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| A '''squad''' (UNSC symbol: '''{{*}}{{*}}''') is a [[UNSC Military Organization|military unit]] used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] [[Unified Ground Command]] (UNICOM) in the organisation of its combat personnel.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=56-57}} | | A '''squad''' is a [[UNSC Military Organization|military unit]] used by the [[UNSC Army]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps]] in the organisation of its combat personnel. |
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| ===UNSC Army===
| | Squads typically are composed of twelve personnel,{{Ref/Reuse|enc55}} though this is an ideal and rarely matched in the field, leading to squad sizes ranging from eight to thirteen members.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level, ''[[Assault on the Control Room]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref> Squads can be led by a [[corporal]], [[lance corporal]]<ref name="enc55">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''p. 55 (2009 and 2011)''</ref> or [[sergeant]].<ref name="osfm">'''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]''', ''p. 143''</ref> Squads are typically divided into two or more [[fireteam]]s, each consisting of 4-5 soldiers led by a Corporal or Lance Corporal. Likewise, three squads form a [[platoon]], though exact composition depends on [[company]] structure. Some company organisations mix their heavy weapons personnel into each platoon, so that each platoon has one heavy weapons squad and two riflemen squads.{{Ref/Reuse|enc55}} Squads within a [[platoon]] are numbered i.e. [[First Squad]], [[Second Squad]], and so forth. |
| Little is known of how the UNSC Army specifically organises its squads. Under the standard UNICOM [[UNSC rank structure|rank structure]], however, it is likely that its squads are led by a [[Sergeant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=OSFM|OSFM|Page=143}}
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| ===UNSC Marine Corps===
| | [[UNSC Special Forces]] sometimes utilise much lower personnel counts in squads, as low as four - making them effectively equivalent to a fireteam.<ref name="CH">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''Prologue''</ref> such as the [[ODST]] and [[Naval Special Warfare]] units. |
| Most known information about squads in the UNSC concerns their use in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]]. In the Marines a squad consists of 12{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=55}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=55}}-13{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} Marines led by a [[Sergeant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM}} (or in some cases, a [[Corporal]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} or [[Lance Corporal]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}}) These Marines are divided into three [[fireteam]]s.
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| A basic Marine rifle squad consists of two fireteams supported by a heavy weapons fireteam, whereas a weapons squad contains all weapons fireteams. A Marine rifle [[platoon]] ({{*}}{{*}}{{*}}) then consists, in turn, of three rifle squads alongside the platoon's [[commanding officer]],{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} whereas a heavy weapons platoon presumably consists of all-weapons squads. Some [[company]] organisations mix their heavy weapons personnel into each platoon, so that each platoon has one heavy weapons squad and two riflemen squads.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc11}} Squads within a platoon are numbered i.e. [[First Squad]], [[Second Squad]], and so forth.
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| The Marines' model of squad was used by Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] during their training of the [[Colonial Militia]] on [[Harvest]] in late [[2524]]. Both militia platoons of 36 had three squads, each consisting of 12 personnel. The squads were designed phonetically such as [[One-Alpha Squad|One-Alpha]], or 1/A (first platoon, alpha squad) and [[Second-Alpha Squad|Second-Alpha]], or 2/A (second platoon, alpha squad).{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=13}}
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| ===UNSC Special Forces===
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| UNICOM [[UNSC Special Forces|special forces]] units may sometimes use squads differently to standard Marines. During [[Operation: TREBUCHET]] in [[2424#June|June 2424]], two Marine special warfare squads under [[Naval Special Warfare Command]] (NAVSPECWARCOM) led by Staff Sergeants [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] were involved in a raid on an [[insurrectionist]] compound, with two squads (alpha and bravo, respectively) each consisting of 4 members - effectively equivalent to a fireteam. Each squad was carried and deployed vy an [[AV-14 Hornet]] aerodyne.{{Ref/Novel|Id=CH|CH|Chapter=Prologue}}
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| ==Known squads== | | ==Known squads== |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | {{Ref/Sources}} |
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| | ==See also== |
| | *[[UNSC Military Organization]] |
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| {{UNSC military organization}} | | {{UNSC military organization}} |
| [[Category:UNSC organizational military units]] | | [[Category:UNSC organizational military units]] |
