Commander

Commander, abbreviated to CDR, is a commissioned officer rank of O-5 in the United Nations Space Command Naval Command (NAVCOM) rank structure; including the UNSC Navy and Office of Naval Intelligence. It is preceded by Lieutenant Commander, and subordinate to a Captain.^[1]

Overview[edit]

Responsibilities[edit]

HIGHCOM staff or Commanding officer^{[Note 1]} of small warship.^[1]

Known Commanders[edit]

Standard Navy:

Bradley — executive officer of supercarrier UNSC Infinity; died during the Ambush at Oth Lodon in 2558
Cerny — executive officer of destroyer UNSC Monte Cassino; attacked above Venezia in 2553
Preston Cole — promoted to Captain by 2501
James Cutter — commanding officer of freighter UNSC Glasgow; promoted to Captain in 2525
Theo Figueroa — head of Epsilon Base during the Harvest campaign in 2531
Oscar Greyson — helped design the UNSC Infinity before 2553
Etana Hensler — participated in the Battle for Zeta Halo in 2560; possibly dead
Jacob Keyes — commanding officer of destroyer UNSC Iroquois; promoted to Captain in 2552
Miranda Keyes — commanding officer of frigates UNSC In Amber Clad and UNSC Forward Unto Dawn; died during the Battle of Installation 00 in 2552
Thomas Lasky — executive officer of supercarrier UNSC Infinity; promoted to Captain in 2557
Emanuel Njuguna — executive officer of cruiser UNSC Victory of Samothrace; active as of 2560
Pasquale — commanding officer of patrol vessel UNSC Ariadne; killed above Venezia in 2553
Arthur Resnick — commanding officer of frigate UNSC Ready or Not; stationed at Falaknuma in 2535
Rinkishale — executive officer of destroyer UNSC Las Vegas; died during the Callisto Incident in 2494
Wes Thompson — active on Installation 07 as of 2560
Yance — died while stranded aboard the UNSC Nereid in 2558
Yao — stationed aboard the cruiser UNSC Persian Gate; briefed Spartan Blue Team before the Battle of Alpha Corvi II in 2525
Dmitri Zheng — commanding officer of frigate UNSC Midsummer Night; died during the Battle of the Rubble in 2535

Office of Naval Intelligence / NAVSPECWAR:

Jilan al-Cygni — worked alongside Spartan-IIs circa 2535; promoted to Admiral by 2559
Jerome-092 Cable — Spartan-II; active aboard the UNSC Spirit of Fire as of 2560
Carter-A259 — leader of Spartan NOBLE Team; died during the Fall of Reach in 2552
Tobias Foucault — commanding officer of prowler UNSC Red Horse; investigated the ruins of Installation 04 in 2552
Ota Gallo — began working for Dark Moon Enterprises in 2553; killed on Neos Atlantis later that year
Musa-092 Ghanem — head of the SPARTAN-IV program; promoted to Rear Admiral sometime after 2555
Hadley — debriefed Jacob Keyes on Falaknuma after the Battle of the Rubble in 2535
Richard Lash — acting commanding officer of the prowler UNSC Dusk; participated in the Onyx Conflict in 2552
Murtag Nelson — ONI leader of the 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion; died during Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE in 2553
Orez — prowler commander; contacted Vice Admiral Cole in 2531
Jerome Ortega — helped excavate Forerunner technology on Onyx circa 2517; may have died by 2552
Maya Sankar — undercover operative with the alias FERO; died during the Battle of Laika III in 2558
Michael Sullivan — senior communications director for ONI Section Two as of 2558
Svenson — head of ONI Oscar Squad in 2553
Greg van Eekhout — manned Gila Station on Carrow by himself; died in 2558
Ádám Virág — head of security at ONI SWORD Base on Reach in 2552
Ivrin Yarick — debriefed Spartan Gray Team aboard the frigate UNSC Welcome to the Snipehunt in 2558