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DMR was being phased out by the BR. I think the jetpacks were supposed to be experimental tech that was destroyed on Reach.
By the "other 2 Spartans" do you mean James and Linda? James went MIA when an Elite shot his thruster pack with a Needler. And then Linda died when she was overwhelmed by Covenant forces as she and Chief were fighting their way off of Reach Station Gamma. She was then taken aboard the Autumn and placed in a Cryo pod to be revived later. Which happens in First Strike.