The earliest known use of the term "space marine" was by Bob Olsen in his short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" ( Amazing Stories, Volume 7, Number 8, November 1932), a light-hearted work whose title is a play on the song " Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", and in which the protagonists were marines of the "Earth Republic Space Navy" on mission to rescue celebrity twins from aliens on Titan. By analogy, hypothetical space marines would defend allied spaceships, board enemy ships, land on planets and moons, and satisfy rapid-deployment needs throughout space. Historical marines fulfill multiple roles: ship defence, boarding actions, landing parties, and general-purpose high-mobility land deployments that operate within a fixed distance of shore or ship. The space marine, an archetype of military science fiction, is a kind of soldier who operates in outer space or on alien worlds. Amazing Stories December 1936, an early illustration of space marines.
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