In 2526, the Insurrectionists believe that the people of one planet owe nothing to the people of another planet or even Earth—a philosophy which is violently contested by the UNSC. General Black, the leader of Corbulo Academy of Military Science, makes sure his students understand why.

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is a live-action digital series that takes you back to the beginning of the human and Covenant war and leading into the events of Halo 4. It will unfold through a series of five episodes, and will be initially distributed worldwide by Machinima, debuting on its new channel, Machinima Prime, as well as here on Halo Waypoint, on Oct. 5, 2012.

-By the way, the officer is wearing REAL LIFE medals. How do I know? I earned some of those while in the U.S.Navy.

Here are some that I can readily identify:

Liberation of Kuwait
National Defense
World War II Occupation (no, I didn’t receive this one, I’m not that old…)

For those that may be wondering, here are the medals I received while in the U.S. Navy (these are a little faded/worn from age):

They are (going from top to bottom, left to right)

Top: Navy unit Commedation
2nd row: Meritorious Unit Commendation (star denotes second award); Good Conduct; National Defense
3rd row:  Southwest Asia Service (each star denotes another award of it-so I got this 3 times); Humanitarian Service; Sea Service
Bottom Row: Overseas Service; Coast Guard Special Operations Service (for an Op in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Saudi Arabian Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait

My “Liberation of Kuwait” medal looks different than the one in the video as it is actually a Saudi Arabian medal given for the Liberation of Kuwait.

-Sal