United Nations Space Command Army | Halo

No other force in no other time has ever been asked to give so much, and given it so readily. For thirty years the UNSC Army fought the battles where the results were inevitable, but surrender unthinkable.
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[@zephyrback5093]

I wish the Army had more exposure in Halo, the Marines get all the glory in the games outside of Halo Reach.

[@vnerd3026]

Army is basically pdfs, the unsc marines take the strategic long view in any war. Modern planetary planning and paradigms don't apply to space.

[@Notlordstark]

It does make sense, though. In contrast to modern warfare in the real world, the navy will always be the vanguard in any war in space. The marines therefore will always be on the frontlines, fighting the decisive battles. The army ultimately will be relegated to more of a defense force.

[@dweaver8837]

@@vnerd3026 "grr no Logistics and strategy must be applied to fictional space war!!" -Templin Institute

[@freedomloverusa3030]

@@Notlordstarkeven today, the Navy and the Marines, are the most important branches, and I say this as Army myself.

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

@@freedomloverusa3030 And I say that the Marines and Navy could easily be overrun and outnumbered if not for the Army. As an army guy myself, I know that each branch relies on one another and would fail without the other's support.

[@thedeam0n749]

Who doesn't love recognition for the regular mudfoot in the trenches?

[@michaelhaykal6548]

HOOAHH!

[@1650th]

Probably the chair force

[@inkedseahear]

@@1650th The UNSC Air Force is probably buddies with the Army consider the two are more closely linked in UNICOM than Navy/Marines in NAVCOM

[@angelobrewster6293]

The UNSC army is very unrated people always talk about the UNSC marines. I loved how all the Army troopers/infantry looked in Halo Reach.

[@myduckisonqauck7227]

Same I was always trying to save those guys, and get them to the next battle for a cool engagement

[@moderndavinci6599]

I wish the Halo games would tell a story from the perspective of someone other than John Halo the Master Chef

[@slitherthewizardofwither6959]

@@moderndavinci6599 lol

[@shadewolf0075]

​@@moderndavinci6599 fans will eventually start complaining about the new heroes taking time away from chief as happen with the arbiter and spartan Locke

[@batterysurf]

@@moderndavinci6599 Jimmy Rings

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

It was noted, that the Covenant usually had space and air superority due to the technological advantage. Once they hit the ground however, the Covenant would suffer casualties to fierce resistance to UNSC soldiers. Enough so that the Elites would begin to question the actions of the Prophets and indeed began to respect human soldiers that fought back so aggressively. Of course human resistance resulted in the end of whole worlds being glassed if they couldn't be conquered. I can only imagine this was usually because they encountered UNSC Army already on the ground. .

[@MatthewSmith-sz1yq]

It's definitely a neat part of the lore, yeah ground battles were generally 50/50 (covenant had some slight advantages), but the UNSC "won" many ground battles. The problem was that the covenant had an insane advantage in space. Their slipspace drives were more accurate, and their ships faster, meaning they could just fly in circles around the UNSC. Once in combat, their shields rendered them nearly unkillable. When planning space battles, the UNSC basically assumed they were going to lose unless they outnumbered the covenant 10-1, pretty much.

[@gamerdude1246]

Very rarely did Elites ever question the Prophets for not including humanity in the Covenant, considering that humans were declared heretics and enemies of the Great Journey early on in the war.

[@johnusas2870]

​@@gamerdude1246at the start yes but as the war dragged on more elites questioned why Humanity wasn't included into the Covenant. They saw many humans give their lives to hold back the Covenant to buy time for the civilians and their comrades to flee knowing they would die in the process. The geun rebellion, the taming of the hunters, the war beti the elites and the profits all was forgiven so why not the humans. Not all not most but some elites questioned the orders and even recognized the humans a honourable a feat not often given to other species by the elites.

[@blueanonymousguy224]

​@@gamerdude1246 untrue.

[@TheNativeEngine]

That scenario sounds very familiar.

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

The UNSC Army made up the bulk of KIAs on any USNC death roster. While the Spartans were saving humanity and the Marines provided them backup, the UNSC Army was on the ground dying in droves just to buy them just a few more minutes.

[@3lectric220]

Yes but the Army still did inflict many casualties on the Covies before eventually being wiped out

[@oniichan4909]

The army suffered heavily however, almost all Spartan II & III's were KIA The whole doctrine with their use through the war was to delay the covenant as much as possible hence the III's were mass produced (for early Spartans anyways) and essentially made into suicide squads thrown where needed. Edit: MIA* Spartans never die.

[@ZeWestern]

"no army? He didn't invite anyone from the army? Well that's just downright rude. Even by my standards" CICONI Admiral Margaret paranosky at the covenant-human war memorial service.

[@Kai-1138]

Even Colonel Holland would’ve been acceptable to invite! Then again he also didn’t invite Jun.

[@subcommanderxelios800]

If this is a UNSC recruitment ad in disguise, then I’m sold!

[@spookypepper6900]

Army and Air Force in Halo are super underrated. Especially considering that - on paper - the Army is the literal main ground force with way more soldiers than the Marines, and would be fighting on the vast majority of the ground battles in Halo. A lot more soldiers, they use a lot more armor. They have better drip, this is fact.

[@Cailus3542]

Bear in mind that by nature, the Army is much more static and defensive. They defend the worlds that they're stationed on. The Marines are much more mobile and flexible, used more often for offensive operations, and are thus often better trained. The Army is the shield. The Marines are the sword.

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

@@Cailus3542id say the army is more of the shield AND the shaft of a spear, while marines are the spearhead, being smaller but striking first, before being followed behind by the army

[@spookypepper6900]

@@Cailus3542 Kind of but not really. The Marines are the spearhead, not the entire spear nor sword. They carve out places for the Army to land. To say the Marines are better trained is disingenuous more than anything. Not to mention, at least during the Human Covenant War, it was a war of defense most of the time. To kick the aliens off of our worlds, the Marines showing up to help the Army often who was there first - both eventually getting overwhelmed most cases. Assuming that one, the Marines even make it to battle without the ship they are on getting one shotted by a Covenant ship, or two, if the Covenant even cared to land, often simply just overwhelming the Navy and glassing the planet from orbit with little opposing them. Also the last thing to remember is that all of this is a grey area and Halo lore can contradict itself often, especially when it comes to UNSC branches or units. It was made by writers and devs, not soldiers. A bit of a long reply which I probably could have made shorter but oh well, you get my point.

[@deebo9981]

@@Cailus3542 that is not true, not even remotely true.

[@johnconner4695]

@@Cailus3542Not even close. The Army is and will always be the main spear head of any planet.

[@inductivegrunt94]

It's a shame how underappreciated the UNSC army is, especially with how overshadowed it is by the Marines and Navy. The Army was really great in Reach, and the Troopers were so cool in that game. So I'm glad they could be covered here finally, they are my favorite branch of the overall UNSC military.

[@danielhaire6677]

And they have no known connections to certain ONI crimes against humanity.

[@malachi3749]

​@@danielhaire6677Just means they hide it better lol

[@danielhaire6677]

@@malachi3749 Well, it's logical. ONI is part of UNSC Navy.

[@thewhiteknightman]

​@@danielhaire6677Bruh, did you just try to "Clean Wehrmacht" the UNSC Army 😂

[@Grinch556]

@@danielhaire6677Spartan III program was UNSC army. They were tied to the army spec ops and ONI

[@chriswigmore5610]

"The results were inevitable, but surrender was unthinkable." Hot *damn*, that's a gut-punch of a sentence.

[@RAD1111able]

The fact that this video is 8 minutes long shows how little they appear in the lore.

[@whackingtadpole8972]

The UNSC Army and Air Force deserve more love

[@mikeshogunlee]

The navy is the air force... space travel makes everything confusing.

[@obiwankenobi4252]

@@mikeshogunleeno? The UNSC has a navy as the space branch, and an air force to fight in atmosphere

[@Hel1mutt]

Foehammer lives on in our hearts!

[@GingerMan69420]

@@mikeshogunlee did you not watch the video?

[@whackingtadpole8972]

@@mikeshogunlee the UNSC does have a separate air force, but why it isnt just a part of UNSC Army aviation like how the wet navy is part of the army is beyond me.

[@austinguthrie5528]

CoD Infinite Warfare's campaign was pretty much the Interstellar War. Even the good guy's dropship was a proto pelican mixed with an osprey. An underatted campaign, but it gives an idea of how humanity's first Interstellar conflict goes.

[@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7]

I dont want to sound contentious, but CoD Infinite Warfare was practically ripped off from Halo's early human war Lore, where Insurrection also happens on Mars. The Insurrectionists are depicted as mindlessly evil and Big Brother UNSC curbstomps em. Hell, the Globalist Army is literally named the "UNSA" in CoD.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

@@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7 It's probably the best campaign CoD ever did, so ripping off HALO was apparently the best choice. -_-

[@austinguthrie5528]

@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7 oh 100%! But as rip offs go. It's a good one. Besides from the story. SDF are the dumbest bad guys. And the UN are even dumber. Who masses their entire fleet in atmosphere over one city. Which the last season of Picard did the exact same thing.

[@mikemcghin5394]

A hashtagged mix of gear from state of art infantry weapons to weapons dating from World War II is how bad it got for the UNSA

[@ZSTE]

@@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7like Red Faction and several other stories? Lol

[@tylers1651]

Very cool you covered the Army, they rarely get mentioned, even in the book lore. Think about it, when the Covenant arrives, the UNSC Navy and Marines could escape once the battle was lost but the Army is basically screwed as they don't have a real way of escaping. The Army was sacrificed on each world to the Covenant wrath, basically abandoned by the other branches (Not intentionally, just reality with fighting the Covenant). Whatever world a Trooper is on would be their tomb with no escape.

[@inkedseahear]

The fact so many images used here featuring Marines shows just how under appreciated the Army is in and out of universe

[@paradox7358]

"Dear Humanity, we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

OOH-RAH

[@PrograError]

ain't those guys technically a marine regiment?

[@Notlordstark]

- a marine

[@gaussman1855]

OOH-RAH!

[@ICU1337]

@@PrograError not technically... They are which makes this quote very perplexing, given that this is supposed to be the UNSC Army vid. Hooah!

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

Cool, more Halo stuff. Yeah, the UNSC Army gets so little credit for its role in the Covenant War.

[@robotwithnoname7677]

hell not even a damn plank, they never receive a single credit.

[@inkedseahear]

Lord Hood: Lol I'm just going to invite the Army for the post-war memorial event

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

The Templin Institute: "I know what the ladies like."

[@geemanamatin8383]

Ahhhh the UNSC army... Cause while the marines can hitch a ride when things go bad, the army can only dig there trenches, fight in em, and die in em. If only to buy time for others to escape the inevitable.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Well technically any Army personnel being told to evac wherever possible. The Navy would happily take them aboard, we see it in Reach.

[@huntermad5668]

"whenever possible"!!! Most of the time, The naval task force above was smashed already ...

[@suspicioususer]

Its like the WW2 Pacific theater. Marines get a lot of credit even though the Army put in a lot of the work

[@cavtastic5523]

The UNSC Army are the unsung heroes of the Halo Franchise, the defenders of Earth's Colonies

[@SephirothRyu]

Even when the surface of Reach itself melted, the will of the UNSCA didn't.

[@richardcostello360]

Sounds like a variation of "Cadia needs no chair, because the Cadians are still standing!"

[@armycowboy4313]

Glad to see UNSC Army getting some love.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever top the feeling of Halo 3's release. The hype, the news reports and articles, the gaming mags with their build-up. It just left such an incredible experience of hype that made the game so much more awesome when it finally released.

[@beskar66]

Halo 3 is hands down on of the greatest video games and stories every crafted by the hands of humans

[@tomastomasi975]

Hopefully, post-war, the normal infantry got an armour/shield upgrade. Always felt they got the shaft when it came to protection. Lugging around all that weight, and they'd be lucky if it actually stopped a shot from a plasma pistol.

[@somethingmoredecent]

Well keep in mind that we're talking millions of individual units here, so the most cost-effective vs. combat-effective balance is what really dictates protection standards at that scale. If they have Covenant tech they could probably reverse engineer and manufacture at that demand level. Would be cool to see in-game tbh it always breaks my heart when they fight alongside you just to die randomly

[@tomastomasi975]

@fuckmewithaspoonable Shit always comes down to cost. But basic hydrogen fuel cell powered shields should be within their tech and resourse base. Doubt 343 will ever make it happen, though. It would take away from the Spartans.

[@CEOofAutism]

@@somethingmoredecentliterally every single elite has one and they have the means to make them I’m surprised the unsc hasn’t tried to acquire them post war

[@blueguy2128]

​@@tomastomasi975that'd be stupid, it's already bad enough that after NEAR ANNIHILATION humanity recovered so quickly generating thousands of Spartans when a single suit of Mjolnir cost as much as a warship even near the wars end and went from ships that would be GUTTED by a single plasma torpedo to ridiculous over the top ships that could somehow survive a fucking glassing beams in 4 fucking years. 343 is full of dip shits. Humanity should be absolutely crippled, they only have like 2 or 3 dozen planets left out of 800+ AT MOST. So where the actual fuck are they getting tech and resources from? Even with forerunner tech that's not how science works, the forerunners were HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of years ahead of even the covenant. They shouldn't have fuckin dick right now. I truly DESPISE 343 for turning Halo into a cartoon joke

[@pablopiano5673]

Truly some of the Finest man and Woman the unsc can offer

[@ravager2-636]

UNSC Army: Why don’t anybody talk about us.. We do Things.. SgtMaj: Avery Johnson: Nothing you do, involves “Get Tactical Marines”

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

*"For too many years, Humanity was the backfoot, reacting to threats rather than preventing them...rest of the galaxy was bigger than us, stronger than us. We were Mice, hiding in the shadows, hoping the Giants would not see us. No more. Humanity is no longer on the defense. We are the Giants now."* -UNSC Capitan Lasky, before the Created Uprising and Banished/Endless Resurgence.

[@clanceysmith2513]

The UNSC is my favorite SCI-FI military. Great Video!

[@Hurdle11C]

I was brainstorming a story about a decade ago focusing on the Army Spartan program with the first commander being a SIII pulled from Gamma . The program would've been more in line with the classic SF ally building and guerilla warfare kind of mission focus but with Spartans on rebel worlds.

[@inkedseahear]

Might be hard when you're a top-secret weapons project from drafted orphans that emphasize on squad tactics, but hey, a definitely a new idea that the Halo universe needs

[@lukemicky3744]

sound like a "Green Beret" they focus on the exact thing you just said. Or i guess in your cause a Spartans who is a Green Beret would be more in line with what your saying

[@daverage4729]

Nice to see the guys and girls of the UNSC Army finally get some recognition. Interesting to see how they're recruited into the Spartans along with the Navy & Marines.

[@HeaanLasai]

Combined arms? Yeah, that was cutting edge during ww1. Today it's so ubiquitous you never actually say it out loud. That'd be like specifying that the car you drive has a SEAT BELT!!

[@strikeone7803]

For every one Marine who made it to orbit when a planet was lost there were easily a thousand army soldiers left behind.... Either because of the lack of room on the departing ships...or because they were holding the line against the Covenant...buying civilians and othe UNSC personnel valuable time to escape...at the cost of their lives Humanity lost 800 worlds in the Great War againsy the Covenant...all with Army garrisons from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of millions. The UNSC Army branch suffered more casualties out of all the others when you factor this facts and its role...

[@robotwithnoname7677]

it also pretty much shows how badass the army truly are compare to the marines when you think about it, their the one with the Grizzly tanks and Colossus heavy mech.

[@inkedseahear]

I think that's a bit of a reach, but yeah, Army probably is the largest branch in terms of manpower But still, when the Covenant came, it's basically free-for-all for all branches. The Navy and Marines isn't just turn tail and bail, landed Marine forces probably suffer the same fate with the rest of the planet

[@TheRogueminator]

Holy crap, that is indeed some genocidal aliens, those Covenant.

[@shintaro797]

Bro thank you for doing a video on these guys. I swear the UNSC Army get damn near NO recognition for their efforts compared to the marines and Spartans 😂✊

[@18Krieger]

People do not realise what horrors the average soldier faced when fighting against the Covernant forces. The army troopers had quite often no previous contact with the Covernant species and had to stand their ground against species that would burn their brother and sisters in arms with superior technology or straight up ripped them apart in Melee. Even a Grunt is not that small as it appears compared to a Spartan and a single shot from a Plasmapistol can kill a soldier. Alot of respect for the soldiers of teh army.

[@thatlonewolfguy2878]

This guy is the best narrator on this channel by far, always inspires me the most, his voice just works with the artwork and everything else

[@be-noble3393]

Ah yes , the Imperial Guard of the Halo universe.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Right down to the War Crimes.

[@grafton5696]

​@@jakespacepiratee3740ONI

[@myduckisonqauck7227]

No the marines are the imperial guard. The army are the PDF.

[@nestorgamer9746]

​@@jakespacepiratee3740you can't commit war crimes on aliens, they aren't covered by the Bill of HUMAN Rights

[@richardcostello360]

​@@myduckisonqauck7227nah the Marines are the cadians

[@Andrew-nm8fu]

Love this breakdown of the UNSC army

[@tans117]

I just realized how unnoticeably crucial the insurrection was for what followed after. No rapid growth of military forces, no funds diverted to the Spartan projects.. You can imagine where I am going with this. In this one instance infighting gave them a small chance to survive an even greater threat. Will it always turn out like that though? I would imagine we would be spread thin and run out of resources.

[@MJS-lk2ej]

I think the greatest lesson to be learnt from Halo is the cost of forgetting how to conduct war, The covenant would have had a much harder time if the UNSC was as proficient as modern militaries, it's also something we are starting to see today, the western powers are having to relearn how to conduct war after being at peace for so long.

[@themastermason1]

I can imagine that the culture of the UNSC Army is similar to that of the US National Guard and Army reserves. While motivated it does see a lot of people join to be a part of the military but aren't keen on front line fighting.

[@sam8742]

given the innies it's still more a peace keeper force as soon as you leave the more pro earth colonies I imagine you'd deploy to other planets as part of your tenure

[@Dunn1216]

Nah, if anything it's even more intense fighting. Marines get the love in the games but in the lore, the Covenant usually don't even put troops on the ground. They only do so when looking for Forerunner relics. Whenever they do, Army makes first contact. It's also not uncommon for planets to be lost before Marines can even get to battle.

[@yorecf9641]

Not all Army units were stationed on a planet. The Infinity had an Army detachment that aided in the search and securement of Halo arrays, for example. Also, keep in mind that Army units are the ones that are most likely to deal with Insurrectionists before, during and after the Human-Covenant War, so anyone who still signed up likely knew they’d be seeing combat sooner or later.

[@themastermason1]

@@yorecf9641 That also depends on what type of unit you get assigned to. A support logistics unit may or may not get assigned somewhere with action. They may be on the same planet but aren't meant to be combantants. On top of that, someone might want to be assigned to a system with innie activity since the alternative is genocidal alien zealots with plasma guns.

[@yorecf9641]

@@themastermason1 support still has to go with the ground pounders. Bullets don’t fly without supply. When I was in Afghanistan, we had our NBC and commo NCOs kit up and go outside the wire while our supply NCO made regular trips off base to pick up said supplies. Also, you’re in the military; you get told where you’re going. You may WANT to stay in the inner colonies, but brass can say, “Screw you; you’re going to Fumirole.”

[@Butter_Warrior99]

I’d be cool to see a world that just disregards the cloning ban and just has a clone army for the hell of it.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

"gOoD solDieRS fOlLoW orDErs"

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@@hellacoorinna9995, That and Krieg.

[@DoctorProph3t]

Clone uprisings are more likely and more devastating, if they get their hands on the clone machines they’ll be unstoppable. Is all that really worth just not using volunteers?

[@CommissarChaotic]

Begun the Clone Wars has... wait... i think i know why i like the DKOK now

[@ICU1337]

@@DoctorProph3t genetic manipulation to have a short life span and compliance. Thats not difficult plus genetic manipulation for quicker maturity cycle thus giving you full grown and ready infantry in years, not decades. The problem with a war like with the Covenant becomes a war of attrition. Cant pull volunteers if everyone of use is dead. Honestly Star Wars Republic utilized clones perfectly.

[@kidz4p509]

Heroes never die.

[@slice1419]

Yeah sounds about right even now. Marines are the the big princess of from what Ive seen all nations. Army is just pushed aside. Look at any place that sells veteran stuff. 99% of it is Marines, Navy, and airforce. As a Army Vet its a little annoying that my Branch doesnt get the recognition we all deserve

[@deebo9981]

What is hysterical to me is the “better trained” misconception. Like, that is not even within swinging distance of reality. I love my Marines, they’re wonderful. But I can outlift and run circles around almost all of the Marines I’ve met.

[@m1a1abramstank49]

My surplus store has mostly sold army stuff, Marine stuff is a bit rarer especially historical pieces

[@johntaylor4513]

​@@deebo9981female pogs don't count lol

[@deebo9981]

@@johntaylor4513 nope. Multiple Veteran Marines and some Active. All dudes.

[@vnerd3026]

Oh baby. The morally ambiguous but nominally democratic unsc is fun.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Until the Halo Show made them out to be as brutal as the Imperium of Man.

[@Hot_dog_man9]

​@@jakespacepiratee3740I pretend that show doesn't exist.

[@Ghost-gp6ct]

That's pretty much all democratic nation in the world anyway. So it's not far from reality.

[@evanblack20]

“The results inevitable but retreat unthinkable” goes hard

[@agniteyt]

If there's one thing I always wanted to join as a kid was the UNSC Army... The Marine Corps. is cool ragged warriors and all but the Army is like the Professionals and mightiest of them all that has everything compared to the corps.

[@vnerd3026]

Hoo-ah marine

[@boobah5643]

The marines have one thing the army often doesn't: a ride.

[@Bread-nx9fo]

ODSTS and the Military police looked so cool in halo 3.

[@robertlinke2666]

why do i see parallels between this and the astra militarum from 40k

[@deanlawson6880]

Great video on the UNSC Army! Nicely Done - Thanks for this!

[@Neoth40k]

The UNSC army has one of the best visuals in SiFi, too bad it didn't do much against the Covenant

[@jack727dave5]

On planet side the UNSC was the convent’s equal or close to it. The navy got smoked however.

[@amaplicab12345678912]

When you're fighting a technologically and numerically superior force, there's little to be done but die. They still held their own against the covenant though, and that was no small feat.

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

@@uss_prominence-1they put up very stiff resistance on the ground, just kinda a moot point when the covenant will just turn the glass beam on you when they get tired of fighting

[@sPACEmANtYLERSPACE]

@@uss_prominence-1 The more warrior-like races like the Elites preferred fighting when they could, its why they started questioning why the Humans weren't allowed to simply join the covenant, instead of eradicated, because humans were really good fighters and did not give up. which eventually led to the great scism and Elite alliance with the humans.

[@Powerhaus88]

@@uss_prominence-1 Your knowledge of UNSC lore is pathetic. The UNSC is so fucking awesome, that in a war against a technologically, and way way numerically superior force it couldn't be defeated in an almost THREE DECADE long war. The naval disparity was only 3 to 1, but the groundside disparity was almost 50/50, pound for pound, same number of troops and vehicles in a battle, the UNSC curbstomps 9/10, problem was, ground forces were always heavily outnumbered, and even then the Army and by extension Marines kicked so much ass that Covie ground forces a lot of the times just ran to their navy for help.

[@kas1680]

I just wanted to randomly pop out and say that I adore your intro. It's just so freaking good

[@gabrielcanejo187]

Reason they appear to barely exist in Halo is that since they are the grounded and more permanent Planetary Defense force they always get slaughtered by Covenent Invasions and Glassing even more then the Marines and unlike them they aren't mobile and attached to the Navy and it's Space Ships.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Least they have big f*ck you ground stationary MAC cannons to go out with a blaze of glory. 😂

[@jamieoconnor1916]

Great work sir as always 👏 😊I love these lore essays, I would love to see a halo game pre covenant and UEG 😊

[@ArmouredProductions]

Finally something on the UNSC Army and not the Spartans, Marines, and ODSTs.

[@Xyt_EliteMajor]

Wort wort wort

[@sheldon-cooper]

Wort wort wort

[@dominator1914]

Wort wort wort

[@jaredrojo2201]

Ahhh, lohbaba!

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

Momamzi?

[@scroobboi2254]

wort wort wort

[@BullsMahunny]

You know I wouldn't mind a Halo game where you're not a Spartan but a regular soldier in the UNSC Army. I know we had ODST, which was a fantastic game, but the ODST are considered one step below Spartans so they're still kinda sorta super human in their own way.

[@TheRogueminator]

HALO 3: ODST was a cool game too

[@BigHeadClan]

Absolute poetry well done Templin.

[@tystringfellow7912]

Finally, someone actually did an UNSC army video. You my friend are a scholar and saint

[@jjr5247]

Thanks for the video, hopefully in the future we will get to see more in depth lore with the UNSC air force, marine corps, wet fleet martime operations of the navy and office of naval intelligence.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

Just yesterday I learned my Arma III milsim unit is going to change from US Army Rangers to UNSC Army, so this upload timing is perfect!

[@squadie1]

What a perfect video to watch while working on my halo 3 marine costume

[@christophertryhorn784]

My favourite thing about the Halo universe is that humanity fought with everything it had we were at a technological disadvantage it would take 5 of our ships to destroy one of theirs, they wiped all human life where ever they found it, glassing worlds some to the point of once planets teeming with life are now uninhabitable a crime in itself. And yet humanity held the line no matter the cost, because going out with a whisper isn’t what our species will do

[@beskar66]

Amazing content as usual love Halo content halo was the game I really grew up with an no matter what I will always love the game

[@PackHunter117]

343 recently did a short story based on Noble Team before Reach and the army is heavily featured and they beat off the Covenant from destroying Concord. Both the Army and Airforce are featured heavily in the short story.

[@redaug4212]

It seems like the Halo writers fell into the midwit misconception that "Marines = Offense, Army = Defense". Realistically, relegating the majority of your armed forces to garrison duty is a recipe for strategic failure. Not a single major war in Human history has seen a nation's military confine its army, the main ground force, at home because of some arbitrary rule that only "marines" are allowed to step foot on naval vessels. Perhaps the UNSC Navy didn't have the shipping capacity during the Human Covenant War to conduct operations large enough to necessitate Army forces (post-Halo 3 lore has no excuse though), but even then, as gargantuan as the UNSC is, the Army could theoretically just finance a fleet of their own.

[@MirejeLenoir4670]

I totally agree. Thus, the army should be in posession of most of the heavy weaponnery that could drive out a convenant ground invasion force since it makes more sense to leave it on the planet than drop everything from orbit. It would make sense to see the army using heavy artillery and other powerful weapons on the ground with the help of the marines whenever a soft belly is shown OR to secure the marines' LZ. I would even say that if the marines were to arrive too late they should not even land...

[@ryanfernandes4255]

Can you make a video on space suit in sci fi in the future?

[@ZSTE]

The UNSC Army would be a lot more remembered if the Navy could actually do their job.

[@kylecummins6480]

The UNSC navy did surprisingly well considering how much of a disadvantage they were at. In the beginning it was a bunch of smaller scale naval battles, but toward the end the UNSC was forced to go for broke and use large scale fleet battles and roll of the dice special operations to wipe out half of the covenant’s navy by the end. Then again it also didn’t help the covvies that atriox was wrecking them from behind their lines, so there’s that too.

[@falsealias2046]

I’m glad the UNSC Army finally getting some recognition. I can only hope that the Air Force gets a video.

[@bluenight104]

Alongside the navy the army had to have suffered the worst in the war.

[@Akapaco2]

The army probably suffered worse. The surviving Naval ships could at least retreat from a losing battle, but the army was trapped on the planet. If they were lucky, they might be able to catch a ride on a marine transport before a planet was glassed.

[@johanalitalo8331]

Awesome. Now we Need one of unsc marine corp and the air force.

[@OutcastsRedeemer]

UNSC Navy and Marines: *Escape a planet's glassing* UNSC Army and Air Force: *Snarls in nuclear winter*

[@Archangelm127]

In war, there are two types of personnel: the infantry, and the people who support the infantry.

[@Alberto-Anarquia]

Great video u made. I wish they made Halo games that involve Soldiers and Marines trying to survive a long losing war while trying to save many people as they could despite the massive loss of life. That would get a lot of attention.

[@vivalaREVolucion93]

I'm imagining a Halo ODST meets Reach combination. You have less health and no shields and are physically smaller than Spartans just like the ODSTs, while fighting a hopeless losing war against the covenant or forerunners like Reach. You'd constantly have limited ammo and need to scavenge weapons. Instead of going guns blazing like Master Chief against a whole army, you'd have to do coordinated guerilla attacks with other UNSC soldier/marine allies

[@kirk7528]

Great video as always. Didn't know about the UNSC Rangers

[@lukemicky3744]

but it makes since though. I would not be suprise to find navy seal UNSC either and in my opinion Rangers generally are better than marines just sayin.

[@Fyrd_Productions]

The Fame goes to the navy, the Marines, the ODST and ofc the Spartans. But the Infantry and Airforce and Tankers are the ones who go through the thick of it on every planet and they never get any reward. lest we forget

[@squaretread9715]

I'd love to see and hear more about the UNSC's planetary based Navy, like that aircraft carrier in this video

[@korkronwarlord]

One of the coolest fictionary military organizations to have ever been created.

[@ChEILoZ]

Besides Spartans isn't the military just humans with almost modern day weaponry?

[@thomashsiai6250]

Another great video!

[@mingchoi8369]

(press F to salute the UNSC Army) I wish we could see more of the UNSC Army in Halo. Anyway, you should do the UNSC Air Force, UNSC Marines, and the Spartan Programs soon.

[@Mediados]

I am genuinely surprised you havn't done that already.

[@matro2]

One of the reason Reach is my favourite Halo is because of the presence of the Army.

[@markmulder9845]

Loved it. I find it sad that the Army, like the marines, is typically able to win on the ground at a heavy cost, but that instantly gets nullified when the navy gets clobber-fucked in orbit.

[@Nobody.exe50]

great video as always

[@TheRinzler2]

The UNSC has a wet navy?!

[@vegeta002]

Funny how, despite being the group who defended UEG colonies of the ground, the marines were still the only ground forces seen to actually defend colonies. Even when 343 took over, the anniversary versions never retconned in any Army troopers alongside the marines during the attack on Earth or when fleeing from Reach and the army troopers allegedly assigned to the UNSC Infinity sat on their thumbs the entire time while the marines _still_ did all the work defending planetary outposts and territory. Bungie had the excuse of them not existing until Reach (assuming they weren't in the _original_ print of "Halo: The Fall of Reach", their first appearance which predates Halo 2 by several years), but 343 has to be excluding them deliberately.

[@wildboar222]

Thanks for another good video, out of curiosity any plans to ever cover Battletech stuff?

[@MlRAAK]

This channel always does Halo and Fallout videos so so well. Not that the others aren't great too but these are a cut above!

[@sarven5974]

babe wake up new templin institute video

[@jaredorlov609]

God Damn that ending. Can you do a video on the UNSC Air Force? I think it would pair well.

[@honestjakegaming]

Great video!

[@ODST_Parker]

Can't imagine being a purely ground-based military branch in a war where your enemy can burn entire planets from space or low atmosphere. As Chief noted in the Fall of Reach novel, the UNSC could fight and win any battle on the ground under the best conditions (or with Spartans), but it wouldn't matter, because they'd inevitably retreat and the Navy couldn't win.

[@ferrumbellatorwarsmith3342]

Reach was the best in showing that the UNSC as the vast multi branch military it should be. The Army will always the trench slogging attritional fighting force. Never to attain the glory or budget of the Navy or Marines. Yet the Army and Air Force fight with skill and grit beyond the others by the regular trooper and pilot through to the Rangers and Airborne. For the fight on ground and air will forever determine the victor.

[@donmeisner4438]

Have you considered making a video about CTU from 24 hours. Amazing tv show back in the day

[@jeremy1860]

I've not really been up to date with Halo's story since 3. Are the Covenant still a problem? 🤔

[@Eyebrowguy420]

no its the banished who are the problem

[@DetectiveLance]

​@@Eyebrowguy420even though they shouldn't and are basically just fucking pirates

[@genericnameandgamertag7448]

So after halo 3 the covenant had multiple fracture groups jul mdamas covenant, a cult like group built off the religion but only ruled by elites, the swords of sanghelious a free and much more welcoming faction working heavily with the unsc and even tried to come to peace with the brutes, and the banished a mercenary organization established on the ark. In halo 4 Jul mdamas covenant attempted to assist the re awanked didact but ultimately failed partly because he was going insane and cortana was stopping him from using his ship in combat against the home fleet chief destroyed the ship with a havok nuke but at the cost of what we believed was cortanas life, turns out she lived the promethans basic ai or digitized essences started working for her or a fragment of her Jul mdamas covenant tried killing the arbiter before he gets assassinated by locke who was hunting down chief in halo 5 just really some random crap Cortana awakened some guardians shut down the galaxy, meanwhile the spirt of fire randomly appeared at the ark and started blowing banished things up which was really most of halo wars 2 to be honest. Halo infinite the infinity is destroyed in orbit above zeta halo chief starts destroying the entire banished chain of command in 1 day the endless are brought back and chief kills the harbinger same day she was released

[@FrostbiteDigital]

​@@DetectiveLanceThe Banished are awesome. Cope lol

[@jameslude3146]

Recommendation for build your battlegroup A Militia titan regiment: titanfall 2 An IMC occupation force(specialized in urban warfare. Most likely deployed to angle city): titanfall 2

[@rangerleaf1505]

Something I didn't here mentioned is the UNSC army does have there own spacebased navy as they do have too get there green berets (who still operate 500 years later behind enemy lines) and the rangers (first to the fight as always) around space they also have to get the Spartan III's around aswell. But its obviously not a priority for development

[@ethanlackey8048]

The Army had my favorite look in Reach

[@thesenate5770]

HALO VIDEO LETS GOOOO

[@f.b.i6841]

I liked the video, pity there are no subtitles