#HALO REACH ARMY TROOPER SERIES#

UNSC Scorpion tanks engage Merg Vol's Covenant faction during the Battle of Draetheus V. Post-Covenant war conflicts Main article: Post-Covenant War conflicts Д¬uriously, the Army was the only military branch in the UNSC not invited to the Hillside memorial ceremony at the end of the Human-Covenant War. Later, during the Battle of Mare Erythraeum on Mars, Colonel James Ackerson led Army personnel against Covenant forces led by the Jiralhanae commander Lepidus. Дuring the Battle of Earth on October 20, 2552, an Army convoy was sent to New Mombasa to aid the Marines and civilians stationed there the unit was destroyed in the attempt. Д¬ontemporary with the Fall of Reach, Army forces participated in the Battle of Tribute and the Battle of New Jerusalem. Most of the convoys on the way to the evacuation zone were destroyed by the Covenant. There, they engaged in a large-scale battle against the Covenant, who had arrived on Reach in force and had begun glassing the area. On August 29 and 30, the few Army personnel remaining on the Eposz continent attempted to rally at the area's ship-breaking facilities, which served as the only evacuation area left on the continent. With the assistance of SPARTAN-B312, they were able to evacuate most of the civilians and military personnel from the city, though some stragglers remained. By August 23, Army forces had attempted to break the Covenant's siege of New Alexandria for some time. Shortly after, a much larger Covenant fleet arrived at Reach. Two days later, UNSC Army pilots joined Noble Six in Operation: UPPER CUT, flying YSS-1000 Sabre fighters to help disable and board the Ardent Prayer.

#HALO REACH ARMY TROOPER SERIES#

Part of this force was used to eliminate a series of Covenant teleportation spires during the Battle at Szurdok Ridge. On August 12, three Army brigades served as part of a large joint UNSC force during the battle for the Viery Territory. Following these early engagements, Army personnel continued to combat the Covenant's advance invasion force for several weeks. On July 26, Army troopers stationed near the Office of Naval Intelligence's Sword Base, with crucial assistance from SPARTAN Noble Team, defended against Covenant attackers. Trooper fireteams dispatched by Colonel Urban Holland initiated first contact with the Covenant at the UNSC communications relay at VisegrГЎd on the night of July 23. Д«etween July 23 and August 30, 2552, thousands of Army personnel defended the fortess world Reach during the Covenant's invasion of the planet. On April 22, 2552, UNSC Army personnel supported SPARTAN Noble Team in Battle of Fumirole against Covenant forces. Though these attacks succeeded, the 53rd was ultimately annihilated and Actium was subsequently glassed. At the end of the campaign, 12,000 soldiers of the 53rd took part in a massive assault on a trio of Covenant staging grounds. In May 2545, the Army's 53rd Armored Division, commanded by Colonel Akono Menteith, defended the human colony of Actium during the Covenant's invasion of the planet. History Human-Covenant war Main article: Human-Covenant warДЄrmy forces mounted an unsuccessful defense of the planet Alluvion during the Covenant's invasion in late 2542, ending when the Covenant glassed the planet.

Unlike the Marine Corps, which is typically deployed in expeditionary operations across the galaxy in conjunction with the UNSC Navy, the Army is primarily implemented in ground combat operations and garrison duties, serving as a major part of the UNSC Defense Force alongside the UNSC Air Force. The UNSC Army is a branch of the UNSC Armed Forces, and is primarily responsible for land-based military operations under the direction of the Unified Ground Command alongside the UNSC Marine Corps and other land-based forces. Army forces charging the Covenant during the Battle at Szurdok Ridge

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