Frankie Segarra

Infobox Military Person
name=Frankie Segarra
born= birth year and age|1960
died=
placeofbirth= New York City, United States
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caption=MGySgt. Frankie Segarra
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch=
serviceyears=1980-Present
rank=
commands=Paraloft chief, Landing Support Company
unit= Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group
battles=Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm
awards=
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Master Gunnery Sergeant Frankie Segarra (born 1960 in New York City) is the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant in his Military Occupational Specialty, 0451 air delivery specialist.

Segarra's parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in New York City where Segarra was born and raised. After graduating from high school he joined the Marine Corps and received his basic training in Parris Island, South Carolina.

MGySgt Segarra, a veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, is the first Hispanic and for that matter the first Puerto Rican Master Gunnery Sergeant acting as paraloft chief, Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group in Camp Smedley D. Butler located in Okinawa, Japan.

Master Gunnery Sergeant and the rank of Sergeant Major are the highest enlisted ranks in the Marine Corps; however, there are far fewer Master Gunnery Sergeants than Sergeants Major.

Other notable Hispanics with the pay grade of E-9 include:

*The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, who in June 27, 2003 became the first Hispanic promoted to that rank, and

*MGySgt Abigail D. Olmos, who on August 13, 2004 became the first female Master Gunnery Sergeant in the history of the Marine Corps.

*Sergeant Major Jose Luis Santiago, who has the distinction of being the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines first Hispanic Sergeant Major and it's first Sergeant Major since its reactivation on July 13, 2007.

During the observance of "Hispanic Heritage Month" at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, MGySgt Segarra was quoted as saying "My role as the first Hispanic Marine to achieve the rank of master gunnery sergeant in my military occupational specialty shows that Hispanic Marines can achieve anything,"

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ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans

External links

*cite web|url=http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n42/MakingDifference.shtml
accessdate=2005-10-03
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20041128060935/http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n42/MakingDifference.shtml
archivedate=2004-11-28
date=October 5, 2004
title="Making A Difference In Our Communities And Our Nation" — Hispanic Heritage Month
work=Puerto Rico Herald

*cite news|url=http://www.stripesonline.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24667&archive=true
accessdate=2006-05-16
title=Plane problems ground Talon Vision exercise, but training goes on
author=Fred Zimmerman
date=November 18, 2004
work=Stars and Stripes

*cite web|url=http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/200410614333?opendocument
accessdate=2006-05-16
title=Hispanic Heritage Month
work=Marine Corps News
date=October 1, 2004
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20041112124218/www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200410614134
archivedate=2004-11-12