Ghost battalion

A "ghost battalion" is a UNSC slang term used to describe units representing colonies that no longer exist.
==Meaning==
Due to the UNSC's mobile nature, the armies of each colony could be found across human space. During the Human-Covenant war, this nature allowed entire battalions to escape the glassing of their planets and continue to represent their colony in the conflict. An example of a ghost battalion is 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, a unit from Eridanus II. This battalion functioned until at least 2552, twenty-two years after Eridanus II's glassing, and consisted of Marines who lived on Eridanus II at the time of its glassing.
==Source==
Category:UNSC
Category:Terms and Phrases