The ORION Project was an Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Special Warfare project aimed at counter-insurgency operations. The program was later dubbed the SPARTAN-I program under the Colonial Military Administration reboot. Later known as the SPARTAN-I Program, the ORION Project was a Special Operations Force in the UNSC. Administratively, the ORION project was under the control of ONI Section-III, the Special Projects section of ONI's Beta-5 Division. However the SPARTAN-I soldiers themselves were under the operational authority of Naval Special Warfare Command/Naval Special Weapons. The ORION/SPARTAN-I Program was an all volunteer force composed of the best soldiers from the Marine Corps and special forces branches of the military — the SPARTAN-Is performed specialized, high-risk operations including: counter-insurgency operations, unconventional warfare, direct action and black operations. The ORION/SPARTAN-I program was headquartered on one of the many orbital docks on Reach, and in the height of the program had 300 active duty personnel.
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BASIC INFORMATIONInitiated in 2321
Re-initiated in 2491-2506 Affiliation: UNSC NSWC
Size: 300 at start of the program
Type: Special Operations
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