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[[Image:ODST.jpg|thumb|left|An [[HEV]] pod, special equipment for ODSTs.]] ODSTs were operating as early as [[2525]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]</ref>. The expectations on ODST units made them all-volunteer outfits, with some outsiders regarding such volunteers as 'crazy'.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 35</ref> By 2552 their strength had swelled to a number of divisions in an attempt to fill the demands of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | [[Image:ODST.jpg|thumb|left|An [[HEV]] pod, special equipment for ODSTs.]] ODSTs were operating as early as [[2525]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]</ref>. The expectations on ODST units made them all-volunteer outfits, with some outsiders regarding such volunteers as 'crazy'.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], page 35</ref> By 2552 their strength had swelled to a number of divisions in an attempt to fill the demands of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
Some actively participated in training the [[SPARTAN-II]]s, and the efficacy of that program was demonstrated when a single [[John-117|SPARTAN-II]] killed three ODSTs during an exercise. These fatalities resulted in some enmity between the two groups of elite soldiers. Friction was heightened by the stunning success of the SPARTAN-II program, whose members proceeded to accumulate more confirmed kills than "any three divisions of ODSTs."<ref> | Some actively participated in training the [[SPARTAN-II]]s, and the efficacy of that program was demonstrated when a single [[John-117|SPARTAN-II]] killed three ODSTs during an exercise. These fatalities resulted in some enmity between the two groups of elite soldiers. Friction was heightened by the stunning success of the SPARTAN-II program, whose members proceeded to accumulate more confirmed kills than "any three divisions of ODSTs."<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]] Pg.104.</ref> | ||
==Operations== | ==Operations== | ||