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Commanding Officers are a role filled by officers that are in command of a particular duty, such as commanding a UNSC starship or leading a Marine division. The status of commanding officer is duly applied to all commissioned officers who hold lawful command over a military unit, ship, or installation. Before a Naval officer is given control of a starship, they usually are given the rank of Captain before such control is given. In the Navy, commanding officer is the official title of the commander of a ship, but they are usually referred to as "the Captain" regardless of their actual rank, or informally referred to as "Skipper"[1].However, there have been known Navy COs that held the rank of Commander, such as Captain Keyes before his promotion to Captain during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV[2]. Marine COs are issued orders by the usually higher ranking Naval COs if on-board a starship. [3] Marine Battalion COs are usually Majors or Captains. Marine Platoon COs are usually Lieutenants.
NOTE: The list is incomplete.
- Jacob Keyes[4] (Captain)
- Danforth Whitcomb[5] (Vice Admiral)
- Miranda Keyes[6][7] (Commander)
- Fleet Admiral Harper[8]
- Jilan al-Cygni[9] (Lieutenant Commander)
- Lord Hood[10] (Fleet Admiral, CO of the UNSC Home Fleet}
- SPARTAN-051[11] (Lieutenant Commander)
Known Marine/Army Commanding Officers
- Antonio Silva (Major)
- Melissa McKay (Lieutenant)
- James Ackerson (Colonel)
- Nicolas Strauss (Major General)
Sources
- ^ Halo:Combat Evolved Captain Keyes (O.S.): "Bridge to Cryo 2, this is Captain Keyes. Send the Master Chief to the bridge immediately." / Tech Chief Thom Shephard: "Captain, we'll have to skip the weapons diagnostics and I-" / Captain Keyes (O.S.): "On the double, crewman." / Tech Chief Thom: "Aye aye sir. {Pause} The Skipper seems jumpy, we'd better get moving. We'll find your weapons later."
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pg 161
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved
- ^ Halo:Combat Evolved
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ Halo 2
- ^ Halo 3
- ^ Halo 2
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo Trilogy
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
