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:''This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see [[Captain (Marine Corps)]].''
:''This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see [[Captain (Marine Corps)]].''


'''Captain'''<ref>In reference to the above image: ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', page 161 -- "Commander Keyes opened the box. Inside were a pair of ... insignia: '''four bars and a single star'''".</ref> is a senior [[commissioned officers|commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Navy]], equal with the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].
'''Captain'''<ref>In reference to the above image: ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', page 161 -- "Commander Keyes opened the box. Inside were a pair of ... insignia: '''four bars and a single star'''".</ref> is a [[commissioned officers|commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Navy]], equal with the rank of [[Colonel]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].


Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present.
Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present.
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This article refers to the UNSC Navy rank of Captain. For the UNSC Marine Corps rank, see Captain (Marine Corps).

Captain[1] is a commissioned officer rank of the UNSC Navy, equal with the rank of Colonel in the UNSC Marine Corps.

Captains typically command a single ship, but may also command a battlegroup or a small fleet if they are the most senior officer present.

Captains are sometimes referred to informally as "Skipper"[2]

Relation to Marine Corps Captain

The Marine Corps rank of Captain is ranked three pay grades lower than a Navy Captain, and has no special command authority with respect to a ship.

Sources

  1. ^ In reference to the above image: Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 161 -- "Commander Keyes opened the box. Inside were a pair of ... insignia: four bars and a single star".
  2. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Pillar of Autumn, Thom Shephard: "Aye aye sir. The skipper seems jumpy, we'd better get moving. We'll find you weapons later".


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