Colonial Military Authority

The Colonial Military Administration is the organization that commands all forces of the UNSC. It is apparently above HIGHCOM. They personally ordered Project: ORION to take place, as well as the creation of the Spartan supersoldiers.

''NOTE: The Colonial Military Administration has only been mentioned once, its functions are unclear. But it is likely under the auspecies of the Colonial Administration Authority.''

UN CMA

WE THE COLONIAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION DETERMINED TO SAVE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR, WHICH HAS BROUGHT UNTOLD SORROW TO MANKIND, AND TO REAFFIRM FAITH IN FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, IN THE DIGNITY AND WORTH OF THE HUMAN PERSON, IN THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN AND OF NATIONS AND COLONIES LARGE AND SMALL, AND TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH JUSTICE AND RESPECT FOR THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM SOURCES OF NATIONAL AND COLONIAL LAW CAN BE MAINTAINED, AND FOR THESE ENDS TO PRACTICE TOLERANCE AND LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER AS GOOD NEIGHBOURS, AND TO UNITE OUR STRENGTH TO MAINTAIN NATIONAL AND COLONIAL PEACE AND SECURITY, AND TO ENSURE, BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF PRINCIPLES AND THE INSTITUTION OF METHODS, THAT ARMED FORCE SHALL NOT BE USED, SAVE IN THE COMMON INTEREST, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS.