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I wonder why no-one has asked this before. As we all know the SPARTAN-III Program is a classified project. As SPARTAN-051 said "...and not one mention of their sacrifices. And there never would be, either." So why is there a clearly public mention of their sacrifices, defeating one of the key points of having the SPARTAN-IIIs. And don't tell me it's because the war is over. That would just be a stupid move for many reasons. First of all, not "existing" is one of the things that makes the SPARTAN-IIIs so good, also having an army of super-solders for black-ops is a great idea and is highly effective. Second, who cares if Alpha, Beta, and Gamma are already gone? The Program could have still easily continued, again, it is a GREAT strategy, so it should be continued regardless. Third, if people would find out about the SPARTAN-III Program, public opinion on ONI would change overnight! Could it be, do you think, that this statue might be located deep within ONI headquarters at a place where only people who had classification to know what the SPARTAN-III Program was could see it? Vegerot goes RAWR! File:Icon-Vegito2.gif Vegerot (talk) 21:02, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
- Ordinary Army troopers like 3 Charlie were aware of Noble Team. They were just under the impression that they were regular Spartans, fielded out with the rest of the Spartan-IIs. Halsey herself assumed the same until finding out directly about Ackerson's program. There was a need to hide the overall S-III program, but virtually no need for highly publicized groups like Noble. Tuckerscreator(stalk) 21:53, 17 October 2011 (EDT)
I agree with Tuckerscreator the Spartan-III Program itself was secret but the certain teams like Noble were public. The public and most military personnel wouldn't know the difference between the Spartan II and Spartan III programs and just assumed there was one group. Only people personally involved in the program wold know. --LeeUnit92 21:59, 17 October 2011 (EDT)