Spartan Joint Operations Units

"Welcome to Spartan Joint Operations Units, Spartan."

- Gary-009's greeting to new Spartans.

Overview
Formed on July 1st 2561 by the remnants of Orange Team, Purple Team. The organization was also formed by Juliet Team, and Captain Maxwell Hendricks of the UNSC Hammer of Dawn along with members of Section III of. The organization was deployed using teams with mixed, and  along with marines and other UNSC forces.

The team was first deployed to the surface of Installation 06 after its discovery early that year and continued to deploy into the mid 2570's under the command of Gary-009, Colonel Albert Söze and Commander Martin Long. The group would also command large, classified operations to Sangheili colonies and other Halo Installations, including Installation 01 and Omega Halo.

Command Structure
Former Commanders Potenital Commanders
 * Colonel Albert Söze: Current Strategic Logistics Commander and leader of marine forces within the organization.
 * Commander Martin Long: Current Naval Commander and Söze's executive officer
 * Commander Gary-009: Current Field Leader of the organization.
 * Major Ace-A220: Special Operations Field Commander/Spartan-III Commander.
 * Spartan Garret Rogers: Spartan-IV Commander of the organization.
 * Captain Maxwell Hendricks: Previous Supreme Commander of the organization.
 * Commander Timothy-127: Gary's previous number two.
 * Lieutenant Clark-055: Previous Naval Commander
 * Lieutenant Thomas-012: Previous Medical Officer
 * Sergeant/ ONI Agent Danielle Irons: Mission Handler
 * Captain Peyton Long: Marine Captain

Battles
"Oh what a day! What a lovely day!"

- Timothy-127 before a battle. After the discovery of Installation 06, Orange Team with the final member of Purple team, Gary-009 were assign to join Juliet Team of the Alpha-Zulu Corps to investigate the ring. Together, Gary-009 and orange team formed the Spartan Joint Operations Units with Juliet Team as the first joint team. On board the UNSC Hammer of Dawn the spartans discussed the plan of attack, but once out of slip-space, a Covenant fleet was already around the ring.

Able to slip past the fleet to let the Hammer of Dawn handle the Covenant, whilst the spartans land on the ring. Ordering Juliet Team to secure the rig-line, Gary and Orange team pushed trough a forerunner facility to clear out Prometheans and Covenant. Once secured, the Hammer of Dawn was able to send down reinforcements and the spartans pushed on.

The Fire Storm As the spartans press on, they find a Covenant communication station and quickly capture the facility. Once captured, they learn of a plot to activate the halo ring forcing the spartans into action. Captain Hendricks of the Hammer of Dawn orders the spartans to stop the plot, but in order to do so, they must cross over hundreds miles of terrain littered with Prometheans. Marching through a small hollow, the spartans are ambushed by Promethean Knights, and quickly disposing of Anna A-378 by implying her in the stomach. After barely escaping the hollow, the spartans then pushed on to form a camp sit for the night and resume the next day.

Bad to Worse The following day, the UNSC Hammer of Dawn was able to shoot down a Covenant CCS-cruiser near the spartan’s location. In order to stop the plot to activate the ring, Gary and Tim decide to instead make the engines of the cruiser go critical and blow up the ring. Unable to land reinforcements to the spartans, they were forced to travel on foot.

After almost seven hours of hiking, the teams came across a cliffside in which they were forced to climb. But only half-way up, Prometheans and Phaetons attack and hindered their progress. After all but two spartans (Luke A-380 and Meredith A-377) make it to the top, knights quickly ambushed the spartans. Able to defeat the knights, a Phaeton was able to shoot both Luke and Meredith off the cliff to their deaths. After resting for a bit, the team pushed forward to the cruiser the next day. Luckily, the Hammer of Dawn was in the clear to land Pelican drop ships to the spartans. Unfortunately for the spartans, the cruiser was surrounded by Prometheans and Covenant.

While Mia A-371 went inside the cruiser to prime the core for destination, the other spartans would guard the outside. As the pelican came to get the spartans, the remote activation was damaged and Mia had to detonate the core manually. While the other spartans escaped, Mia sacrificed herself to destroy the ring.