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{{Quote|This place will become your home, your fellow trainees will be your family now. The training will be difficult. There will be a great deal of hardship on the road ahead, but I know you will all make it.|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] to the SPARTAN-II recruits}} | {{Quote|This place will become your home, your fellow trainees will be your family now. The training will be difficult. There will be a great deal of hardship on the road ahead, but I know you will all make it.|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] to the SPARTAN-II recruits}} | ||
The '''Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex'''<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''Chapter 26''</ref> | The '''Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex'''<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''Chapter 26''</ref>{{Ref/Note|The compound is solely referred to as the FLEETCOM Military Complex in chapter 26 of '''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''. However, throughout the novel and comic adaptation the facility is simply listed as the Reach UNSC Military Complex.}} was a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Military base|military compound]] located on the surface of the planet [[Reach]]. It was part of the UNSC military nexus in the [[Highland Mountains]], also home to [[CASTLE Base]], [[Camp Hathcock]], [[Military Reservation 01478-B]] and [[Reach High Command|Reach HIGHCOM]]. The complex housed Reach's [[Reach Naval Academy|Naval Officers Academy]], and served as one of the primary housing and [[SPARTAN-II training|training]] facilities for the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-IIs]] upon their initial indoctrination up until their graduation.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 35'' (2001 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[Pariah]]"'' ''page 35''</ref> | ||
The FLEETCOM Military Complex was a major base, being home to numerous barracks constructed mainly of cinderblock, parade grounds, firing ranges, obstacle courses, and an airfield. The Naval Academy was located some distance away from the SPARTAN-IIs' dedicated compound and served as the Spartans' primary theoretical education facility.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 38'' (2001 edition)</ref> Underneath the surface were extensive underground facilities housing an amphitheater which served as a highly secure briefing chamber. Between the surface and the amphitheater were 300 meters of steel and concrete; the facility was said to be well fortified that it could withstand the force equivalent to an 80-megaton [[nuclear weapon|nuclear blast]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 28'' (2001 edition); ''page 43'', (2010 edition)</ref> | The FLEETCOM Military Complex was a major base, being home to numerous barracks constructed mainly of cinderblock, parade grounds, firing ranges, obstacle courses, and an airfield. The Naval Academy was located some distance away from the SPARTAN-IIs' dedicated compound and served as the Spartans' primary theoretical education facility.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 38'' (2001 edition)</ref> Underneath the surface were extensive underground facilities housing an amphitheater which served as a highly secure briefing chamber. Between the surface and the amphitheater were 300 meters of steel and concrete; the facility was said to be well fortified that it could withstand the force equivalent to an 80-megaton [[nuclear weapon|nuclear blast]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 28'' (2001 edition); ''page 43'', (2010 edition)</ref> | ||