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The '''105th Drop Jet Platoon''' was a [[platoon]] of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].<ref name="tfor6">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 6'' (2001 edition)</ref><ref group="note">Although never stated to be an ODST unit in ''The Fall of Reach'', the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' (page 58, 2011 edition) notes that "Drop Jet Platoon" is a term historically given to ODST units.</ref>
The '''105th Drop Jet Platoon''' was a [[platoon]] of [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]].<ref name="HTFORP">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', Prologue</ref><ref group="note">Although never stated to be an ODST unit in ''The Fall of Reach'', the ''Halo Encyclopedia'' (page 58, 2011 edition) notes that "Drop Jet Platoon" is a term historically given to ODST units.</ref>


== Operational history ==
==Operational history==
The 105th Drop Jet Platoon saw action against the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant military|military]] ground forces during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535|February 2535]] where it was overrun and obliterated by a force of a thousand [[Unggoy]]. The unit's annihilation would later be avenged when the offending Unggoy were eliminated by [[SPARTAN-II]]s, led by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]], in the continued skirmishes of [[Jericho VII]].<ref name="tfor6"/>
===Battle of Jericho VII===
 
The 105th Drop Jet Platoon saw action against the [[Covenant]] [[Covenant military|military]] ground forces during the [[Battle of Jericho VII]] in [[2535|February 2535]] where it was overrun and obliterated by a force of around a thousand [[Unggoy]]. The unit's annihilation would later be avenged when the offending Unggoy were eliminated by [[SPARTAN-II]]s, led by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]], in the continued skirmishes of [[Jericho VII]].<ref name="HTFORP"/>
== Trivia ==
As platoons are not given permanent numerical designations, it is possible that the 105th was in fact the "105th's drop jet platoon", although a division would reasonably have more than one such unit.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

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Template:Infobox Military Unit The 105th Drop Jet Platoon was a platoon of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in the UNSC Marine Corps.[1][note 1]

Operational history

Battle of Jericho VII

The 105th Drop Jet Platoon saw action against the Covenant military ground forces during the Battle of Jericho VII in February 2535 where it was overrun and obliterated by a force of around a thousand Unggoy. The unit's annihilation would later be avenged when the offending Unggoy were eliminated by SPARTAN-IIs, led by Chief Petty Officer John-117, in the continued skirmishes of Jericho VII.[1]

List of appearances

Note

  1. ^ Although never stated to be an ODST unit in The Fall of Reach, the Halo Encyclopedia (page 58, 2011 edition) notes that "Drop Jet Platoon" is a term historically given to ODST units.

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