Otto the Otter
04-26-10, 01:46 AM
I was watching a movie a while back called The Final Countdown (great movie if you haven't seen it, it's about the Nimitz traveling back in time to Dec. 6, 1941 and having an opportunity to defend Pearl Harbor). Throughout the movie, a Marine is shown following the Captain around, announcing him on the deck, etc. As I understand it, this Marine is part of Security Forces and part of a small detachment of Marines stationed on the ship. What is his job? What does he do for the Captain? The movie is about thirty years old, so things may have changed, but is this still a roll a Marine would fill on board a ship?