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  Journal of Applied Treknology - Starfleet Marines Equipment
The Starfleet Marines K-Bar Survival Knife has been the traditional knife of the Marine Corps going back to when it was purely a US organization and has served with distinction since the early 20th century.
As word of the ineffectiveness of the current Starfleet issue Type III phaser rifles spread, the Commandant of the Marine Corps pushed for Starfleet to adopt a new long range rifle, to be issued to a member of each fire squad and to two man sniper teams for covert actions.
The Viper Class APC was developed by the Starfleet Marines R and D Center at Epimetheus Station, Titan during the Dominion War to fill a role between unarmed shuttles performing double duty as troop landers and the armed but small Hoppers that carried only a limited number of troops.
www.treknology.org /marines.htm   (1286 words)

  
 USS Discovery NCC-79431
Later in the Dominion War, the Starfleet Marines were critical in important battles such as the land actions in the Chintoka Battles, as well as the landings to liberate captured Federation planets from their Dominion occupation forces.
Marine MPs are typically found all over the galaxy, serving as a police force at Starfleet and Marine instillations, as well as the cities they are stationed at.
Because the Starfleet Marines are expected to engage in heavy ground and space borne combat as part of their jobs, the SFMC has developed several variants of uniform and equipment to assist in carrying out their duties.
www.angelfire.com /trek/discovery79431/personnel/marines/marines.html   (2165 words)

  
 Marines
The Starfleet Marines became a magnet, attracting many of the finest volunteers from the armies of Terra and Andor, both planets with long military traditions.
Perhaps the most famous marine exploit of the Four Years War was the assault on Karag II on 5 February 2243, when the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 12th and 22nd marine regiments were landed on Karag II.
Marine officers are created exactly like other Starfleet officers, the only difference being in the branch schools to which they are sent.
members.tripod.com /~starbase_10/marines.htm   (749 words)

  
 875th MSG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The SFMC is the Starfleet Marine Corps, the main visible arm of ground troops in Starfleet.
Marines are responsible for honor guard, boarding parties (both boarding other ships and defending against other boarding parties), and any other 'brute strength' jobs that the CO might want done.
Treating fellow Marine and Starfleet personnel with proper respect and appropriate obedience is as essential and necessary a part of being an officer as is the giving of orders.
www.ussmir.org /875th.htm   (924 words)

  
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Starfleet also awards a general series of ribbons for crew on missions and campaigns.
Finally, since Starfleet personnel are encouraged to engage in scientific research as part of their duties, there are numerous scientific awards that can be granted, culminating in the Nobel Peace Prize.
Marines are carried aboard Starfleet ships, but they have their own commanders and are separate from the regular shipboard chain of command.
www.identicalsoftware.com /rpg/gurps/star_trek/st4d-starfleet.txt   (2074 words)

  
 The Starfleet Museum - Belleau Wood Class
Starfleet had previously introduced several classes of shuttlecarrier, but most had been designed to carry fighters for use in ship-to-ship engagements or fighter/bombers to attack ground-based and orbital targets.
Starfleet was forced to quickly reconsider this policy in June 2224 after 127 Starfleet Marines were killed during the landings at Homunculus XX.
As a stop-gap measure, several shuttlecarriers of the SWORDFISH class were refitted in 2225 with facilities for Marines and a small number of assault shuttlecraft.
www.starfleet-museum.org /belleauwood.htm   (878 words)

  
 STARFLEET MARINES A STAR TREK CLUB
In it, a formal setting for a mobile infantry force on starships was set into place, they were not called Marines, but for all intends and purposes held the same demeanor and use as a Marine has.
Never let it be said that a marine took no for an answer, we created manuals, uniforms, traditions, awards, and a place in the Star Trek universe for ourselves, we are and always will be Star Trek fans and this point was made clear.
The Starfleet Marine club has been together in one way or another for 20 years, it has a history and people who uphold it.
www.starfleetmarine.org   (595 words)

  
 Marines
Marine Special Operations units or "Prime Teams" are the best the UFMC has to offer.
Marine Commandoes are well trained in unconventional warfare and counter-terrorism tactics and are often deployed when a clean, surgical strike is called for.
Marine officers generally refer to themselves as a "Captian of Marines" or a "Lieutenant of Marines" to avoid confusion with naval officer grades.
members.tripod.com /~starbase_10/marines1.htm   (2045 words)

  
 81st Marine Assault Group
As the Romulan War had ushered in the dawn of the Starfleet, the first Klingon War, and its Klingon shock troops, made it clear that a specialized expeditionary force was needed.
A story is told of a planetary governor who frantically contacted Starfleet HQ with an urgent request for assistance: His capital city was filled with rioters, and his peacekeepers were incapable of dealing with violence of this magnitude.
The entire Starfleet Space Marines group and support units is referred to as a “Force.” The Space Marine Force commander holds the rank of Major General.
www.geocities.com /ahoymate2   (1478 words)

  
 STARFLEET Marine Corps - Semper FI!
This award is given to the marine, officer or enlisted, that most exemplifies the spirit, image and attitude of the SFMC—the one who sets the standard for personal conduct, appearance, motivation, dedicated service and esprit de corps for which all STARFLEET Marines strive.
This Marine NCO has made a significant personal impact in community service efforts throughout their area, and through their actions and words, have provided the highest standard of guidance and leadership to their fellow Marines, setting a standard of excellence for other NCOs to follow.
This award is given to the marine, officer or enlisted, that most exemplifies the spirit, image and attitude of the SFMC within a particular brigade—the one who sets the standard for personal conduct, appearance, motivation, dedicated service and esprit de corps for which all STARFLEET Marines in that brigade strive.
www.sfi-sfmc.org /tracom/sectiontext.php?thissect=FORCECOMAWARDS   (3058 words)

  
 THE STARFLEET COMMAND MARINE CORPS
The Marine Corps is responsible, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of peacetime components of the Marine Corps to meet the needs of war.
The Starfleet Command Marine Corps, SCMC, is the Marine Corps of the 23rd and 24th centuries which is based on the 20th century Marine Corps.
As Commander of Starfleet Command, the Fleet Admiral shall be appraised of all SCMC operations via the SCMC Commandant or the Vice Commandant in the absence of the Commandant.
www.ufphq.com /mc_handbook.htm   (6810 words)

  
 LCARS Retrieval - search Parameters: SFMC 3rd Commando Brigade
With increasing improvement in anti-starship Planetary Defenses, Starfleet is increasing its realiance on ground troops for land assaults.
Marines are trained in various combat tactics and are expected to be combat ready when the situation requires
The Brigade served with tenacity and bravery during the insertion, re-taking and defence of the planet, and in concert with the efforts of Starfleet Naval forces played an instrumental role in the final liberation of the system from Jem'hadar and Dominion forces.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/WilliamWallace/marines.html   (732 words)

  
 STARFLEET Region Three   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
STARFLEET Region Three is also the embodiment of Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future known as "Star Trek".
STARFLEET chapters in Region Three span from Amarillo to Corpus Christi and Baton Rouge to Shreveport, covering Texas and Louisiana.
STARFLEET Region Three's parent organization, STARFLEET - The International STAR TREK Fan Association, Inc., is a not for profit corporation in the State of NC in existence since 1974.
www.region3.com   (725 words)

  
 Starfleet Marine Corp
Marines throughout the ages have been known for their distinctive uniforms, both duty and formal dress.
The Starfleet Marine Corps dress uniform is not that much different from the Starfleet Naval uniforms, but bare essentially two striking differences.
The Starfleet Marine Corps general duty uniform is also not that much different from their equivalant Starfleet Naval uniforms.
www.ucip.org /sfmc/uniform.html   (297 words)

  
 Journal of Applied Treknology - Personal Equipment
Starfleet engineers quickly produced the Mark I polarizing combat shield, which was essentially an existing tritanium shield that had been refit with a small sarium-krellide power cell and a basic polarization matrix.
Starfleet combat armor, and to a lesser extent, field uniforms, also make use of this technology to protect officers in hazardous situations.
Starfleet desired a variable-yield pistol that was compact, lightweight, and suited for encounters with the Borg and a variety of hostile races.
www.treknology.org /personal.htm   (6467 words)

  
 Starfleet Academy
Note that Starfleet Engineers, at first, are primarily concerned with the various electronics systems throughout the ship.
In addition, Starfleet Judge Advocates assist in the development and ratification of treaties and act as legal advisors to members of the admiralty.
Starfleet Judge Advocates uphold and protect the rights of Starfleet personnel and the virtues of the Federation and Starfleet Charters.
www.geocities.com /ussarchangel/sfa.html   (1438 words)

  
 USS Miranda
The Marine Order of Merit is awarded under the same criteria as the Federation Order of Merit, but only to those members of the Starfleet Marine Corps who have met said criteria.
The Starfleet Cross is awarded to an Officer who has distinguished him or herself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United Federation of Planets.
Awarded to members of Starfleet who distinguished themselves by gallantry and intrepidity in action, but not of a nature to justify the award of the Valor Cross, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force.
www.ussmiranda.com /medals.htm   (2310 words)

  
 Star Trek Nexus : ultimate guide to all things Star Trek on the Net : Top Ten Things to Improve Your Star Trek Page
Yes, Starfleet Marines does exist, at least in at the end of the 23rd century (i.e.
The assassin attempting to kill the Federation president at the end was identified as Colonel West, Starfleet Marines.
Marines have Warrant officers, who have the pay and prvileges of commissioned officers, but are technical specialists rather than leaders.
users.aol.com /trekannex/treka03a.htm   (189 words)

  
 We Are SMI - We Are SMI
The United Federation of Planets has always relied on it's Starfleet to provide military defense in times of trouble, whether it be defending the Neutral Zone against threat incursions, preventing hostile takeover by an alien force, or leading negotiations during civil wars between Federation members.
The Council thought this group of highly trained men and women would be the perfect complement to the Starfleet's peace efforts, and commissioned the Starfleet Marine Corps.
A story is told of a planetary governor who frantically contacted Starfleet HQ with an urgent request for assistance: His capital city was filled with rioters, and his peacekeepers were incapable of dealing with violence of such magnitude.
www.wearesmi.org   (400 words)

  
 A Planet Too Far - Chapter Twenty One
But then Ganudi was the Marine officer and Sevflk was a Fleet guy—Sri would know better than he how to pursue a ground action.
By design, the Marines of the squad had targeted only the power regulators and not the generators themselves, which could have brought the whole place down on their heads.
His company had suffered grievously, but finding even two of his Marines alive when they were thought lost was enough to give him hope.
www.bettnet.com /startrek/planettoofar/chaptertwentyone.html   (4774 words)

  
 SFMC-SGM
As the Sergeant Major of the STARFLEET Marine Corps, it is my job to maintain contacts with the enlisted members of the SFMC.
The Starfleet Marine Corps Sergeant Major is affiliated with the STARFLEET Marines Corps (SFMC), a component of STARFLEET International (SFI), and is no way affiliated with the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
STARFLEET - The International STAR TREK Fan Association, Inc., is a non-profit corporation, and is not connected with Paramount, VIACOM, or Star Trek: The Official Fan Club.
www.zianet.com /jdkern/sgm   (477 words)

  
 SFMC Awards Program
This award is given at the discretion of the COSUPCOM to those Marines who have demonstrated their communications skills in service to the Corps in general, or Support Command in particular.
STARFLEET: International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc, is a non-profit corporation in the State of NC, is not connected with Paramount, VIACOM, or Star Trek: The Official Fan Club, and has been in existence since 1974.
STARFLEET Marine Corps is a part of STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
www.roguephoenix.org /SFMC/sfmcribbon.htm   (3763 words)

  
 Starfleet Marines - 14 Star Trek fan fiction stories by Domenico Bettinelli.
Starfleet Marines follows the missions and adventures of the ground forces branch of Starfleet.
Martinez's recon Marines are sent on a special infiltration behind enemy lines during the battle for Callessus.
A Starfleet Marine artillery battery attacks the Dominion garrison and the Vorta Dahltenn confronts Gul Madrel over the losses suffered by the Dominion so far in the battle for Callessus.
www.trekfiction.com /directory/series-SFM_1.html   (457 words)

  
 Star Fleet Review - Eagle II Class Assault Ship
At the outbreak of hostilities in 2251 (1/94) between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, Starfleet found itself with an almost complete lack of sufficient troop and materiel transports to effectively distribute its ground forces to prepare for and defend against Klingon planetary assaults.
Six batteries of lasers were at the command of the planetside marines, ready to support their attacks.
The Eagle class served Starfleet well during the war and quickly earned the admiration of the average grunt which it transported to battle.
homepage.ntlworld.com /steven.bacon/eagle2.htm   (643 words)

  
 The Starfleet Museum - Quetzalcoatl Class
To support this expansion, the Terran leaders of Starfleet built the mighty LANCASTER cruisers to defend far-flung colonial outposts from other powers that might have considered themselves the rightful owners of these newly settled worlds.
This small third nacelle caused QUETZALCOATL to be called a "semidreadnought" to distinguish her from true dreadnoughts, such as USS SIEGFRIED (NCC-1589), which have a third full-size nacelle in addition to the two nacelles in the standard positions.
However, when QUETZALCOATL joined Starfleet in 2215, its lower than expected maximum speed provided more ammunition to critics who had already charged that the QUETZALCOATL was too large and too expensive and would never reach its projected performance levels.
www.starfleet-museum.org /quetzalcoatl.htm   (1189 words)

  
 USS Trinity River NCC-6425 - River Rats - Starfleet Marines 325th MSG
The unit flag is a tricolor flag with green on top, fl in the middle and red on the bottom with the unit logo in the center.
The Marine of the Year award and other recognitions by the 325th MSG are presented annually at the USS Trinity River commissioning anniversary celebration each February.
The designated charity of the Starfleet Marines and the 325th MSG is the Toys for Toys organization.
www.usstrinityriver.org /marines.html   (363 words)

  
 Uniform Code - Ranks and Colors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
All ranks in Starfleet are addressed by the title of the rank, except Fleet Captain, Lieutenant Commander and Lieutenant (Junior Grade).
Non-Starfleet employed or contracted civilian staff have the option of wearing their own clothes or Starfleet issued clothing, but are still displayed in the manifest by their appropriate collar and trim.
All R and D staff are required to wear full Starfleet Duty Uniform with a white undershirt displaying the collar.
www.usslightflash.com /pips.htm   (924 words)

  
 STARFLEET Marine Corps - Semper FI!
The STARFLEET Marine Corps is a component of STARFLEET, the International Star Trek Fan Association Inc. The SFMC is an office under the Commander, STARFLEET and as such reports to Commander, STARFLEET.
Fictionally, the SFMC is part of the Ground Forces that are rarely seen in the episodes but are assumed to be a part of the Naval Fleet of the United Federation of Planets.
Occasionally you may find a STARFLEET Marine who is or was active military, but this is not a requirement to be in the Corps.
www.sfi-sfmc.org   (306 words)

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