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The '''UNSC Armed Forces''' are the military forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]], consisting of the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and the newly established [[Spartan Operations]]; which serve as a joint air, land, and space force.<ref name="interview">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080508.html ''halo.bunige.org'': Frank O'Connor/Robt McLees Interview - August 2008]</ref> Spartan Operations is the newest branch of the UNSC Armed Forces, commissioned for special operations exclusively for all [[Spartan-IV]]s and select [[Spartan-III]]s after the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Waypoint story">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!an-epic-universe/story/6eeabce4-dc80-4aa3-b2aa-2f5d123b7514 ''Halo Waypoint'': Story] (defunct)</ref>

In the aftermath of the war, following the invention of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] in the late 2200s and the discovery of [[Slipstream space]], the Unified Earth Government began a colonization programme that saw [[human]]ity [[Domus Diaspora|spreading out]] from the [[Sol system]]. The apex of human colonization would come in [[2492]], when more than 800 worlds were inside UNSC territory and a handful of them were under development or had already developed into colonies. By this time, a ring of [[Outer Colonies]] was providing the UEG with the raw materials that made the macro-economy work; the political power, however, remained with the aforementioned [[Inner Colonies]]. The massive difference in wealth distribution and political power, which became a hallmark of humanity by this period, led to new threats of secession from the outer ring. Fearing the consequences of the breakup of the interstellar empire and seeing the benefits of avoiding all-out war to defend their hold on the colonies, the Earth government would establish the [[ORION Project]] in [[2491]].<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''</ref><ref name="Reach">''Halo: Reach''</ref><ref>''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''</ref>

[[2525]] marked the most important turning point in human history; it would mark the beginning of the great technological advancement, the unification of a divided and fractured human race, and the [[Halo: Contact Harvest|first contact]] of humanity and an extraterrestrial intelligence, the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. It would also see a majority of the Earth government's colony worlds destroyed, and billions of colonists and military personnel slaughtered by orbital plasma bombardment and planetary invasion, known as [[glassing]]. Thus began the Human-Covenant War with the [[First Battle of Harvest]]. Intercepted communications identified the enemy as the Covenant, a caste-driven, theological organization made up of several alien species. The message "''Your destruction is the will of the gods...and we are their instrument''" was broadcast in perfect [[English]].{{Ref/Reuse|Reach}}

The six military departments comprise the [[UNSC Army|Army]], the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], the [[UNSC Air Force|Air Force]], and the recently formed [[Spartan Operations]],<ref name="OSFM120">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', UNSC Organization - p.120</ref> with all but the Office of Naval Intelligence compromising the UNSC Armed Forces' five service branches.<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/unsc ''Halo Waypoint'': UNSC]</ref> These military forces are, in turn, organised into two unified combatant commands; [[UNSC Naval Command]] (NAVCOM) and [[Unified Ground Command]] (UNICOM). NAVCOM oversees all space-based assets and operations, particularly those of the Navy.<ref name="OSFM122">''Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual'', Naval Command and Unified Ground Command - p.122-123</ref> The Navy is divided into three major commands, being [[UNSC Fleet Command]] for oversight of movement and assignment of naval spacecraft, [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Warfare]] (NAVSPECWAR) for oversight of Naval special forces and [[Logistical Operations Command]] (NavLogCom), for ensuring the delivery of parts, food and fuel to UNSC Naval installations.<ref name="OSFM124">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', Navy - p.124-126</ref> The Office of Naval Intelligence, while technically subordinate to the Navy, has encompassed all intelligence services of the UEG, and takes orders directly from (or, just as commonly, gives orders to) HIGHCOM. ONI is divided into four sections (numbered Sections 0–3), each with their own responsibilities.

File:HTV-Promo.jpg|The UNSC Armed Forces in ''[[Halo The Series]]''.

*''[[Halo The Series]]''