UNSC military organization

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Template:Realworld The Organization of the UNSC Military is the way in which the UNSC Navy and UNSC Marine Corps organize their fighting forces into manageable sizes of manpower for use in combat operations. Though there have been many UNSC military units named in the books and games, the exact specifications of the UNSC armed forces organization remains unclear.

UNSC Marine Corps

The UNSC Marine Corps appears to mirror the organizational structure of the United States Marine Corps in most distinguishable ways, however the exact structure is still unclear. An incomplete chart showing the sourced known structure of the UNSC Marine Corps units can be seen below.

Name No. of personnel No. of subordinate units Unit leader Identification Scheme
Expiditionary Force[1] unknown 2+ Divisions[2] unknown Designated with a number, all Expiditionary Forces in the UNSC are on the same number system. (eg- 9th Marine Expeditionary Force))
Division[3] unknown 2+ Regiments unknown Designated with a number, all Divisions in the UNSC are on the same number system. (eg- 21st Marine Division, 105th ODST Division)
Regiment[4] unknown 2+ Battalions unknown Designated with a number, all Regiments in the UNSC are on the same number system. (eg- 77th Marine Regiment, 506th Tank Regiment)
Battalion[5] 300+ 2+ Companies Major[6]-Lieutenant Colonel[7] Recieve a numbering within the Regiment, or an independant number for special forces units (eg- 7th ODST Battalion)
Company[8] 70[9]-330[10] 2+ Platoons[11] Captain[12] Designated with a letter from the Phonetic Alphabet. (eg- Tango Company, Alpha Company)
Platoon[13] 36[14]-130[15] 2+ Squads [16] Gunnery Sergeant[17], Second Lieutenant[18], or First Lieutenant[19] Numbered within a Company (eg- First Platoon, Fourteenth Platoon)
Squad[20] 8[21]-10[22] 2+ Fireteams[23] Corporal[24]-Staff Sergeant[25] Numbered (using the word, not the number) within a Platoon. (eg- First Squad, Second Squad)
Fireteam, Combat Team[26] 2[27]-5[28] N/A Corporal[29]-Staff Sergeant[30] Designated with a letter from the phonetic alphabet within a squad, (eg- Combat Team Alpha, Fireteam Charlie)

Exceptions

An ambiguous set of IFF tags identifying Marines from 3/1 Bravo and an ODST from 2BN/3U.

The above system seems to fit most stated units of the UNSC armed forces, but not all unit designations are clear.

References

  1. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Page 111
  2. ^ [[Halo: Contact Harvest, Page 111
  3. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, Page 112
  4. ^ Halo Graphic Novel
  5. ^ The Art of Halo
  6. ^ Halo: The Flood, Page 33
  7. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 112
  8. ^ Halo: First Strike
  9. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  10. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
  11. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  12. ^ Halo: First Strike
  13. ^ Halo 2, level Delta Halo (Level)
  14. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  15. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 58
  16. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  17. ^ Halo 3, level Sierra 117 (Level)
  18. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 134
  19. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 58
  20. ^ Halo 3, level Sierra 117
  21. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  22. ^ Halo 3
  23. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  24. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark
  25. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
  26. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn (Level)
  27. ^ Halo: Combat Part 2
  28. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn (Level)
  29. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page
  30. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
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