Michael Stanforth (Earth-5875)

"That was a helluva piece of astrogation you pulled off. People noticed. Not to mention the morale boost it's given to the entire fleet. Now, that's the reason we're all here. We need a victory. It's been too damn long—us getting whittled to pieces by those alien bastards. This has got to be a win. No matter what it takes."

- - Michael Stanforth to Jacob Keyes

Vice Admiral Michael Hieronymus "Harold" Stanforth (service number 00834-19223-HS) was a flag officer of the UNSC Navy, formerly acting as the head of the Section Three division of ONI. He was an important figure in the formation of the SPARTAN-II Program, and by the middle of the First Contact War, he left the agency to become the naval commander of the Epsilon Eridani system. When the Covenant attacked Reach, Stanforth was killed by their forces.