[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Acres 057 If I'm not mistaken, Spartan II candidate training lasted about 11 years. I'm pretty sure ODST training isn't 11 years long.[/quote] Length of training isnt an issue. What you have discounted is that ODSTs go through Standard Marine training [b][u]and[/u][/b] ODST training. Two completely seperate programs with different levels of intensity. Not to mention the actual combat experience they all have before even going through that second round of training. That gives them a huge edge on the Spartans. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ZundayXx Do Marines start their training at the age of 6?? No. Do Spartans start their training at the age of 6?? Yes. Probably the only living marine out theyre that has more combat experience then a Spartan is Johnson, but i don't see a giant army of Johnsons hopping arround xD[/quote] Do they need to start at age 6? No they most certainly dont. The Spartan training program is no more intense than a standard Marines training program. Just drawn out longer. It builds a fight reflex into their minds but that can be accomplished over a period of months not years. The only reason their training program went on as long as it did was due to the length of development the augmentations required as well as developing their armor suits. That takes the majority of the time. They were combat ready in a year or less in reality. Same as any Marine.