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'''Missing In Action''', better known as '''MIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that refers to a member of the UNSC who has been reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. The missing combatant must not have been otherwise accounted for as either killed in action or a prisoner of war. | '''Missing In Action''', better known as '''MIA''', is a casualty classification used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that refers to a member of the UNSC who has been reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. The missing combatant must not have been otherwise accounted for as either killed in action or a prisoner of war. | ||
When [[SPARTAN-II]]s or [[SPARTAN-III]]s are killed, they are reported as Missing in Action or [[Wounded in Action]] to create the illusion that [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|Spartans never die]]. This apparently helped boost morale for the | When [[SPARTAN-II]]s or [[SPARTAN-III]]s are killed, they are reported as Missing in Action or [[Wounded in Action]] to create the illusion that [[Office of Naval Intelligence Directive 930|Spartans never die]]. This apparently helped boost morale for the UNSC.<ref>'''[[First Strike]]''', ''page 249''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[[Randall (SPARTAN-II)|Randall]], [[James (SPARTAN-II)|James]], all the Spartans aboard the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' ([[Alice-130]], [[Jerome-092]], [[Douglas-042]]), [[Fred-104]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Linda-058]], [[Tom-B292]], [[Lucy-B091]], [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia]], [[Mark]], | *[[Randall (SPARTAN-II)|Randall]], [[James (SPARTAN-II)|James]], all the Spartans aboard the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' ([[Alice-130]], [[Jerome-092]], [[Douglas-042]]), [[Fred-104]], [[Kelly-087]], [[Linda-058]], [[Tom-B292]], [[Lucy-B091]], [[Ash-G099]], [[Olivia]], [[Mark]], [[Team Katana]], [[John-117]], and [[Gray Team]] are the only Spartans who truly became missing. | ||
*John-117 was considered Missing in Action due to the fact that there was no evidence that he died, despite [[Terrence Hood]]'s quote, ''"Hard to believe he's dead."''<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' page 104-105</ref> | *John-117 was considered Missing in Action due to the fact that there was no evidence that he died, despite [[Terrence Hood]]'s quote, ''"Hard to believe he's dead."''<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 104-105''</ref> | ||
*During the video log in the level [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], the automated video recorder regards [[Wallace A. Jenkins]] as possibly MIA, due to the termination of his recording as a result of his infection by the [[Flood]].) | *During the video log in the level [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]], the automated video recorder regards [[Wallace A. Jenkins]] as possibly MIA, due to the termination of his recording as a result of his infection by the [[Flood]].) | ||