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 ===Childhood and SPARTAN training===
 [[File:Boot Camp 1 cover.jpg|240px|thumb|left|John-117 as a young child, with Halsey deciding his fate with a 21st century quarter.]]
-Born in about 2511, John lived with his mother and father in [[Elysium City]], on the colony world of [[Eridanus II]]. He attended the [[Elysium City Primary Education Facility Number 119]]. As a child, John had brown hair, freckles, and a small gap between his front teeth. In a memory, John recalled that his mother was "kind and smelled of soap."<ref name="flood">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page ??''</ref> The would-be UNSC Marine [[Lieutenant (UNSC)|Lieutenant]] [[Parisa]] was a childhood friend of John's. John once saved her from drowning at [[Lake Gusev]], after which John promised to marry her and keep her safe. A photo of the two was also taken by Parisa's father soon after, and would be kept as a memory by Parisa long after she thought John had passed away.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[Palace Hotel (short story)|Palace Hotel]]'', ''pages 368-369''</ref>
+Born in about 2511, John lived with group, along with [[Kurt-051]], [[Jerome-092]], and [[Frederic-104]]. Dr. Halsey expressed her belief the most strongly in John as having the skills and natural ability to lead the entire Spartan-II group, although Mendez disagreed, instead believing Kurt would fulfill that role.
-At the age of six, he was identified by [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as one of 150 preliminary candidates for the [[SPARTAN-II Program]]. John was an ideal physical and mental candidate, standing a head taller than the majority of his schoolmates, having greater physical proportions, possessing greater strength, exhibiting superior reflexes, and having an aggressive drive for success. By the time he was conscripted, he had had a string of forty-five victories in what Dr. Halsey referred to as a "brutal version" of King of the Hill, resulting in him having a chipped tooth and his opponents suffering various bone fractures.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''September 15, 2517''</ref>
-When Dr. Halsey and Lieutenant [[Jacob Keyes]] visited Eridanus II in 2517 to study him, they were impressed with his intellect and luck. In a final test of his viability as a candidate, he was asked to determine which side [[Quarter|an old coin]] would land on. He watched the coin as it flew in the air and caught it before it could land; correctly stating which side was face-up, on the side of the eagle. Later that same year, John and 74 other six-year-old children were "conscripted" to [[Reach]]: they were covertly kidnapped from their homes and replaced with [[Flash cloning|flash clones]], all of which would later die of natural causes to cover up the kidnappings. Dr. Halsey informed them of the SPARTAN-II Program and how they would be the protectors of Earth and all its colonies. The next morning John discovered his service tag, stitched into his training uniform, and his new name: '''John-117'''.
-John began a new life, training with other Spartans under [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]]. For eight years he learned history, military strategy, weapons, and was given physical fitness training. Early on, he bonded with [[Kelly-087|Kelly]] and [[Samuel-034|Sam]], who would be the only close friends he would ever have.
-During his training, John quickly proved himself to be considered one of the program's top candidates. Both Dr. Halsey and Chief Mendez identified him as one of four emerging leaders within the SPARTAN-II group, along with [[Kurt-051]], [[Jerome-092]], and [[Frederic-104]]. Dr. Halsey expressed her belief the most strongly in John as having the skills and natural ability to lead the entire Spartan-II group, although Mendez disagreed, instead believing Kurt would fulfill that role.
 When the Spartans were eight years old, they were sent on a training mission in which they were dropped over [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve|a forest]] located deep in one of Reach's [[Highland Mountains]] and expected to get safely to their extraction [[Albatross]]. The children also had instructions to leave the last child arriving behind, or the punishment would be painful, but John-117 knew that he could not do that. After telling the Spartans where to meet, the Spartans looked to him as their leader, a role he was initially surprised to be given, but eventually accepted. When the group came across an Albatross, it was guarded by armed men. Those men were actually [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marines]], but were not in uniform, thus leading the Spartans to mistake for a hostile threat. John showed early acumen in critical thinking and tactics, not wishing to take for granted that guards would be friendly toward them. He came up with a plan to take the men down, capture the dropship, and ensure the safe extraction of every team member, as he made sure he was the last person aboard. To do this he ended up hijacking the dropship with the help of [[Déjà]], and beat down the men with stones, causing severe injuries among the Marines. Chief Mendez was not visibly pleased, as John had attacked his Marines and no one had been left behind. But both Mendez and Halsey recognized John's initiative, and promoted him to Squad Leader. After this, despite the other Spartans rising in rank and at least a couple rising to lead their own teams, he remained the ''de facto'' leader of the Spartans as a whole.