UNSC High Command: Difference between revisions

'''UNSC High Command''', often abbreviated as '''HIGHCOM''', is the highest operational command of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and is ultimately in charge of all personnel, equipment, and facilities used by the [[UNSCDF]]. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as "the Admiralty", which is a misnomer as its staff was composed of personnel from all branches, not just the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 47''</ref>

It was split into two commands; the [[Unified Ground Command]], coordinating all UNSC ground forces, and the [[UNSC Naval Command]], in charge of the Navy.<ref name="enc"/> It exercises local authority through regional [[Central Command|CENTCOMs]], which have responsibility over certain areas of space.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 15, 34, 204''</ref>

Top-level brass from every branch form the [[UNSC Security Committee]] of HIGHCOM. With headquarters at the planets [[Reach]] and [[Earth]],<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 15''</ref> HIGHCOM is the equivalent to the modern Pentagon of the United States military. HIGHCOM has directed the strategy for the actions of the UNSC since its very beginning. From combating rebel forces, such as the [[Insurrectionist|Eridanus rebels]], to the [[Covenant-Human War|genocidal war]] waged by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], HIGHCOM has been the source of all strategy and information about war. After the fall of Reach, the headquarters was relocated to the HighCom Facility Bravo-6 in Sydney.

*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}

*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''

*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''

**''[[Human Weakness]]'' {{Mo}}