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===Early military career=== | ===Early military career=== | ||
[[File:HINF WU Intel - Jun-A266 and Hazel-A302.png|thumb|right|250px|Jun and Hazel | [[File:HINF WU Intel - Jun-A266 and Hazel-A302.png|thumb|right|250px|Jun-A266 and Hazel-A302, both Headhunters.]] | ||
{{Quote|By my estimation Jun is a rationalist. He is also a Spartan.|Colonel Urban Holland during his evaluation of Jun-A266's military career{{Ref/Reuse|profile}}}} | {{Quote|By my estimation Jun is a rationalist. He is also a Spartan.|Colonel Urban Holland during his evaluation of Jun-A266's military career{{Ref/Reuse|profile}}}} | ||
Following his graduation, the Spartan-IIIs were placed under the authority of the Navy's [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]] within the [[UNSC Special Forces]]. Jun proved to be one of the Spartan-IIIs' best assets, standing out from his peers within Alpha Company and attracting the attention of Kurt and Mendez. Like a number of other Spartans who showed particular promise, Jun was removed from Alpha Company's mainline deployment roster and his skill as a sniper soon had him leading a [[Headhunters|Headhunter]] team conducting missions directly for the Office of Naval Intelligence. Though he rarely speaks of this period, his performance was exemplary, as Jun was responsible for tracking down and assassinating a number of [[insurrectionist]] leaders who broke the tentative ceasefire between the UNSC and insurgent factions after the [[Covenant]] [[First Battle of Harvest|attacked]] the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] in [[2525]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Because of his special assignment, Jun and a handful of other Spartans did not accompany most of Alpha Company to their demise in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]],{{Ref/Site|Id=reports|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach - Intel - Personnel|D=13|M=10|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Noble Team performance reports}} something deliberately arranged by the AI [[Deep Winter]] to try and save a number of Spartans (including others such as [[Hazel-A302]] and [[Kevin-A282]]) from the upcoming slaughter of PROMETHEUS. Deep Winter posed as Kurt to arrange Jun's reassignment as a Headhunter, and only revealed this deception at the end of his operational lifespan in [[2551]].{{Ref/Reuse|WUIntel}} | Following his graduation, the Spartan-IIIs were placed under the authority of the Navy's [[UNSC Special Forces|Naval Special Weapons]] within the [[UNSC Special Forces]]. Jun proved to be one of the Spartan-IIIs' best assets, standing out from his peers within Alpha Company and attracting the attention of Kurt and Mendez. Like a number of other Spartans who showed particular promise, Jun was removed from Alpha Company's mainline deployment roster and his skill as a sniper soon had him leading a [[Headhunters|Headhunter]] team conducting missions directly for the Office of Naval Intelligence. Though he rarely speaks of this period, his performance was exemplary, as Jun was responsible for tracking down and assassinating a number of [[insurrectionist]] leaders who broke the tentative ceasefire between the UNSC and insurgent factions after the [[Covenant]] [[First Battle of Harvest|attacked]] the [[Outer Colony]] of [[Harvest]] in [[2525]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Because of his special assignment, Jun and a handful of other Spartans did not accompany most of Alpha Company to their demise in [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]],{{Ref/Site|Id=reports|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=personnel&cid=24040|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo: Reach - Intel - Personnel|D=13|M=10|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Noble Team performance reports}} something deliberately arranged by the AI [[Deep Winter]] to try and save a number of Spartans (including others such as [[Hazel-A302]] and [[Kevin-A282]]) from the upcoming slaughter of PROMETHEUS. Deep Winter posed as Kurt to arrange Jun's reassignment as a Headhunter, and only revealed this deception at the end of his operational lifespan in [[2551]].{{Ref/Reuse|WUIntel}} |