Colonel

Colonel, abbreviated to COL, is a commissioned officer rank of O-6 in the United Nations Space Command Unified Ground Command (UNICOM) rank structure. It is preceded by Lieutenant Colonel, and subordinate to a Brigadier General.

Overview

Responsibilities

Brigade commander.

Known Colonels

Marine Corps:

• Marmon Crowther — head of the 21st Space Assault Battalion, aka "Black Daggers"; died during Operation: SILENT STORM in 2526
• Herzog — liaison to ONI; murdured by Major Standish in 2552
• Audrey Lasky — transferred to the Navy sometime after 2526
• Kennedy Mehaffey — taught at the Corbulo Academy of Military Science; died during the Battle of Circinius IV in 2526
• Rochambeau — participated in the Battle for Earth in 2552
• Felicia Sanderson - died during the Raid on Mount Haven in 2552
• Teller - died during the Raid on Mount Haven in 2552
• Robert Watts — defected from the UNSC in 2494, later creating the United Rebel Front
• Unidentified colonel — died during the Battle of New Mombasa in 2552

Army:

• James Ackerson — liaison to ONI; died during the Defense of Mars in 2552
• Urban Holland — mission handler for Spartan NOBLE Team; possibly died during the Fall of Reach in 2552
• Akono Menteith — died during the Battle of Actium in 2545

Apocrypha

Non-canon

In a draft version of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn page in Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo a Colonel Barry Bizzell was mentioned, said to be the commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion 67th Marines. Ultimately, Col. Bizzell, and the battalion he was said to have commanded, were cut from the final published version of Halo: Warfleet.