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| {{Status|Canon}}
| | The term ''swabbie'' is a nickname for SPARTAN II used by marines and ODST. |
| {{quote|Last time I checked, I take my orders from the Corps, not from some swabbie... sir.|[[Corporal]] [[Locklear]]}}
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| {{quote|I don't know about you, but I like having a swabbie on point. |[[Sergeant]] [[Parker]]}}<ref name="flood">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page ??''; '''2010''', ''page 115''</ref>
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| The term '''Swabbie''', is a nickname for naval personnel used by [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] and [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]]. Because the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-II]]s are technically a part of the [[UNSC Navy]], they also qualify as ''swabbies''.{{Ref/Reuse|flood}}<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 92'' ; '''2010''', ''page 116''</ref> The term refers to the old tradition of "swabbing the decks," where the crew would clean the decks of old wooden ships.
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==Quotes== |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
| | {{quote|Last time I checked, I take my orders from the Corps, not from some swabbie...sir|[[Corporal Locklear]]}} |
| | {{quote|You'd better get it together, Marine, or the Chief will reach down your cornhole and pull you inside out...which will be a sweet, sweet mercy compared to what ''I'm'' gonna do to you|[[Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson]]}} |
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| [[Category:Military terminology]] | | [[Halo: First Strike]] |
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