1st Geneva Company

The 1st Geneva Company, Pride & Passion, is the active Marine company stationed aboard Starbase Geneva

History

(To be Written)

Squad Breakdown

Insignia for 'Pride & Passion'.

Four platoons, 4 squads per Platoon, 12 Marines per squad. 194 Marines total

Alpha Platoon

"Callahan's Touch" 1st Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Alpha Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Named such from former combat. When the Squad CO, 2nd Lt Callahan, was asked what he would do to take an enemy position, he said he would give it his 'personal touch'. After the successful attack with no losses, the squad took the name

"Callahan's Touch."

Patch: a tipped glass of beer in crosshairs.

Motto:  "Trigger Happy!"

"Rattigan's Raiders" 2nd Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Alpha Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Named for the Squad CO, Ruyg Rattigan

Patch: two crossed cutlass'

Motto: "...but fighting keeps my spirit strong, and I am undefeated still!"

"Dum Spiro" 3rd Squad (Marine Guard), Alpha Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Latin for "While I breathe." Named generally for a quote from General Masterson, "While I breathe, I will be a Marine."

Patch: a silhouette of a dove

Motto: "Dum Spiro Sepero" 'While I breathe, I hope

"Rorke's Drifters" 4th Squad (Heavy Assault), Alpha Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Commanded by 2nd Lt Rorke, this squad has a tendency to be moved often (as in, kicked off station and reassigned). Also named because they wander over every battlefield providing Heavy Weapon support to hard targets. (Phaser Cannons and other Artillary)

Patch: a weather beaten boot.

Motto: "Fight till your last gasp"

Beta Platoon

Insignia for '5 to Midnight', Combat Engineers

"5 to Midnight" 1st Squad (Combat Engineers), Beta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

This squad was named at creation by the CCE.

Patch: A clock with a bent minute hand, pointing just shy of 12

Motto: "Anything is possible,  when the clock points at five-to-midnight."

"Just That Good" 2nd Squad (Heavy Infantry), Beta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

During the battle of New Avalon, the MCO of the USS Perchance was asked which squad would be chosen to take a particularly difficult enemy position. He chose the 3rd squad, Alpha Platoon. When asked why, he said "They are just that good." They took the instillation, with heavy looses, where others had already failed. They took the name "Just that Good." in honor of their fallen comrades.

Patch: A war-hammer striking an Anvil

Motto: "Pride is a small price to pay..."

"Denning's Demons" 3rd Squad (Heavy Infantry), Beta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Named for the Squad CO, 1st Lt Richard Denning.

Patch: Demon sitting on a pile of gold, with a bomb in his lap.

Motto: "Thou shall win at all costs."

"FUBAR" 4th Squad (Heavy Infantry), Beta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Originally, this squad was made of survivors from three different squads, after the battle of Betazed when the Marines took a heavy beating. The general mood of the marines was very droll, and the survivors took the name as shorthand for 'Frelled up beyond all repair", using a common Andorian curse. They later proved their courage and strength, but elected to keep the name as a matter of pride and history.

Patch: A fist holding two black lightning bolts.

Motto: "Frelled Up Beyond All Repair"

Gamma Platoon

"Hell Trembles" 1st Squad (Heavy Assault), Gamma Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Being Heavy Assault, the squad is made up of large and buff individuals capable of holding down a Type IV phaser cannon on their own. It was once commented as they marched down the battlefield in full kit with all their gear that "Even hell would tremble under their feet."

Patch: skull with the Radiation symbol

Motto: "Even Hell trembles beneath our feet!"

"Badger Brigade" 2nd Squad (Recon), Gamma Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Named such because of their ferocious approach to close combat.

Patch: a badger silhouette

Motto: "When a badger fights, then everyone is a foe"

"Hammer of Gihgam" 3rd Squad (Heavy Assault), Gamma Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Named after a hard battle in the Gihgam star system, in which Heavy Assault squad  took a large part.

Patch: A cartoon'ish bomb

Motto: "Boom Boom Boom"

"Loveless Dogs" 4th Squad (Heavy Infantry), Gamma Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

Officially named at creation, unofficially the squad tends to be composed of bachelors.

Patch: broken heart and lightning bolt

Motto: "I owe a duty, where I cannot love."

Delta Platoon

"The Sample Platter" 1st Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Delta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

No two people in this squad are the same race, and they were often referred to as the "Sample Platter Squad", the name stuck.

Patch: a platter of steaming grenades.

Motto: "Variety is the soul of pleasure."

"The Devils Jesters" 2nd Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Delta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

After a spree of bad jokes and pranks, the former MCO over "The Devils Jesters" broke the entire squad in rank and placed them on KP for two months. After it was over, they renamed themselves and continued to play their little version of fun...

Patch: The Cheshire cat with a pitchfork

Motto: "Only the insane take themselves quite seriously"

"Endless Night" 3rd Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Delta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

During a siege on Alpha Eridon, the Squad CO was quoted as yelling to the enemy "You will never see the sunrise!"

Patch: Dark sun, light sky

Motto: "You shall never again see the light!"

"Horse radish" 4th Squad (Infantry/Rifleman), Delta Platoon, 1st Geneva Company

After getting very drunk, the men and women of "Horse Radish" came up with this name, in a polish bar no less.

Patch: bottle of horse radish

Motto: "Plump, juicy yet hard to swallow!"