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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | The UNSC uses many terms that may be unfamiliar to a person without knowledge of Halo and the United States Military. Here are some of those terms, and their definitions. |
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| | <br>==Status Terms== |
| The '''casualty classification''' is a way to determine the status of military personnel. I.E. dead, or missing in action. | | *'''MIA'''- '''M'''issing '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when the status of a soldier is unknown, whether they're dead, wounded, or simply lost.<br> |
| | | *'''WIA'''- '''W'''ounded '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when a soldier is wounded in battle.<br> |
| ==List of classifications== | | *'''POW'''- '''P'''risoner '''O'''f '''W'''ar. This term is used for anybody, including soldiers who are captured as part of a war. A medal is awarded to any soldier who is captured for any length of time. |
| *'''[[Killed in action|KIA]]''' - '''K'''illed '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when a military combatant is killed during battle, or deaths resulting from a war. | | <br>*'''KIA'''- '''K'''illed '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when a soldier is killed during battle, or deaths resulting from a war.<br> |
| *'''[[Missing in action|MIA]]''' - '''M'''issing '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when the status of a military combatant is unknown, whether they're dead, wounded, or simply lost. | |
| *'''[[Prisoner of war|POW]]''' - '''P'''risoner '''O'''f '''W'''ar. This term is used for anybody, including soldiers who are captured as part of a war. A medal is awarded to any military combatant who is captured for any length of time and has either escaped or was rescued. | |
| *'''[[Wounded in action|WIA]]''' - '''W'''ounded '''I'''n '''A'''ction. This term is used when a military combatant is severely injured in battle, rendering them either temporarily or permanently unable to continue active duty. | |
| * '''VSI'''-Very seriously injured or ill.
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| ==Trivia==
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| Due to the need to increase morale in the UNSC, SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III supersoldiers are never listed as 'Killed In Action', but rather as 'Missing In Action' or 'Wounded in Action' to give the appearance that they are invincible.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{mo}}
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]''
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| == External link ==
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| *[http://nsa.nato.int/nsa/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''': ''Glossary of terms and definitions (English and French)'' <nowiki>[AAP-06(2012)]</nowiki>]
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| [[Category:Military terminology]]
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