Squad

A squad is a military unit used by the UNSC Marine Corps in the organization of its combat personnel. In the UNSC Marine Corps, a squad can consist of anywhere between eight and thirteen members,Assault on the Control Room (Level), Halo: Combat Evolved343 Guilty Spark (Level), Halo: Combat Evolved and can be further divided into Fireteams for combat operations.
==Composition==
The UNSC Marine Corps does follow the general structure used by the 20th and 21st Century US Marine Corps, although exact numbers differ. Normally, a squad is composed of three Fireteams of four or five Marines under the command of a non-commissioned officer, usually a Corporal. A SergeantHalo: Contact Harvest, prologue commands the squad as a whole.
The UNSC may use a smaller system for Special Forces groups, Halo: Contact Harvest, prologue such as the ODST and Naval Special Warfare units.
Squads within a platoon are numbered, i.e., 1st Squad, 2nd Squad, and so forth, with a Platoon normally composed of at least two Squads, and sometimes three or four.
==Known Squads==
*1st Squad
*2nd Squad
== See also ==
*UNSC Military Organization
==Sources==
Category:UNSC Organizational Military Units