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A '''company''' is a [[UNSC military organization|military unit]] used to organize [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and [[UNSC Army]] combat units.<ref name="goo81">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 81''</ref><ref name="ENC54">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''pages 54-55'' (2011 edition)</ref>

==Organization==
A company contains four [[platoon]]s plus a group of personnel assigned as "Company Headquarters Section", which totals to 164 personnel. A company is commanded by a first lieutenant or a captain, with a company sergeant—typically a staff sergeant or a gunnery sergeant. The twelve companies of a brigade or regiment are identified [[Phonetic alphabet|phonetically]] "A" (Alpha) through "M" (Mike) with the exclusion of "J" (Juliet). The first [[battalion]] consists of companies A through D, while the second battalion is composed of companies E through H, and so forth.<ref name="ENC54"/>

Generally, an infantry company would be composed of three infantry platoons and one heavy weapons platoon. Though, these numbers are flexible depending on the unit type and mission. "T" companies, for example, eschew this model and mix their heavy weapons personnel into each platoon so all the platoons have one heavy weapon squad.<ref name="ENC54"/>

The [[SPARTAN-III program]] divided the Spartans into [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha]],<ref name="goo81"/> [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta]],<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 88''</ref> and [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Companies]],<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> with a [[SPARTAN-III Delta Company|Delta Company]] planned but not trained,<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 85''</ref> composed of approximately 300 Spartans per unit.

[[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] companies consist of at most 220 Helljumpers per company.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''

==See also==
*[[UNSC military organization]]
*[[:Category:UNSC Marine Corps companies|Companies of the UNSC Marine Corps]]

==Sources==
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[[Category:UNSC Organizational Military Units]]