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A Service Tag is a tag meant to identify soldiers quickly during battle. They are used in Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite multiplayer, co-op campaign, Firefight, and Spartan Ops.

Service Tags consist of one letter followed by two numbers in Halo 3. In Halo 3: ODST Halo 4, Halo: Reach, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite, they can be any combination of 4 letters or numbers. Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta also allowed other symbols, such as punctuation, but these are not allowed in the final game. In The Master Chief Collection, they can be any 3 letters or numbers.

Service Tags show up above the player's head in the HUD, with a marker indicating their position; in team games, players can see their teammates' locations and Service Tags even through walls. When the player's crosshair is directly pointed at that player, the full user name is displayed instead. When players die, the service tag is replaced with a red cross. This also helps the slain player's teammates to locate enemies.

Advantages[edit]

It is good to set one's service tag identical to their profile name, so allies can know which of their team-mates are with them. Also, if one cannot directly center a soldier, one is still able to catch their service tag.

Prohibited Service Tags[edit]

Profane or offensive service tags are not allowed on Xbox Live. Additional tags relating to characters and copyrighted material are also banned in Halo 3. Several codes related to characters are described as "reserved for use by the UNSC." All others are "not allowed under current UNSC regulations." Subsequent games have featured no such restrictions, and only prohibit profanity. The "UNSC" tag is not allowed either in Halo 5: Guardians.

Halo 3 prohibited tags[edit]

Every service tag ending in -00 - "reserved for use by the UNSC"
A23 - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; Tsavo Highway
A55
L17 - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; John-117
I17 - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; John-117
E43 - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; 343 Guilty Spark & 343 Industries
A01 - resembles "AOL"
A20
C17
E51
E74 - resembles Red Ring Error Code, E-74
F43
F46
F48
F49
N34
N64 - Nintendo 64
N84
P52 - PlayStation 2
T17
U50
V50
Z17

Trivia[edit]

Some of the above service tags (I17, for instance) actually can be used. It's pure luck, however, as the player may be given that service tag at random when he or she first plays Halo 3 on an Xbox 360 profile.
Some service tags that resemble PlayStation or Nintendo products, like N35 (NES), P59 (PSP), W11 (Wii), P51 (PS1 or PlayStation 1), and P53 (PS3 or PlayStation 3), are not banned in Halo 3 and can be used.

Sources[edit]

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-A '''Service Tag''' is a tag that consists of one letter and two numbers in Halo 3, or 4 letters/numbers in Halo 3: ODST, meant to identify soldiers quickly during battle. They show-up when another soldier "sees" you through a wall or if their cross-hair is not pointed directly on you, but they still see you on their screen. This is used in the [[Halo 3]] [[Multiplayer]] and in the [[Halo 3: ODST]] [[Firefight]].
+A '''Service Tag''' is a tag meant to identify soldiers quickly during [[battle]]. They are used in ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' [[multiplayer]], [[Cooperative play|co-op]] [[campaign]], [[Firefight]], and ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.
+Service Tags consist of one letter followed by two numbers in ''Halo 3''. In ''Halo 3: ODST'' ''Halo 4'', ''Halo: Reach'', ''Halo 5: Guardians'', and ''Halo Infinite'', they can be any combination of 4 letters or numbers. ''[[Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta]]'' also allowed other symbols, such as punctuation, but these are not allowed in the final game. In ''The Master Chief Collection'', they can be any 3 letters or numbers.
+Service Tags show up above the player's head in the HUD, with a marker indicating their position; in team games, players can see their teammates' locations and Service Tags even through walls. When the player's crosshair is directly pointed at that player, the full user name is displayed instead. When players die, the service tag is replaced with a red cross. This also helps the slain player's teammates to locate enemies.
 == Advantages ==
-It is good to set your service tag identical to your profile name, so allies can know which of their team-mates are with them. Also, if you cannot directly center a soldier, you are still able to catch their service tag.
+It is good to set one's service tag identical to their profile name, so allies can know which of their team-mates are with them. Also, if one cannot directly center a soldier, one is still able to catch their service tag.
 == Prohibited Service Tags ==
-Some service tags are not allowed because they are vulgar, offensive, or copyrighted. Here is a complete list of
+Profane or offensive service tags are not allowed on Xbox Live. Additional tags relating to characters and copyrighted material are also banned in ''Halo 3''. Several codes related to characters are described as "reserved for use by the UNSC." All others are "not allowed under current UNSC regulations." Subsequent games have featured no such restrictions, and only prohibit profanity. The "UNSC" tag is not allowed either in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
-prohibited service tags.
+=== Halo 3 prohibited tags ===
+* Every service tag ending in -'''00''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"
+* '''A23''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[Tsavo highway (location)|Tsavo Highway]]
+* '''A55'''
+* '''L17''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[John-117]]
+* '''I17''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; John-117
+* '''E43''' - "reserved for use by the UNSC"; [[343 Guilty Spark]] & [[343 Industries]]
+* '''A01''' - resembles "[[Wikipedia:AOL|AOL]]"
+* '''A20'''
+* '''C17'''
+* '''E51'''
+* '''E74''' - resembles Red Ring Error Code, E-74
+* '''F43'''
+* '''F46'''
+* '''F48'''
+* '''F49'''
+* '''N34'''
+* '''N64''' - [[wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]]
+* '''N84'''
+* '''P52''' - [[wikipedia:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]]
+* '''T17'''
+* '''U50'''
+* '''V50'''
+* '''Z17'''
-*'''A23'''
+== Trivia ==
-*'''A55'''
+* Some of the above service tags (I17, for instance) actually can be used. It's pure luck, however, as the player may be given that service tag at random when he or she first plays ''Halo 3'' on an Xbox 360 profile.
-*'''L17'''
+* Some service tags that resemble PlayStation or Nintendo products, like N35 ([[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]), P59 ([[wikipedia:PlayStation Portable|PSP]]), W11 ([[wikipedia:Wii|Wii]]), P51 (PS1 or [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation 1]]), and P53 (PS3 or [[wikipedia:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]]), are not banned in ''Halo 3'' and can be used.
-*'''I17'''
-*'''E43'''
-*Several service tags ending in -'''00'''
-*'''A01'''
-*'''A20'''
-*'''A55'''
-*'''C17'''
-*'''E51'''
-*'''E74'''
-*'''F43'''
-*'''F46'''
-*'''F48'''
-*'''F49'''
-*'''I69''' (permitted until a patch was released)
-*'''N19'''
-*'''N34'''
-*'''N64''' -resembles "N64"
-*'''N84'''
-*'''P52''' -resembles "PS2"
-*'''P53''' -resembles "PS3"
-*'''T17'''
-*'''U50'''
-*'''V50'''
-*'''Z17'''
-==Trivia==
+== Sources ==
-*When I17 (resembling 117) is entered as a service tag it will say "this service tag is currently reserved by the [[UNSC]]," likely due to the fact that it resembles [[John-117]]'s tag.
+{{Ref/Sources}}
-*Some of the above service tags (I17, for instance) actually can be used. It's pure luck, however, as you may be given that service tag at random when you first play ''Halo 3'' on an Xbox 360 profile.
-*Some service tags that resemble Playstation or Nintendo products, like N35 (NES), P59 (PSP), W11 (Wii), and P51 (PS1 or Playstation 1) are not banned and can be used.
-*Several people use the tag O07 (resembling 007 aka James Bond).
-*When people die, the service tag is replaced by a red cross, indicating that the player is dead.
-==References==
+{{Customization}}
-<references/>
+[[Category:Customization]]
-[[Category:Multiplayer]]