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The [[novels|novelization]] of ''[[The Expanse (novel)|The Expanse]]'' states that [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] was initially uncomfortable with the notion of military personnel serving aboard {{NX|Enterprise}} but reconciled himself to the idea, given that it seemed as if the MACOs would be beneficial to the search for the [[Xindi weapon]].
 
The [[novels|novelization]] of ''[[The Expanse (novel)|The Expanse]]'' states that [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] was initially uncomfortable with the notion of military personnel serving aboard {{NX|Enterprise}} but reconciled himself to the idea, given that it seemed as if the MACOs would be beneficial to the search for the [[Xindi weapon]].
   
In the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise - The Romulan War|Romulan War]]'' [[Pocket ENT]] [[novels|novel]] ''[[Beneath the Raptor's Wing]]'', the "O" in MACO stands for "organization" instead of "operations," making the MACOs' proper title Military Assault Command Organization.
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In the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise - The Romulan War|Romulan War]]'' [[Pocket ENT]] novel ''[[Beneath the Raptor's Wing]]'', the "O" in MACO stands for "organization" instead of "operations," making the MACOs' proper title Military Assault Command Organization.
   
 
According to the novel ''[[The Needs of the Many]]'', MACOs continued to exist into the [[25th century]].
 
According to the novel ''[[The Needs of the Many]]'', MACOs continued to exist into the [[25th century]].

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MACO patch on Enterprse

Military Assault Command Operations (commonly abbreviated as MACO) was a United Earth military organization in service on Earth during the 2150s, prior to the founding of the Federation. The MACOs (pronounced "MAY-ko") were not associated with the Starfleet. MACO weapons and technology were 3 years more advanced than those of Starfleet. (ENT: "Harbinger")

The military official that oversaw the MACOs was General Casey. (ENT: "The Expanse") MACO posts included Atlanta, Georgia and the Janus loop. Training posts included West Point in New York. (ENT: "The Xindi", "Hatchery", "The Council")

A detachment of troops commanded by Major J. Hayes was assigned to the Enterprise NX-01 for its mission into the Delphic Expanse in 2153. Admiral Maxwell Forrest was surprised that Captain Jonathan Archer had requested military officers aboard his ship. They saw their first action six weeks into the mission; in September, Hayes and a six-man team rescued Archer, Commander Tucker, and Kessick from the clutches of a trellium mining planet. (ENT: "The Expanse", "The Xindi")

Combat timeline

Maco insignia

2153 September

2153 October

2153 November

2153 December

2154 January

  • Assisting Captain Archer in a possible mutiny situation (ENT: "Hatchery")

2154 February

2154 May

2154 November

2154 December

2161 (October)

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Background information

Equipment and uniform

Their weapon seems very similar to an XM8 modular battle rifle in function and size, including the marksman variant seen in "The Expanse". The stun grenades are also very similar to "flashbang" grenades. The rifle in sniper mode also bears a strong resemblance to the Federation sniper rifle from the Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force video games, which preceded Enterprise.

Their Enterprise mission patch depicted a mako shark. ("Countdown" text commentary, ENT Season 3 DVD)

MACOs after 2161

There have been no references to any separate Earth military after the final MACO appearance in 2161. There has only been one explicit mention of a Human holding an army rank after this point in history, and the officer in question – Colonel West – was shown to be a member of Starfleet in 2293 wearing a vice admiral's rank (which would make him a lieutenant general in the army).

It seems possible that Earth's entire military structure was absorbed into the UFP Starfleet. However, it is equally as possible that MACOs continued as a separate organization from the Starfleet navy, and that Col. West held a dual commission in both organizations. The process of dissolving, absorbing, or continuing separate service organizations as a sovereign world joins the Federation is unclear; however it is known that at least one other Earth organization, UESPA, had continued as a separate agency, albeit one that was seemingly part of, or at least working closely with, the UFP Starfleet. The last known UESPA reference, on the NCC-1701-B dedication plaque (also in 2293), means it is at least possible a pre-Federation agency could survive well over a century later.

It is also possible that West had the rank of vice admiral and the "billet" (military job) of colonel. (In the British army, a general in charge of a regiment can be called the Colonel of the Regiment.) As for the continued existence of the MACOs as part of the UFP Starfleet, the British Cavalry is part of the British Army, but it still uses its older traditional names for the ranks.

The Starfleet uniform in 2287 had an unexplained dark blue division color worn by the ground forces assaulting Nimbus III. This division color, and uniform, could be a possible reference to MACOs.

"Ground forces" were mentioned several times in latter season episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, another possible passing reference to MACOs.

Apocrypha

The novelization of The Expanse states that Captain Archer was initially uncomfortable with the notion of military personnel serving aboard Enterprise but reconciled himself to the idea, given that it seemed as if the MACOs would be beneficial to the search for the Xindi weapon.

In the Romulan War Pocket ENT novel Beneath the Raptor's Wing, the "O" in MACO stands for "organization" instead of "operations," making the MACOs' proper title Military Assault Command Organization.

According to the novel The Needs of the Many, MACOs continued to exist into the 25th century.

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