User:Grunt Crossing/Ivan-019

Early Life
Ivan 019 was born on Earth, in what was once Russia. At the age of six he was stolen to be conscripted into the military. He did miss his old life, but he throught that being in the military would be better than just staying on Earth and not doing much for his whole life. During training, 019 was very social and was close with many other Spartans, Including Anthony 014 and Joseph 097. He wasn't as strong as the other Spartans before their augmentations, but he was fast and intelligent.

Fighting the Insurrection
Ivan fought in many classified operations agianst the inssurection, and he was suprised at how commited the rebels were to their cause. Ivan participated in many other operations agaisnt the Insurrection, but the records for those are classified and only viewable with Sigma Echo Kappa clearance.

OPERATION:GOOD HARVEST
Ivan's first mission was a part of an ONI over operation. He and five other Spartans were sent to gather information on a rumored insurrectionist attack on Harvest. They learned that a big time gun runner was supplying weapons to Insurrectionist, who were probably planning on using them for an attack. The six-man team quickly raided both compounds, splitting into groups of three. It wasn't until this op that the High Command began to take the Spartans seriously and the Office of Naval Intelligence grabbed a couple Spartans for their own use. Thankfully, none of the Spartans in Ivan's group were picked by ONI.

OPERATION:HIGH NOON
In this operation, Ivan and the rest of the team were sent to raid a massive Insurrection smuggling bussiness. The operation got complicated when a bomb was found, and the Insurrectionists planned on destroying their base with the Spartans. They were saved by a quick pelican extraction, and the base was put under investigation by the UNSC. Reports of it were classified for years to come.

OPERATION:TREBUCHET
After TREBUCHET was officialy concluded, Ivan's team, which was now designated Sigma Team,did a number of wet-work ops involving clean-up jobs that had resulted from Trebuchet. 019 was injured on this mission, although he healed quickly. He was awarded the purple heart for his injury, although the ceremony was held in secret because of the sensitivity of the operations. He was also granted command of the now-veteran Sigma Team.