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This is a list (in order of rank) of oficers and troops under the comand of Roy Mustang.

Edward Elric

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Major Edward Elric, the titular Fullmetal Alchemist, is the main character of the series. At 12, he is the youngest State Alchemist in the history of the State Military. Together with his younger brother Alphonse, he seeks the mythical Philosopher's Stone in order to restore both of their bodies to the way they were before their failed attempt at bringing their mother back to life.

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Ranks:

• Major - He has held this rank since his alchemy exam. File:FMAC - Major.jpg

Maes Hughes

Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes (sometimes spelled as Mäes) is a member of the Investigations Division and was good friends with Colonel Mustang. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Hughes held the rank of Major, and first met the Elrics while serving as a communications officer for General Hakuro. Hughes and Edward worked together to help recapture a passenger train that had been hijacked by a rebel named Bald (Episode 5). In the manga, Hughes was not present on the train when General Hakuro was held hostage.File:Maes Hughes (FMA).JPG

Because Hughes is assigned to the Investigations Division in Central, he is more involved with police work than he is in actual battles. Whenever he was however, he showed his skill with small knives, with very precise throwing aim and good reflexes. After receiving his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, Hughes is placed in charge of the Investigations Division. While investigating the 5th Laboratory incident and the mysterious deaths of the officers involved with its experiments, Hughes finds that there is much to suspect about the Führer's secretary, Juliet Douglas. During the course of his investigation, he is lured by Douglas to hotel where, she has told him Dr. Marcoh is waiting, but on arrival Huges is confronted by both her and Lust. Outmatched by the two Homunculi, he is only saved by the timely intervention of an armed Maria Ross.

Ranks:

• Major - Has this rank when introduced in the story.
• Lieutenant Colonel - Promoted to this rank shortly before Edward's state alchemy reassessment examination in episode 13.
• Brigadier General - Posthumously promoted to this rank for dying in the line of duty. File:FMAD - Lieutenant Colonel.jpg

Riza Hawkeye

First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye is the most trusted in Mustang's circle of friends and his right-hand woman. In her own words, Hawkeye has joined the military because "there is someone I need to protect," that is, Roy Mustang (Episode 36). Hawkeye serves as Mustang's voice of reason, remaining cool and collected in sticky situations, constantly looking out for Mustang's well being, but also occasionally scolding him for his good-natured posturing and arrogance. She is a crack shot with a sniper's aim (Havoc referred to it as 'the eyes of a hawk' in Chapter 37: The Criminal's Body of the manga), and usually carries two pistols with her at all times. However, although her dog training method is still an example of her no-nonsense ways, Riza's softer and compassionate side is shown through her care for her dog, Black Hayate, as well as through her devotion (possibly love) to Roy Mustang. She also appears to have a soft spot for the Elric Brothers.

At the time of her introduction in the anime, Hawkeye held the rank of Second Lieutenant and was stationed at Central, but like Mustang was promoted one rank and reassigned to the Eastern Territories early in the series. There she mainly played a role in solving Scar's case. Later in the series, she was reassigned back to Central with Mustang and was involved in Mustang's scheme after their discovery of King Bradley's true identity. She was last seen in Episode 51 tending to Mustang's injuries after his fight with Pride. She blamed herself for not getting to Mustang before Frank Archer, but was reassured by Roy that there was no such thing as a perfect world.

• In the OVA "Chibi Party", Riza and Roy are romantically connected, and it is revealed that Roy has a real crush on Riza, but Riza (the party's host) truly likes Roy.

Ranks:

• Second Lieutenant - introduced as this rank in the series. File:FMAB - First Lieutenant.jpg
• First Lieutenant - Promoted to this rank when Yoki is dismissed from the military. Holds this rank for the rest of the series.

Black Hayate

The true dog of the military, Black Hayate was a little puppy that Kain Fuery picked up on a rainy street one day out of pity. Since he couldn’t keep the dog himself (since he lived in a dormitory that did not allow pets), the puppy was eventually adopted by Riza Hawkeye; unfortunately, Riza was a rather stern owner, who then proceeded to scare the puppy (and all of Mustang's staff) by shooting an outline of bullets around him (while not injuring the dog, proving her marksmanship ability) when he urinated on the office wall.

Despite Riza's harsh methods of discipline, Hayate is a way for her to show her more compassionate side, as opposed to the cool, stone-faced officer that she usually is. Roy has also tried to interact with Black Hayate, with varying degrees of success. Hayate did manage to get on Mustang's bad side at least once: when he unwittingly wasted Mustang and his company's time at what they thought was a murder scene. Mustang and his men had begun excavation of the site searching for the bones of a dead man, only to discover that the lot was where Black Hayate buried the bones from his meals (Episode 37).

"Hayate" means "Hurricane" or "as swift as the wind", most likely meaning "Black Hurricane" in English. Black Hayate doesn't have a defined breed, though it is assumed that he is either a Shiba Inu or a husky, but it is likely he’s just a mutt.

• In the "Chibi Party" OVA, a team of bigger Black Hayates run over Ed and Al when ordered to by Riza Hawkeye.

Jean Havoc

Second Lieutenant Jean Havoc likes to smoke, and is almost always pictured with a cigarette in his mouth. He is a fair shot with a gun, and one of Roy Mustang's loyal followers; he gives Edward a stern talking-to when Ed bad-mouths Mustang for only caring about promotions. Havoc is a strict man of duty, a very by-the-book soldier, even if he doesn't always agree with the orders.

Havoc's terrible luck with women is a running joke — Mustang is constantly stealing any potential dates away from him. In the lighthearted Episode 37 of the anime, Mustang orders his subordinates to find Havoc a girl to replace yet another one he stole from Havoc, and Major Armstrong volunteers his baby sister Katherine. When Armstrong claims that Katherine looks like himself, this worries Havoc a great deal. He worries more after seeing Armstrong's father being "large horizontally" and mother being "large vertically", Havoc imagines Katherine as an enormous woman who looks like Major Armstrong with a wig. Upon seeing the real Katherine, a petite and cute girl (with humorously large breasts, and only having identical eyelashes with her brother) he rejoices, only to have his hopes dashed when Katherine rejects him. As it turned out, she is only into guys who are strong and muscular like her brother. Havoc ends up in a comical catatonic state for the remainder of the episode, with a simple, yet comedic, whistle-like sound playing every time the camera focuses unto his face (which is done three times in the episode).

Ranks:

• Second Lieutenant - Holds this rank for the entire series. File:FMAA - Second Lieutenant.jpg

Heymans Breda

Second Lieutenant Heymans Breda is good at chess and is one of Mustang's subordinates. He occasionally plays pranks on the other members of Mustang's group, such as impersonating Major Armstrong upon their transfer to Central. He also has a talent for other strategy games, including go and shogi. He suffers from Cynophobia, the extreme fear of dogs, so much so that he refers to a puppy like Black Hayate as a 'beast'.

Breda's use in the military is questionable; in the anime he was never shown to be carrying a side arm or rifle, though art book illustrations suggest that he is specialized in using a type of German stick grenade. This seems likely as he has muscular arms, which would enable him to throw such a weapon quite far.

Ranks:

• Second Lieutenant - Holds this rank for the entire series. File:FMAA - Second Lieutenant.jpg

Alex Louis Armstrong

Major Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strong Arm Alchemist, was born into an elite family of alchemists and has mastered his family's techniques. Members of his family have, in the past, filled the highest military and political positions in the state. He acquired his alchemy titles for his skill of using arm strength in his alchemy. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Armstrong was tailing the Elric brothers as they searched for Dr. Marcoh (Episode 14). When Scar cornered the Elric brothers and Dr. Marcoh, Armstrong stepped in to buy time for them to escape. A very intimidating man at first sight, Armstrong is actually a sensitive man who frequently weeps, and his sentimentalism prevents him from being promoted. Armstrong was also a part of the Ishbal War, but was badly injured and was not redeployed in a combat zone until the Northern Rebellion. He has a strong sense of loyalty towards the late Maes Hughes and after the Lieutenant Colonel's death he assists Roy Mustang in Hughes' place. After Edward and Alphonse's battle with Scar — which cost Al all of his lower right body, left leg and most of his chest while also costing Ed his automail arm — Armstrong volunteered to escort the boys back to Resembool in order to get Ed's arm replaced, and subsequently get Al's armor fixed (Episode 16).

Armstrong was eventually promoted, to Lieutenant Colonel, and sent to aid Mustang against armies in the north. In the movie "Conqueror of Shamballa" Armstrong is shown to be using his fortune and his alchemy skills in order to help restore Lior, building hundreds of colourful towers and statues of himself. Later in the movie, he initially led the military resistance to the Thule Society's attack on Central. During the Ishbal War, Armstrong received an incomplete Philosopher's Stone that allowed him to create larger, deadlier stone-spikes, as well as smashing city streets with his (almost) bare hands.

Armstrong is jokingly known as "Colonel Clean" among fans for obvious reasons — the resemblance to the cleaning product mascot is uncanny, including the pink sparkles. Armstrong randomly takes off his shirt and flexes his huge muscles to show off his "beautiful body" to great comic effect, and it seems that he is only ever fully clothed for two and a half minutes at a time. He is also shown, in a random point of detail, to possess skill with artistic talents like portraiture and sculpture. He also possesses many techniques, alchemic and otherwise, that (as a running joke) have "been passed down the Armstrong line for generations."

The other members in Armstrong's family present on the show included his father, mother, and baby sister Katherine who, despite Armstrong's ridiculously massive physique, their mother's tall stature, and their father's girth, was a very beautiful, petite yet freakishly strong young woman. She was originally part of a plan to get Havoc a girlfriend, but she rejected him. These family members also possess pink sparkles around their heads. In the manga, Armstrong also has an older sister, a general who is stationed in the north.

Ranks:

• Major - Has this rank when he is introduced in the series and holds it for the majority of the series. File:FMAC - Major.jpg
• Lieutenant Colonel - Promoted to this rank when he is sent with Mustang to guard the northern frontier until he chose to discharge himself from the military in Conqueror of Shamballa.

Vato Falman

Warrant Officer Vato Falman escorts General Hakuro back from his vacation and works in the investigation department under Lieutenant Hughes, as well as aiding Roy Mustang at Eastern Headquarters. After Hughes's untimely death, Falman begs Mustang to let him join the team, and after thinking it through Mustang allows him to transfer with him back to Central. Falman is particularly known for his precision and data.

As the names of all military personnel in Fullmetal Alchemist are army and aviation-derived (the P-51 Mustang, Howard Hughes, and Breda Meccanica Bresciana, for instance), it is possible that "Falman" is a mistransliteration of "Farman".

Ranks:

• Warrant Officer - Holds this rank for the entire series. File:FMA5 - Warrant Officer.jpg

Kain Fuery

Master Sergeant Kain Fuery is a kind man who cares for animals and everyone else. He was the one who brought Black Hayate into the eastern Headquarters, though he freaked out about Riza's methods of training. He is part of Roy Mustang's group and is the youngest and lowest-ranked member. A common unofficial translation has his name as Caine Fury. In the anime, he gets injured in his forehead due to ricochet off Ed's automail hand. Fuery is extremely talented with radio signals.

Fuery may be a mispronunciation. It is believed his name was to be Huey, like the army helicopter. There is no "hu" sound in Japanese; the syllable is transliterated as "fu".

Ranks:

• Master Sergeant - Holds this rank for the entire series. File:FMA4 - Sergeant Major.jpg

Trivia:

• In Human Transmutation he is told that he had a skin infection in his foot that spred to his brain.

Sheska

Private Sheska was a librarian who was responsible for organizing and keeping records of all of the books in the First Branch of the Central City library. Sheska is a bibliophile in the mold of Read or Die's Yomiko Readman, and frequently spent more time reading books in the library than organizing them. She is also known for her tendency toward hysterical panic as a coping mechanism. By the time the Elric brothers had arrived back in Central she has been fired from the library for lackluster performance. Sheska has a photographic memory when it comes to books, and her ability to recite them verbatim was a great help to the Elric Brothers for recreating Tim Marcoh's book after Scar's battle with Lust and Gluttony destroyed the library. She also helped Hughes recreate State Military files lost in the library until he fired her to save Sheska from the military's higher-ups.

After Hughes' death, she tried investigating his death herself, and succeeded in learning the strange discrepancies about King Bradley's secretary Juliet Douglas, which is the same information that Hughes discovered before he was killed. Sheska explained her theory to Winry while Winry was in Central, and both decided to tap the phone lines to King Bradley’s secretary. This confirmed the discrepancies regarding Ms. Douglas, and Sheska subsequently fled to Resembool with Winry to escape Maes Hughes’ fate. Eventually, in Resembool, she revealed the fact of Hughes' death to the Elric brothers as well (which quickly, and obviously shocked them to the point that Edward furiously tried to leave in order to see if it was actually true).

Sony's Aniplex anime DVDs and website spell her name as Sheska, although FUNimation's anime DVDs and television closed captioning spell her name as Scieszka (similar to Polish term Sciezka standing for "path" or "trail", specifically one well-traveled). She made a small cameo in the last episode of the anime, where she is seen working as part of the military, going over various documents and receiving more from Maria Ross. She is also the one corresponding with Winry (and the audience) about what has happened since the fall of Führer King Bradley.

Ranks:

• Private - Holds this rank for the entire series. File:FMA1 - Private.jpg