Raymond Travis (Earth-5875)

"In war... the first thing lost is time. The hours become days... the days, years... and the years turn into decades. Some of us can't remember a time before the Covenant. War is all we know, and in our ongoing conflict we've lost more than our sense of time... We've lost loved ones, planets, and entire civilizations. To think there was once a time of peace is almost unimaginable. But we were courageous; we fought back. In our battle for humanity we have lost so much, but we've been given heroes... heroes who fought tirelessly to defend us: at Shanxi; at Paraíso; at Reach; at Earth... brave soldiers who sacrificed everything to eliminate the xenomorphs. They didn't fight for glory. Nonetheless, it's there for all to see. Today we launch the Museum of Humanity. To those who continue to fight and asked for nothing in return: War takes, but it leaves us with legends; it leaves us with heroes, and heroes never die!"

- - Commander Raymond Travis

Commander Raymond Jair Travis is a high-raking commissioned officer of the UNSC Navy, notable for giving a speech on the launching of the Museum of Humanity.

Biography
In 2557, five years after the end of the First Contact War, Commander Raymond Jair Travis gave an eulogy during the inauguration of the Museum of Humanity, remembering the men and women of the United Nations Space Command who gave their own lives for the survival of humanity during the war against the Covenant and the xenomorphs.