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Come to think of it the "first Spartan class" is probably referring to Alpha Company. It's mentioned too casually and offhandedly to be Orion or S-II as neither are noted as being involved with the S-III program in other cases.
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(Come to think of it the "first Spartan class" is probably referring to Alpha Company. It's mentioned too casually and offhandedly to be Orion or S-II as neither are noted as being involved with the S-III program in other cases.) |
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A '''drill instructor''' ('''DI'''), sometimes referred to as a '''drill sergeant''',<ref name="cp106">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 106''</ref> is a [[UNSC rank structure|non-commissioned officer]] serving in the [[UNSC Defense Force]] specially assigned to train recruits, introducing them to the military way of life. A drill instructor is to encourage, teach, and train recruits to set themselves to the highest possible standards of personal conduct and professional skill.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 172''</ref> One of the several duties of a drill instructor is to stop exhausted and stressed recruits from taking their frustrations and anger out on each other and instead allow the recruits to take their anger out on themselves. Eventually, if the drill instructor does a proper job, the recruits will come to admire the drill instructor.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 82''</ref> Drill instructors lead [[physical training]] exercises or even participate in live-fire practice exercises (using [[TTR]] or [[stun round]]s) against their own recruits.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 214''</ref><ref name="goo89">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 89''</ref> | A '''drill instructor''' ('''DI'''), sometimes referred to as a '''drill sergeant''',<ref name="cp106">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 106''</ref> is a [[UNSC rank structure|non-commissioned officer]] serving in the [[UNSC Defense Force]] specially assigned to train recruits, introducing them to the military way of life. A drill instructor is to encourage, teach, and train recruits to set themselves to the highest possible standards of personal conduct and professional skill.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 172''</ref> One of the several duties of a drill instructor is to stop exhausted and stressed recruits from taking their frustrations and anger out on each other and instead allow the recruits to take their anger out on themselves. Eventually, if the drill instructor does a proper job, the recruits will come to admire the drill instructor.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 82''</ref> Drill instructors lead [[physical training]] exercises or even participate in live-fire practice exercises (using [[TTR]] or [[stun round]]s) against their own recruits.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 214''</ref><ref name="goo89">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 89''</ref> | ||
Drill instructors are used in the several branches of the UNSC, including the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]. Drill instructors are also found in [[Officer Candidate School]]s, including [[Academy at Mare Nubium|Luna OCS Academy]].<ref name="cp106"/> The [[Colonial Militia]]'s drill instructors are non-commissioned officers that serve in other branches of the UNSC and [[Colonial Militia Training|train]] a planetary paramilitary force.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 122''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-II program]], there was a naval drill instructor for each individual Spartan trainee. The SPARTAN-IIs were introduced to their drill instructors the day after they were kidnapped from their homes and brought to [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 45'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> | Drill instructors are used in the several branches of the UNSC, including the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]. Drill instructors are also found in [[Officer Candidate School]]s, including [[Academy at Mare Nubium|Luna OCS Academy]].<ref name="cp106"/> The [[Colonial Militia]]'s drill instructors are non-commissioned officers that serve in other branches of the UNSC and [[Colonial Militia Training|train]] a planetary paramilitary force.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 122''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-II program]], there was a naval drill instructor for each individual Spartan trainee. The SPARTAN-IIs were introduced to their drill instructors the day after they were kidnapped from their homes and brought to [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 45'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> At the beginning of the [[SPARTAN-III program]], there were only seventy-two hand-picked drill instructors for over three hundred trainees.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 67''</ref> Some of the DIs for [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]] were medics and washouts from the preceding [[SPARTAN-III Alpha Company|Alpha Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 94''</ref> The drill instructors of the SPARTAN-III program occasionally donned [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor|Mark II Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] during live-fire training exercises.<ref name="goo89"/> [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]] led the drill instructors that trained both the SPARTAN-IIs and the SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref name="enc74">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 74'' (2011 edition)</ref> | ||
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