Spartan Operations

While technically the Spartan Branch, officially Spartan Operations, does not utilize a rank hierarchy it is abundantly clear that titles exist within Spartan Ops that garner greater authority and responsibilities over and towards fellow Spartans and outside officials from various other branches of the UNSC. Based on the level of authority and responsibilities endowed a Spartans pay adjust accordingly as a compensatory measure. This pay scale is influenced by whether the Spartan was recruited with no prior service, prior enlisted service, or prior commissioned officer service. In conjunction with titles, Spartans are also given a Spartan 'Rank' designation based on an alphanumeric number ranging from SR1 through SR130.

Titles
Titles held by Spartan Operations equate to authority earned through experience and review by peers and superiors which go towards the requisition of armor permutations, applicability for certain commands, and leadership opportunities.

Spartan
The title of Spartan is the initial title given to members of Spartan Operations, it is applicable from SR1-130 and will always preface any additional title add on as it is the base value title given to all Spartans of Spartan Operations.

I.E. Spartan Chandler

Spartan Specialist
Specialist is a title add-on achieved at SR-50, at this point the Spartan has a in depth understanding of their specific combat focus. There are eight recognized specializations for a spartan to choose from once reaching SR50. A spartan is able to transfer between specializations with the permission of anyone above them in their respective detachment.

Specializations
I.E. Spartan Specialist Chandler
 * Engineer (EN)
 * Operator (OP)
 * Pathfinder (PT)
 * Pioneer (PR)
 * Rogue (RG)
 * Stalker (SK)
 * Tracker (TK)
 * Wetwork (WK)

Spartan Fireteam Leader
After demonstrating competency in specializations a Spartan Specialist will reach SR-80 and be qualified to request or be appointed as a leader for a Spartan Fireteam. At this point the Spartan will gain considerable authority and responsibilities as he must manage and coordinate the effectiveness of a team which ultimately will reflect its leadership. Spartan Fireteam Leaders often directly oversee 3-10 other Spartans depending on the fireteam and its strategic mission.

I.E. Spartan Fireteam Leader Chandler

Spartan Commander
Most notably Sarah Palmer and Edward Buck are Spartan Commanders, they oversee entire Spartan detachments whom are stationed in a given space such as the UNSC Infinity or UNSC Meriwether Lewis. Spartan Commanders are not necessarily restricted in the number of fireteams and Spartans under their command and can range from two fireteams, to over five hundred Spartan forces. These Spartans garner a great deal of respect and authority while being held to a greater standard and having to employ macro-strategic planning to accomplish military campaigns and administratively manage potentially thousands of Spartans careers.