James Ackerson

Colonel James Ackerson, also known by the alias Codename: SURGEON, is a UNSC Army commissioned officer who is assigned to Section Three in the Office of Naval Intelligence as a liaison officer. He enlisted into the UNSC Army and served in an Airborne Division and Ranger Division before attending an Officer Candidate School. Ackerson commissioned into the UNSC Army in XXXX, where he served in the infantry branch and commanded at many positions throughout the Insurrection. In 2516, he was assigned to a Unified Special Warfare Command special project named Project: TITAN. He served as a project operations officer and deputy project director. He served in an officer exchange program with the Office of Naval Intelligence and ultimately led him to creating the SPARTAN-III Project.

Starting in 2531, Colonel Ackerson served as the Project Director of the SPARTAN-III Project and amassed political power. He joined UNSC High Command's Special Weapons Development program and often sat alongside the leaders as a representative of ONI. Following his reassignment to Mars, he commanded a brigade during the Battle for Mars and Earth in support of the Battle of Sol System. Following the end of the Human-Covenant War, Ackerson was reassigned to ...

Early Life
James Ackerson was born into a military family in Manassas, Reach on 12 June 2483. One of the parents was a local (urban/military Reacher, not indigenous Reavian), the other from Sol?

Military Career
At age 17, James enlisted into the UNSC Army. Completing basic and advanced training at Unified Combined Military Bootcamp - Manassas, he joined the 143rd Airborne Division as a rifleman in 2500. Not long after, James was assigned to a long-range surveillance platoon to serve as a radio operator by 2501. He completed one deployment to Eridanus II from 2501 to 2503 and participated in counter-insurgency operations to quarrel the growing Insurrection threat. Returning from Eridanus II in 2504, James completed the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1 to join the 212th Ranger Division by 2505. He served as an assistant team leader and team leader of a pathfinder platoon while deployed to Mamore. James rose to the rank of Sergeant by 2506 and received an opportunity to attend an Officer Candidate School on Reach.

Early Officer Career ...

After graduating from the Academy at Mare Nubium, James was commissioned into the UNSC Army as a Second Lieutenant and was assigned to the 173rd Airborne Division as a rifle platoon leader, weapons platoon leader, and pathfinder platoon leader on (Insert World Name). He then transferred to the 248th Ranger Division where he served as a rifle platoon leader, battalion assistant operations officer, and rifle company commander. James completed the Infantry Advanced Officers Course and was assigned to a Unified Special Warfare Command, Special Warfare Group 39 as an operations officer. Following a duty assignment with Special Warfare Group 39, he was assigned to Project: TITAN where he served in a biochemical augmentation military project supported by Unified Ground Command. After serving as a project operations officer, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and served as the deputy project director in 25XX.

In 252X, James was selected to participate in an officer exchange program and joined the Office of Naval Intelligence in a temporary duty post. Under Section Three, he was assigned to the Black Operations Group alongside the Covert Operations Division as a deputy group commander. Under the Black Operations Group, he met Captain Aaron Gibson and Rear Admiral Ned Rich later in the Covert Operations Division. Following the start of the Human-Covenant War, James transferred to the Beta-5 Division where he served as a deputy commander of the special projects directorate. He then joined the Chief of Office of Naval Intelligence staff as the deputy of the special warfare development section. There, James pitched his idea of the SPARTAN-III Project to Admiral Margaret Parangosky.

Aboard the UNSC Point of No Return in 2531, James formalized his plan of the SPARTAN-III Project and began working closely with his partners in the Covert Operations Division. He became the Project Director of the SPARTAN-III Project and reported directly to Admiral Parangosky where he served in a special duty within her staff. Along with the creation of the SPARTAN-III Project, he created the Asymmetrical Action Group and began to build his own SPARTAN project to rival Doctor Catherine Halsey's SPARTAN-IIs. To grow his political power, he placed SPARTAN-III teams under the command of Colonel Urban Holland, someone he previously commanded during his tenure in Project: TITAN. In 25XX, Admiral Parangosky worked with James to secure him a spot in the UNSC High Command Special Weapons Development program where he worked under Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb.

Kicked out of the Security Council shortly after September 4 & reassigned to Mars. Wounded in action on Mars (limb loss?). Out of action for the rest of the war.

Post War Career...

Relationships
Had a wife (fellow military?) and at least one child + one extramarital child. (+ a previous marriage, maybe) Child was estranged from father (went to the Navy?). Wife filed for a divorce in September 2552 (she was based in the Sol system, possibly Earth); her fate?