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 * May 30: A conversation takes place between Franklin Mendez and Kurt-051, regarding the re-assignment of some members of SPARTAN-III beta company, including SPARTAN-B312 and Catherine-B320, to non-combat roles.
 * July 3rd: Operation: TORPEDO commences. Spartan-IIIs of beta company launch an assault against a Covenant refinery on Pegasi Delta. 298 of the 300 SPARTAN-IIIs are killed during the assault, with Tom-B292 and Lucy-B091 as the only survivors.
 * September 16: Yasmine Zaman has her fourteenth Birthday. She is taken, along with the other Spartans, to a laboratory to be augmented.
 * At some point during her augmentations, Zaman dies from complications. Her brain is later donated for the creation of the AI known as "Melissa".
 * Richard Lash transfers to the Prowler Corps.