Why Gibbs' Marine Rank Bothers NCIS Fans

Over its impressive 17 seasons and counting, NCIS has stood atop the police procedural mountain. The long-running series has a serious knack for not only making the crime drama stories important, but also giving its principal cast fully-realized backstories. One of the few drawbacks to this is that, now and again, issues arise regarding minor character details that leave fans scratching their heads.

One of the main characters of NCIS is Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He's the no-nonsense leader of the Major Case Response Team, with a backlog of experience in both the military and as a NIS Special Agent. These credentials are part of what made Gibbs such an effective boss, and he was often touted by his co-workers as the most capable and accomplished of them all.

In the NCIS universe, Gibbs began his military training in 1976, right after he graduated high school. He later served as a member of the United States Military Police Corps before taking part in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm before his honorable discharge in 1992. Such a resume is nothing to sniff at, but there's one aspect of Gibbs' past as a Marine that's causing something of a stir amongst the NCIS faithful.

Gibbs left his Marine life behind after killing Mexican cartel leader Pedro Hernandez, the man responsible for the death of his wife and daughter. Despite the circumstances of Gibbs' departure, some NCIS fans feel it's a bit odd that after 16 years in the service, he stayed in the rank of Gunnery Sergeant — above Staff Sergeant and below First Sergeant and Master Sergeant. One viewer in particular has wondered why Gibbs didn't do a little more climbing in the ranks before he cycled out of the Corps.

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