[ColonialMarine]

Colonial Marine in Standard Assault Gear and NCO in Standard Khaki

The Colonial Marine Corps are the ground soldiers of the Twelve Colonies, a different branch of the military than the Colonial Fleet. As with the CF the CMC has a Reserve Component. Battlestar Galactica has about thirty of them left, although there are no snipers among them.

A Marine's duties include guarding the CIC and brig and assisting the Master-at-Arms. They have been used several times on Raptors for boarding parties. They are also responsible for repelling enemy boarding actions.

There are no more officers stationed on Galactica; when they are on missions, Fleet officers command the Marine units.

source: battlestarwiki.org

[Sigurðsson]

ColonialMarine, on 07 October 2006 - 08:57 AM, said:

<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/Galactica%20et%20al/Marine_cic_standing01.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/ColonialMarine/Galactica%20et%20al/Khaki_litmus-1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<b>Colonial Marine in Standard Assault Gear</b> <b>and NCO in Standard Khaki</b>

The Colonial Marine Corps are the ground soldiers of the Twelve Colonies, a different branch of the military than the Colonial Fleet. As with the CF the CMC has a Reserve Component. Battlestar Galactica has about thirty of them left, although there are no snipers among them.

A Marine's duties include guarding the CIC and brig and assisting the Master-at-Arms. They have been used several times on Raptors for boarding parties. They are also responsible for repelling enemy boarding actions.

There are no more officers stationed on Galactica; when they are on missions, Fleet officers command the Marine units.

source: battlestarwiki.org

Warrent Officers wear the same Khaki fatigues.

[Kmpr´rak]

I think a Marine Detachment on a Battlestar has at least one or two officers! But Marines can also be commanded by Fleet Officers.

And I think there are other Ground Forces on the colonies, not only Marines.
Marines are specialized forces ALSO assigned to Battlestars.