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==Introduction==
A '''Squad''' is a [[UNSC Military Organization|military unit]] used by the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] in the organisation of its combat personnel. Normally, a squad can consist of anywhere between eight to fourteen members, and can be further divided into [[Fireteam]]s for combat operations.


A '''squad''' is a [[UNSC Military Organization|military unit]] used by the [[UNSC Army]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps]] in the organisation of its combat personnel. 
==Function==


==Composition==
==Composition==
Squads typically are composed of twelve personnel,{{Ref/Reuse|enc55}} though this is an ideal and rarely matched in the field, leading to squad sizes ranging from eight to thirteen members.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref> Squads can be led by a [[corporal]], [[lance corporal]]<ref name="enc55">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''p. 55 (2009 and 2011)''</ref> or [[sergeant]].<ref name="osfm">'''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''', ''p. 143''</ref> Squads are typically divided into two or more [[fireteam]]s, each consisting of 4-5 soldiers led by a Corporal or Lance Corporal. Likewise, three squads form a [[platoon]], though exact composition depends on [[company]] structure. Some company organisations mix their heavy weapons personnel into each platoon, so that each platoon has one heavy weapons squad and two riflemen squads.{{Ref/Reuse|enc55}} Squads within a [[platoon]] are numbered i.e. [[First Squad]], [[Second Squad]], and so forth.


[[UNSC Special Forces]] sometimes utilise much lower personnel counts in squads, as low as four - making them effectively equivalent to a fireteam.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Prologue''</ref> such as the [[ODST]] and [[Naval Special Warfare]] units.
Generally, it is assumed that the UNSC Marine Corps follows the model used by the 20th and 21st Century [[US Marine Corps]]. Normally, a squad is composed of at least two, usually three, [[Fireteam]]s of four Marines under the command of a Non-Commissioned Officer, usually a [[Corporal]], [[Sergeant]] or [[Staff Sergeant]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], prologue.</ref>


==Known squads==
Numerous times, however, smaller teams of four to six Marines have been referred to as squads<ref>[[Assault on the Control Room (Level), [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</ref><ref>[[343 Guilty Spark (Level)]], [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</ref>, indicating that the UNSC may use a smaller system for Special Forces groups such as the [[ODST]] and [[Naval Special Warfare]] units.
See ''[[:Category:UNSC Marine Corps squads]]'' for a list of known squads.


==Sources==
Squads within a [[platoon]] are numbered i.e. [[First Squad]], [[Second Squad]], and so forth, with a Platoon normally composed of at least two Squads.
{{Ref/Sources}}


==See also==
==Known Squads==
*[[First Squad]]
*[[Second Squad]]
 
== Related Articles ==
*[[UNSC Military Organization]]
*[[UNSC Military Organization]]


{{UNSC military organization}}
[[Category:UNSC]]
[[Category:UNSC organizational military units]]
[[Category:UNSC Military Units]]

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