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 ==History==
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-Gamma Company was trained with the help of [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]], the only two known surviving SPARTAN-IIIs from [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]], as well as [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] [[Mendez|SCPO Mendez]] and candidates from the previous companies who had "washed out", becoming drill instructors for the later SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', page 98</ref> Not one of the 330 candidates opted out of the program, and at the request of Lieutenant Commander Ambrose, all 330 of those who passed the selection process were approved. <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', pages 99-100</ref>
+Gamma Company was trained with the help of [[Tom-B292]] and [[Lucy-B091]], the only two known surviving SPARTAN-IIIs from [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company|Beta Company]], as well as [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] and candidates from the previous companies who had "washed out", becoming drill instructors for the later SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', page 98</ref> Not one of the 330 candidates opted out of the program, and at the request of Lieutenant Commander Ambrose, all 330 of those who passed the selection process were approved. <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', pages 99-100</ref>
 Every candidate survived their training and [[Project: CHRYSANTHEMUM|augmentations]]. In addition, they were injected with illegal drugs that altered the frontal lobes of their brains to enhance aggression, strength, endurance, and tolerance to injury. <ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', page 102</ref> These Spartans received deployment orders only a few weeks after the [[Fall of Reach]], and most left [[Onyx]] before the [[Battle of Onyx]] occurred. It is unknown where they presently are.