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 The large-unit structure of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] appears to mirror the organizational structure of the [[United States Marine Corps]] in most distinguishable ways, however the small-unit structure is more unique and in some ways still unclear. A nearly complete chart showing the sourced known structure of the UNSC Marine Corps units can be seen below. As in the case of the United States Marine Corps, the UNSC&nbsp;Marines appear to have a very flexible organization depending on the needs of the mission.&nbsp; The Expeditionary force is listed as the largest deployable unit above a division, but marines also deploy in Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEB: commanded by a brigadier general and about 16,000 marines and sailors strong)&nbsp;and Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU: commanded by a colonel and about 2,200 marines and sailors strong).&nbsp;
-Similarly to the expeditionary force, they each contain a ground combat element, an air combat element, a logistics element, and a command element.&nbsp; The Marine Expeditionary Brigade's Ground Combat Element consists of an infantry regiment reinforced by an artillery battalion, a tank company, a combat engineer company, and&nbsp;&nbsp;reconnaissance company.&nbsp; It's Air Combat Element is a composite air group (the level below air wing) commanded by a colonel and a combat logistics regiment (the level below logistics group) commanded by a colonel.&nbsp; The Marine Expeditionary Unit's Ground Combat Element consists of an infantry battalion reinforced by an artillery battery (the equivalent of a company), a tank platoon, a combat engineer platoon, and a reconnaissace platoon.&nbsp; It's Air Combat Element consists of a composite air squadron (level below air group) commanded by a lt. col.&nbsp; It's Logistics Combat Element consits of a composite logistics battalion (level below logistics regiment) commanded by a lt. col.&nbsp; To be clear, Divisions, Regiments,&nbsp;Battalions, and corresponding air and logisitics units are not permenantly assigned to marine expeditionary forces, brigades, and units, but rather formed for specific task forces for a mission.&nbsp; For example, say the UNSC wanted to establish a base on a moon or asteroid but a force or brigade was too large for the job.&nbsp; It would detach an infantry battalion from, tank platoon, etc. from it's mother infantry division and assaign these untis to the MEU HQ.&nbsp; After the mission was over they could possibly remain with the MEU or it could be disbanded.&nbsp; Another possibility would be to rotate units out of MEU back to their parent unit after some time and replace it with a fresh unit.&nbsp;&nbsp;The flexibility and adaptability of the system clearly shown here helps to explain why it has survived for centuries.
+Similarly to the expeditionary force, they each contain a ground combat element, an air combat element, a logistics element, and a command element.&nbsp; The Marine Expeditionary Brigade's Ground Combat Element consists of an infantry regiment reinforced by an artillery battalion, a tank company, a combat engineer company, and&nbsp;&nbsp;reconnaissance company.&nbsp; It's Air Combat Element is a composite air group (the level below air wing) commanded by a colonel and a combat logistics regiment (the level below logistics group) commanded by a colonel.&nbsp; The Marine Expeditionary Unit's Ground Combat Element consists of an infantry battalion reinforced by an artillery battery (the equivalent of a company), a tank platoon, a combat engineer platoon, and a reconnaissace platoon.&nbsp; It's Air Combat Element consists of a composite air squadron (level below air group) commanded by a lt. col.&nbsp; It's Logistics Combat Element consits of a composite logistics battalion (level below logistics regiment) commanded by a lt. col.&nbsp;
+To be clear, Divisions, Regiments,&nbsp;Battalions, and corresponding air and logisitics units are not permenantly assigned to marine expeditionary forces, brigades, and units, but rather formed for specific task forces for a mission.&nbsp; For example, say the UNSC wanted to establish a base on a moon or asteroid but a force or brigade was too large for the job.&nbsp; It would detach an infantry battalion, tank platoon, etc. from it's mother infantry division and assaign these units to the MEU HQ.&nbsp; After the mission was over they could possibly remain with the MEU or it could be disbanded.&nbsp; Another possibility would be to rotate units out of the MEU back to their parent unit after some time and replace it with a fresh unit.&nbsp;&nbsp;The flexibility and adaptability of the system clearly shown here helps to explain why it has survived for centuries.
 Current [[Halo]] canon focuses heavily on small unit interactions, with units at any strength higher than a Battalion being only occasionally mentioned and never elaborated upon. This has caused a lack of information regarding the specifics of larger UNSC Marine commands. Small units structure is often referenced indirectly. The below chart shows unit strength and specifics that can be applied to all (as of yet ) known units.
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 |[[Marine Expeditionary Force|Expeditionary Force]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], Page 111</ref>
-| 40,000-50,000&nbsp;
+|40,000-50,000&nbsp;
 |1 Infantry Division, 1 Air Wing (Major Gen), 1 Logistics Group (Brigadier Gen), 1 Headquarters Element<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], Page 111</ref>
 |[[Lieutenant General]]