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| {{era|UNSC|HCW|Post|DOA|}}
| | #REDIRECT [[United Nations Space Command]] |
| {{Infobox Military Unit
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| |unit_name= United Nations Space Command Defense Force
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| |image= [[File:Main-UNSC.png|200px]]
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| |dates= [[2163]] - Present
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| |country=
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| |allegiance=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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| |branch=
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| |type=Defense Force
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| |role= Defense of the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its colonies
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| |size=Several billion personnel
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| |command_structure=
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| |garrison=Earth and most UNSC colonies
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| |patron=
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| |motto=
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| |colors=
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| |march=
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| |mascot=
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| |anniversaries=
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| |equipment=Main [[MA5 Series]], [[M6 Series]], [[Battle Rifle|BR Series]]
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| |equipment_label=
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| |battles=[[Insurrection]]
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| *[[Operation: TREBUCHET]]
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| [[Human-Covenant War]]
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| *[[Harvest Campaign]]
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| *[[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]]
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| *[[Fall of Reach]]
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| *[[Battle of Installation 04]]
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| *[[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]]
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| *[[Battle of Earth]]
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| *[[Battle of Installation 05]]
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| *[[Battle of Onyx]]
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| *and many others
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| |decorations=
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| |battle_honors=[[Colonial Cross]], many others
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| |commander1=
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| |commander2=
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| |commander3=
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| |notable_commanders=*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood]]
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| *[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Harper]]
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| *[[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]
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| *[[General|Gen]] [[Kits]]
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| *[[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret O. Parangosky]]
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| *[[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]
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| *[[Major General]] [[Nicolas Strauss]]
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| }}
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| The '''United Nations Space Command Defense Force''' ('''UNSC Defense Force''' or '''UNSCDF''' for short) is the defensive military force of the [[United Nations Space Command]], consisting of the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], which serve as a joint air, land, and space force. <ref>[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html HBO Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees]</ref>
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| ==Background==
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| ===Interplanetary War===
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| {{See also|History of the UNSC}}
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| The UNSC Defense Force was likely created during the [[Interplanetary War]], once the structure of the [[UNSC]] was formed. As a result of the UNSC's complex command structure, the UNSCDF is assigned to serve a ground and aerial defense force. Before it was destroyed by the Covenant in 2552, [[Reach]] served as the dominant UNSCDF military base, with numerous shipyards and docking stations, barracks and training facilities, and twenty [[Orbital Defense Platforms]]. It is likely that the UNSCDF has elements stationed on other planets within the [[Solar System]], besides [[Earth]]. [[Mars]] was one such colony that housed UNSCDF elements. <ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]'', Ackerson's interrogation</ref>
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| ===Human-Covenant War===
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| During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the UNSCDF was called into action on [[Earth]], and possibly [[Harvest]] as well.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> The most notable military engagement the UNSCDF has participated in is the [[Battle of Earth]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', "[[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]]"</ref> The UNSCDF, as a planetary defense force combining all branches of the UNSC, has multiple command bases situated in various regions of Earth such as [[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]] in [[Republic of Kenya|Kenya]].<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', "[[Crow's Nest (Level)|Crow's Nest]]"</ref>
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| ==Organization==
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| As the main military branch of the [[UNSC]], the UNSCDF is comprised of three autonomous or semi-autonomous branches, each with different functions and methods, but all unified under one command, and tasked with the protection of humanity, and the protection and recapture of human-occupied colonies. Control is exercised through regional [[Central Command|CENTCOMs]], which have authority over certain areas of space.
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| So far, the best-known members of the UNSCDF seem to be the [[Navy]] and [[Marine Corps]], likely due to the space-oriented nature of [[Human-Covenant War|26th Century warfare]]. While also a part of the UNSCDF, the [[UNSC Army|Army]] and [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]] are less well known.
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| '''[[Unified Earth Government]]''' and '''[[Colonial Administration Authority]]'''
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| *'''United Nations Space Command'''
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| **'''[[UNSC Security Committee]]'''
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| **'''[[UNSC Security Council]]'''
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| ***'''[[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]'''
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| ****'''[[High Command]]''' (HIGHCOM)
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| *****'''Administrative'''
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| ******'''[[PERSCOM|Personnel Command]]''' (PERSCOM)
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| ******'''[[Unified Ground Command]]''' (UNICOM)
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| ******[[Colonial Military Administration|'''Colonial Military Administration''']]
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| ******'''[[UNSC Astrophysics]]'''
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| ******'''[[UNSC Medical Corps]]''' (MEDCORPS)
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| ******'''[[UNSC Engineering Corps]]''' (ENGCORP)
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| ******'''[[Operational Test and Evaluation Center|UNSC Test and Evaluation Corps]]'''
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| ******'''[[UNSC Ordnance Committee]]'''
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| *****'''Uniformed Services'''
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| ******'''[[UNSC Navy]]'''
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| *******'''[[UNSC Naval Command|Naval Command]]''' (NAVCOM)
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| ********'''[[Fleet Command]]''' (FLEETCOM)
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| *********'''[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]''' (ONI)
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| **********'''[[Beta-5 Division]]'''
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| ***********[[SPARTAN-III Program|Project SPARTAN-III]]
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| **********'''[[UNSC Prowler Corps|Prowler Corps]]'''
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| **********'''[[Signal Corps]]'''
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| ********'''[[Logistical Operations Command]]''' (NavLogCom)
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| *********'''[[Office of Investigations]]''' (OI)
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| ********'''[[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare]]''' (NAVSPECWAR)
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| *********[[Project ORION]]
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| **********[[SPARTAN-I Program|Project SPARTAN-I]]
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| *********[[SPARTAN-II Program|Project SPARTAN-II]]
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| ******'''[[UNSC Marine Corps]]'''
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| *******'''[[Marines|UNSC Marine Infantry]]'''
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| *******'''[[Marines|UNSC Marine Aviation]]'''
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| *******'''[[Logistical Operations Command|UNSC Marine Logistics]]'''
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| *******'''[[Military Police|UNSC Marine Military Police]]'''
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| *******'''[[UNSC Special Forces|UNSC Marine Special Operations]]'''
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| ********[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]
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| ******'''[[UNSC Army]]'''
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| *******[[UNSC Army|UNSC Army Infantry]]
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| ******'''[[UNSC Air Force]]'''
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| ==Rank Structure==
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| The rank structure of the UNSCDF is similar in many ways, though most enlisted ranks are highly differentiated.
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| {{UNSC Officer Ranks}}
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| {{UNSC Enlisted Ranks}}
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| ==Bases, Outposts, and Command Centers==
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| [[Image:UNSCDF.jpg|200px|thumb|A UNSCDF assembly aboard the ''Cairo'' [[Orbital Defense Platform|ODP]].]]
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| Unlike the [[UNSC]], the UNSCDF probably has a larger network of operations bases and command centers on [[Earth]]. Aside from ground centers, the UNSCDF also operates the [[Orbital Defense Platforms]] about [[Earth]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Cairo Station (Level)]]''</ref> and possibly even the [[Solar System]].
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| ===Earth===
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| ====Ground Bases====
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| *'''[[Crow's Nest (Base)|Crow's Nest]]''', [[Africa]], [[Republic of Kenya]]
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| *'''[[Outpost C9]]''', Africa, Republic of Kenya
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| *'''[[HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6]]''', [[Australia]]
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| *'''[[Base Segundo Terra]]''', [[North America]], [[Mexico]], [[Mexico City]]
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| *'''[[Diego Garcia]]''', Indian Ocean
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| *'''[[Chawla Base]]''', North America, [[United Republic of North America]], [[Boston]]
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| ====Orbital Defense Platforms====
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| *'''[[Cairo Station]]'''
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| *'''[[Malta Station]]'''
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| *'''[[Athens Station]]'''
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| *'''[[Nassau Station]]'''
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| ==UNSCDF Weaponry==
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| The weapons used by the UNSCDF are manufactured to the highest standards in the UNSC. Despite this, they can rarely compete with Covenant weapons. They are listed [[:Category:Human Weapons|here]].
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| ==Major UNSCDF Events==
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| *[[Interplanetary War]] - [[2160-2200]]
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| **[[Jovian Moons Campaign]]
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| **[[Rain Forest Wars]]
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| **[[Argyre Planitia Campaign|Martian Campaign]]
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| *[[Inner Colony Wars]] - Unknown, probably 25th century
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| *[[Human-Covenant War]] - [[2525]]-[[2553]]
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| **[[Fall of Reach]]
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| **[[Battle of Earth]]
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| **[[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]
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| ==List of appearances==
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| {{appearances|Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo 2|Halo 3|Halo 3: ODST|Halo: Reach|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Halo: The Flood|Halo: First Strike|Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|Halo: Contact Harvest|Halo Graphic Novel|Halo: Uprising|Halo Wars}}
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| {{UNSC Services}}
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| [[Category:UNSC]]
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| [[Category:United Nations Space Command Defense Force| ]] | |
