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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1=== | ||
"Sparkplug" Witwicky | "Sparkplug" Witwicky served in the Marines during the Korean War. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} | ||
==Live-action ''Transformers'' movies== | ==Live-action ''Transformers'' movies== | ||
===Transformers (2007) film=== | ===''Transformers'' (2007) film=== | ||
[[Colonel Sharp]], United States Marine Corps commander of the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], was faced with an unusual situation when [[Blackout (Movie)|a rogue MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter that was reportedly shot down months ago encroached upon his command's airspace and refused to identify itself or comply with his warnings to leave the area. When it touched down on the base, instead of disembarking a crew as would be expected, the [[Transformation|helicopter changed form]], becoming a giant robot that laid waste to | [[Colonel Sharp]], United States Marine Corps commander of the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], was faced with an unusual situation when [[Blackout (Movie)|a rogue MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter that was reportedly shot down months ago encroached upon his command's airspace and refused to identify itself or comply with his warnings to leave the area. When it touched down on the base, instead of disembarking a crew as would be expected, the [[Transformation|helicopter changed form]], becoming a giant robot that laid waste to anything that opposed it before attacking the operations command center. Though Sharp personally stopped the machine from downloading all the information from the base's main server, he was presumably killed when the base was subsequently destroyed. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}} | ||
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie=== | |||
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Two years later, when the Decepticons launched an invasion of Earth, once again they caused a communications blackout that blinded the hierarchy of the US military. While the Autobot-human alliance [[NEST]] fought the Decepticons at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, General [[Morshower]] and the NEST support team at the [[Pentagon]] sent [[United States Air Force#MQ-1 Predator|a UAV drone]] to investigate just what was going on in Egypt. Upon discovering a massive battle was underway, Morshower authorised the use of Operation Firestorm, a full-scale attack on the Decepticons using elements of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Crops. The Marines disembarked on the Egyptian shore via LCAC hovercraft and ''very quickly'' arrived at NEST's position in an abandoned Egyptian town, providing sorely needed manpower and armoured support. | |||
During the battle, Marine armour provided covering firing for Sam and Mikeala as they sought to reach [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s body to resurrect him. After this, the armour were directed to attack the top of the Great Pyramid where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and his master [[The Fallen]] were activating the [[solar harvester]], a machine that would consume the [[Sun]]. The Fallen used his telekinetic powers to pull practically all of the Marine vehicles into the air towards him, then suddenly dropped them out of the sky, destroying them. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 11 July 2009
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly.
The civilian leadership of the USMC is part of the Department of the Navy, but has a military leadership structure that often works closely with, but is separate to the U.S. Navy.
| “ | Semper Fidelis | ” |
—Motto of the USMC | ||
Fiction
Generation 1
"Sparkplug" Witwicky served in the Marines during the Korean War. The Last Stand
Live-action Transformers movies
Transformers (2007) film
Colonel Sharp, United States Marine Corps commander of the SOCCENT Forward Operations Base in Qatar, was faced with an unusual situation when a rogue MH-53 Pave Low helicopter that was reportedly shot down months ago encroached upon his command's airspace and refused to identify itself or comply with his warnings to leave the area. When it touched down on the base, instead of disembarking a crew as would be expected, the helicopter changed form, becoming a giant robot that laid waste to anything that opposed it before attacking the operations command center. Though Sharp personally stopped the machine from downloading all the information from the base's main server, he was presumably killed when the base was subsequently destroyed. Transformers (2007)
Revenge of the Fallen movie
 Plot details for Revenge of the Fallen (film) follow. |
Two years later, when the Decepticons launched an invasion of Earth, once again they caused a communications blackout that blinded the hierarchy of the US military. While the Autobot-human alliance NEST fought the Decepticons at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, General Morshower and the NEST support team at the Pentagon sent a UAV drone to investigate just what was going on in Egypt. Upon discovering a massive battle was underway, Morshower authorised the use of Operation Firestorm, a full-scale attack on the Decepticons using elements of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Crops. The Marines disembarked on the Egyptian shore via LCAC hovercraft and very quickly arrived at NEST's position in an abandoned Egyptian town, providing sorely needed manpower and armoured support.
During the battle, Marine armour provided covering firing for Sam and Mikeala as they sought to reach Optimus Prime's body to resurrect him. After this, the armour were directed to attack the top of the Great Pyramid where Megatron and his master The Fallen were activating the solar harvester, a machine that would consume the Sun. The Fallen used his telekinetic powers to pull practically all of the Marine vehicles into the air towards him, then suddenly dropped them out of the sky, destroying them. Revenge of the Fallen
M1 Abrams
Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAV-7A1
M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
AH-1 SuperCobra
UH-1N Twin Huey
Trivia
- Voice actor Peter Cullen's elder brother Larry was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. According to many of Cullen's interviews, he based Optimus Prime's voice and mannerisms upon Larry's calm, controlled and authorative approach to serious situations.[1]
