#FridayFive: Badass NCOs

This week we have a reader-submitted “guest” Friday Five. Special thanks to @rogueplanet for this list of …

The Five Most Badass Noncommissioned Officers (Sergeants) Featured in a Movie:

5. Career Sergeant Zim (Clancy Brown) – Starship Troopers

4. Sergeant Oddball (Donald Sutherland) – Kelly’s Heroes

3. Staff Sergeant Barnes (Tom Berenger) – Platoon

2. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) – Full Metal Jacket

1. Master Sergeant Gary Gordon (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart (Johnny Strong) – Black Hawk Down

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  1. avatar
    August 12th, 2010 @ 8:11 am
    Glenn Slaton

    Respectfully request that GySGT Highway (Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge) replace SGT Oddball at # 4. Oddball was a funny dude, but in the “badass” category, Highway would def rule…

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