Halo: The Fall of Reach, Bootcamp, Issue 2, by Marvel Comics
The training of the SPARTAN-IIs. John and the other recruits are woken up and are put through various exercises by CPO Franklin Mendez. Afterward, they are taught of the Battle of Thermopylae by Déjà in the Reach Naval Academy.
A UNSC transport vessel is then shown exiting slipspace and soon being
boarded by rebels near Eridanus II. The narrative then returns to the
Spartan trainees, who are dropped into the Military Wilderness Training Preserve
on Reach and are given a mission to find a way to the extraction point,
each on their own. The Spartans team up, and with John on the lead,
seize a dropship and use it to return to the base. After the incident,
John is promoted squad leader by Chief Mendez.
