Colonel

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Colonel Affiliation UNSC Marine Corps UNSC Army Higher Rank Brigadier General Lower Rank Lieutenant Colonel Command Regiment, Brigade (both probable but unconfirmed) Known Colonels James Ackerson Herzog Robert Watts
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This article is about the UNSC rank. For the Halo 3 matchmaking rank, see Colonel (Halo 3).

Colonel^[1] is a commissioned officer rank of the UNSC Marine Corps and UNSC Army, equal in rank to Captain in the UNSC Navy. Their rank insignia appears to be the same as their modern U.S. counterparts, one silver eagle.

Given that other ranks command the same unit groups as their modern day U.S. counterparts do, it is highly probably that a UNSC Colonel commands a regiment or a brigade. This has yet to be observed in the Halo universe though. A Colonel may also serve as a staff officer for higher unit groupings, such as divisions.

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1. ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 58; "... pinned with the eagle insigne of a colonel".