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 at the age of six. 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's first mission was a part of OPERATION:GOOD HARVEST. 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.