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'''Killed In Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of a soldier during/after a combat mission or situation. | |||
Due to the need to increase morale in the United Nations Space Command, [[Spartan-II]] super-soldiers 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 and can never die. The Spartans-II's would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their Teams Rosters.<ref>[[First Strike]] page 249</ref> Shortly before dying,[[Kurt-051]] listed several [[Spartan-III]]'s as MIA. | |||
There are two other classifications for soldiers, [[MIA]] (Missing In Action) and [[WIA]] (Wounded In Action). These three classes for non-active soldiers were used as early as World War I, created by the allied nations in an effort make it easier to tell what happened to wounded, missing, or dead soldiers. | |||
== | == References == | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action| | <references/> | ||
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[[Category:Military | == Trivia == | ||
*Some people actually pronounced it 'K-EE-A', not knowing what it actually meant. | |||
== Related Links == | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action|"{{PAGENAME}}" on Wikipedia]] | |||
*[[Missing In Action]] ([[MIA]]) | |||
*[[Wounded in Action]] ([[WIA]]) | |||
[[Category:Terms and Phrases]] | |||
[[Category: Military Terminology]] | |||
