"Looks like a Covenant patrol. Badass Elite units, all KIA."

— Sergeant Avery Johnson to Captain Jacob Keyes on Alpha Halo

Killed In Action, better known as KIA in laymans terms, is a casualty classification used by the United Nations Space Command that denotes the death of a serviceman during or after a combat mission or situation.

Due to the need to increase morale in the United Nations Space Command, the Office of Naval Intelligence issued a directive requiring that SPARTAN-II and SPARTAN-III casualties be listed as Missing In Action or Wounded in Action, to create the illusion that such personnel was invincible. The SPARTAN-IIs would put a fallen member's status as MIA or WIA on their team's rosters.^[1]

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Halo: First Strike, page 249

See alsoEdit

• Missing In Action (MIA)
• Wounded In Action (WIA)

External linksEdit

• Wikipedia's article on "Killed In Action"