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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.


Captains are sometimes referred to informally as "Skipper"<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[Pillar of Autumn (Level)|Pillar of Autumn]], [[Thom Shephard]]: "Aye aye sir. The skipper seems jumpy, we'd better get moving. We'll find you weapons later".</ref>
Captains are sometimes referred to informally as "Skipper" and "the Old Man"<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[Pillar of Autumn (Level)|Pillar of Autumn]], [[Thom Shephard]]: "Aye aye sir. The skipper seems jumpy, we'd better get moving. We'll find you weapons later".</ref>


==Relation to Marine Corps Captain==
==Relation to Marine Corps Captain==

Revision as of 20:29, May 27, 2008

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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 and UNSC Army.

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" and "the Old Man"[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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