Atlantis Marines, Airmen and Assorted Foreign Soldiers

[RowenaR]

I'm once again on an SGA re-watch (Amazon Prime finally put it up and I need to savor the opportunity ) and my obsession for that one German soldier who's been around since at least Runner (the one on Weir's left side) right up until Enemy at the Gate is back on in full (apparently, Stargate Wikia thinks he's called Coughlin (referring to Runner, I think) but Stargate Wikia also says Laura Cadman is Air Force so I will never fully believe anything they say ever again) and I'm also starting to get really interested in all the other soldiers in the background who keep popping up every other episode and never got a name. Or maybe they did but I didn't catch and uh... let's talk about them? Also, my really important question about Atlantis (military) uniform conventions (that bugged me enough to actually make an entire LJ entry for it...). Anyway. I'm bored, I'm rewatching Atlantis, and I'm trying to stay sane while spending five days a week trying to come up with stuff for my MA thesis, so... humor me? Please?

[hedwig]

You don't believe Laura Cadman is Air Force? Why?

They had Air Force, Marines, Army folks on Atlantis throughout the series.

[Falcon Horus]

You know I love me some interesting backgroundcharacters.

You don't believe Laura Cadman is Air Force? Why?

I personally always sorta thought she was a Marine.

[RowenaR]

You don't believe Laura Cadman is Air Force? Why?

They had Air Force, Marines, Army folks on Atlantis throughout the series.

Because the pictures in Cadman's quarters in Duet show her in Marine Corps Blues, not Air Force blues, and she wears the camo that seems to be exclusive to Marines when they are in the field. Stargate Wikia claims that they have their info about Cadman being Air Force from the commentary to Duet but seriously, nothing in Duet points towards Cadman being Air Force and a change of service in the couple episodes between Duet and Critical Mass seems ludicrous. Personally, I came to the conclusion that the writers totally messed that one up which is why it's much more logical to stick with what we see on the screen, and that's definitely Cadman being a Marine.

Also, Army? Who? (seriously, I want to know. I always wondered about the other services and really, did I miss anyone being Army?)

You know I love me some interesting backgroundcharacters.

I know you do (also, yay, you're still here! \o/)

[Falcon Horus]

(also, yay, you're still here! \o/)

I never left.

[RowenaR]

I got that feeling, too It kinda crept me out that apparently, I must have been here at some point in the last three or four years because I must have changed my occupation to "grad student" in my profile. I couldn't even remember that

[hedwig]

I could be wrong about any Army folks showing up on the show. Was it just Air Force and Marines in SGU? I do remember the marines being in the show ever since the first season of SG1.

[mandogater]

I could be wrong about any Army folks showing up on the show. Was it just Air Force and Marines in SGU? I do remember the marines being in the show ever since the first season of SG1.

I remember an Army team on either a Season 9 or 10 of episode of SG-1 but I can't remember the name of the episode. Don't think anyone was ever mentioned as being Army on Atlantis though.