Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Starfleet marines
Starfleet Marines have rarely appeared in any of the incarnations of Star Trek, although Gene Roddenberry once suggested that, in the original Star Trek series, the Enterprise carried a platoon of Marines. The earliest known instances of Starfleet Marines canonically appearing were in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (the Starfleet officers accompanying Kirk and company to Nimbus III have since been said to be Marines) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, with the appearance of Colonel West (who was based on a real Marine - Oliver North).
MACOs - Military Assault Command Operations (Operatives) appeared during the last two seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise, however they were not as yet part of Starfleet.
Starfleet marines later appeared in many episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (they wear one-piece black uniforms), mostly in episodes dealing with the Dominion War.
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details