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The Interspecies Military Education and Training, abbreviated as IMET, is a shared training program between the Sangheili and the Humans and later, after the Doisac War the Jiralhanae and the Unggoy.

History
IMET was first concieved between the UNSC Defence Force and the Sangheilian Armed Forces; both sides wanted better co-operation and not just from trade and alliances. The old human saying of "the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach" was strangely quite similar to the IMET saying of "the best way in the Sangheili heart is though the battlefield".

At first, the Sangheili were venomously against non-lethal weaponry, believing "a dull blade breeds a dull mind" but were ordered to by the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam. However, as humans developed holographic simulator technology, this allowed for the Sangheili to use virtual lethal weaponry.

With the advent of the SPARTAN-IV, the Sangheili found themselves outmatched by the augmented humans.