Colonial Marine Corps

The Colonial Marine Corps are the ground soldiers of the Twelve Colonies, a different branch of the military than the Colonial Fleet. Battlestar Galactica has about thirty of them left, although there are no snipers among them (Bastille Day).

A Marine's duties include guarding the CIC and brig (Mini-Series) and assisting the Master-at-Arms (Litmus). They have been used several times on Raptors for boarding parties (Bastille Day, Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II, Resistance, Pegasus). They are also responsible for repelling enemy boarding actions (Valley of Darkness).

Sergeant Hadrian is a Marine, but no officers (if there were any) appear to be stationed on Galactica; when they are shown on missions, Fleet officers command the Marine units.

Known Marines

• Lieutenant Terry Burrell
• Sergeant Hadrian
• Sergeant Fischer
• Corporal Venner
• Private First Class Scott Kelso
• Hollis
• Wenzler
• Bonnington
• Twinam
• Collishaw

Notes

Their 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 police SWAT teams and anti-terrorist special forces units utilize. The Marines have not appeared in camouflage combat uniforms and armed with standard infantry weapons.

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

• Giro Bad Lieutenant snowboard/ski helmet, black
• Goggles (Exact model not yet known)
• Sub-machine guns
  • Heckler-Koch MP5 (multiple variants)
  • Fabrique Nationale P90 (with silencer)
  • Beretta CX4 Storm
• Shotgun
  • Protecta
• Rifle
  • Heckler & Koch G36k
• Sidearm
  • Fabrique Nationale Five-seveN (with added wood grips and explosive round launcher)
• Web gear (harness material; exact model not yet known)

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon is called both a terrorist and a chauvinist by Jamie Hamilton during their phone call from the police station; he asks Troy "what's a terrorist chauvinist?" ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}

These are terms directly relating to Galactica 1980, some of which are based from the Original Series. For terms from that series, please refer to List of terms (TOS).