Red Team (TPF)

"Supra Et Ultra"

- Above And Beyond

Red Team was a SPARTAN-III team that was active throughout the Human-Covenant War. Serving in over nearly 100 successful military campaigns and completeing over 400 success missions, Red Team was known for their exceptional ability to fight the Covenant on the ground. The team ultimately disbanded when the final member left at the end of the Human-Covenant War.

Action and Role
Red Team was known for being a Black Special Operations Force (SOF) capable SPARTAN-III Non-Company Team (NCT) that conducted Direct Action (DA), Special Reconnaissance (SR), Asymmetrical Warfare (AW), Interdiction, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS), Advanced Force Operations (AFO), and Counter-Terrorism Operations.

Known for being an Assault Team, Red Team spent the majority of the Human-Covenant War engaging Covenant targets behind enemy lines alongside non-augmented black SOF capable teams. As a premier augmented NCT, Red Team often moved around to many military branches to ensure the success of an operation that the branch was hoping to achieve.

Members
As of December 11th, 2552:
 * LCDR Oriana-A058 (Active)
 * Troop Commander
 * SCPO Draven-A284 (KIA 2552, Battle for Earth)
 * Senior Troop Chief
 * CPO Omar-A442 (KIA 2552, Battle for Earth)
 * Junior Troop Commander
 * PO1 Emilia-A049 (KIA 2552, Battle for Earth)
 * Sniper/Overwatch Troop Leader
 * PO1 Lynn-A392 (KIA 2552, Fall of Reach)
 * Assaulter/Reconnaissance Troop Leader
 * PO2 Isaac-B302 (KIA 2552, Fall of Reach) [Replacement]
 * Assaulter/Reconnaissance Troop/Radioman
 * PO2 Riley-B191 (KIA 2552, Battle of Ballast) [Replacement]
 * Assaulter/Reconnaissance Operator/Master Breacher
 * PO2 Tucker-B069 (KIA 2551, Battle of Meridian)
 * Assaulter/Overwatch Troop/Sniper
 * PO2 Carson-B260 (KIA 2549, Siege of Paris IV)
 * Assaulter/Reconnaissance Troop/Radioman
 * PO2 Reagen-B142 (KIA 2549, Siege of Paris IV)
 * Assaulter/Reconnaissance Operator/Master Breacher

Disbandment and Legacy
"Red Team was known throughout the Unified Special Warfare Command as an instrumental team that brought the fight to the Covenant on the ground. Their relentlessness proved that the UNSC was never out of the fight against the enemy, they proved to the UNSC that each planet was worth dying for at the end of the day. Fighting alongside the ground soldiers, Red Team inspired hope and a chance of victory into the helljumpers, critical skills operators, airmen, and operators that were struggling to find hope in the dark tunnel they were stuck within. No matter where they went, how badly the odds stacked up against them, Red Team always found a way to come out on top and win. No enemy was able to stop them on the ground, despite losing their brothers and sisters through the many engagements they threw themselves at consistently. Red Team refused to quit, and they were sure to never give up on those they fought alongside. Red Team may no longer exist on paper, but they exist in the memories they gave to the soldiers that will last for generations."

- Colonel Urban Holland on Red Team in 2554.

Red Team disbanded after the leader left the UNSC Armed Forces active service, her decision to disband Red Team came to honor those who had fallen while she operated alongside them throughout the brutal Human-Covenant War. Nine SPARTAN-III Special Warfare Operators paid the ultimate sacrifice, so others were able to go home to their families. Each one of the SPARTANs inspired hope and a chance to win against an enemy that did not seem to lose.

While Red Team remains a heavily classified team due to being a SPARTAN program team, those who fought alongside the SPARTANs remember what happened on the field and respect the memory of the unit. Officers who commanded Red Team called them the finest operators they have ever seen along with saying that there will never be another team that meets the same standard of Red Team. Like all SPARTAN-III NCTs, Red Team was one of the many who were able to accomplish what other teams were nearly impossible to do, give humanity a fighting chance.