Harvest Colonial Militia

The Colonial Militia of Harvest was a small group of volunteer civilians. The militia was at first created to handle internal security operations on Harvest, but it was later the first human military force to combat The Covenant.

Operational History
The Harvest militia operated officially four times.

The first was when they provided security for Harvests' diplomats during the first human-Covenant meeting on February 11th, 2525. The Covenant forces present staged an ambush, however, and after several minutes of fighting, the militia suffered one casualty.

One February 22nd, 2525, the militia provided security for the thousands of Harvest's refugees at Utgard's maglev terminal. Staff Sergeants Johnson and Bryne eventually took a Warthog to assist a civilian convoy heading into the city, but they were too late, and managed only to save one. In the process, however, they helped destroy a Covenant Spirit dropship.

On the 23rd, the militia split to perform two operations. The first, led by Johnson, was a volunteer operation to secure the spaceborne Tiara platform to ensure civilians evacuating in cargo freighters would safely leave the planet. The operation was sucessful at the cost of 7 recruits' lives. During the same time period on the ground, Bryne and 2nd platoon, along with anyone from 1st platoon who didn't volunteer with Johnson, defended Mack's data center. Three Brute Choppers attacked, but they were all destroyed and three Marines were presumably KIA.

After doing as much as they could, the Colonial Militia of Harvest evacuated the planet along with civilians.

Militia Men
The Harvest militia was comprised of 72 recruits. About half of them were members of Harvest's police force and emergency services, but most of these men were 40-50 years old. The other half of the militia was generally comprised of young men who had worked on Harvest's farms.

The militia was divided into two platoons of 36 men each. These platoons were then divided into three squads of 12 men each, named Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie. Below is a list of the known men in the militia.


 * Militia Commanding Officer: Captain Ponder
 * 1st Platoon CO: Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson
 * Squad Alpha (1/A) CO: Dass
 * Jenkins: 1st Platoon marksman
 * Forsell
 * Osmo (KIA)
 * Squad Bravo (1/B) CO: Anderson
 * Squad Charlie (1/C) CO: Unknown
 * Wicks
 * 2nd Platoon CO: Staff Sergeant Nolan Byrne
 * Squad Alpha (2/A) CO: Stisen
 * Burdick
 * Critchley: 2nd Platoon sharpshooter
 * Squad Bravo (2/B) CO: Unknown
 * Squad Charlie (2/C) CO: Habel

Others:


 * Healy: Militia medic
 * Abel

Source
Halo: Contact Harvest