Koloniales Marine Corps

Ein Marineunteroffizier und zwei Marines in standard Uniform (Litmus).

Das Koloniale Marine Corps ist ein Zweig der Kolonialflotte mit der Aufgabe des Bodenkampfes und der Schiffssicherheit.

Zunächst hatte die Galactica um die dreißig Marines, wenngleich sich auch keine Scharfschützen unter ihnen befanden (Das Tribunal). Diese Anzahl wurde drastisch erhöht, nachdem die Pegasus zur Flotte dazukam.

Nach der Zerstörung der Pegasus wurden die restlichen Marines der Pegasus in die Crew der Galactica integriert. Bei einem Briefing zwischen Colonel Tigh und Admiral Adama sagt Tigh: "Hundert Marines zu schwach um zu arbeiten, über zweihundert kurz davor alles fallen zu lassen", was bedeutet, dass es nun mindestens 300 Marines sind; wahrscheinlich die Überlebenden der Pegasus mitgezählt (The Passage).

Die Aufgaben eines Marines bestehen darin, das CIC, die Brig und andere wichtige Bereiche des Schiffes zu bewachen und den Waffenwart zu unterstützen (Das Tribunal). Sie sind auch Teil von Enterungskommandos (Meuterei auf der Astral Queen, Kobol, Teil II, Leben und Sterben, Pegasus). Natürlich sind sie auch verantwortlich für die Abwehrung feindliche Enteraktionen (Im Tal der Finsternis). Das Quartier von Admiral Adama ist städnig unter Bewachung, das selbe gilt für das Quartier der Präsidentin, wenn sie sich an Bord des Schiffes ist. Ein Marine wird außerdem mit dem Servieren des Essens des Admirals betraut (A Day in the Life).

Very few marine officers appear to be stationed on Galactica; when they are shown on missions, usually Fleet officers command the Marine units. Crashdown's actions on Kobol (Fragged) suggest that Fleet officers are cross trained in conducting ground operations. The only Marine officer shown so far is Lieutenant Terry Burrell (Sacrifice).

Marines are evidently untrained in crowd control, as the actions on the Scylla and Gideon demonstrate. In each of these situations Marines react with little discipline to enraged crowds ("Razor", "Final Cut").

Colonial Marines are also called "jarheads". Like the Colonial Fleet, the Corps has a reserve component (Final Cut)

Rank Structure

Only the ranks of the enlisted crew have been established so far. See Military Ranks (RDM) for details.

Known Marines

Active

Rank	Name	Last Seen
Gunnery Sergeant	Erin Mathias	The Eye of Jupiter
Corporal	Venner	Taking a Break From All Your Worries
Private	Stewart Jaffee	A Day in the Life
Private	Sykes	Rapture
Unknown	Ditko	The Eye of Jupiter
Unknown	Griggs	The Eye of Jupiter
Unknown	Henick	The Eye of Jupiter
Unknown	Varrick	The Eye of Jupiter
Unknown	Danelli	A Measure of Salvation
Unknown	Peters	A Measure of Salvation
Unknown	Nowart	The Son Also Rises

Deceased

Rank	Name	Death
Sergeant	Omar Fischer	Rapture
Sergeant Major (retired)	Socrata Thrace	6 years prior to "Maelstrom"
Unknown	Twinam	Valley of Darkness
Unknown	Collishaw	Valley of Darkness
Unknown	Cheadle	The Son Also Rises
Unknown	Dasilva	Razor

Status Unknown

Rank	Name	Last Seen
Lieutenant	Terry Burrell	Sacrifice
Staff Sergeant	Hadrian	Valley of Darkness (mentioned)
Corporal	Madsen	Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
Private First Class	Scott Kelso	Final Cut
Unknown	Bonnington	Scattered
Unknown	Hollis	Scattered
Unknown	Wenzler	Scattered
Unknown	Riggs	Razor

Real life costuming notes

The Colonial Marine Corps battle uniforms appear to be based on those of the U.S. Army's Delta Force or the counter-terrorist branch of the British Army's Special Air Service Regiment. Besides their black combat uniforms, the weapons and personal combat equipment of the Marines are similar to what today's police SWAT teams and anti-terrorist special forces units utilize.

A Colonial Marine stands watch in Galactica's CIC

To date, the Marines have appeared in either an all-black BDU (aboard ship) or an olive-drab/green BDU (planetside, as in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I"). There is evidence that the Colonial Marine Corps do utilize digital camouflage uniforms like the real-life United States Marine Corps with their MARPAT digital camouflage uniforms, but it appears that the wearing of digital camouflage uniforms are restricted to regular Colonial Marine Corps forces while the Marines serving as security personnel on the warships of the Colonial Fleet are issued solid-color combat uniforms in black, khaki, and olive-drab. One piece of evidence that the Colonial Marine Corps do utilize digital camouflage uniforms can be seen the in the episodes "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I" and "Part II" when the rescue team that is deployed to Caprica have "woodland" digital camouflage backpacks on their backs. Furthermore, in one of the Razor Flashback episodes, two Colonial Marine medics are wearing "woodland" digital camouflage uniforms on Galactica's hangar deck. Digital camouflage is also used by the landing party on Kobol in "Home, Part II" (by both William and Lee Adama), as well as the Shore Patrol personnel in "Scattered".

To outfit the Marines, the show's costume department appears to use the following real-world items:

• Helmet
  • Giro Bad Lieutenant snowboard/ski helmet, black — far less heavy and less expensive than the US/UN PASGT helmet
• Goggles
  • Paulson 510T Tactical Goggles — these, or...
  • Paulson 510TF ATAC "Frag" Goggles — these... it depends on what the costume department was budgetted for, or got them for. The closures, hinges, and "face gasket" are the giveaways.
• Small Arms

Main article: Small arms

• Combat Vest
  • PBBA SPIDER — offered by a company called Point-Blank Body Armor, Inc., the vests appear to be one of these models, with a "modular grid attachment system" based around snaps (the telltale characteristic if you see a Colonial Marine's back) and velcro (a costumer's best friend!). This affords the costume department the option to attach whatever they want to the vests, regardless of compatability, since all they need to do is stitch on some velcro. As far as if it is the SPIDER specifically that's being used, or one of the following models, or a model offered from another manufacturer, has yet to be confirmed, but substantial research points towards this being the vest used in the series.
  • PBBA MRV+ SWAT — "heavier" vest variant
  • PBBA SWAT Cert+ — higher-collared variant
  • Pinnacle Armor Tactical Vest — It more than likely is this one in the "modular grid base" unit. It makes the most sense, since it would be most cost effective to get the unlined, unarmored modular vest, with the velcro and snaps, and just attach whatever is wanted to it.
• Knife
  • M7 bayonets (though they've never been drawn, bayonets carried by the Marines appear consistent with M7's sheath and handle)