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'''Killed In Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation. | '''Killed In Action''', better known as '''KIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation. | ||
Due to the need to increase morale in the United Nations Space Command, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] issued [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|a directive]] requiring that [[SPARTAN-II]] casualties be listed as [[Missing In Action]] or [[Wounded in Action]], to create the illusion that such personnel were invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] page 249</ref> | Due to the need to increase morale in the United Nations Space Command, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] issued [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|a directive]] requiring that [[SPARTAN-II]] casualties be listed as [[Missing In Action]] or [[Wounded in Action]], to create the illusion that such personnel were invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', page 249</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||