Colonial Marine Corps

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thumb|Sgt. Hadrian, a Marine non-commissioned officer, flanked by two Marines in standard uniform.
The Colonial Marine Corps is a branch of the Colonial Forces tasked with ground combat operations and ship-board security.
 initially had about thirty Marines left, although there are no snipers among them . This number increased drastically with the addition of the battlestar Pegasus to the Fleet.
Between "Pegasus" and "Exodus Part II," it is estimated that Galactica had at least 100 marines considering the arrival of Pegasus. The crew transfers might suggest some Marines from Pegasus were integrated into the crew of since there were Marines being trained aboard Pegasus .
After Pegasus's destruction, a number of Marines are integrated into Galactica crew. During a briefing between Colonel Tigh and Admiral Adama, Tigh says "A hundred Marines too weak to work, two hundred more about to drop," which implies that at least three hundred Marines were aboard following the exodus from New Caprica .
A Marine's duties include guarding the CIC and the brig, as well as other critical areas on the ship, and assisting the Master-at-Arms and are part of Raptor boarding parties . Naturally, they are also responsible for repelling enemy boarding actions . Admiral Adama's quarters are constantly under Marine guard, and the same is true for President Laura Roslin when she is aboard ship. A Marine, Sergeant Stewart Jaffee, is also tasked with serving Admiral Adama's food . 
Very few Marine officers appear to be stationed on Galactica, likely as the ship was meant to be decommissioned prior to the Fall; when they are shown on missions, usually Fleet officers command the Marine units. Lieutenant Alex Quartararo's actions on Kobol suggest that Fleet officers are cross-trained in conducting ground operations. The only Marine officers shown so far are Lieutenant Terry Burrell and an unnamed lieutenant in "Escape Velocity".
Marines are evidently untrained in crowd control, as the actions aboard both Scylla and Gideon demonstrate. In each of these situations Marines react with little discipline to enraged crowds . Marines are also present enforcing an order restricting public congregation .
Colonial Marines are also called "jarheads". Like the Colonial Fleet, the Corps has a reserve component . Active detachments aboard a battlestar, referred to as (shorthand for "marine detachment"), are responsible for off-ship missions and military policing duties. Their role is expanded following the Fall, beginning with Roslin's request for Marines to quell an uprising aboard a ship following the water situation and repeatedly to handle policing due to deficiencies in civilian law enforcement . 
The last act of the Colonial Marine Corps occurs during the Battle of The Colony. Unlike their normal patrol and guard duties, they seem to be very heavily armed and well equipped with machine guns, ammunition, grenades, and flight suits .
== Rank Structure ==
Only the ranks of the enlisted crew have been established in detail, but it is known that the rank of lieutenant exists. See military ranks for details.
==Known Marines==
===Deceased===
Rank 	Name 	Death
Sergeant Major (retired)	Socrata Thrace 	6 years prior to "Maelstrom" (Cancer)
Gunnery Sergeant 	Erin Mathias 	The Road Less Traveled (Heavy Raider explosion)
Sergeant 	Omar Fischer 	Rapture (KIA)
Lance Corporal 	Eduardo Maldonaldo	The Oath (Execution)
Private 	Twinam 	Valley of Darkness (KIA)
Private 	Collishaw 	Valley of Darkness (KIA)
Private 	Stewart Jaffee 	The Oath (Murder)
Unknown 	Henry Cheadle 	The Son Also Rises (Bomb attack)
Unknown 	Dasilva 	Razor (KIA)
Unknown 	Parr 	Blood on the Scales (Murder)
=== Status Unknown After the Battle of the Colony ===
Rank 	Name 	Last Seen/Mentioned	Notes
Unknown	 	Daybreak, Part II 	Participant in incursion of the Colony to rescue Hera Agathon, and returns to Galactica. orders Rangel and Peters form up as they bypass the choke point that Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six held.
Unknown	Peters	Daybreak, Part II 	Participant in incursion of the Colony to rescue Hera Agathon, and returns to Galactica. orders Rangel and Peters form up as they bypass the choke point that Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six held.
===Status Unknown After the Mutiny===
Rank 	Name 	Last Seen
Lieutenant	an unnamed lieutenant 	The Oath
Sergeant 	Allan Nowart 	The Oath
Sergeant 	Brandy Harder 	Revelations
Corporal 	Venner 	Taking a Break From All Your Worries
Corporal 	Unnamed ("Adama's Corporal")	A Disquiet Follows My Soul
Private 	Sykes 	Rapture
Unknown 	an unnamed guard 	Escape Velocity
Unknown 	an unnamed guard 	A Disquiet Follows My Soul
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 	Smith 	The Hub
Unknown 	Nathanson 	Someone to Watch Over Me
===Status Unknown After New Caprica===
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 	Valley of Darkness
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.
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".
Colonial Marines are lightly armed and armored by modern warfare standards. When is rescued by a Marine fire, team when one of them fires an explosive round from his sidearm. He tells Adama that the Centurions can only be destroyed with explosive round and that was their last one. If the fire team had destroyed at least one Centurion that may imply that they carry only one explosive round. It is also seen that the Marines do not carry grenades other than the flash bang . Marine detachments aboard Galactica and Pegasus do not appear to have body armor or kevlar plating in their combat vests, or that such armor is insufficient against Cylon munitions.
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
** Either Paulson 510T Tactical Goggles or Paulson 510TF ATAC "Frag" Goggles, depending on what the costume department was budgeted for or paid for them. The closures, hinges, and "face gasket" are the giveaways.
* Small Arms
:See the 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 looking at a Colonial Marine's back) and velcro. This affords the costume department the option to attach whatever they want to the vests, regardless of compatibility, since all they need to do is stitch on some velcro. As to whether is the SPIDER specifically that is 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 needed to it.
* Knife 
** M7 bayonets — Although they have never been drawn, bayonets carried by the Marines appear consistent with M7s' sheath and handle.
* Jackets
** M-65 field jacket — The rescue team that is sent to in "Lay Down Your Burdens" is wearing olive-drab green M-65 field jackets.
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