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The 101st Shock Troops Battalion, colloquially known as the "101st Shock", was an ODST special warfare battalion of the UNSC Marine Orbital Incursion Group (MARORBGRU), UNSC Special Operations Command (UNSCSOCOM). The battalion was a distinguished unit with a valiant history, conducting hundreds of special operations and fleet-support actions during the Human-Covenant War and the Insurrection that had preceded it.

It was commissioned in 2521 and its current commander is Colonel Matthew "Maddog" McDonnell.

Battle of Manheim
The 101st was stationed aboard the Leonidas-class battleship UNSC Myrmidon, which participated in the protracted Battle of Manheim. The UNSC Myrmidon was the the only UNSC vessel to survive the withering contact with Covenant naval forces, and a number of its naval crew, including Sylvie Grey, and the Marine special forces of the 101st Shock, managed to evade Covenant capture and hosted a spirited resistance movement on Manheim's surface, provoking the Covenant occupation force. The arrival of SPARTAN-091 bolstered the UNSC resistance, which had been previously led by the ODSTs of the 101st. Soon, however, this resistance became unnecessary; the Great Schism and the Battle of High Charity led to the rebellion of the Sangheili-led Covenant Separatists against the Covenant Loyalists. Separatist forces on Manheim, led by visionary Sesta 'Laramee, offered a truce with the UNSC guerillas and a chance for Elites and humans to walk side by side to burn down the Brutes. The exhausted crew of the Myrmidon, outnumbered and overwhelmed by their unconventional warfare, gladly accepted. The surviving 101st contingent, led by SSgt. Miles Jaeger, assisted SPARTAN-091 and the Separatists in a lengthy search-and-destroy mission to wipe out all traces of the Loyalists in the Manheim Theater of Operations. The bravery of the ODSTs in their struggle to wipe out the Brutes convinced many Elites of the fineness of the Human race. The ODSTs were joined by their counterparts, commandos from the Sangheili special forces, and the two were the principal forces responsible for the Loyalist defeat on Manheim. Some of the ODSTs, including Jaeger, managed to survive the battle. However, the ODST detachment had suffered substantial losses; first, in the crash-landing of the Myrmidon, then in the rigorous and bloody guerilla warfare to follow, and finally in the final frontal assault on Loyalist forces. Jaeger would be chosen by SPARTAN-091 to become the new ODST platoon commander, and would receive a field commission to the brevet rank 2nd Lieutenant (O-1).

Second Battle of Earth
The new UNSC / Separatist alliance forged over Manheim held fast in strong bonds of fellowship, and the Elite battle group, after learning of the Siege of Earth, commenced the long Slipspace journey to Earth, arriving there right before the dispatching of the Shadow of Intent / UNSC Forward Unto Dawn task force to the Ark. When the ODSTs of the 101st ODST learned of the tragic UNSCSOCOM casualties at the Battle of Cambridge at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lieutenant Jaeger and SPARTAN-091, despite their exhaustion after months of terrible warfare, immediately volunteered to commence a search-and-rescue (SAR) mission to rescue their UNSCSOCOM comrades. The extraction team came under heavy fire, but managed to exfiltrate the NAVSPECWAR Six operators of Flurry Troop, the Marine Recon operators of Delta Troop, and a large civilian convoy, rescuing comrade and civilian alike from the war-devastated city. They were, however, unable to rescue Ranger 38/6 C, a Ranger Corps company that had sacrificed themselves to ensure the success of the extraction.

When the Sangheili special forces learned from one of the Flurry Troop survivors that two NAVSPECWAR snipers, CMDR Kawika Son and PO1 Katrina Woodbury, had stayed behind to hold off the Brutes while the rest of their platoon was rescued, Sesta 'Laramee took it upon himself to lead a small Sangheili special operations detachment into Cambridge, a second desperate search-and-rescue for the two UNSC special warfare operators. It was be too late for Woodbury by the time they arrived, who was be overrun, captured, mutilated, and decapitated, but 'Laramee's men managed to save Son, who had been grievously wounded but was still alive.

Shortly after the successful extraction of Flurry and Delta Troops and the civilians, Fleet Admiral Hood diverted SPARTAN-091 and Jaeger's ODST platoon to the Chicago Industrial Zone, where other 101st Battalion forces were fighting and surgically "burning out" entrenched Brute positions in the thick urban cityscape. There they distinguished themselves further, although the incursion of heavy losses forced them to eventually hold position. They were relieved of their post when the rest of the Sangheili fleet arrived at Earth and drove the Brutes off, and placed on humanitarian duty.

Organization
The "Screaming Eagles'" order of organization follows standard SpecOps format, with three "short" companies of three platoons each.

Chain of Command (As Of 2570)

 * Battalion Commander: LTCOL. Matthew McDonnell
 * Battalion XO: MAJ. Benjamin Compton
 * Battalion S1: CAPT. Gerald Ryder
 * Battalion S2: CAPT. Erica Hargrave
 * Battalion S3: CAPT. Frederick Otto
 * Battalion S4: CAPT. Khaled Al-Tahari
 * Battalion S5: 1LT. Juba Wassatendu
 * Battalion Command NCO: SGTMAJ. Tsai Chung

Behind the Scenes

 * The 101st Shock Troops Battalion was named after the renowned real-world U.S. 101st Airborne Division.