Is their a Team clan tag in HALO 3?

[waynecountywrath]

I teamed up with some friends yesterday, And on the loading screen when they seperate the red team and blue team, their is a grayish black geer looking object net to the rank, what is it?

 

[Shikamaru]

All that means is that their gamertags are linked on bungie.net. I've got a gear next to my name because of that.