User:Underlord1271/U.N.S.C Special Marines

"We kick ass and don't look back"

- U.N.S.C S.M Motto The U.N.S.C Special Marines were a very elite group of Special Forces employed by the U.N.S.C. They were Stronger, Smarter, and More Fit than standard ODSTs or Marines, but were not trained as hard as SPARTANs or given their Augmentations. They consisted of Marines and ODSTs that were exceedingly skilled in combat and taken to training. The additional training lasted roughly 3 years, and by 2551, the S.Ms saw their first deployment during the Battle of Concord, along with the SPARTAN-IIIs Gamma Company.

As successful as they were, many of the S.Ms were killed during the Battle of New Jerusalem. After the remainder were killed in the Fall Of Reach, a new group of S.Ms were being trained. Called the Second Battalion, they didn't graduate until 2553 due to losses especially from the Battle of Installation 04.

Following the war, the S.Ms were barely used. However, in 2569, with the start of the Vengeance Regime-Humanity war, more began to get trained, including the "Special Drop Shock Troopers" 5th Battalion.