17. Focus on school, education and PE until then
me too!
You got a long way to think on it bud
Practice ASVAB BROOO!!! And run a mile everyday !
Go play fortnite and wait until your 17 or 18, life happens, plans change. Go to college if your mommy and daddy will pay for you.
GM's are cool. Still a proud EM though.
Electricians mate?
@@yaboiimarc9857 Yep. That's what I want to be.
is this a job within a job or something? Cant find it on the Navy website.
I found the job I want
You won’t be launching or firing the weapons you’ll be cleaning and maintaining the guns
@@PureSinaatraa it's this or CBs or AMs
Bro I agree with you, this is the job I want.
@@PureSinaatraa who actually fires the weapons?
@@m1a2abrams34 GM fires and deals with small arms while FC actually shoot the big guns.
Glad they finally made this vid
Imagine shooting a 50 caliber and then you hit a fish
😂
Not possible, the rounds explode on contact with the water and the shards only go about 3 to 6 feet deep at best without enough force to be harmful. Now the fish eating the fragments....lmfao
@@Snulge lmao oh well thanks for the information lol
I leave for basic training next July 1st and then I go to school for gunners mate and I can’t wait
I'm going to basic july 1st too for a gm.where are you from?
Seth Smith I’m leaving July 29th for Gm, doubt I’ll see you though
@@kameronspangler7554 you never know
GMG3, 3’ 50 cal. USS Shasta AE-33 7/71-7/75. Never a boring moment..........
I'm supposed to join the Army as a 19K, but I'm considering switching to Navy as a gunners mate.
Is it worth it?
Wow, we're in the same situation. I was planning to join the army as a 19k too but I changed my mind and gunnersmate is one of my options as a rate in the navy.
Worked on 5'54 Mark 42 Mod 9..50 cal..M60..1911 .45 pistol..etc
1989 - 93. Operation Desert Shield.
Gunner's Mate Guns, Petty Officer 3rd Class
Nice. I was a Naval Aircrewman on P-3C's from 1990-1995. Desert Storm.
HOOYAH ⚓️⚓️
@@americasnavy 👍👍
My coworker was a Gunner’s Mate & I’m so jealous.
GMs are pretty cool!
There is a reason the back of the M9 has grooves. Its where your hand goes to move the slide to the rear. So your hand is free of a potentially loaded barrel......
What not to do is put your hand in front of a potentially loaded weapon and then proceed to use the front of the slide to pull it to the rear. (0:24)
I've LITERALLY seen someone shoot their hand by doing this. (From a GM2)
Just signed for this about a month ago. Hella lit job.
Hi I’m 21 in the marins crops and have 2 many inky stamps can I have boom boom job in gravy thx
ihaveNoChanel 😂😂
Homey at 0:23 really going to flag his hand before clear and safe LMFAO.
My dad was a gunner’s mate on the USS Wasp in WW11
I’m looking at this rate and CB’s which one should i choose?.
Rayes 97 GM advances pretty quickly. not sure about Seabees tho
They really left that Iran comment in huh?
Sir Solo Did he lie? No.
But he is telling the truth my guy.
Signed as a gunners mate the other day, shipping our March 22, 2021
I leave in a month as a gm!
How do you like the job so far?? As an undes I would like to pick this rate
Can you go through NROTC and become an officer for the Gunner mates?
It’s a bit more of a gamble, you can become a surface warfare officer and take on the duty of the weapons officer which pretty much means you’re the officer that the CO designated to be in charge of the armory, but I’m not exactly sure if you get to choose that or not because I’m not an officer and I have no idea what it’s like to join as an officer. If it’s anything like enlisting then you will.
This is not the civilian world. You will be coached and inspected. You are a military asset that the military invests in.
I plan on being a gunner in the navy
They need to put an engineman video up
Got a 53 on the picat. This is where I wanna be.
How fast do you rank up as an GM
Depends. As of when this comment was written the Navy wide advancement rates are kinda shitty, but GMs are one rate that has pretty good advancement. It’s not uncommon for GMs to be Second Classes at the end of their first contract
Just swore in for this rate- i ship out october 22 😜
How often do us navy reservesist get to go out to sea
Difference between a GM and an FC if anyone can help?
did you find anything out? I've been trying to figure out the same thing
FCs shoot bigger weapons on board the ship, GM maintain small arms weapons.
GM maintains the maintenance and repair of the weapons. FCs are primarily responsible for tracking and firing the weapon systems. When I was in we were in the same division and were crossed trained quite a bit. I was a qualified CWIS loader though the FCs were in charge of it. And they were qualified to be 5in loaders as well.
GMs are the primary small arms experts aboard ships, they also maintain and repair weapons systems but FCs are the ones that actually manned and shoot those weapons systems like CIWS and Missiles, GMs don’t. FCs are also usually trusted with more advanced weapons systems than GMs but overall we work very closely compared to other rates.
I already had two rates that I really want in the navy, and now I have a third.
What were the other two
Let’s Go Linguist and nuclear engineer. I went with linguist.
@@everwine660 They give you your language after you sign your name down, right? If you don't like it, can you pick another rate?
@@Solaniin So at boot camp if you enlisted as a linguist, a CTI (cryptologic technician interpretive) will pull you aside with others and explain what schooling is going to be like. They’ll also give a list of languages the navy is looking for and ask if you prefer one over others. Early on in boot camp you’ll be asked if you know any other languages, which may affect the one you’re assigned.
As for changing your rate, it really depends on what big navy wants. However, nuclear engineering is something they will always be looking for.
Hi there, you can also work with your recruiter or career counselor on potentially switching!
Does the gunners mate load the 5 inch?
It’s funny. Aviation Ordnanceman man the .50cal gun mounts on Carriers. I was AO, been out for 10 years, gonna actually swap over to GM. As I don’t need to go to A school since I gained my Torpedo and all weapons quals, and got my armory quals in security! I was was suppose to reenlist after my 4 inactive years was up, but was making hella good money… that’s cost me from going back in as an E5-E3 :(
Can someone please tell me wtf their insignia is. Like what are those?
2 crossed cannon barrels
This rate is a gun lovers wet dream there I said it.
Who is the one who fires the 50cals and the machine guns? Cus I want what their having!
Feel free to chat with a recruiter if you have any questions: bit.ly/2XS0dda
Anyone on the ship can be qualified to fire the weapon.
I found the job I wan’t, being a gunners mate reminds me of combat machine gunner in a war, WWII Pearl Harbor style.
WOW!!! 90 year old tech!!! This must be the USS ENTERPRISE from the STAR TREK!!!
Since when do GMs work on CIWS?
This is pretty awesome
0:50 watching this in 2020 👀👀👀👀
Ik this video is a bit older but I’m 17 and just starting the recruiting process I’m indecisive about if I should be an AO or a GM and I’m looking for people with experience for suggestions I really want to have the most interactions with weapons I can
You'll probably be better off by joining the army or marines then
I enlisted as a GM. If you love guns then go GM, if you wanna handle bombs and heavy ordnance for aircraft then go AO.
GM get to actually use much (not all) of the weapons that they maintain, AO loads and services aircraft weapons.
Legion thanks for the info I think I’ll consider Gm more but I just got my asvab score and it’s an 85 so now they are throwing way more stuff at me😂😭
@@treyvonpoehler1068 Nice. More options are great. I got a high score as well but I still went GM just because it's something I like and I've always been a gun nut.
At the end of the day just choose something that you really want to do and can do for at least 4-5 years.
If you choose a rate for the wrong reasons you probably wont enjoy your time in the Navy.
I recommend picking at least five jobs that you really like, that way when you get to MEPS you'll probably get at least one of them.
Let me know how everything turns out, I'm interested in knowing what you go for.
Good luck.
What are there work hours when there not deployment?
I need an answer do the gm's actually fire the weapons
thatguy some not all. FC’s Fire the larger systems.
GMs shoot the fun ones. All you need to know
OS or GM
How to assign in GM?
Future Gunners mate shipping June 24th Booya!!!!
I can’t wait
Hooyah!
What civilian jobs can you do with this rate?
Quite a few actually. A lot of mechanic jobs. I worked as a factory machine operator. We were a lot in charge of security with the MAs so. Security Officer. I had a few buddies become cops after getting out. Some just worked as armorers. Logistics inventory worker. We are always taking inventory on Ammunition. I currently work in Quality Assurance for an electronics manufacturer which requires some electronic test equipment experience along with blueprint reading. Sprinkler systems repair. All sorts of stuff. Maintenance mechanic. I almost went back to school to get a degree in electrical engineering.
Just signed my contract
Do IT pls
What are the hours like for GM's?
Depends. Sometimes it’s work on some guns and go home, sometimes you’re standing Duty Guns for 24 hours. What your ship needs from you will determine how much you work. In port that is. Being Deployed or underway is a whole different ball game
@@anthonygallegos9838 What is it llke being deployed?
waterhead001 not going to lie, it gets boring. You go to work, and stand watch. Caffeine will be your best friend, but to make up for it you will see cool places depending on what fleet you’re in. Sometimes you get to come home on time, sometimes you get extended and stay out at sea longer. As a GM you’ll run gun shoots to qualify your shipmates in Small Arms, and sometimes you get to do live fire exercises with other Countries
@@anthonygallegos9838 thanks for answering my question, what type of ship were you on? What was your homeport? thanks again.
waterhead001 I’m currently on a Destroyer out of Florida. And no problem man
So FC or GM? 🤔
FC all the way bro, just don't go FCA and go on small boys (DDGs and CGs) and you should get the best of both worlds.
I got ps for my rate at meps but my recruiter is putting in a dar for getting GM
Good luck! I got CS and I'm trying to get a DAR for QM
Is this a reservist job too?
Yes.
Hell yeahh, shipping out as a GM on thursday B)
BZ Shipmate ⚓️
Ok sold
I want to do this when I’m in the Navy but it requires a high asvab score compared to other rates. 😩 Hopefully I can be GM one day.
Same but I got stuck with BM.life is great😀😀😭
Gunner's Mate Guns, U.S.S. Pyro AE-24, Concord, CA.
That m16 he showed wasn’t even an m16 it was an ar15. Not full auto
FC or GM?
GM man FCs get bad orders compared to GM.
🔥🔥🔥i love this💙💯💪
💪💪💪
Gunners mates fired a variety of weapons in Vietnam PBR 's
GM is common rate for enlisted Navel Special Warfare Candidates
slade tuner what do you mean by this?
I mean quite a few Enlisted Navel Special Warfare Candidates first enlisted Rate is Gunner's Mate before attending BUD/S
Would this also preclude to EOD? I want to be EOD, but you have to be in for three years and I want a rate in that 3 years time that’ll give me a leg up on EOD training.
it can too
Frank Rivera-Cortes who told you, you have to be in 3 years to be EOD?
my brother is in the navy he a Gunners Mate
merica
1:35 really!?? Facial hair is allowed in the armed forces now?? 😮 it just seems odd
are tgere Gunners mates on aircraft carriers?
yes, there are 50 cals on the carriers, and the sea wizz
Plus they maintain the small arms inventory, and assist in qualifying the auxiliary security force.
Hunter Phelps TF Is A sea wizz
@@A2ZCrazy Obviously not an FC or GM.
A2ZCrazy CIWS (Cee - Wizz)
What’s the mos? Gm isn’t on the navy website.
The Navy doesn't use "MOS" its called a rating.
Look under technical area that's were I found it
Go to Navy COOL, the Navy doesn't openly advertise it because it's not a rate that's super high demand as for filling spots out in the fleet.
I could do GM in the Navy because of shooting guns on the ship.
Fire em' up!.............ma deuce roooools!
lol they forgetting all the annoying 24/7 maintenance, and how we don't even get to shoot the big guns, that's fc.
I found my job 1:41
No, this is how it's done - th-cam.com/video/WUO5EB_8FZY/w-d-xo.html
I want to but don’t know I they will let me in
Hi there, thank you for reaching out! The first step is to contact a recruiter. Feel free to send us a DM @americasnavy on our IG channel.
@@americasnavy I just need to know if I’m eligible to any branch
Hi there, you can view all of our requirements to join here: bit.ly/3lskh0K
@@americasnavy I appreciate the help but I think I’m unqualified as I was born with bilateral club feet but I did have them corrected and straight
@@americasnavy plus my mother will probably kill me before I get into real combat
I have found my job
Is a Gunner's Mate a Petty Officer?
Enlisted rate, yes it is.
Blue Blazes thanks.
@@laurenw.764 GMSA(E2) or GMSN(E3)
also
This is a navy I would like
slade tuner facts
GOODUS
My rate! 20200922
What bout ENs tho
Can you actually be a gunner and not a gunner's mate or wife or whatever?
❤❤❤❤😁😁
BEST job in the world 🌍🪖⚓