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Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a former NIS (Later changed to NCIS) Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS Major Case Response Team which operates out of the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. Sometime in the early 1990's, he created The Leroy Jethro Gibbs Scholarship Fund.

He held this position up until March 2021 when he was suspended with his second-in-command, NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee succeeding him as the agent in charge of the MCRT.

In June 2021, Gibbs resigned from the team and NCIS for good, opting to remain in Alaska instead of returning to Washington D.C. FBI Special Agent-Turned-NCIS Special Agent Alden Parker succeeded him as the new leader of the NCIS Major Case Response Team. Currently, Gibbs is now retired and resides in Alaska.

He is a former Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, the son of Jackson and Ann Gibbs, the widower of Shannon Gibbs, father of Kelly Gibbs. He is also the ex-husband of Diane Sterling, Rebecca Chase and Stephanie Flynn, the godfather of Amira Shakarji, the son-in-law of Joann and Mac Fielding and the ex Brother-in-law of Shelly Flynn. He has been married four times and divorced three.

Biography

Pre-Series

Born in the small town of Stillwater, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1954, Gibbs was the only child of US Army Air Force veteran Jackson Gibbs and civilian housewife Ann Gibbs with Gibbs receiving his first two names in honor of Leroy Jethro Moore, Jackson's best friend and business partner.

In My Other Left Foot, Gibbs states that he had an aunt who died at age seven.

When Gibbs was about 9 years old, his father helped him build his very first boat, named "Chickadee" after a nickname his father Jackson called his mother Ann. Her quote about building boats was "A boat named after a person will live forever." That's when he got his love of building boats and other things by hand with hand tools.

Gibbs had a very quiet upbringing but suffered a tragedy at the age of 14 when his mother died of cancer. It was revealed that she had actually committed suicide so that her husband and son would not have to watch her suffer, leaving Jackson a widower and also forcing him to raise young Gibbs all by himself.

Jackson blamed Moore for her death as she had confided in him about what she was going to do and he had not stopped her, with this secret breaking apart their friendship and neither Gibbs nor his father seeing Moore again for many years.

As a teenager Gibbs faced confrontations with Chuck Winslow and Ed Gantry and became captivated by local girl Shannon Fielding, later Shannon Gibbs, who he would properly meet for the first time at a train station before being deployed. At the train station, Shannon asked why Leroy was fighting with Chuck and Ed and he said it over something stupid. She said, "You should probably stop that." She then asked Leroy for his name and he told her "Leroy Jethro Gibbs." She looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm just gonna call you Gibbs." He first saw Shannon in a window at the local clothing store in Stillwater where she was dressing a mannequin in the window. It is later revealed that Shannon inspired Gibbs to create his rules as she was creating her own set of rules to live by.

In Semper Fidelis Gibbs mentions that his grandfather had a still and that it blew up once.

After graduating from high school, rather than going to college Gibbs chose to join the United States Marine Corps instead. Gibbs enlisted in 1972 and shipped to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island for recruit training, gaining the serial number 817657329 in which he added a G after to close friends.

After graduating from boot camp, Gibbs shipped out to Camp LeJeune for further training. There he befriended fellow Marine Joan Matteson, but she was one of several Marines killed in a helicopter crash in April of 1972 after she was deployed to Okinawa, Japan.

Gibbs's early years in the Marine Corps were with the Military Police. He rose to a Non-Commissioned Officer rank. Later, as a Sergeant, Gibbs became a Scout Sniper and saw several overseas deployments.

1976 was the last time he was in his hometown until he goes back because of a case in 2009.

In 1980, he briefly broke up with Shannon out of fear losing her because his marine status. While going to a wedding, he was abducted by Vito Zucado and had met Ducky after the latter accidentally saved him by crashing into Vito's car. After giving his story to NCIS, he and Ducky were abducted by Vito's cousin Jonny Zucado who beat Gibbs until he knocked out a tooth. Thanks to Ducky, they were spared. Taking advice from Ducky, Gibbs reconciled with Shannon and they married in December of 1981 and had a baby girl sometime in 1982 whom they would name Kelly Gibbs.

During 1989-1990, Gibbs was deployed to Panama as part of Operation Just Cause, and then in January of 1991, he deployed to Kuwait with the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines during Operation Desert Storm.

His Commanding Officer during Desert Storm was Lieutenant Colonel William Ryan. Gibbs' Lieutenant, David Cameron, died in Gibbs's arms during a battle after trying to save Gibbs' life.

As a Marine, Gibbs befriended Bushnell, future Senator Patrick Kiley, and Charles T. Ellison, three people he would once encounter during his time as an NCIS agent.

In early 1991, Shannon witnessed the murder of a marine by Mexican drug cartel leader Pedro Hernandez and agreed to testify against him, with her and their daughter Kelly being placed under the protection of a NIS Special Agent Kurt Mitchell. However, Mitchell was shot in the head by Hernandez while he was driving them and died instantly, both Shannon and Kelly died when the van crashed into a wall.

During his deployment in Desert Storm, Gibbs received the news that both Shannon and Kelly had been murdered. Being understandably grief-stricken and devastated, he was wounded during an engagement and was left comatose for nineteen days. As he had been wounded in combat with an enemy force, Gibbs was then awarded the Purple Heart medal.

Gibbs was an in-patient at Bethesda up until June of 1991. During his recovery process, Gibbs visited the graves of his dead wife and daughter who were buried while he was in a coma. They did have a memorial service for the girls, however, once Gibbs was physically well enough to attend. He also met NIS agent Michael Franks who was investigating the girls’ deaths.

Once he had recovered, Gibbs personally travelled to Mexico and shot dead Pedro Hernandez in revenge with his .338 Lapua MAG sniper rifle over 1000 feet away. He was investigated for the shooting by Lieutenant Lara Macy of the USMC Military Police but she closed her investigation after learning about the circumstances that led to the shooting.

In 1991, after a final (classified) drug interdiction mission down in Colombia, Gibbs was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant.

Following that, in August of 1991 Gibbs joined the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) presumably having been impressed and inspired by Franks' actions. He subsequently became a Probationary Agent with Franks handling most of Gibbs' training.

As a probationary agent, Gibbs worked alongside Dwayne Cassius Pride, Dan McLane, Felix Betts and Michael Franks. The posse were dubbed the "Fed Five" and gained national recognition for their work on the Privileged Killer case.

Gibbs also met Vera Strickland, Franks' partner at the time.

After Franks had retired from NIS/later NCIS in 1996, Gibbs began working as an undercover agent. He also travelled the world while serving as a training officer to NCIS Special Agent Stanley Burley.

In 1999, NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister sent Gibbs to Europe, the destination being Paris, France where Gibbs met NCIS agents William Decker and Jennifer Shepard, as well as Medical Examiner Donald Mallard.

During their time in Paris, Gibbs and Jenny participated in a mission with Decker serving as their handler with the objective being to eliminate Russian arms dealer Anatoly Zhukov and his fiancée, Svetlana Chernitskaya. Gibbs managed to kill Zhukov but Jenny hesitated and let Svetlana escape.

Gibbs and Shepard became partners and eventually lovers with the relationship soon ending after Jenny left Gibbs a "Dear John" letter.

Gibbs was later assigned to Moscow where he worked alongside NCIS Special Agent G. Callen.

Later, Gibbs served as an Agent Afloat on board an unnamed Navy ship in the Mediterranean.

Upon his deployment ending, Gibbs returned home and found his then-wife, Rebecca Chase in bed with another man. As such, Gibbs and Rebecca divorced.

In 2001, Burley became an Agent Afloat while Gibbs was assigned to the NCIS Headquarters located in the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. This happened concurrently with Gibbs' divorce from Rebecca, as shown in flashbacks in Baltimore.

While there, Gibbs formed his own team originally composed of former Baltimore Police Department Detective Anthony DiNozzo, Forensics Specialist Abigail Sciuto and Ducky with former FBI agent Vivian Blackadder later joining the team a few months after the attack on the U.S.S. Cole that had killed her brother, Rex.

JAG Season 8

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Gibbs in "Ice Queen".

Gibbs made his debut appearance in the JAG Season 8/NCIS backdoor pilot episode, Ice Queen.

NCIS Season 1

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season. In the first episode he brings Secret Service Agent Caitlin Todd in as a new member. In this episode Special Agent Timothy McGee is only a recurring character and not a part of the team yet.

NCIS Season 2

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season. The main antagonist of the second season is Mossad Agent Ari Haswari. The season ends with the brutal death of Agent Todd at the hands of Ari.

NCIS Season 3

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season. The first two episodes deals with the teams loss of Agent Todd, and introduces the new team member Mossad Agent Ziva David to the team.

NCIS Season 4

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 5

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season. At the end of season 5 his team of DiNozzo, Ziva and McGee is broken up.

NCIS Season 6

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season. Season 6 starts with the team being broken up, and are 3 months into their new assignment. Director Vance finally tells Gibbs why his team was broken up, and Gibbs begin to investigate his new team to find out which of the three agents is the mole.

NCIS Season 7

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1

NCIS Season 8

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 9

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 10

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 11

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 12

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS: New Orleans Season 1

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Gibbs in the NCIS: New Orleans Season 1 episode, "Breaking Brig".

NCIS Season 13

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7

NCIS: New Orleans Season 2

NCIS Season 14

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS: New Orleans Season 3

NCIS Season 15

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 16

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS: New Orleans Season 5

NCIS Season 17

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 18

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is present in every episode of the season.

NCIS Season 19

NCIS Special Agent Gibbs is only present in the first 4 episodes of the season before he retires in Great Wide Open (episode), and starts a new live remotely in Alaska.

Personality

A man of few words, Gibbs is known for his glare which can have others, whether it be his fellow NCIS colleagues or criminals talking in seconds or shutting up immidiately. He is a gruff man who speaks his mind and has a dislike towards political red tape as well as politics and lawyers. He comes of as strict and as a person with no humor, but he is still a person everyone respects and looks up too. He hates waste of time and is a very impatient person. He cares deeply for other people, and find his work to be extremely important. Gibbs is not good at talking about emotions or showing feelings, but he does care for all of his team members and have a different dynamic with all of them. He is describes by DiNozzo to be a functional mute, as often his silence is a language in itself. He is very protective of the people he loves and will break the rules to protect them. He is extremely intelligent, often seeing solutions and cracking the case before anyone else does. He is also described as fearless.

He is also known for his head slaps who he got from Special Agent Michael Franks. As well as always finding out secrets and standing behind people when they talk about him.

His relationship with modern technology is vitriolic, to say at least. He smashed a smartphone McGee gave him and threw an iPhone that Phil gave him to a fireplace (he always prefers a flip phone, seemingly refusing to give it up), stomped a Roomba to pieces, is unfamiliar with websites and social media or how they work, and shot a computer. In some episodes, he also doesn't keep up with modern times, as revealed in one episode that he had no clue who the Kardashians are. He loves his coffee and have a serious addiction to caffein. His days are often ruined unless he gets his morning coffee.

Physical Appearance

Gibbs is a tall man in his late fifties, early sixties with silver/white hair and blue eyes.

For work, he usually wears a causal suit that consists of either a polo shirt or a button up shirt, a blazer jacket (usually a solid color), pair of slacks, and dress shoes; for outside of work, mostly an old-school button-up shirt (mostly flannel/plaid) with a t-shirt under it or a hoodie USMC (United State Marine Corps) sweater, either denim jeans or cargo pants, and sneakers.

Abilities

As a former Marine, he has the ability to fire a sniper from over 1000 feet away and still hitting his target (As shown in flashback episodes when he killed former Drug Cartel Leader Pedro Hernandez). As a former NCIS Special Agent, Gibbs usually showed his ability of being able to catch the bad guy when they run by taking short cuts and being a few steps ahead of them. Therefore, they end up giving themselves up to him. He also carried his SIG and rarely missed his target. He has more unique range of abilities, many of which have made him a great asset to the NCIS Agency.

Hand to Hand Combat

During his time in the Marines, Gibbs presumably learnt how to fight and is an exceptionally skilled fighter, able to subdue opponents. This had helped him in the long run when chasing or fighting the bad guys.

Intelligence

He is extremely intelligent, often seeing solutions and cracking the case before anyone else does.

Knives

Gibbs always followed Rule number 9, "Never go anywhere without a knife." This skill with knives had helped in several occasions.

Firearms

Gibbs is impeccable when it comes to firearms. He is a former Marine and was trained in sniper training and can shoot his target over 1000 ft. away.

Medical Training

He had some medical training that he learned from the Marines. This came in handy when he helped Marine Lieutenant Emma Reynolds give birth in the back of the NCIS car at a garage in the Newborn King (episode).

Interigation

He is a very skilled interigator.

Personal Relationships

Jackson Gibbs

In the Season 6 episode Heartland Gibbs' frosty relationship with his father Jackson and the backstory behind it is revealed. It is revealed they lost their close relationship when Gibbs' mother died, and Shannon was the one that got them closer again. After Shannon and Kellys death they were both devastated and had a fight at their funeral, which led them to not have any contact for over 15 years. His father had rarely been mentioned up to that point and Jackson had not known that Gibbs was a "boss" until Gibbs and his team visited Stillwater to investigate a case. By the end of the episode, they make amends and the two have become closer again after that. He makes a few appearances in the next season until he dies of a stroke. His father's death devastated him, as he was shocked to get word of his death.

It is shown in Jackson first appearance in the second half of Heartland (episode) that he had spent years fixing up a car Gibbs had brought home as junk to fix into his dream car. He has even put in a R/T suspension package like his son wanted and even the color Gibbs wanted. Gibbs thought his dad had gotten rid of the "junk" and was very surprised when it turned out he had instead fixed it. The car is a yellow 426 Hemi with a black stripe on the hood of the car. Gibbs smiles for what could be one of the longest times in a scene throughout the series when he first gets to drive it with his father. This gesture helps mend their relationship, and Gibbs is seen driving the car in later episodes.

Jackson Gibbs is mentioned and has a few appearances in later season aswell and their relationship has gotten closer again. His death really took a toll on Gibbs.

They are revealed to actually be very similar, have a strong physical likeness as well as a strong demeanor. They both love coffee and read the news paper in the morning.

Ann Gibbs

Ann Gibbs is the mother of Leroy Jethro Gibbs and the wife of Jackson Gibbs. In the episode of "Life Before His Eyes," you see Jethro's mother for the first time. This is where Gibbs gets the liking for red-headed women because his mother was a redhead and his wife Shannon and all his other ex-wives were redheaded as well. When Gibbs was 14, his mother committed suicide because she found out that she was terminally ill with cancer. It is revealed that they were very close and that her death devestated him and changed him.

Shannon Gibbs

Shannon was Gibbs's first wife. They married in December 1981 and had their daughter, Kelly, sometime in 1982. It is clear they loved each other dearly and they were together for many years, and was his longest romantic relationship Their marriage was by all accounts a happy one, and ended on February 25, 1991 when both Shannon and Kelly Gibbs were killed by Pedro Hernandez after a tragic car accident. At the time, Gibbs was enlisted and fighting in Desert Storm. Shannon witnessed the shooting of a Marine in Oceanside, and she identified the killer as Pedro Hernandez, a Mexican drug dealer working Camp Pendleton.

Gibbs is shown to have deeply loved Shannon and treated her very well. When learning of her death, Gibbs fell into a state where he could not be happy. He was angry and wanted to get revenge, as he did by killing the guy responsible for their death. Even though several years have passed, Gibbs has never been able to fully overcome her death and often thinks of the missed moments they could have had together with their daughter.

Kelly Gibbs

Kelly was the daughter of Gibbs and his first wife, Shannon. She was born in 1982 and was killed on February 25th, 1991, at the age of eight. Pedro Hernandez set out to kill her mother so she couldn't testify against him. Prior to her death, Gibbs was shown to treasure his daughter and do anything he could for her while also trying to raise her properly. He took her death extremely hard and continued to be haunted by it over the years. He is describes as being great with children and the flashbacks we see of her portrays a close relationship and deep love.

Joann Fielding

Gibbs' mother-in-law. They are shown to have a somewhat tense relationship as Joann has blamed Gibbs for keeping her from her daughter and granddaughter when he was still enlisted and their eventual death. During the episode Mother's Day, they are shown to have a difficult time speaking to one another as her involvement in the case began to be revealed. Although he understood her reason and allowed her numerous chances to confess to her actions.

Diane Sterling

Diane was Gibbs' second wife. Gibbs mentions several times that she cleared him out after their divorce. After divorcing Gibbs, she married FBI Senior Special Agent Tobias Fornell, and they had one daugher.

Rebecca Chase

Rebecca was Gibbs' third wife. She is introduced in season 12. She and Gibbs divorced because Rebecca cheated on Gibbs with the man that she married.

Stephanie Flynn

Stephanie was Gibbs' 4th and final wife. She lived with him during his service in Moscow, Russia for about a year. They divorced because it was revealed in the season 3 Mind Games (episode), that he was so obsessed with catching serial killer Kyle Boone.

Jenny Shephard

Jenny was Gibbs' former partner and lover when they were on assignment together in Paris in the 90s. They never took their relationship further and ended up breaking up shortly after their assignment, even though it was implied by Jenny that she had second thoughts on her decision to not continue their relationship. When she reappears in his life years later, the two of them can be seen to still care for one another and they share some sexual tension.

Hollis Mann

Hollis was Gibbs' serious relationship for a while. They had a mutual break-up after Hollis put in for retirement, and Gibbs did not appear to be as ready to commit.

Margaret Allison Hart

M. Allison Hart as she was known on NCIS, was a lawyer to Gibbs' old enemy Col. Merton Bell. Although they opposed each other over several cases, they were also attracted to each other sharing a cold piece of pizza and a beer together on some occasions.

Dr. Samantha Ryan

Samantha who is a psychologist, her and Gibbs' relationship was very short. She assisted Gibbs and his team on several cases.

Ellen Wallace

It is revealed in season 16 that Gibbs and Major Ellen Wallace had previously been engaged at some point. She was believed to have died in the Hail & Farewell (episode) in the September 11th attacks but was actually murdered the night before. Gibbs ended up breaking off the engagement two months before her death.

Jacqueline Sloane

Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane had shared a close bond with Gibbs. Their bond was so close to the point that the other team members questioned if Gibbs and Sloane had a "thing." The two share a kiss in Sloane's final appearance (Season 18 episode 8).

Non-NCIS Friendships

Tobias Fornell

He has formed a rather brotherly bond with Tobias over the years, due to both being divorced by Diane. Gibbs calls the man by his first name on a regular basis and earning himself the title of Uncle Gibbs to Emily Fornell. They have a strained work relationship because of their sometimes conflicting interests, because they work for different agencies, but they still respects one another. Fornell often drop buy Gibbs' basement and have a talk.

The pair were very close, Tobias even hinting at one point that he was aware of Gibbs having killed Hernandez back in 1991. At one point when Gibbs is pushing him away emotionally—out of guilt—Tobias tells his friend, “Gibbs, this is me! This is me. You do this to other people; not to me." Tobias is the main reason why FBI Agent Alden Parker decided to let Gibbs go in Season 19. As Parker would put it, "Let's just say he convinced me that you don't belong behind bars."

Past and Current NCIS Colleagues

Donald "Ducky" Mallard

Donald and Jethro have been close friends for many years, decades. He is the only person Ducky allows to call him "Duck". Even though Gibbs is a hard man to get to know and they are very different indviduals, the two of them are very close and considers each other to be family. They also respects and protects one another and value each others advice and opinions. They grew even closer when Dr. Mallard had his heart attack.

Jennifer "Jenny" Shepard

Jennifer Sheppard and Jethro were not only partners in the field, but they were also former lovers. The two of them knows each other very well and call one another Jethro and Jenny. They had a long history together and became friends after she became Director of NCIS. She was the Director of NCIS from 2005 until her untimely death in 2008 when she was killed in a diner in Los Angeles. Jethro took her death extremely hard because they were so close, especially since her death was connected to their former work.

Leon Vance

Leon Vance was hired on as the Director of NCIS by SECNAV (Secretary of the Navy) after Jenny Shepard was killed in the season 5 finale. He and Gibbs sometimes butt heads when it came to certain protocols and criminals. It took them both a long time to trust one another and they are not close, but they have a working relationship that gets things done. They also have some sort of mutural respect and he gives Gibbs a long leash because he trust Gibbs' gut.

Stanley "Stan" Burley

Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo

Even though they are very different individuals they have built up trust towards eachother. Gibbs is often annoyed with DiNozzo's no stop chatting and movie referrals, but at the same time appreciates the fun and more juvinile vibe he brings into the team. Tony has massive respect for Gibbs and trust him 100%, and is always the most loyal to Gibbs out of all the other team members. In Season 7, Episode 12 Flesh and Blood when Gibbs first met Tony's father he gets "defensive" over Tony. Gibbs also questions Tony's father about his relationship with his son, and is vocal about his disapointment over that he does not know his son as a grown man. He stands up for Tony as an individual and calls him "one of the finest young agents he has ever worked with. In Tony’s last scene of NCIS, he tells Gibbs, “I would say thank you, but I don’t think it quite cut it.” The relationship Tony has with Gibbs is one of a special kind.

Abigail "Abby" Sciuto

The relationship with Gibbs and Abby is one of a kind. Gibbs treats Abby like his daughter and loves surprising her. He would take her out for dinner the evening before her birthday every year, and using her first language—American Sign Language—with her on many occasions. He has massive respect for her and she is definintely the one person at NCIS he is the most patient with. He buys her her addiction Caf-pow almost every day, while he rarely buys anything for the other team members.

Caitlin "Kate" Todd

Jethro and Kate were also like father and daughter, but they had a little bit of a tougher relationship. Kate ended up getting killed in season 2 finale when the man they were hunting (Ari Haswari) shot Caitlin in the head with a sniper rifle. It is visible that he had respect for her as an Agent and that the respect was mutural.

Timothy "Tim" McGee

Ziva David

ZIva saved his life early in season 3 and it is mentioned by Ducky that she was the team member he started trusting the soonest. He calls her "Zivers" and has stuck his neck out for her many times, when her loyalties has been questioned. He respects her skills and she views him as a father figure.

Eleanor Bishop

Alex Quinn

Nicholas "Nick" Torres

Clayton Reeves

Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane

Awards and decorations

United States Marine Corps

Here is a list of awards and decorations worn by GySgt. Gibbs:

  • Silver Star (later gifted to Damon Werth)
  • Purple Heart
  • Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal, w/2 gold award stars (3rd award)
  • Combat Action Ribbon
  • Navy Unit Commendation
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, w/1 bronze service star (2nd award)
  • Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, w/1 silver service star (6th award)
  • Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal, w/1 bronze service star (2nd award)
  • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
  • Southwest Asia Service Medal, w/ bronze service star (2nd award)
  • Humanitarian Service Medal
  • Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, w/3 bronze service stars (4th award)
  • Navy & Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon
  • United Nations Medal
  • Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
  • Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
  • Diver insignia
  • Naval Parachutist insignia
  • Marine Corps Expert Rifle Badge
  • Marine Corps Expert Pistol Badge

Gibbs also gave a Bronze Star to Ruby Lemere, the widow of Marine Sgt. Ted Lemere, on behalf of the sergeant's military dog Dex, admitting that it had not been "officially" awarded, indicating the medal was, like the above-mentioned Silver Star, originally awarded to Gibbs.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Here is a list of awards and decorations received by Sp. Agt. Gibbs:

  • Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (7th award).

Trivia

  • Interestingly, Abigail Sciuto, the former NCIS Chief Forensic Specialist, consistently called him Gibbs despite the obvious close relationship between the two. In contrast, he would call her both "Abby" and "Abbs".
  • He knows American Sign Language (ASL).
  • He used to never lock the front door to his house because he has already lost what was most important to him, and everything else can be replaced.
  • In season 15 he was seen both locking and unlocking his front door, even going so far as to give Jacqueline Sloane his keys in Skeleton Crew and telling her to lock the door when she leaves after having just met her.
  • In the fourth episode of season 19, Great Wide Open, the mystery of how Gibbs got the boats out of his basement was finally revealed. It turns out he would break the basement wall to get them out and then rebuild the wall. However, it was alluded to much earlier in season 5 episode 14 Internal affairs McGee asks how he gets the boat out and Gibbs responds with "just break the bottle" a clear reference to a ship in a bottle alluding to the fact that he would break the wall down.
  • There have been a few inconsistencies in his appearance during flashbacks with Shannon and Kelly. About half of his appearances shows his younger self while others showed him in his current appearance.

References

  1. Starting in Kill Ari Part 1 (episode) and throughout season 3, both Gibbs and Shepard have flashbacks to intimate encounters between the two of them. In season 4's Dead and Unburied (episode) Shepard confirms the relationship verbally.

Appearances

For a more detailed list, see Leroy Jethro Gibbs/List of Appearances.

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