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====September 26, 2517 - July 11, 2519==== | ====September 26, 2517 - July 11, 2519==== | ||
In this time Mendez taught them to strip a trip line, fire a rifle, and treat a chest wound. Mendez's exercises often had a twist to them such as stun mines on the obstacle course, snipers with [[Paint pellet gun|paint guns]] during parade drills, and others. They were taught to be strong in body and mind.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 64''</ref> | In this time Mendez taught them to strip a trip line, fire a rifle, and treat a chest wound. Mendez's exercises often had a twist to them such as stun mines on the obstacle course, snipers with [[Paint pellet gun|paint guns]] during parade drills, and others. They were taught to be strong in body and mind.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 64''</ref> | ||
====July 12, 2519==== | ====July 12, 2519==== | ||
[[File:Highlands05.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]].]] | [[File:Highlands05.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]].]] | ||
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John was made team leader for his planning of the Spartans reaction to the training operation.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 72''</ref> | John was made team leader for his planning of the Spartans reaction to the training operation.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 72''</ref> | ||
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During the Spartans' third year of training, they studied classical mechanics in the physics courses, though John-117 was more interested in tactical theory than Newton's laws of motion.<ref>''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', chapter 1</ref> | |||
====July 14, 2523==== | ====July 14, 2523==== | ||
For even more serious training, the Spartan-IIs were matched against the formidable [[Tango Company]] in simulated war games. Still only 12 years old at the time, the Spartans were nevertheless able to continuously beat Tango Company. Eventually, the men of the company resorted to brutality as a form of payback, with "accidents" occurring with Spartans captured in the war games. Eventually, Tango Company's CO, furious at his men's inability to stop the Spartans, ordered them to use live rounds instead of stun rounds.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 195''</ref> | For even more serious training, the Spartan-IIs were matched against the formidable [[Tango Company]] in simulated war games. Still only 12 years old at the time, the Spartans were nevertheless able to continuously beat Tango Company. Eventually, the men of the company resorted to brutality as a form of payback, with "accidents" occurring with Spartans captured in the war games. Eventually, Tango Company's CO, furious at his men's inability to stop the Spartans, ordered them to use live rounds instead of stun rounds.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 195''</ref> | ||