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'''Killed In Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a casualty 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]] 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 and can never die. The Spartans-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.<ref>[[First Strike]] page 249</ref> Shortly before dying, [[Kurt-051|Kurt-051 Ambrose]] listed several [[Spartan-III]]'s and a Spartan-II ([[William-043]]) as MIA.
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'''Killed in Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation.


There are three other classifications for soldiers, [[MIA]] (Missing In Action) [[WIA]] (Wounded In Action) and [[POW]] (prisoner of war). These four 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, captured or dead soldiers.
Due to the need to increase morale in the UNSC armed forces, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] issued [[ONI Directive 930]], requiring that [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program]] casualties be listed as [[Missing in Action]] or [[Wounded in Action]], to create the illusion that such personnel were invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 249''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Sources==
*It was sometimes pronounced 'K-EE-A', due to people not knowing what it actually meant.
{{Ref/Sources}}


== Related Links ==
==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action|"{{PAGENAME}}" on Wikipedia]]
*[[Missing in action|Missing in Action (MIA)]]
*[[Missing In Action]] ([[MIA]])
*[[Wounded in action|Wounded in Action (WIA)]]
*[[Wounded in Action]] ([[WIA]])


 
==External links==
[[Category:Terms and Phrases]]
*[[Wikipedia:Killed In Action|'''Wikipedia''''s article on "Killed In Action"]]
[[Category: Military Terminology]]
[[Category:Terms and phrases]]
[[Category:Military terminology]]

Latest revision as of 01:56, March 11, 2024

"Looks like a Covenant patrol. Badass Elite units, all KIA."
— Sergeant Avery J. Johnson to Captain Jacob Keyes on Alpha Halo

Killed in Action, better known as KIA, is a casualty classification used by the United Nations Space Command that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation.

Due to the need to increase morale in the UNSC armed forces, the Office of Naval Intelligence issued ONI Directive 930, requiring that SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III program casualties be listed as Missing in Action or Wounded in Action, to create the illusion that such personnel were invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.[1]

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  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 249

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