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{{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Paragonsky about the SPARTAN-III Program}} | {{Quote|multi=yes|q1=You want to trade ''lives'' for ''time''...|Admiral Parangosky|q2=Yes, ma'am. Isn't that the job of a soldier?|Colonel Ackerson|Conversation between Ackerson and Paragonsky about the SPARTAN-III Program}} | ||
In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson|Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret | In [[2531]], Ackerson proposed the [[SPARTAN-III Program]] to the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] senior brass, including [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Aaron G. Gibson|Aaron Gibson]], [[Rear Admiral (Lower Half)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ned Rich]], and [[Vice Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky|Margaret O. Parangosky]]. They approved the program and Ackerson went from serving as a field officer to working a desk job. At first he was upset by this, but grew to prefer it as opposed to his dangerous but more exciting job as a field officer.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 43''</ref> Ackerson chose [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN]] [[Kurt-051]] to serve as the commanding officer of the SPARTAN-IIIs. | ||
After the destruction of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]], Ackerson tried to convince Kurt-051 to reassign [[Tom-B292]] to his personal command to head his own Special Warfare team. Instead, due to Admiral Parangosky's orders, he reluctantly agreed to have the SPARTAN reassigned to [[Camp Currahee]] to train [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> | After the destruction of [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]], Ackerson tried to convince Kurt-051 to reassign [[Tom-B292]] to his personal command to head his own Special Warfare team. Instead, due to Admiral Parangosky's orders, he reluctantly agreed to have the SPARTAN reassigned to [[Camp Currahee]] to train [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 98''</ref> | ||