Ethereal Squad / Echo Squad

Ethereal Squad / Echo-8 was a specialized team within the UNSC Marines Orbital Drop Shock Troopers under the command of Staff Sergeant Chandler. Over the course of the Human-Covenant War Ethereal Squad become well known within brass as a team capable of getting the job done against all odds. Often compared to Spartan III's in the regimented training and cohesiveness of their unit Ethereal Squad was similarly pitted against multiple  'suicide missions'.