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The majority of the Spartan-IIs serve under Naval Special Weapons,{{Ref/Reuse|evg121}}{{Ref/Reuse|tfor175}} a division of the [[UNSC Special Forces]] with heavy ties to [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|Section Three]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], which initiated and operated the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 224'' (2001)</ref> This remains unchanged despite the formation of the new [[Spartan Operations]] branch in the post-war era.{{Ref/Reuse|CatalogBlue}} All Spartan-IIs graduated to the rank of [[UNSC rank structure|petty officer second class]] at the conclusion of their training,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 99'' (2001)</ref> though many have since risen to a higher rank. In particular, [[John-117]], the Spartans' ''de facto'' leader rose to the rank of [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] in [[2526]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'''</ref> while [[Frederic-104]] was promoted to [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] in [[2552]] by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]], himself a Spartan-II who had been recruited to lead the [[SPARTAN-III program]] years before.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'''</ref>
The majority of the Spartan-IIs serve under Naval Special Weapons,{{Ref/Reuse|evg121}}{{Ref/Reuse|tfor175}} a division of the [[UNSC Special Forces]] with heavy ties to [[Office of Naval Intelligence#Section Three|Section Three]] of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], which initiated and operated the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 224'' (2001)</ref> This remains unchanged despite the formation of the new [[Spartan Operations]] branch in the post-war era.{{Ref/Reuse|CatalogBlue}} All Spartan-IIs graduated to the rank of [[UNSC rank structure|petty officer second class]] at the conclusion of their training,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 99'' (2001)</ref> though many have since risen to a higher rank. In particular, [[John-117]], the Spartans' ''de facto'' leader rose to the rank of [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] in [[2526]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'''</ref> while [[Frederic-104]] was promoted to [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] in [[2552]] by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Kurt Ambrose]], himself a Spartan-II who had been recruited to lead the [[SPARTAN-III program]] years before.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'''</ref>


The Spartan-IIs enjoy a large degree of operational autonomy in the field and typically operate in teams of three to five and even individually,{{Ref/Reuse|wp spartan}} although the size and composition of these teams is heavily mission-specific; a team leader will typically pick the Spartans best suited for the mission at hand according to their personal talents.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 78'' (2001)</ref><ref name="fs4">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 4'' (2003)</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2003)</ref> However, with the original Spartan-II group dispersed across the battlefields of the Covenant War over the decades, certain team arrangements became more established than others.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 240'' (2001)</ref> Spartan-II teams are assigned color-based designations on a mission-specific basis, [[Blue Team|Blue]], [[Red Team|Red]] and [[Green Team|Green]] teams being the most prominent of these.{{Ref/Reuse|fs4}} On some missions, Red Team has formed smaller splinter units (designated with Greek alphabet) to better suit the mission objectives at the time. Some Spartan-II teams appear to have been more well-established since their training, namely [[Black Team|Black]] and [[Gray Team|Gray]] teams which continued to operate with their compositions unchanged over the Covenant War.<ref name="bl">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'''</ref>
The Spartan-IIs enjoy a large degree of operational autonomy in the field and typically operate in teams of three to five and even individually,{{Ref/Reuse|wp spartan}} although the size and composition of these teams is heavily mission-specific; a team leader will typically pick the Spartans best suited for the mission at hand according to their personal talents.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 78'' (2001)</ref><ref name="fs4">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 4'' (2003)</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 158'' (2003)</ref> However, with the original Spartan-II group dispersed across the battlefields of the Covenant War over the decades, certain team arrangements became more established than others.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 240'' (2001)</ref> Spartan-II teams are assigned color-based designations on a mission-specific basis, Blue, Red and Green teams being the most prominent of these.{{Ref/Reuse|fs4}} On some missions, Red Team has formed smaller splinter units (designated with Greek alphabet) to better suit the mission objectives at the time. Some Spartan-II teams appear to have been more well-established since their training, namely Black and Gray teams which continued to operate with their compositions unchanged over the Covenant War.<ref name="bl">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'''</ref>
 
;Known Spartan-II fireteams
*[[Black Team]] - unconventional warfare unit of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
*[[Blue Team]] - strike team.
*[[Gold Team]] - strike team.
*[[Gray Team]] - deep infiltration unit. Later reorganised into a part of a specialized interspecies strike team of ONI.
*[[Green Team]] - strike team.
*[[Red Team]] - strike team.
*[[Omega Team]] - fast reaction unit.
*[[Silver Team]] - strike team.
*[[Yellow Team]] - combat engineers unit.


===Class I===
===Class I===
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