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| [[File:Fleet Battle Hood.jpg|thumb|250px|Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, the current Chief of Naval Operations]]
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| '''Chief of Naval Operations''' ('''CNO''') is an office of the [[UNSC Naval Command]] held by a high-ranking flag officer, typically a [[fleet admiral]], who is the [[UNSC Navy]]'s senior officer.<ref name="FS">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 100''</ref>
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| ==Background==
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| It is a purely administrative office and such an officer does not exercise command over naval operating forces. However, the Chief of Naval Operations is also dual-hatted as '''Commander-in-Chief Fleet''' ('''CINCFLEET'''),<ref name="GL209">'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 209''</ref> and in this capacity, presides over the Navy's primary combatant [[UNSC Fleet Command|command]] with authority over the Fleet's vast array of warships and small craft. The CNO is the Navy representative to the [[UNSC Security Council]] at [[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]];{{Ref/Reuse|FS}}<ref name="ES 1">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''Issue 1''</ref> the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] (CINCONI) who leads the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s intelligence service, despite being a subordinate command of the Navy, sits on the council in an equal capacity.{{Ref/Reuse|ES 1}}
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| The [[Deputy Chief of Naval Operations]] serves as one of the CNO's main staff officers.
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| | | |known=[[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] |
| The former [[Covenant]] rank of [[Imperial Admiral]] may have held a similar position within the now-disbanded [[Covenant fleet]]'s command structure, likewise for the [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals]] title held by [[human]]ity's [[Ancestors]] civilization.
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| | | '''Chief of Naval Operations''' is a title held by a high-ranking [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] officer with a seat on the [[UNSC Security Council]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 100''</ref> As of [[2553]], [[Fleet Admiral]] Lord Terrence Hood held the position. |
| ==History==
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| [[Wikipedia:Chief of Naval Operations|Chief of Naval Operations]] was a title first observed in use by the [[Wikipedia:United States Navy|United States Navy]] in 1915, and later modified by the [[Wikipedia:United States Space Force|United States Space Force]] as the [[Wikipedia:Chief of Space Operations|Chief of Space Operations]] in 2019; the UNSC continued this office in the same capacity. The British [[Wikipedia:Royal Navy|Royal Navy]] maintained the position of [[Wikipedia:Commander-in-Chief Fleet|Commander-in-Chief Fleet]] from 1971 to 2012 before replacing the position with [[Wikipedia:Fleet Commander|Fleet Commander]].
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| [[Lord Terrence Hood]] assumed his duties as Chief of Naval Operations/Commander-in-Chief Fleet sometime before [[2552#September|September 4, 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|FS}} During his tenure as CNO/CINCFLEET, Lord Hood has served concurrently in vital posts during the [[Human-Covenant War]]'s final year and in the years following, as [[UNSC Home Fleet|Commander, Home Fleet]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] and as one of [[Ruth Charet|President Ruth Charet]]'s main diplomatic envoys to the war-ravaged colonies and to the former Covenant.<ref name="Cairo">'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[Cairo Station]]''</ref><ref name="Storm">'''[[Halo 3]]''', level ''[[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]]''</ref><ref name="Flood">'''Halo 3''', level ''[[Floodgate (Level)|Floodgate]]''</ref><ref name="GL70">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 70''</ref><ref name="GL358">'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 358-360''</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|ES 1}}
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}} |
| **''[[Halo: First Strike#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| {{United Nations Space Command}}
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| [[Category:UNSC Security Council]] | | [[Category:UNSC Navy Ranks]] |
