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'''Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds''' is a [[Gunnery Sergeant|staff non-commissioned officer]]{{Ref|Name=sierra|'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Sierra 117]]''}} and an infantryman in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref|Name="crows"|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest]]''}}

Reynolds ultimately survived the destruction of Crow's Nest by taking refuge in the base's motor pool. Rallying the surviving Marines in the area, Reynolds destroyed a security camera that may lead surviving Covenant forces to them. Rendezvousing with John-117 once again, Reynolds ordered any of his men that could still walk to take the surviving [[Warthog]]s in the motor pool out of the base. They aided a group of Marines call signed [[Second Squad]] who were under attack by Covenant scouts near the base entrance and allowed them to mount up. Reynolds continued to try hail Commander Keyes but was unsuccessful, as the COMs had been scrambled by the destruction of Crows Nest.{{Ref|Name=tsavo|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway]]''}}

UNSC forces lead by Reynolds and Stacker supported John-117 in the assault on [[Traxus Factory Complex 09]] in [[Voi|South Voi]].{{Ref|Name=storm|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Storm]]''}}{{Ref/Note|The specifics of Stacker and Reynolds' participation in the first half of the Battle of Voi are unclear, as only one or the other will spawn. However both will spawn and enter the forward operating base, regardless of who spawned at the beginning of the level. (Tested in both Xbox 360 and Master Chief Collection versions)}} There, they eliminated a heavy Covenant presence, including multiple [[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|Anti-Aircraft Wraiths]] and a [[Type-47B Scarab|Scarab]]. After liberating the exterior of the complex, Reynolds entered the forward operating base located there, while other UNSC forces aided John-117 and the Arbiter [[Thel 'Vadam]] in fighting through the factory interior.{{Ref/Note|Reynolds can be killed during the battle with the Scarab, and will nonetheless spawn outside the forward operating base and enter alongside the player (tested on both Xbox 360 and Master Chief Collection versions.) Reynolds may spawn in the factory interior in the place of Stacker, however Stacker's scripted dialogue plays regardless.}}

Later, when the [[Flood]]-controlled [[Indulgence of Conviction|battlecruiser]] crashed in the area, Reynolds lost multiple squads of Marines to the arriving parasite before John-117 and the Arbiter returned to the factory complex. As he ordered all Marine forces to retreat into the warehouse complex, his squad was overwhelmed by Flood descending from the nearby rooftops. Reynolds was set upon by a [[pod infector]], and was infected. One of Reynolds' own Marines was forced to gun him down, lamenting that the [[Flood combat form|resulting creature]] was no longer their Sergeant.{{Ref|Name=floodgate|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate]]''}}{{Ref/Note|Name=Death|Due to what was likely an oversight on [[Bungie]]'s part, Reynolds has a scripted appearance in the game's epilogue despite his death earlier in the game. Although probably a mistake, this leaves the canonical status of his death uncertain. See the [[#Production notes|production notes]] section for further information.}}

Despite his apparent death, on [[2552|March 3, 2553]], Reynolds was present at the the [[Voi Memorial]]. Here, he led six other Marines (for a total of [[seven]]) in a [[Wikipedia:Three-volley salute|three-volley salute]], in tribute to the lives lost in the [[Human-Covenant war]]. Curiously, his picture was also seen on the memorial.{{Ref|Name=halo|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''}}{{Ref/Reuse|Group=Note|Death}}

Reynolds has a scripted death on the mission [[Floodgate]].{{Ref/Reuse|floodgate}} However, he can still reappear in the two following missions, [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]] and [[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]] as a random NPC without any scripted dialogue.{{Ref|Name=ark|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''}}{{Ref|Name=covenant|'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''}} He also has a scripted line of dialogue in the game's epilogue.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} This is likely simply an oversight on the part of [[Bungie]], but as a result, the canonical status of his death is unclear.