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After the [[Covenant]] [[First Battle of Harvest|attack]] on [[Harvest]] and the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]], Fred and the rest of the Spartan-IIs were brought to the [[Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex]], where [[Rear Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]] and the AI [[Beowulf]] briefed them on the emerging Covenant threat. In response, the training of Fred and the rest of the Spartan-IIs was accelerated, and the Spartans were sent to [[Chi Ceti IV]] in the [[Chi Ceti system]] to receive their new [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] from [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] to aid in combat against the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 121'' (2010)</ref> While en route to Chi Ceti IV aboard {{Class|Paris|heavy frigate}} {{UNSCShip|Commonwealth}}, the [[frigate]] was [[Battle of Chi Ceti|attacked]] by Covenant [[warship]] ''[[Unrelenting]]''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 127'' (2010)</ref> ''Commonwealth'' was able to ward off ''Unrelenting'' and the Spartans were deployed to Chi Ceti IV with Halsey, where they each retrieved a set of armor.<ref name="for141">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 141'' (2010)</ref> While the Spartans were returning to ''Commonwealth'', ''Unrelenting'' returned and engaged the frigate. To provide aid to ''Commonwealth'', John had Fred and the other Spartan-IIs use [[thruster pack]]s to embark towards ''Unrelenting'' to destroy the warship with [[Anvil-II air-to-surface missile|Anvil-II AS missiles]], though only John, Kelly, and Sam made it aboard. Ultimately, Sam sacrificed himself to destroy ''Unrelenting'' by detonating the missiles, while John and Kelly escaped and returned to ''Commonwealth''.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 147-150'' (2010)</ref>{{Ref/Note|''Halo: The Fall of Reach — The Animated Series'' depicts Fred, John, Kelly, Sam, and Linda taking a Pelican to board ''Unrelenting'', with all five boarding the warship. However, this contrasts from other depictions of the event and is regarded as non-canon, particularly as the animated series was intended to serve as an introduction to the members of Blue Team playable in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.}} However, Sam's death proved to Fred that the Covenant could be killed and the UNSC could win the war.{{Ref/Reuse|for as act3}} Fred and John briefly were later sent to support a group of Marines fighting rebels, but the skirmish quickly changed as the Covenant's arrival forced the UNSC troops to side with the rebels to combat the Covenant.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''', ''Part 3''</ref>

Leading up to [[2526#March|March 5, 2526]], Fred and Blue Team, along with [[Gold Team]] and [[Green Team]], were stationed on the [[Razor-class prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Starry Night}} over [[Netherop]] as part of an operation with the goal of capturing a Covenant vessel for ONI's [[Beta-3 Division]] to examine.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS1|HSS|Chapter=1}} Using a flight of patrolling [[Type-27 Banshee]]s as cover, the three teams went [[EVA]] and [[Skirmish over Netherop|boarded]] the [[Covenant frigate|frigate]] [[Radiant Arrow]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS2|HSS|Chapter=2}} Once within the vessel's hangar, the Spartans eliminated the crew with cold efficiency and prepared to move deeper into the vessel. Blue Team spearheaded the assault, clearing rooms along the ship's main corridor. Midway through their sweep, a sensor operator aboard the ''Starry Night'' "accidentally" broadcast a transmission on the Spartans' [[COM|SQUADCOM]], revealing their presence to the rest of the Covenant aboard the frigate. In reality, this apparent mistake was actually part of an [[insurrectionist]] plot orchestrated by [[Hector Nyeto]]. With their cover blown, Blue Team rushed deeper into the ship with the intent to find and capture the bridge. The fight soon took the four Spartans into a [[gravity lift]] tube where they were set upon by [[Sangheili]] warriors wielding [[Type-51 carbine|carbines]] and [[Type-1 plasma grenade|plasma grenades]]. Intending to keep the Spartans from reaching the bridge, the Covenant crew reversed the direction of the lift, pulling Fred, Kelly, and Linda rapidly downward while John managed to grab a maintenance ladder. At the bottom of the tube, Fred, Kelly, and Linda laid in a pile, their armors locked up to protect them from the fall. However, the combined mass of Fred and Linda had landed on top of Kelly, and she received a compound rib facture as a result. John ordered Fred to extract Kelly from the tube and for the three of them to rendezvous with Green Team while he secured the bridge. When John found that the vessel's shipmaster had prepared the ''Radiant Arrow'' to self-destruct, he ordered Fred and the rest of the Spartans off the vessel. They all made it clear just before it detonated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS3|HSS|Chapter=3}}  

{{Main|Operation: SILENT STORM}}

Shortly after this failed attempt at capturing a Covenant vessel, Blue, Gold, and Green Teams were selected to participate in [[Operation: SILENT STORM|a daring operation]] to thin the Covenant's navy through similar boarding tactics. For this mission, the Spartans would be attached to [[Task Force Yama]] and deployed alongside the veteran [[ODST]]s of the [[21st Space Assault Battalion]], known as the "Black Daggers." For its proximity to the front, the [[Outer Colonies|Outer Colony]] of [[Biko]]—specifically [[Seoba Ice Quarry|an ice quarry]] on its third moon, [[Seoba]]—was selected as the staging ground for the operation.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS5|HSS|Chapter=5}}  

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[[File:FUD-Fred-Helmet.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Fred during the invasion of Circinius IV.]]

On [[2526#April|April 26, 2526]], Fred and the rest of Blue Team were deployed to [[Circinius IV]] to combat the Covenant [[Battle of Circinius IV|invasion]], as well as to evacuate [[civilian]] populations and observe Covenant invasion patterns.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}} During the battle, Blue Team received a distress signal from a [[Hastati Squad|cadet squad]] pinned down at [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science]]; these cadets were the only survivors on the entire planet. While Kelly led Blue Team north to the evacuation point, John traveled to the cadets' location to rescue them. Eventually, John and the [[Thomas Lasky|three]] [[Michael Sullivan|surviving]] [[April Orenski|cadets]] reached Blue Team's evacuation point and rendezvoused with Fred and Kelly, where their Pelican immediately dusted off to regroup with surviving UNSC forces in the planet's orbit as Circinius IV was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.<ref name="FUD">'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''', ''Part 5''</ref>

Prior to [[2530]], Fred also participated in [[Operation: ROCK HOUSE]], in which he neutralized an insurrectionist facility and personnel on Eridanus II.{{Ref/Reuse|H5GLtd}} By [[2531]], Fred and the rest of Blue Team had repeatedly disrupted the operations of the United Rebel Front, including at [[Station Jefferson]] in the Eridanus system, onboard the [[destroyer]] ''[[Origami]]'', in [[Wikipedia:Micronesia|Micronesia]], on Reach, and at a high-explosives manufacturing facility at an unspecified location.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 37''</ref> On [[2531|May 1, 2531]], Blue Team—then consisting of Fred, Kelly, Linda, John, and the recently added Kurt—had [[Operation: SMOKING ACES|infiltrated]] the URF-controlled military base of [[Camp New Hope]] on [[Victoria]] to retrieve contraband [[nuclear weapon]]s. However, the insurrectionists successfully ambushed Fred, Kelly, Linda, and John using an [[antigravity plate]] which disabled the Spartans.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 35''</ref> Before the rebels could interrogate the Spartans, Kurt freed Blue Team using an [[M12 Warthog]] and [[Asteroidea anti-personnel mine]]s, where they eventually escaped the facility with the nuclear warheads. However, the rescue resulted in the death of the high-ranking rebel leader [[Howard Graves|General Howard Graves]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 41''</ref> Several months later, on [[2531|November 7, 2531]], Fred was deployed on an [[Extra-vehicular activity|extra-vehicular]] mission with Kurt and Kelly to [[Construction Platform 966A]] in the [[Groombridge 34 system]] to investigate reported suspicious activity. However, Kurt's thruster pack malfunctioned, sending him spinning away into deep space to his presumed death. In actuality, ONI had arranged the "incident" and had retrieved Kurt to use him as a trainer for candidates for the upcoming [[SPARTAN-III program]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 59-64''</ref>