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'''Captain''' is a junior [[commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], [[UNSC Army]], and [[UNSC Air Force]] equal in rank to [[Lieutenant]] in the [[UNSC Navy]]. In the Marine Corps, they are usually placed in command of companies, or serve as staff officers in battalions. They may also serve in the battalion Executive Officer billet. | '''Captain''' is a junior [[commissioned officer]] rank of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], [[UNSC Army]], and [[UNSC Air Force]] equal in rank to [[Lieutenant]] in the [[UNSC Navy]]. In the Marine Corps, they are usually placed in command of companies, or serve as staff officers in battalions. They may also serve in the battalion Executive Officer billet. | ||
There are three Captains featured in the Halo Universe so far. One is the nameless commander of [[Tango Company]], one of the Marine Corps' [[companies]] the [[Spartan-IIs]] were pitted against during their training as youths.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 158 - "They're not going to play fair. You heard the sniper we captured. He said that this time the Captain told them to win no matter what - even if they had to bloody a few of us to do it."</ref> The second is [[Ponder]], after being demoted from [[Lieutenant Colonel]].<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> Lastly, [[Veronica Dare]] is an operative of [[ONI]] who took command of an [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|ODST]] squad during the [[Battle of Earth]]. Dare will be featured as a character in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15547 PARDON OUR DUST - Bungie Teaser - 9/22/2008]</ref> | There are three Captains featured in the Halo Universe so far. One is the nameless commander of [[Tango Company]], which was one of the Marine Corps' [[companies]] the [[Spartan-IIs]] were pitted against during their training as youths.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 158 - "They're not going to play fair. You heard the sniper we captured. He said that this time the Captain told them to win no matter what - even if they had to bloody a few of us to do it."</ref> The second is [[Ponder]], after being demoted from [[Lieutenant Colonel]].<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref> Lastly, [[Veronica Dare]] is an operative of [[ONI]] who took command of an [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|ODST]] squad during the [[Battle of Earth]]. Dare will be featured as a character in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15547 PARDON OUR DUST - Bungie Teaser - 9/22/2008]</ref> | ||
==Relation to Navy Captain== | ==Relation to Navy Captain== | ||