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For the next two years, the Headhunters would go through [[seven]] months of supervised field exercises, followed by six months of real-world wartime insertions. These SPARTAN-IIIs would then perform missions far behind enemy lines and would likely die in combat. At the height of the program there was a maximum contingent of six squads—six teams with a total of seventeen soldiers rotating in to fill gaps when one or both members of a team were lost.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Headhunters" ; '''Volume 1''', ''pages 207-208''</ref> | For the next two years, the Headhunters would go through [[seven]] months of supervised field exercises, followed by six months of real-world wartime insertions. These SPARTAN-IIIs would then perform missions far behind enemy lines and would likely die in combat. At the height of the program there was a maximum contingent of six squads—six teams with a total of seventeen soldiers rotating in to fill gaps when one or both members of a team were lost.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "Headhunters" ; '''Volume 1''', ''pages 207-208''</ref> | ||
Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Headhunter program remained active, although changes and adjustments to its structure have been made. The [[Spartan | Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], the Headhunter program remained active, although changes and adjustments to its structure have been made. The [[Spartan Operations|Spartan branch]] and ONI maintain a selective list of Spartan-III and [[Spartan-IV]] supersoldiers who may be deployed on highly classified missions, whether in two-person teams ("BINARY") or as single operatives ("LONEWOLF").<ref name="canonfodder"/> | ||
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