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Template:Ratings Template:Infobox Military Unit The UNSC Army is a branch of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force that is primarily responsible for land-based military operations. They typcially serve as a garrison force on UNSC colony worlds.^[1]

Background

Unlike the UNSC Marine Corps, which is frequently used in offensive operations, often in conjunction with the Navy, the Army is used largely as a defensive force. The Army shares many matériel assests with the Marine Corps, though some of their weapons differ;^[2] for example, the Army is the only branch of the UNSCDF that uses the M6J/C Carbine^[3]^[4]^[5] and the M319 Individual Grenade Launcher. The Army fields the MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System instead of the MA5B and MA5C assault rifles, as well as the M392 Designated Marksman Rifle, which has been supplanted in the other branches of service by the BR55 Battle Rifle. Soldiers of the UNSC Army wear the UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform, which incorporates many modular components shared by other branches of the UNSC Defense Forces, including the CH252 combat helmet.

The UNSC Army maintains Airborne special forces units. These troopers are equipped with the Air Assault helmet, which was originally intended for issue to Marine Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. Airborne Pathfinder units prefer the FC-I variant of the AA helmet.^[6]

Known operations

On April 22, 2552, UNSC Army personnel supported SPARTAN Noble Team in an engagement against Covenant forces on an unidentified colony world.^[7]

Between July 23 and August 30, 2552, thousands of Army personnel defended the fortess world Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the planet.^[8] A trooper fireteam dispatched by Colonel Urban Holland initiated first contact with the Covenant at the UNSC communications relay at Visegrád on the night of July 23.^[9]^[10]^[11] Only July 14, Army troopers stationed near the Office of Naval Intelligence's Sword Base, with assistance from SPARTAN Noble Team, defended against Covenant attackers.^[12] Following these early engagements, Army personnel continued to combat the Covenant's advance invasion force for several weeks. On August 12, three Army brigades served as part of a large joint UNSC force during the battle for the Viery Territory. Part of this force was used to eliminate a series of Covenant teleportation spires during the Battle at Szurdok Ridge.^[13] Two days later, a much larger Covenant fleet arrived in at Reach.^[14] By August 23, Army forces had attempted to break the Covenant's siege of New Alexandria for some time. With the assistance of SPARTAN-B312, they were able to evacuate most of the civilians and military personnel from the city, though some stragglers remained.^[15]^[16] On August 29 and 30, the few Army personnel remaining on the Eposz continent attempted to rally at the area's ship-breaking facilities, which served as the only evacuation area left on the continent. There, they engaged in a large-scale battle against the Covenant, who had arrived on Reach in force and had begun glassing the area. Most of the convoys on the way to the evacuation zone were destoyed by the Covenant.^[17]

During the Battle of Earth on October 20, 2552, an Army convoy was sent to New Mombasa to aid the Marines and civilians stationed there; the unit was destroyed in the attempt.^[18] Later, during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum on Mars, Colonel James Ackerson led Army personnel against Covenant forces led by the Jiralhanae commander Lepidus.^[19]^{[notes 1]}

Template:Conjecturalization The UNSC Army may take a large role in training colonial militia. While Marine Corps personnel have been known to train colonial militia, such as that of Harvest, it is likely that the Army, as the defensive arm of the UNSC, would normally take charge of maintaining militia forces. Template:Conjecturalization End

Ranks

Template:Army Enlisted Ranks Template:Army Officer Ranks

Trivia

The UNSC Army makes its in-game debut in Halo: Reach, in which UNSC Army troopers, Marines, and ODSTs have their own service tags showing their name and rank as part of the fireteam gameplay mechanic. Most of them are named after Bungie and Rooster Teeth employees.^[20]
Isaac Hannaford was largely responsible for designing the look of the UNSC Army troopers in Halo: Reach. When first starting to design the troopers, he drew them as all-female, as he was looking to do something different after drawing the John-117 for three years during the development of Halo 3.^[21]

Gallery

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UNSC Army soldiers with Catherine-B320.
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Concept art of an Army trooper (left) and a military policeman (right) in Halo: Reach.
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Concept art of UNSC Army trooper BDUs.
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More Army trooper concepts.
Two Army soldiers engaging a Sangheili during the Fall of Reach.
Three Army soldiers and SPARTAN-B312 engaging a Sangheili during the Battle at Szurdok ridge.
A female UNSC Army soldier.
A UNSC Army Sergeant orders his troops forward.
Army trooper.jpg

A UNSC Army Trooper aims his MA37 assault rifle.
Army Troopers aboard a D77-TC Pelican.

Notes

^ Considering that Ackerson was an Army colonel, the UNSC most likely used Army forces during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum.

List of appearances

Halo: Reach
Halo: The Fall of Reach (First appearance)
Halo: First Strike
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First identified as UNSC Army)
Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
- Palace Hotel
Halo: Uprising
Birth of a Spartan
Patrol
Deliver Hope

Sources

^ Halo.bungie.org: Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees
^ Letter - Re:UNSC Army
^ Halo Waypoint: Magnum
^ Bungie.net: M6C/SOCOM
^ Bungie.net: Halo 3 pistol
^ Halo: Reach, The Armory
^ Deliver Hope
^ Halo: Reach
^ Patrol
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Noble Actual
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Winter Contingency
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level ONI: Sword Base
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level New Alexandria
^ Halo: Reach, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
^ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions: "Palace Hotel"
^ Halo: Uprising, Issue One
^ Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update: 07.02.10
^ Isaac Hannaford: Halo Reach Army trooper development

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[20] Considering that Ackerson was an Army colonel, the UNSC most likely used Army forces during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum.

[interview-1] Halo.bungie.org: Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees

[2] Letter - Re:UNSC Army

[3] Halo Waypoint: Magnum

[4] Bungie.net: M6C/SOCOM

[5] Bungie.net: Halo 3 pistol

[6] Halo: Reach, The Armory

[7] Deliver Hope

[8] Halo: Reach

[9] Patrol

[10] Halo: Reach, campaign level Noble Actual

[11] Halo: Reach, campaign level Winter Contingency

[12] Halo: Reach, campaign level ONI: Sword Base

[13] Halo: Reach, campaign level Tip of the Spear

[14] Halo: Reach, campaign level Long Night of Solace

[15] Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus

[16] Halo: Reach, campaign level New Alexandria

[17] Halo: Reach, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn

[18] Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions: "Palace Hotel"

[19] Halo: Uprising, Issue One

[21] Bungie.net: Bungie Weekly Update: 07.02.10

[22] Isaac Hannaford: Halo Reach Army trooper development

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 |unit_name= UNSC Army
 |image=[[File:Halo Reach - UNSC Army Infantryman (Standing).png|200px]]
-|dates=Since [[2163]]
+|dates=Presumably since [[2163]]
 |country=
 |allegiance=[[United Earth Government]]
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 |equipment=*[[UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform]]
 *[[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle]]
-*[[M6J Carbine]]
+*[[M6J/C Carbine]]
 *[[MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System]]
+*[[M319 Individual Grenade Launcher]]
 |equipment_label=Equipment
 |battles=*[[Battle of the unidentified human colony]]
 *[[Fall of Reach]]
 **[[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]]
+**[[Siege of New Alexandria]]
+**[[Battle of Aszod]]
 *[[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]
 *[[Battle of Earth]]
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 |commander3=
 |commander3_label=
-|notable_commanders=[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]], [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]]
+|notable_commanders=[[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]], [[Urban Holland|Colonel Urban Holland]]
 }}
-The '''UNSC Army '''is a branch of the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSC Defense Force]] primarily responsible for land-based military operations.<ref name="interview">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080108.html '''Halo.bungie.org:''' ''Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees'']</ref>
+The '''UNSC Army '''is a branch of the [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]] that is primarily responsible for land-based military operations. They typcially serve as a garrison force on [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] colony worlds.<ref name="interview">[http://halostory.bungie.org/oconnor_mclees_080108.html '''Halo.bungie.org:''' ''Interview with Frank O'Connor and Robert McLees'']</ref>
 ==Background==
-Little is known about the UNSC Army, which is probably due to the fact that the Army is almost exclusively a land-based fighting force, and thus little of the Army is attached to the [[UNSC Navy]]. What is known is that the UNSC Army uses different equipment from the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], examples of such being the [[M6J Carbine]], the [[MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System]], and the [[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle]], in contrast to the [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5B]]/[[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C assault rifles]] and [[BR55 Battle Rifle]] in use with the Marines.<ref>'''[[Letter - Re:UNSC Army]]'''</ref> Soldiers of the UNSC Army wear the [[UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform]], which incorporates many modular components shared by other branches of the UNSC Defense Forces.
+Unlike the [[UNSC Marine Corps]], which is frequently used in offensive operations, often in conjunction with the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], the Army is used largely as a defensive force. The Army shares many matériel assests with the Marine Corps, though some of their weapons differ;<ref>'''[[Letter - Re:UNSC Army]]'''</ref> for example, the Army is the only branch of the UNSCDF that uses the [[M6J/C Carbine]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/magnum/f4c403d6-269e-499a-ac14-9a696e0a5b27 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Magnum'']</ref><ref>'''[[Bungie.net]]:''' [http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx ''M6C/SOCOM'']</ref><ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3pistol '''Bungie.net:''' ''Halo 3'' pistol]</ref> and the [[M319 Individual Grenade Launcher]].
+The Army fields the [[MA37 Individual Combat Weapon System]] instead of the [[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5B]] and [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C assault rifles]], as well as the [[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle]], which has been supplanted in the other branches of service by the [[BR55 Battle Rifle]]. Soldiers of the UNSC Army wear the [[UNSC Army Battle Dress Uniform]], which incorporates many modular components shared by other branches of the UNSC Defense Forces, including the [[CH252 Helmet|CH252 combat helmet]].
-The UNSC Army maintains Airborne special forces units, equipped with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/AA variant|Air Assault]] helmet originally intended for Marine [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|ODST]] issue. Army Pathfinder units prefer the FC-I variant of the AA helmet.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Armor_Permutations#SPARTAN|The Armory]]''</ref>
+The UNSC Army maintains Airborne special forces units. These troopers are equipped with the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/AA variant|Air Assault helmet]], which was originally intended for issue to Marine [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s. Airborne Pathfinder units prefer the FC-I variant of the AA helmet.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Armor_Permutations#SPARTAN|The Armory]]''</ref>
-==Role==
+==Known operations==
-It is known that the UNSC Army frequently patrols colony planets, but little is known about any operations they have participated in. Known operations include the [[Battle of Reach]], where Army units assisted [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] in defending the planet,<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]'''</ref> the [[Battle of Earth]], where an Army unit tried to aid Marine forces in [[New Mombasa]] and was annihilated in the attempt,<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]''', "[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]"</ref> and the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on [[Mars]], where [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] led an unknown number of Army forces against the [[Jiralhanae]] commander [[Lepidus]] and his army.<ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue One]]''</ref><ref group="notes">Considering that [[James Ackerson]] was an Army [[Colonel]], the UNSC most likely used Army forces during the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]</ref> Unlike the Marines, who take offensive action against the enemy, the UNSC Army is largely used in defensive operations, such as garrisoning UNSC-held territory.<ref name="interview"/>
+On [[2552#April|April 22, 2552]], UNSC Army personnel supported [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] in [[Battle of the unidentified human colony|an engagement]] against [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces on an unidentified colony world.<ref>''Deliver Hope''</ref>
+Between [[2552#July|July 23]] and [[2552#August|August 30, 2552]], thousands of Army personnel defended the fortess world [[Reach]] during the Covenant's [[Fall of Reach|invasion of the planet]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach'''</ref> A [[3 Charlie|trooper fireteam]] dispatched by [[Colonel]] [[Urban Holland]] initiated first contact with the Covenant at the UNSC [[Visegrád Relay|communications relay]] at [[Visegrád]] on the night of July 23.<ref>''Patrol''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Noble Actual]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]''</ref> Only July 14, Army troopers stationed near the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]'s [[Sword Base]], with assistance from SPARTAN Noble Team, defended against Covenant attackers.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> Following these early engagements, Army personnel continued to combat the Covenant's advance invasion force for several weeks. On August 12, three Army [[brigade]]s served as part of a large [[Order of battle (Viery, Reach)|joint UNSC force]] during the battle for the [[Viery Territory]]. Part of this force was used to eliminate a series of Covenant [[Covenant Spire|teleportation spires]] during the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> Two days later, a much larger Covenant fleet arrived in at Reach.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> By August 23, Army forces had attempted to break the Covenant's [[Siege of New Alexandria|siege of]] [[New Alexandria]] for some time. With the assistance of [[SPARTAN-B312]], they were able to evacuate most of the civilians and military personnel from the city, though some stragglers remained.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref> On August 29 and 30, the few Army personnel remaining on the [[Eposz]] continent attempted to rally at the area's [[Aszod ship breaking yards|ship-breaking facilities]], which served as the only evacuation area left on the continent. There, they engaged in a [[Battle of Aszod|large-scale battle]] against the Covenant, who had arrived on Reach in force and had begun [[glassing]] the area. Most of the convoys on the way to the evacuation zone were destoyed by the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
+During the [[Battle of Earth]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], an Army convoy was sent to [[New Mombasa]] to aid the Marines and civilians stationed there; the unit was destroyed in the attempt.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions''': "Palace Hotel"</ref> Later, during the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]] on [[Mars]], [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] led Army personnel against Covenant forces led by the [[Jiralhanae]] commander [[Lepidus]].<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''', ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue One]]''</ref><ref group="notes">Considering that Ackerson was an Army colonel, the UNSC most likely used Army forces during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum.</ref>
 {{Conjecturalization}}
-The UNSC Army supposedly also takes a large role in training [[Colonial Militia|colonial militia]]. While Marines have been known to train colonial militia, such as [[Harvest Colonial Militia|that of Harvest]], it is far more likely that the Army, as the defensive arm of the UNSC, would normally take charge of maintaining militia forces.
+The UNSC Army may take a large role in training [[Colonial Militia|colonial militia]]. While Marine Corps personnel have been known to train colonial militia, such as [[Harvest Colonial Militia|that of Harvest]], it is likely that the Army, as the defensive arm of the UNSC, would normally take charge of maintaining militia forces.
 {{Conjecturalization End}}
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 ==Trivia==
-*The helmets worn by Army soldiers appear to be similar to those worn by the Marines, and may be the base of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR]] [[Mark V(MP) MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|Military Police]] [[Armor Permutations|armor permutation]] in ''Halo: Reach'''s Armory. Additionally, their shoulder pauldrons are identical to the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V (G)|GUNGNIR]] shoulder pieces.
+*The UNSC Army makes its in-game debut in ''Halo: Reach'', in which UNSC Army troopers, Marines, and ODSTs have their own service tags showing their name and rank as part of the [[Fireteam (gameplay mechanic)|fireteam]] gameplay mechanic. Most of them are named after [[Bungie]] and [[Rooster Teeth Productions|Rooster Teeth]] employees.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_070210 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 07.02.10'']</ref>
-*The UNSC Army makes its in-game debut in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', in which UNSC Army troopers, [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]], and [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODSTs]] have their own service tags showing their name and rank as part of the [[Fireteam (gameplay mechanic)|Fireteam]] gameplay mechanic. Most of them are named after [[Bungie]] and [[Rooster Teeth Productions|Rooster Teeth]] employees.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_070210 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 07.02.10'']</ref>
+*[[Isaac Hannaford]] was largely responsible for designing the look of the UNSC Army troopers in ''Halo: Reach''. When first starting to design the troopers, he drew them as all-female, as he was looking to do something different after drawing the [[John-117]] for three years during the development of ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>[http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/01/halo-reach-army-trooper-development.html '''Isaac Hannaford''': ''Halo Reach Army trooper development'']</ref>
-*[[Isaac Hannaford]] was largely responsible for designing the look of the UNSC Army troopers in ''Halo: Reach''. When first starting to design the troopers, he drew them as all-female, as he was looking to do something different after drawing the [[John-117|Master Chief]] for three years during the development of ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>[http://www.isaachannaford.com/2011/01/halo-reach-army-trooper-development.html '''Isaac Hannaford''': ''Halo Reach Army trooper development'']</ref>
 == Gallery ==
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 File:Army_compilation_1.png|Concept art of UNSC Army trooper BDUs.
 File:Army_compilation_2.png|More Army trooper concepts.
-File:Reach E310 Campaign06.jpg|Two Army soldiers engaging a Sangheili during the [[Fall of Reach]].
+File:Reach E310 Campaign06.jpg|Two Army soldiers engaging a [[Sangheili]] during the Fall of Reach.
-File:Tipofthespear2.JPG|Three Army soldiers and a SPARTAN engaging a Sangheili warrior in the level ''[[Tip of The Spear]]''.
+File:Tipofthespear2.JPG|Three Army soldiers and SPARTAN-B312 engaging a Sangheili during the Battle at Szurdok ridge.
 File:Reach_Army_Soldier1.jpg|A female UNSC Army soldier.
 File:Trooper leader.jpg|A UNSC Army Sergeant orders his troops forward.
 File:Army trooper.jpg|A UNSC Army Trooper aims his MA37 assault rifle.
-File:UNSC_Army_V.jpg‎|Army Troopers aboard a Pelican.
+File:UNSC_Army_V.jpg‎|Army Troopers aboard a [[D77-TC Pelican]].
 </gallery>
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 ==List of appearances==
 *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
-*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
+*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
+*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{C|First identified as UNSC Army}}
 *''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
 **''[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]''
 *''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
+*''[[Birth of a Spartan]]''
+*''[[Patrol]]''
+*''[[Deliver Hope]]''
 ==Sources==